What is the rental yield in Dunes 16?

No gross yield is published for Dunes 16 as of 2026-10-12: its Ejari contracts are registered at project level, not for this tower. In the last 12 months it had 2 registered sales and 54 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Dubai Investment Park 2 median is 10.6% gross.

How much does a studio in Dunes 16 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 382,500 (801 AED/sqft), from 2 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Dunes 16?

The median new annual rent is AED 42,500, from 54 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.

Have registered rents in Dunes 16 risen or fallen?

The median new annual rent changed +9.0% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 54 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.

Do new tenants in Dunes 16 pay more than sitting ones?

A new tenant pays +28.8% against a renewing one, across 167 renewal contracts in the last 12 months. This compares different new and renewal contract groups, not the same tenancy before and after a move. It is not a permitted rent increase or a guaranteed gain.

Dunes 16

Completed 2009

A studio in Dunes 16 costs a median AED 382,500 and rents long-let for AED 42,500/yr.

Satellite view of Dunes 16, Dubai Investment Park 2, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps. — Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Satellite view of the Dubai Investment Park 2 district around Dunes 16, with roads and landmarks named. Apple Maps.

Street map around Dunes 16, Dubai Investment Park 2, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

Studio · typical price

382,500AED

AED 801/sqft

Rent a year: AED 42,500
vs Dubai Investment Park 2: 51% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 407,933

Price: AED 382,500
DLD fee 4%: AED 15,300
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 8,033
Trustee: AED 2,100

Fees repaid by rent7 months

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Is Dunes 16 a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median; lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?9.9% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)9.9%Strength
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 39,000 a year ago, AED 42,500 now (pooled across the project)+9.0%
How fast do fees pay back?AED 25,433 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 0.6 years0.6 yrs
Can I sell easily?4 sales in 12 months (2 the year before)4
Is a lot being built nearby?1,268 apartments are planned in Dubai Investment Park 2 from 2026 to 2028, equal to 52% of the 2,462 homes let there today. Dubai Investment Park 2 supply by year →52%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 18% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+18.0%Context

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

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Dunes 16 prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 382,500 and rents for about AED 42,500 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio	AED 382,500801/sqft		pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	2
1 bed	AED 525,000538/sqft		pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	2

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Dubai Investment Park 2 · area median AED 1,630/sqft

vs area median: -50.9%

Rental income

Studio · Dubai Investment Park 2

Median new rent: AED 42,500/yr
Renewal rent: AED 33,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (167 renewals): +28.8%

Read with care

Rental data covers the whole Dunes Village project, not this tower alone.
Thin sample — 2 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, Studio, 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 666 · before fees

5 years ago: 564; +18%; 1 sale
Previous 12 months: 716; −7%; 2 sales
Last 12 months: 666; 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
3 Aug 2026	Studio	475	AED 375,000	789
16 Jun 2026	1 bed	977	AED 530,000	543
14 Jan 2026	1 bed	977	AED 520,000	532
22 Dec 2025	Studio	480	AED 390,000	812

4 resales in the last 12 months.

Comparables in Dubai Investment Park 2

Every Dubai Investment Park 2 building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Dunes 16 places 43rd of 44; the nearest 5 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
39	Ritaj FCompleted 2011	AED 581,609	700+5.1%	7.7%	+2.2%	43
40	Ritaj GCompleted 2011	AED 804,460	700+5.1%	5.6%	+17.0%	8
41	Ritaj HCompleted 2011	AED 640,330	700+5.1%	7.0%	+2.5%	9
42	Centurion Residence - Tower 2Completed 2017 · off-plan 729/sqft	AED 992,003	677+1.6%	7.9%	+18.0%	11
43	Dunes 16 · this buildingCompleted 2009	AED 455,000	666	9.9%	—	4
44	Dunes 13Completed 2009	AED 577,500	543-18.5%	7.8%	+6.3%	10

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Dunes 16 (AED 666/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Dunes 16 has registered sale prices 51% below the Dubai Investment Park 2 median price per square foot of 1,630 AED, across 10 eligible buildings.

Market context in Dubai Investment Park 2

Registered sales activity

207 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+16.9% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 207 current and 188 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

0 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

1,268 apartments are planned in Dubai Investment Park 2 from 2026 to 2028, equal to 52% of the 2,462 homes let there today.

How these are counted

Find service-charge budget evidence for Dunes 16

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.

The Dunes Village towers

3 towers in Dunes Village, at the bedroom type above.

Dunes Village, every type →

Tower	Price	AED/sqft	Rent a year	Gross yield
Dunes 10	AED 400,0003 sales	794	AED 42,500project pool	10.6%
Dunes 13	—1 sale, too few	—	AED 42,500project pool	—
Dunes 16 · this building	—2 sales, too few	—	AED 42,500project pool	—

Ejari files Dunes Village’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.

Dubai Investment Park 2: every development at this type

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
DAMAC Riverside Views2 developments, pooled	—none	AED 800,000233 sales	1,647	—
Azure 25 towers	—none	AED 800,000218 sales	1,647	—
Capri 25 towers	—none	AED 797,72015 sales	1,587	—
Dunes Village · this development3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 42,50054 contracts	AED 392,5006 sales	792	10.8%
Ritaj6 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 38,000244 contracts	AED 401,18374 sales	890	9.5%
All of Dubai Investment Park 2every building, in a project or not	AED 40,000298 contracts	AED 714,000313 sales	1,640	5.6%

Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at studio. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer. Developments sharing a name are grouped under it; DLD itself records no such parent.

About Dunes 16

Dunes 16 is an apartment building completed in 2009 in Dubai Investment Park 2. 30 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 34 min · 35 km
DXB Airport: 35 min · 51 km
DIFC: 31 min · 38 km
Dubai Marina: 23 min · 22 km
Palm Jumeirah: 32 min · 32 km

Nearest, as registered

Landmark: Expo 2020 Site

Dunes 16: AED 666 per sq ft, 54% below the median Dubai Investment Park 2 building, and a 9.9% gross yield, above 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

Dunes 16AED 666
Dubai Investment Park 2, readyAED 754
Dubai Investment Park 2, off-planAED 1,456
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.

Gross yield against the area's buildings

Axis: gross yield, % of price

Dunes 16Dubai Investment Park 2 median building

Dubai Investment Park 29.9% vs 7.8%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 11 buildings in Dubai Investment Park 2. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Investment Park 2, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Dunes 16, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 8 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Dunes 16 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Dunes 13

Dubai Investment Park 2 · 10 sales, 12 months

577,500

AED, resale median · 543/sqft

Dunes 10

Dubai Investment Park 2 · 6 sales, 12 months

445,000

AED, resale median · 700/sqft

Ritaj A

Dubai Investment Park 2 · 71 sales, 12 months

401,183

AED, resale median · 890/sqft

Ritaj F

Dubai Investment Park 2 · 43 sales, 12 months

581,609

AED, resale median · 700/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 · Studio
2 registered sales in 12 months; thin, a single deal moves the median
Read with care
Rental evidence · Studio
54 new and 167 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
Dunes Village: recorded complete 2009-05-10 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

Rent or buy

What owning a studio here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate

Prefilled from Dunes 16’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

More assumptions

Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

The site does not hold this building’s service charge; type yours to include it. Residency sets the default down payment: typical bank floor, not a rule.

Monthly mortgage: 1,701AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 3,542AED; AED 42,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 108,758AED; 20% down plus AED 32,258 in fees

Owning costs AED 180,539 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 1.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Dunes 16?: No gross yield is published for Dunes 16 as of 2026-10-12: its Ejari contracts are registered at project level, not for this tower. In the last 12 months it had 2 registered sales and 54 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Dubai Investment Park 2 median is 10.6% gross.
How much does a studio in Dunes 16 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 382,500 (801 AED/sqft), from 2 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Dunes 16?: The median new annual rent is AED 42,500, from 54 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.
Have registered rents in Dunes 16 risen or fallen?: The median new annual rent changed +9.0% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 54 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
Do new tenants in Dunes 16 pay more than sitting ones?: A new tenant pays +28.8% against a renewing one, across 167 renewal contracts in the last 12 months. This compares different new and renewal contract groups, not the same tenancy before and after a move. It is not a permitted rent increase or a guaranteed gain.

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Dunes 16 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 2 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-investments-park-2/dunes-16
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dunes 16 sale prices and yield.” Dubai Investment Park 2, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-investments-park-2/dunes-16

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