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A 1 bed in Lofts costs a median AED 1.68M and returns 7.8% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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

1 bed · typical price

1.68MAED

AED 1,877/sqft · -5.0% on a year

vs Downtown Dubai
22% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.78M
Price
AED 1.68M
DLD fee 4%
AED 67,000
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 35,175
Trustee
AED 4,200

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

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Is Lofts 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 1,976/sqft a year ago, 1,877 now-5.0%Watch
  4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 106,375 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 106,375
  5. Can I sell easily?8 sales in 12 months (20 the year before)8
  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 99% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+98.7%Context

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

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Lofts prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.68M

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
1 bedAED 1.68M1,877/sqftnot yet letnot yet let-5.0%6
2 bedAED 3.77M2,264/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year2
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
+22.1% · +6.9%/yr
5 years
+81.4% · +12.7%/yr
vs area median
-22.0%
Rank by price per sqft
70th of 82

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Median nightly rate
AED 676
Net revenue
AED 130,872/yr
Listings seen
18+

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: Mar 2010, AED 861,388; latest, Aug 2026, AED 1,442,500; peak, Feb 2026, AED 2,300,000.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,942 · before fees

5 years ago
978
+99%
3 years ago
1,544
+26%
Previous 12 months
1,960
−1%
Last 12 months
1,942
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.

8 resales in the last 12 months, against 20 a year on average over 2023–2025.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
14 Sept 20262 bed1,564AED 3,200,0002,046
13 Aug 20261 bed687AED 1,360,0001,980
16 Jul 20261 bed915AED 1,650,0001,804
16 Jul 20261 bed799AED 1,400,0001,753
28 Apr 20261 bed893AED 1,700,0001,904
6 Apr 20261 bed1,032AED 1,910,0001,851
5 Feb 20261 bed1,080AED 2,300,0002,130
16 Dec 20252 bed1,753AED 4,350,0002,482

8 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Lofts

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 bed500 m cluster · 18+ listings seen6760.76/sqftAED 130,872——7.8%
2 bed5+ listings seen8970.54/sqftAED 165,584———

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. Lofts places 101st of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
97South Ridge 1AED 3.15M2,039+5.0%—+2.9%12
98Bellevue Towers-1Completed 2020 · off-plan 1,757/sqftAED 2.30M2,025+4.3%5.0%-6.7%14
99Lofts T EastAED 2.60M2,019+3.9%—-3.6%16
100Dunya TowerAED 1.72M1,974+1.7%—-1.9%12
101Lofts · this buildingAED 1.80M1,942—-0.9%8
102South Ridge 3AED 1.97M1,924-0.9%—0.0%8
103Burj Views Tower BCompleted 2009 · off-plan 2,351/sqftAED 2.05M1,895-2.4%5.4%+5.6%6
104Rp HeightsCompleted 2020 · off-plan 1,642/sqftAED 2.13M1,894-2.5%6.1%+0.6%12
105Burj Views Tower CCompleted 2009 · off-plan 2,374/sqftAED 2.13M1,827-5.9%5.2%+7.4%6

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Lofts (AED 1,942/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Lofts has registered sale prices 22% below the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,407 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 70th 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 Lofts

Lofts is an apartment building in Downtown Dubai. 146 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
8 min · 1.6 km
DXB Airport
17 min · 16 km
DIFC
8 min · 5.1 km
Dubai Marina
21 min · 21 km
Palm Jumeirah
27 min · 25 km

Nearest, as registered

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

Lofts: AED 1,942 per sq ft, 21% 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. LoftsAED 1,942
  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 Lofts, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 94 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Lofts is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Lofts?
No gross yield is published for Lofts as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 6 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 Lofts cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 1.68M (1,877 AED/sqft), from 6 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Lofts selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Lofts over the last 12 months have a median of 1,877 AED/sqft, across 6 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 Lofts risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved -5.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 6 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
Does Lofts earn more short-term than long-let?
A night asks a median of AED 676, which models to 7.8% 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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Lofts sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
6 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/lofts
Method
Definitions and calculations

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

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