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A 1 bed in Dunya Tower costs a median AED 1.67M and returns 8.4% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of Dunya Tower, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

1 bed · typical price

1.67MAED

AED 1,936/sqft · -6.2% on a year

vs Downtown Dubai
20% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.77M
Price
AED 1.67M
DLD fee 4%
AED 66,600
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 34,965
Trustee
AED 4,200

Against this building’s registered sales of the same type.

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Is Dunya Tower a good investment?Prices are slipping; no record of the yield and the rent trend

  1. Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
  2. Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
  3. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,065/sqft a year ago, 1,936 now-6.2%Watch
  4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 105,765 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 105,765
  5. Can I sell easily?12 sales in 12 months (19 the year before)12
  6. 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
  7. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 14% for buyers 3 years ago, before fees+14.0%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Dunya Tower prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.67M

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
StudioAED 1.09M2,714/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year1
1 bedAED 1.67M1,936/sqftnot yet letnot yet let-6.2%8
2 bedAED 2.54M1,905/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year2
3 bedAED 3.30M2,019/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year1
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Downtown Dubai · area median AED 2,407/sqft

3 years
+14.3% · +4.6%/yr
vs area median
-19.6%
Rank by price per sqft
64th of 82

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays

Median nightly rate
AED 718
Net revenue
AED 140,589/yr
Listings seen
10+

Read with care

  • No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.

Price history and sales

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

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Chart data, 1 bed: Feb 2023, AED 1,472,500; latest, Oct 2026, AED 1,490,000; peak, Aug 2025, AED 1,950,000.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,974 · before fees

3 years ago
1,732
+14%
Previous 12 months
2,011
−2%
Last 12 months
1,974
today

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.

12 resales in the last 12 months, against 64 a year on average over 2023–2025.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
12 Oct 20261 bed823AED 1,630,0001,980
29 Sept 20261 bed815AED 1,350,0001,656
11 Sept 2026Studio402AED 1,090,0002,714
11 Aug 20262 bed1,331AED 2,620,0001,969
24 Jul 20261 bed797AED 1,500,0001,883
22 Jul 20262 bed1,331AED 2,450,0001,841
2 Jun 20261 bed965AED 1,600,0001,659
29 Dec 20251 bed773AED 1,700,0002,200
15 Dec 20251 bed797AED 1,740,0002,184
9 Dec 20251 bed773AED 1,870,0002,420

12 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Dunya Tower

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

70%
TypeNightly, AEDNet revenue at 70%Long-let rentUpliftNet yield
1 bed10+ listings seen7180.83/sqftAED 140,589——8.4%
2 bed500 m cluster · 15+ listings seen1,0620.80/sqftAED 206,960———
3 bed500 m cluster · 14+ listings seen1,3990.86/sqftAED 274,631———

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Nightly rate through the year

Comparables in Downtown Dubai

Every Downtown Dubai building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Dunya Tower places 100th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
96South Ridge 5AED 2.20M2,058+4.2%—+2.7%11
97South Ridge 1AED 3.15M2,039+3.3%—+2.9%12
98Bellevue Towers-1Completed 2020 · off-plan 1,757/sqftAED 2.30M2,025+2.6%5.0%-6.7%14
99Lofts T EastAED 2.60M2,019+2.3%—-3.6%16
100Dunya Tower · this buildingAED 1.72M1,974—-1.9%12
101LoftsAED 1.80M1,942-1.6%—-0.9%8
102South Ridge 3AED 1.97M1,924-2.5%—0.0%8
103Burj Views Tower BCompleted 2009 · off-plan 2,351/sqftAED 2.05M1,895-4.0%5.4%+5.6%6
104Rp HeightsCompleted 2020 · off-plan 1,642/sqftAED 2.13M1,894-4.0%6.1%+0.6%12

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Dunya Tower (AED 1,974/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Dunya Tower has registered sale prices 20% below the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,407 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 64th of 82 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.

Explore planned supply

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%.

How these are counted
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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 Dunya Tower

Dunya Tower is an apartment building in Downtown Dubai. 199 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

Drive times · typical

Downtown
12 min · 3.1 km
DXB Airport
14 min · 13 km
DIFC
9 min · 6.0 km
Dubai Marina
20 min · 22 km
Palm Jumeirah
26 min · 26 km

Nearest, as registered

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

Dunya Tower: AED 1,974 per sq ft, 19% below the median Downtown Dubai 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

  1. Dunya TowerAED 1,974
  2. Downtown Dubai, readyAED 2,665
  3. Downtown Dubai, off-planAED 3,819
  4. 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.

Upcoming supply in Downtown Dubai, by handover quarter

Nearby in Downtown Dubai

Prices per sq ft around Dunya Tower, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 94 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Dunya Tower is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Before you decide

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Monthly mortgage
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4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent
—
Cash needed at purchase
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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Dunya Tower?
No gross yield is published for Dunya Tower as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 8 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Downtown Dubai median is 5.5% gross.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Dunya Tower cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 1.67M (1,936 AED/sqft), from 8 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Dunya Tower selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Dunya Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 1,936 AED/sqft, across 8 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 Dunya Tower risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved -6.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 8 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
Does Dunya Tower earn more short-term than long-let?
A night asks a median of AED 718, which models to 8.4% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.

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Dunya Tower sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
8 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/downtown-dubai/dunya-tower
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dunya Tower sale prices and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/dunya-tower

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