MADA Residences Tower
- Completed 2018
- 193 units
- 31 floors
- 6 lifts
- 259 parking bays
- 2 pools
A 3 bed in MADA Residences Tower costs a median AED 4.00M, rents long-let for AED 260,000/yr (6.5% gross), and returns 6.6% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
3 bed · typical price
4.00MAED
AED 1,822/sqft · -1.2% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 260,000
- Yield after service charge
- 5.3%
- vs Downtown Dubai
- 51% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 4.25M
- Price
- AED 4.00M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 160,000
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 84,000
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by net rent14 months
Is MADA Residences Tower a good investment?Rents rising, with nothing to watch
- Does it pay a good rent?6.5% gross, 5.3% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)6.5%Fair
- Is it easy to let?49% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Downtown Dubai building manages 27%49%Fair
Downtown Dubai median 27% · top tenth from 64%MADA Residences Tower · 49% Across 28 Downtown Dubai buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 27% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 64% or more; MADA Residences Tower is at 49%.
- Are rents going up?New 3 bed leases: AED 240,000 a year ago, AED 260,000 now+8.3%Strength
- Are prices going up?3 bed: AED 1,844/sqft a year ago, 1,822 now-1.2%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 248,200 in fees to buy a 3 bed; net rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrsFair
- Can I sell easily?17 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (24 the year before)17Fair
- 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 80% for buyers 5 years ago; up 13% for launch buyers, before fees+80.2%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 3 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
MADA Residences Tower prices and rents by unit typeA three-bed costs about AED 4.00M and rents for about AED 260,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
3 bed · price per sqft · Downtown Dubai · area median AED 3,698/sqft
- 12-month change
- -1.2%
- 3 years
- +20.8% · +6.5%/yr
- 5 years
- +73.7% · +11.7%/yr
- vs area median
- -50.7%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 37th of 39
- Off-plan price gain, 2016–2018
- +7.2% · +0.8%/yr
Rental income
3 bed · Downtown Dubai
- Gross yield
- 6.5%
- Median new rent
- AED 260,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +1.6 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- -0.3 pts
- Yield rank
- 3rd of 21
- Renewal rent
- AED 245,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (23 renewals)
- +6.1%
Short-term income
3 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 1,395
- Net revenue
- AED 264,241/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.0×
- Listings seen
- 5+
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)
Chart data, 3 bed: Mar 2016, AED 3,449,612; latest, Sep 2026, AED 3,658,500; peak, Mar 2023, AED 5,300,000. Rent on new leases: Aug 2011, AED 165,000 a year; latest, Aug 2026, AED 224,545.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,822 · before fees
- Launch, 2016–19
- 1,613
- +13%
- 106 sales
- 5 years ago
- 1,011
- +80%
- 25 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,494
- +22%
- 36 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,816
- 0%
- 24 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,822
- today
- 17 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.
17 resales in the last 12 months, against 29 a year on average over 2023–2025.
17 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around MADA Residences Tower
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 Downtown Dubai
Every Downtown Dubai building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. MADA Residences Tower places 106th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against MADA Residences Tower (AED 1,822/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 3 bed, MADA Residences Tower has registered sale prices 51% below the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 3,698 AED, across 39 eligible buildings. It ranks 37th of 39 by price per square foot and 3rd of 21 by gross yield 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.
Explore sales activityPlanned 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 supplySupply 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 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.
About MADA Residences Tower
MADA Residences Tower is an apartment building completed in 2018 in Downtown Dubai with 193 registered units. 318 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 21.39/sqft a year · 2026 budget
- Floors
- 31
- Lifts
- 6
- Parking bays
- 259
- Pools
- 2
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 12 min · 4.5 km
- DXB Airport
- 14 min · 13 km
- DIFC
- 9 min · 6.8 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
MADA Residences Tower: AED 1,822 per sq ft, 26% below the median Downtown Dubai building, and a 4.6% gross yield, below 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
- MADA Residences TowerAED 1,822
- Downtown Dubai, readyAED 2,665
- Downtown Dubai, off-planAED 3,819
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
MADA Residences TowerDowntown Dubai median building
- Downtown Dubai4.6% vs 5.2%
Nearby in Downtown Dubai
Prices per sq ft around MADA Residences Tower, on the mapPrices per sq ft around MADA Residences Tower, on the map
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 toOn record
- Sales evidence · 3 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 3 bedOn record
- Service chargeAED 21.39/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.3% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a 3 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 MADA Residences Tower’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
- 17,787AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 21,667AED
- AED 260,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 1,091,200AED
- 20% down plus AED 291,200 in fees
Owning costs AED 954,880 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 MADA Residences Tower?
- MADA Residences Tower returns 6.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 260,000 a year (18 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 4.00M (median of 10 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 3 bedroom in MADA Residences Tower cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 4.00M (1,822 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 MADA Residences Tower selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in MADA Residences Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 1,822 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 MADA Residences Tower risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved -1.2% 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 MADA Residences Tower compare with Downtown Dubai?
- Its 6.5% gross yield sits +1.6 pts against the Downtown Dubai median of 4.9%, 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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MADA Residences Tower sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- 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; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/mada-residences-tower
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “MADA Residences Tower sale prices and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/mada-residences-tower
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