Citywalk Residential Building 5
- Completed 2016
- Master developer Citywalk Residential 1
A 1 bed in Citywalk Residential Building 5 costs a median AED 3.13M, rents long-let for AED 175,000/yr (5.6% gross), and returns 6.0% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
3.13MAED
AED 2,705/sqft
- Rent a year
- AED 175,000
- Gross yield
- 5.6%
- vs City Walk
- 7% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 3.33M
- Price
- AED 3.13M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 125,400
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 65,835
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent13 months
Is Citywalk Residential Building 5 a good investment?The rent pays below the Dubai median and lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?5.6% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)5.6%Watch
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 175,000 a year ago, AED 175,000 now (pooled across the project)0.0%
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 195,435 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrs
- Can I sell easily?5 sales in 12 months (3 the year before)5
- Is a lot being built nearby?1,042 apartments are planned in City Walk from 2026 to 2028, equal to 99% of the 1,056 homes let there today. City Walk supply by year →99%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 88% for buyers 5 years ago; up 44% for launch buyers, before fees+87.5%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Citywalk Residential Building 5 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 3.13M and rents for about AED 175,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
1 bed · price per sqft · City Walk · area median AED 2,906/sqft
- vs area median
- -6.9%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 17th of 22
- Off-plan price gain, 2016–2017
- +50.0% · +4.4%/yr
Rental income
1 bed · City Walk
- Gross yield
- 5.6%
- Median new rent
- AED 175,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.0 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- -1.2 pts
- Renewal rent
- AED 170,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (7 renewals)
- +2.9%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 958
- Net revenue
- AED 187,388/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.1×
- Listings seen
- 12+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole No. 4a, No.4b, No.5 Citywalk Residential project, not this tower alone.
- Thin sample — 3 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 1 bed: Aug 2016, AED 2,150,000; latest, Oct 2026, AED 2,700,000; peak, Jan 2026, AED 3,185,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,749 · before fees
- Launch, 2016–17
- 1,903
- +44%
- 47 sales
- 5 years ago
- 1,466
- +88%
- 5 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,912
- +44%
- 12 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,466
- +11%
- 3 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,749
- today
- 5 sales
The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.
5 resales in the last 12 months, against 8 a year on average over 2023–2025.
5 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Citywalk Residential Building 5
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly rate through the year
Comparables in City Walk
Every City Walk building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Citywalk Residential Building 5 places 27th of 43; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Citywalk Residential Building 5 (AED 2,749/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, Citywalk Residential Building 5 has registered sale prices 7% below the City Walk median price per square foot of 2,906 AED, across 22 eligible buildings. It ranks 17th of 22 by price per square foot in City Walk.
Market context in City Walk
Registered sales activity
265 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+5.7% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 265 current and 222 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
212 known registered units across 1 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
0 projects had already passed their planned date; 2 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
1,042 apartments are planned in City Walk from 2026 to 2028, equal to 99% of the 1,056 homes let there today.
How these are countedDirect locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.
The No. 4a, No.4b, No.5 Citywalk Residential towers
3 towers in No. 4a, No.4b, No.5 Citywalk Residential, at the bedroom type above.
Ejari files No. 4a, No.4b, No.5 Citywalk Residential’s leases under the project, not a tower, so every tower share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.
City Walk: every development at this typeCity Walk: every development at this type
Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at 1 bed. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.
About Citywalk Residential Building 5
Citywalk Residential Building 5 is an apartment building completed in 2016 by Citywalk Residential 1 in City Walk. 123 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Master developer
- Citywalk Residential 1
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 9 min · 3.1 km
- DXB Airport
- 14 min · 14 km
- DIFC
- 6 min · 4.8 km
- Dubai Marina
- 18 min · 21 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 24 min · 25 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Burj Khalifa
Citywalk Residential Building 5: AED 2,749 per sq ft, 5% below the median City Walk building, and a 8.0% gross yield, above the area's median building
The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.
Price per sq ft
Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months
- Citywalk Residential Building 5AED 2,749
- City Walk, readyAED 2,677
- City Walk, off-planAED 3,331
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Citywalk Residential Building 5City Walk median building
- City Walk8.0% vs 5.1%
More from Citywalk Residential 1
Citywalk Residential Building 18A
City Walk · 70 sales, 12 months
4.80M
AED, resale median · 2,669/sqft
Erin
City Walk · 31 sales, 12 months
2.60M
AED, resale median · 2,919/sqft
Myrtle
City Walk · 31 sales, 12 months
2.30M
AED, resale median · 3,036/sqft
Castleton
City Walk · 27 sales, 12 months
3.67M
AED, resale median · 2,886/sqft
Nearby in City Walk
Prices per sq ft around Citywalk Residential Building 5, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Citywalk Residential Building 5, on the map
Citywalk Residential Building 4B
City Walk · 10 sales, 12 months
5.67M
AED, resale median · 2,735/sqft
Citywalk Residential Building 18A
City Walk · 70 sales, 12 months
4.80M
AED, resale median · 2,669/sqft
Erin
City Walk · 31 sales, 12 months
2.60M
AED, resale median · 2,919/sqft
Myrtle
City Walk · 31 sales, 12 months
2.30M
AED, resale median · 3,036/sqft
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · 1 bedRead with care
- Rental evidence · 1 bedRead with care
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerNo. 4a, No.4b, No.5 Citywalk Residential: recorded complete 2016-12-07 · register data to 2026-07-06On record
- DeveloperOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a 1 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.
Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
Prefilled from Citywalk Residential Building 5’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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- Monthly mortgage
- 13,940AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 14,583AED
- AED 175,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 856,785AED
- 20% down plus AED 229,785 in fees
Owning costs AED 594,057 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 2.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Citywalk Residential Building 5?
- Citywalk Residential Building 5 returns 5.6% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 175,000 a year (9 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 3.13M (median of 3 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in Citywalk Residential Building 5 cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 3.13M (2,705 AED/sqft), from 3 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in Citywalk Residential Building 5?
- The median new annual rent is AED 175,000, from 9 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
- Have registered rents in Citywalk Residential Building 5 risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed 0.0% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 9 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
- Does Citywalk Residential Building 5 earn more short-term than long-let?
- A night asks a median of AED 958, which models to 6.0% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities — against 5.6% gross on the registered long lease. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.
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Citywalk Residential Building 5 sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 3 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/city-walk/citywalk-residential-building-5
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Citywalk Residential Building 5 sale prices and yield.” City Walk, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/city-walk/citywalk-residential-building-5
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