What is the rental yield in Al NOUJOUM TOWER?

Al NOUJOUM TOWER returns 6.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 55,000 a year (76 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 800,000 (median of 10 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Al NOUJOUM TOWER cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 800,000 (1,766 AED/sqft), from 10 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Al NOUJOUM TOWER selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Al NOUJOUM TOWER over the last 12 months have a median of 1,766 AED/sqft, across 10 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.

Have prices in Al NOUJOUM TOWER risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -7.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 10 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Al NOUJOUM TOWER compare with Downtown Dubai?

Its 6.9% gross yield sits +0.8 pts against the Downtown Dubai median of 6.0%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.

Al NOUJOUM TOWER

Completed 2013
400 units
31 floors

A studio in Al NOUJOUM TOWER costs a median AED 800,000 and rents long-let for AED 55,000/yr (6.9% gross).

Studio · typical price

800,000AED

AED 1,766/sqft · -7.8% on a year

Rent a year: AED 55,000
Gross yield: 6.9%
vs Downtown Dubai: 28% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 853,000

Price: AED 800,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 32,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 16,800
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent12 months

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Is Al NOUJOUM TOWER a good investment?Prices are slipping

Does it pay a good rent?6.9% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)6.9%Fair
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 65,000 a year ago, AED 55,000 now (pooled across the project)-15.4%
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,916/sqft a year ago, 1,766 now-7.8%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 53,000 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 1.0 years1.0 yrs
Can I sell easily?23 sales in 12 months, 6% of the tower (47 the year before)23Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?3,663 apartments are planned in Downtown Dubai from 2026 to 2028, equal to 38% of the 9,689 homes let there today. A further 348 are past their planned date. Downtown Dubai supply by year →38%Fair
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 81% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+80.9%Context

Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Al NOUJOUM TOWER prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 800,000 and rents for about AED 55,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio196 units · 452 sqft	AED 800,0001,766/sqft	6.9%+0.8 pts	AED 55,00076 contracts	-7.8%	10
1 bed84 units · 819 sqft	AED 1.15M1,404/sqft	7.8%+2.3 pts	AED 90,00019 contracts	+0.6%	9
2 bed114 units · 1,390 sqft	AED 2.06M1,422/sqft	7.0%+1.5 pts	AED 144,50020 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Downtown Dubai · area median AED 2,452/sqft

12-month change: -7.8%
3 years: +24.8% · +7.7%/yr
5 years: +62.4% · +10.2%/yr
vs area median: -27.9%
Rank by price per sqft: 14th of 15

Rental income

Studio · Downtown Dubai

Gross yield: 6.9%
Median new rent: AED 55,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.8 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.1 pts
Renewal rent: AED 60,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (26 renewals): -8.3%

Read with care

Rental data covers the whole Burj Al Nujoom project, not this tower alone.

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)

Median price paid, Studio, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,538 · before fees

5 years ago: 850; +81%; 28 sales
3 years ago: 1,118; +38%; 41 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,628; −6%; 47 sales
Last 12 months: 1,538; today; 23 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.

23 resales in the last 12 months, against 47 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
12 Oct 2026	Studio	453	AED 740,000	1,635
15 Sept 2026	Studio	444	AED 740,000	1,668
15 Sept 2026	Studio	456	AED 707,777	1,553
4 Sept 2026	1 bed	860	AED 1,100,000	1,279
17 Aug 2026	Studio	452	AED 900,000	1,989
12 Aug 2026	1 bed	819	AED 1,150,000	1,404
27 Jul 2026	Studio	444	AED 740,000	1,668
22 Jul 2026	Studio	452	AED 750,000	1,658
15 Jun 2026	1 bed	819	AED 1,100,000	1,343
1 Jun 2026	1 bed	811	AED 1,050,000	1,295

23 resales in the last 12 months.

Comparables in Downtown Dubai

Every Downtown Dubai building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Al NOUJOUM TOWER places 115th of 116; the nearest 5 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
111	Mon ReveCompleted 2015 · off-plan 1,600/sqft	AED 2.73M	1,750+13.8%	5.0%	+3.3%	6
112	Upper CrestCompleted 2015 · off-plan 2,352/sqft	AED 1.93M	1,714+11.5%	5.1%	+1.0%	26
113	Burj Views PodiumCompleted 2009	AED 1.50M	1,703+10.8%	7.3%	-1.3%	18
114	Bahwan TowerCompleted 2018 · off-plan 1,421/sqft	AED 2.60M	1,606+4.4%	5.1%	-0.8%	8
115	Al NOUJOUM TOWER · this buildingCompleted 2013	AED 1.10M	1,538	5.9%	-5.5%	23
116	Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature)Completed 2013 · off-plan 1,935/sqft	AED 1.40M	1,530-0.5%	6.8%	-1.2%	37

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Al NOUJOUM TOWER (AED 1,538/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Al NOUJOUM TOWER has registered sale prices 28% below the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,452 AED, across 15 eligible buildings. It ranks 14th of 15 by price per square foot in Downtown Dubai.

Market context in Downtown Dubai

Registered sales activity

1,759 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+0.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,759 current and 2,575 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

2,186 known registered units across 5 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

1 projects had already passed their planned date; 1 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

3,663 apartments are planned in Downtown Dubai from 2026 to 2028, equal to 38% of the 9,689 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 49% of 109 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Downtown Dubai with sales in both years; the typical one moved +0.1%.

New-lease rents fell in 76% of 54 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.7%.

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Direct 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.

About Al NOUJOUM TOWER

Al NOUJOUM TOWER is an apartment building completed in 2013 in Downtown Dubai with 400 registered units. 352 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Floors: 31

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Downtown Dubai

Al NOUJOUM TOWER: AED 1,538 per sq ft, 37% below the median Downtown Dubai building, and a 5.9% 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

Al NOUJOUM TOWERAED 1,538
Downtown Dubai, readyAED 2,665
Downtown Dubai, off-planAED 3,819
Dubai, readyAED 1,421

Dark: this building. Grey: the area's ready and off-plan medians, and Dubai's ready median. Source: DLD registered sales.

Gross yield against the area's buildings

Axis: gross yield, % of price

Al NOUJOUM TOWERDowntown Dubai median building

Downtown Dubai5.9% vs 5.2%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 55 buildings in Downtown Dubai. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Downtown Dubai, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Al NOUJOUM TOWER, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 94 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Al NOUJOUM TOWER is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Binghatti Skyblade

Downtown Dubai · 472 sales, 12 months

1.97M

AED, resale median · 3,909/sqft

Burj Khalifa

Downtown Dubai · 115 sales, 12 months

5.00M

AED, resale median · 2,929/sqft

Imperial Avenue

Downtown Dubai · 65 sales, 12 months

3.18M

AED, resale median · 2,385/sqft

Grande

Downtown Dubai · 61 sales, 12 months

5.45M

AED, resale median · 3,539/sqft

Before you decide

The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

Sales and rents to
2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
On record
Sales evidence · Studio
10 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · Studio
76 new and 26 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
Read with care
Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
Burj Al Nujoom: recorded complete 2013-09-15 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
On record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

Rent or buy

What owning a studio here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate

Prefilled from Al NOUJOUM TOWER’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

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Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

The site does not hold this building’s service charge; type yours to include it. Residency sets the default down payment: typical bank floor, not a rule.

Monthly mortgage: 3,557AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 4,583AED; AED 55,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 224,000AED; 20% down plus AED 64,000 in fees

Owning costs AED 201,140 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 2.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Al NOUJOUM TOWER?: Al NOUJOUM TOWER returns 6.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 55,000 a year (76 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 800,000 (median of 10 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Al NOUJOUM TOWER cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 800,000 (1,766 AED/sqft), from 10 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Al NOUJOUM TOWER selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Al NOUJOUM TOWER over the last 12 months have a median of 1,766 AED/sqft, across 10 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
Have prices in Al NOUJOUM TOWER risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -7.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 10 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Al NOUJOUM TOWER compare with Downtown Dubai?: Its 6.9% gross yield sits +0.8 pts against the Downtown Dubai median of 6.0%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.

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Al NOUJOUM TOWER sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 10 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/al-noujoum-tower
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Al NOUJOUM TOWER sale prices and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/al-noujoum-tower

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