The Dubai Mall Residences
- Completed 2008
- 449 units
- 25 floors
- Master developer Emaar Properties
A 1 bed in The Dubai Mall Residences costs a median AED 2.52M, rents long-let for AED 139,286/yr (5.5% gross), and returns 6.6% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
2.52MAED
AED 3,080/sqft · +10.6% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 139,286
- Yield after service charge
- 3.9%
- vs Downtown Dubai
- 28% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 2.68M
- Price
- AED 2.52M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 101,000
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 53,025
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by net rent19 months
Is The Dubai Mall Residences a good investment?Prices rising; the rent pays below the Dubai median
- Does it pay a good rent?5.5% gross, 3.9% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)5.5%Watch
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 174,000 a year ago, AED 139,286 now (pooled across the project)-19.9%
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,786/sqft a year ago, 3,080 now+10.6%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 158,225 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.6 years1.6 yrsFair
- Can I sell easily?33 sales in 12 months, 7% of the tower (58 the year before)33Fair
- 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 75% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+75.4%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
The Dubai Mall Residences prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 2.52M and rents for about AED 139,286 a year
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
- 12-month change
- +10.6%
- 3 years
- +13.1% · +4.2%/yr
- 5 years
- +63.0% · +10.3%/yr
- vs area median
- +28.0%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 22nd of 82
- Off-plan price gain, 2009–2016
- +42.9% · +2.7%/yr
Rental income
1 bed · Downtown Dubai
- Gross yield
- 5.5%
- Median new rent
- AED 139,286/yr
- Yield vs area median
- -0.0 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- -1.3 pts
- Yield rank
- 23rd of 43
- Renewal rent
- AED 130,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (14 renewals)
- +7.1%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays
- Median nightly rate
- AED 836
- Net revenue
- AED 166,741/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.2×
- Listings seen
- 9+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole The Dubai Mall 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)
Chart data, 1 bed: Aug 2009, AED 1,941,888; latest, Sep 2026, AED 2,447,500; peak, Jan 2015, AED 2,850,000. Rent on new leases: Dec 2021, AED 67,500 a year; latest, Sep 2026, AED 89,751.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 3,268 · before fees
- 5 years ago
- 1,864
- +75%
- 38 sales
- 3 years ago
- 2,937
- +11%
- 98 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 3,093
- +6%
- 58 sales
- Last 12 months
- 3,268
- today
- 33 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.
33 resales in the last 12 months, against 68 a year on average over 2023–2025.
33 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around The Dubai Mall Residences
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
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. The Dubai Mall Residences places 26th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Dubai Mall Residences (AED 3,268/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, The Dubai Mall Residences has registered sale prices 28% above the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,407 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 22nd of 82 by price per square foot and 23rd of 43 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 The Dubai Mall Residences
The Dubai Mall Residences is an apartment building completed in 2008 by Emaar Properties in Downtown Dubai with 449 registered units. 518 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 50.04/sqft a year · 2026 budget
- Floors
- 25
- Master developer
- Emaar Properties
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 11 min · 2.8 km
- DXB Airport
- 13 min · 12 km
- DIFC
- 8 min · 5.5 km
- Dubai Marina
- 20 min · 22 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 27 min · 27 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Burj Khalifa
The Dubai Mall Residences: AED 3,268 per sq ft, 34% above the median Downtown Dubai building, and a 5.2% 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
- The Dubai Mall ResidencesAED 3,268
- 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
The Dubai Mall ResidencesDowntown Dubai median building
- Downtown Dubai5.2% vs 5.2%
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AED, resale median · 2,929/sqft
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AED, resale median · 3,328/sqft
Grande
Downtown Dubai · 61 sales, 12 months
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AED, resale median · 3,539/sqft
The St. Regis Residences - Tower 2
Downtown Dubai · 56 sales, 12 months
3.91M
AED, resale median · 2,975/sqft
Nearby in Downtown Dubai
Prices per sq ft around The Dubai Mall Residences, on the mapPrices per sq ft around The Dubai Mall Residences, 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 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 1 bedRead with care
- Service chargeAED 50.04/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 3.9% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- DeveloperOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- 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
Prefilled from The Dubai Mall Residences’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
- 11,228AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 11,607AED
- AED 139,286 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 691,475AED
- 20% down plus AED 186,475 in fees
Owning costs AED 468,240 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 The Dubai Mall Residences?
- The Dubai Mall Residences returns 5.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 139,286 a year (31 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.52M (median of 19 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in The Dubai Mall Residences cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 2.52M (3,080 AED/sqft), from 19 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in The Dubai Mall Residences selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in The Dubai Mall Residences over the last 12 months have a median of 3,080 AED/sqft, across 19 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 The Dubai Mall Residences risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +10.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 19 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in The Dubai Mall Residences?
- The median new annual rent is AED 139,286, from 31 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
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The Dubai Mall Residences sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 19 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/the-dubai-mall-residences
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Dubai Mall Residences sale prices and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/the-dubai-mall-residences
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