Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1

1. Does it pay a good rent?5.0% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)5.0%Watch
2. Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 130,000 a year ago, AED 130,000 now (pooled across the project)0.0%
3. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 3,141/sqft a year ago, 3,213 now+2.3%Fair
4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 162,800 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 1.3 years1.3 yrs
5. Can I sell easily?30 sales in 12 months (48 the year before)30
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 32% for buyers 5 years ago; up 47% for launch buyers, before fees+31.9%Context

30 resales in the last 12 months, against 78 a year on average over 2023–2025.

At 1 bed, Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1 has registered sale prices 33% above the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,407 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 14th of 82 by price per square foot and 40th of 43 by gross yield in Downtown Dubai.

Ejari files Vida Dubai Mall’s leases under the project, not a tower, so every tower share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.

• Sales and rents to
  2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
  On record
• Sales evidence · 1 bed
  17 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · 1 bed
  21 new and 4 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
  Read with care
• Service charge
  Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
  Not on record
• Project register
  Vida Dubai Mall: recorded complete 2022-02-27 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Developer
  Emaar Properties · delivery record
  On record
• Costs not included
  4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
  Not in the yield

What is the rental yield in Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1?

Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1 returns 5.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 130,000 a year (21 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.60M (median of 17 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 2.60M (3,213 AED/sqft), from 17 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 3,213 AED/sqft, across 17 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 Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +2.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 17 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1 compare with Downtown Dubai?

Its 5.0% gross yield sits -0.5 pts against the Downtown Dubai median of 5.5%, 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.