Residences_W3
A 1 bed in Residences_W3 costs a median AED 2.30M and returns 5.8% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
2.30MAED
AED 2,514/sqft
- vs Downtown Dubai
- 4% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 2.44M
- Price
- AED 2.30M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 92,000
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 48,300
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Residences_W3 a good investment?Fair on every measure with a record; no record of the yield and the rent trend
- Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
- Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
- Are prices going up?All types: AED 2,677/sqft a year ago, 2,725 now+1.8%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 144,500 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 144,500
- Can I sell easily?9 sales in 12 months (13 the year before)9
- 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 46% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+45.8%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Residences_W3 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 2.30M
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 · Downtown Dubai · area median AED 2,407/sqft
- vs area median
- +4.4%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 37th of 82
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 689
- Net revenue
- AED 133,406/yr
- Listings seen
- 23+
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.
- 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: May 2008, AED 731,800; latest, Feb 2026, AED 2,575,000; peak, Jan 2026, AED 2,575,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,725 · before fees
- 5 years ago
- 1,869
- +46%
- 10 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,841
- +48%
- 14 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,677
- +2%
- 13 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,725
- today
- 9 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.
9 resales in the last 12 months, against 15 a year on average over 2023–2025.
9 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Residences_W3
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. Residences_W3 places 44th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Residences_W3 (AED 2,725/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, Residences_W3 has registered sale prices 4% above the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,407 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 37th 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.
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 Residences_W3
Residences_W3 is an apartment building in Downtown Dubai. 111 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 8 min · 1.7 km
- DXB Airport
- 17 min · 14 km
- DIFC
- 9 min · 5.3 km
- Dubai Marina
- 22 min · 21 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 28 min · 26 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Downtown Dubai
Residences_W3: AED 2,725 per sq ft, 11% above 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
- Residences_W3AED 2,725
- Downtown Dubai, readyAED 2,665
- Downtown Dubai, off-planAED 3,819
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in Downtown Dubai
Prices per sq ft around Residences_W3, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Residences_W3, 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 · 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 registerNot on 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
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Residences_W3?
- No gross yield is published for Residences_W3 as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 3 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 Residences_W3 cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 2.30M (2,514 AED/sqft), from 3 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- Does Residences_W3 earn more short-term than long-let?
- A night asks a median of AED 689, which models to 5.8% 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.
- How many apartments change hands in Residences_W3?
- 3 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to Residences_W3?
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.
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Residences_W3 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/downtown-dubai/residences-w3
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Residences_W3 sale prices and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/residences-w3
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