What is the rental yield in Zaafaran 4?

No gross yield is published for Zaafaran 4 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 Zaafaran 4 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 2.50M (2,329 AED/sqft), from 3 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Does Zaafaran 4 earn more short-term than long-let?

A night asks a median of AED 800, which models to 6.2% 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 Zaafaran 4?

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 Zaafaran 4?

Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.

Zaafaran 4

A 1 bed in Zaafaran 4 costs a median AED 2.50M and returns 6.2% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of the Downtown Dubai district around Zaafaran 4, with roads and landmarks named. Apple Maps.

Street map around Zaafaran 4, Downtown Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

1 bed · typical price

2.50MAED

AED 2,329/sqft

vs Downtown Dubai: 3% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 2.66M

Price: AED 2.50M
DLD fee 4%: AED 100,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 52,500
Trustee: AED 4,200

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Is Zaafaran 4 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
How fast do fees pay back?AED 156,700 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 156,700
Can I sell easily?4 sales in 12 months (4 the year before)4
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 59% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+58.9%Context

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

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Zaafaran 4 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 2.50M

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed	AED 2.50M2,329/sqft		not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	3
2 bed	AED 3.37M2,536/sqft		not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	1

Appreciation, 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: -3.2%
Rank by price per sqft: 44th of 82

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 6.2%
Median nightly rate: AED 800
Net revenue: AED 154,607/yr
Listings seen: 22+

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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.

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,432 · before fees

5 years ago: 1,531; +59%; 7 sales
3 years ago: 1,913; +27%; 10 sales
Previous 12 months: 2,714; −10%; 4 sales
Last 12 months: 2,432; today; 4 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.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
20 Aug 2026	1 bed	896	AED 2,000,000	2,232
19 Feb 2026	1 bed	1,288	AED 3,000,000	2,329
12 Dec 2025	2 bed	1,329	AED 3,370,000	2,536
30 Oct 2025	1 bed	918	AED 2,500,000	2,723

4 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Zaafaran 4

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

Occupancy assumption70%

Type	Nightly, AED	Net revenue at 70%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield
1 bed500 m cluster · 22+ listings seen	8000.74/sqft	AED 154,607	—	—	6.2%
2 bed500 m cluster · 29+ listings seen	1,0210.77/sqft	AED 198,140	—	—	—

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. Zaafaran 4 places 60th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
56	AZHA Downtown Residences8% · Q3 2027 · off-plan 2,390/sqft	AED 4.07M	2,452+0.8%	—	+2.7%	10
57	Bellevue Towers-2Completed 2020 · off-plan 1,772/sqft	AED 1.60M	2,451+0.8%	7.2%	+1.8%	10
58	Yansoon 5	AED 3.35M	2,449+0.7%	—	—	5
59	Residences_W1	AED 2.50M	2,444+0.5%	—	+7.9%	11
60	Zaafaran 4 · this building	AED 2.75M	2,432	—	—	4
61	Yansoon 1	AED 5.00M	2,420-0.5%	—	—	4
62	DT1Completed 2020 · off-plan 1,800/sqft	AED 3.34M	2,419-0.6%	4.6%	+2.6%	12
63	Miska 4	AED 4.01M	2,397-1.4%	—	—	4
64	Blvd Heights T2Completed 2020 · off-plan 1,925/sqft	AED 3.75M	2,396-1.5%	5.5%	-6.1%	6

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Zaafaran 4 (AED 2,432/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Zaafaran 4 has registered sale prices 3% below the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,407 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 44th 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.

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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 Zaafaran 4

Zaafaran 4 is an apartment building in Downtown Dubai. 48 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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Drive times · typical

Downtown: 11 min · 3.0 km
DXB Airport: 15 min · 14 km
DIFC: 8 min · 5.8 km
Dubai Marina: 21 min · 22 km
Palm Jumeirah: 27 min · 27 km

Nearest, as registered

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

Zaafaran 4: AED 2,432 per sq ft, level with 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

Zaafaran 4AED 2,432
Downtown Dubai, readyAED 2,665
Downtown Dubai, off-planAED 3,819
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

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Prices per sq ft around Zaafaran 4, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 94 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Zaafaran 4 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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 to
2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
On record
Sales evidence · 1 bed
3 registered sales in 12 months; thin, a single deal moves the median
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Rental evidence · 1 bed
No Ejari contract registered: not yet let
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
No project number on this building's record, so completion status and developer cannot be joined.
Not on record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 22 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

Rent or buy

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What is the rental yield in Zaafaran 4?: No gross yield is published for Zaafaran 4 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 Zaafaran 4 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 2.50M (2,329 AED/sqft), from 3 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Does Zaafaran 4 earn more short-term than long-let?: A night asks a median of AED 800, which models to 6.2% 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 Zaafaran 4?: 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 Zaafaran 4?: 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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Zaafaran 4 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
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/zaafaran-4
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Zaafaran 4 sale prices and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/zaafaran-4

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