What is the rental yield in 52|42 Tower 2?

52|42 Tower 2 returns 5.3% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 121,519 a year (62 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.29M (median of 4 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in 52|42 Tower 2 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 2.29M (3,366 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

How does 52|42 Tower 2 compare with Dubai Marina?

Its 5.3% gross yield sits -0.5 pts against the Dubai Marina median of 5.8%, 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.

What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in 52|42 Tower 2?

The median new annual rent is AED 121,519, from 62 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 52|42 Tower 2 risen or fallen?

The median new annual rent changed -6.5% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 62 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.

52|42 Tower 2

Completed 2020
Master developer Emaar Properties

A 1 bed in 52|42 Tower 2 costs a median AED 2.29M and rents long-let for AED 121,519/yr (5.3% gross).

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1 bed · typical price

2.29MAED

AED 3,366/sqft

Rent a year: AED 121,519
Yield after service charge: 4.5%
vs Dubai Marina: 70% above the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 2.43M

Price: AED 2.29M
DLD fee 4%: AED 91,500
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 48,038
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent17 months

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Is 52|42 Tower 2 a good investment?Prices rising and little new supply nearby; the rent pays below the Dubai median

Does it pay a good rent?5.3% gross, 4.5% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)5.3%Watch
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 130,000 a year ago, AED 121,519 now (pooled across the project)-6.5%
Are prices going up?All types: AED 2,622/sqft a year ago, 2,979 now+13.6%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 143,738 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.4 years1.4 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?8 sales in 12 months (20 the year before)8
Is a lot being built nearby?2,685 apartments are planned in Dubai Marina from 2026 to 2028, equal to 19% of the 14,287 homes let there today. A further 693 are past their planned date. Dubai Marina supply by year →19%Strength
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 56% for buyers 5 years ago; up 59% for launch buyers, before fees+56.2%Context

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

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52|42 Tower 2 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 2.29M and rents for about AED 121,519 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed	AED 2.29M3,366/sqft		5.3%-0.5 pts	AED 121,51962 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
2 bed	AED 2.91M2,566/sqft		5.8%+0.1 pts	AED 170,000100 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4

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

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Marina · area median AED 1,982/sqft

vs area median: +69.8%
Rank by price per sqft: 7th of 84
Off-plan price gain, 2016–2021: +86.2% · +8.6%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Dubai Marina

Gross yield: 5.3%
Median new rent: AED 121,519/yr
Yield vs area median: -0.5 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): -1.5 pts
Yield rank: 33rd of 40
Renewal rent: AED 130,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (17 renewals): -6.5%

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Rental data covers the whole 5242 project, not this tower alone.
Thin sample — 4 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 2,979 · before fees

Launch, 2016–21: 1,871; +59%; 144 sales
5 years ago: 1,907; +56%; 28 sales
3 years ago: 2,441; +22%; 26 sales
Previous 12 months: 2,622; +14%; 20 sales
Last 12 months: 2,979; today; 8 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.

8 resales in the last 12 months, against 24 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
2 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,127	AED 2,800,000	2,485
1 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,139	AED 3,015,000	2,648
15 Jul 2026	1 bed	506	AED 1,000,000	1,977
13 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,129	AED 3,900,000	3,456
29 Dec 2025	2 bed	1,127	AED 2,500,000	2,218
28 Nov 2025	1 bed	687	AED 2,400,000	3,494
23 Oct 2025	1 bed	680	AED 2,250,000	3,311
17 Oct 2025	1 bed	680	AED 2,325,000	3,421

8 resales in the last 12 months.

Comparables in Dubai Marina

Every Dubai Marina building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. 52|42 Tower 2 places 15th of 134; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
11	Al Majara 471% · Q2 2026 · off-plan 3,216/sqft	AED 5.43M	3,216+8.0%	—	-0.1%	15
12	LIV Waterside	AED 2.73M	3,190+7.1%	—	—	126
13	VIDA Residences Dubai MarinaCompleted 2022 · off-plan 1,895/sqft	AED 3.30M	3,126+4.9%	5.8%	-9.6%	26
14	Marina StarCompleted 2023 · off-plan 1,255/sqft	AED 2.20M	3,000+0.7%	4.3%	+8.5%	29
15	52\|42 Tower 2 · this buildingCompleted 2020 · off-plan 1,847/sqft	AED 2.45M	2,979	6.5%	+13.6%	8
16	Jumeirah Living Marina GateCompleted 2020 · off-plan 2,201/sqft	AED 3.49M	2,971-0.3%	4.9%	-7.0%	40
17	Dubai Marina Mall HotelCompleted 2009 · off-plan 2,800/sqft	AED 2.27M	2,963-0.6%	5.5%	+1.4%	33
18	The Residence at Marina Gate 2Completed 2019 · off-plan 2,139/sqft	AED 3.15M	2,960-0.7%	4.8%	-6.4%	29
19	Pelagos by IGO84% · Q1 2026 · off-plan 2,752/sqft	AED 2.06M	2,917-2.1%	3.3%	+6.6%	12

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against 52|42 Tower 2 (AED 2,979/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, 52|42 Tower 2 has registered sale prices 70% above the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 1,982 AED, across 84 eligible buildings. It ranks 7th of 84 by price per square foot and 33rd of 40 by gross yield in Dubai Marina.

Market context in Dubai Marina

Registered sales activity

2,029 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+14.7% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 2,029 current and 2,897 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

2,006 known registered units across 4 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

4 projects had already passed their planned date; 3 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

2,685 apartments are planned in Dubai Marina from 2026 to 2028, equal to 19% of the 14,287 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 37% of 122 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai Marina with sales in both years; the typical one moved +2.4%.

The pooled median moved +14.7%: 12.4 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 88% of 84 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −8.3%.

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.

The 5242 towers

2 towers in 5242, at the bedroom type above.

5242, every type →

Tower	Price	AED/sqft	Rent a year	Gross yield
52\|42 Tower 1	—1 sale, too few	—	AED 121,519project pool	—
52\|42 Tower 2 · this building	AED 2.29M4 sales	3,366	AED 121,519project pool	5.3%

Ejari files 5242’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 Marina: every development at this type

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
5242 · this development2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 121,51962 contracts	AED 2.33M5 sales	3,421	5.2%
Bay Central West & Central Towers3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 85,000148 contracts	AED 1.65M25 sales	2,330	5.2%
Bluewaters Bay2 towers	—none	AED 2.89M15 sales	3,713	—
Harbour Residences2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 125,00012 contracts	—2 sales, too few	—	—
Marina Quays6 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 94,50081 contracts	AED 1.68M13 sales	1,959	5.6%
Park Islands6 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 100,000124 contracts	AED 1.90M38 sales	2,063	5.3%
Silverene2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 105,000111 contracts	AED 1.48M17 sales	2,387	7.1%
Sparkle Towers3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 105,00069 contracts	AED 2.01M10 sales	2,328	5.2%
The Atlantic2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 90,5006 contracts	—1 sale, too few	—	—
All of Dubai Marinaevery building, in a project or not	AED 94,0002,515 contracts	AED 1.65M882 sales	2,084	5.7%

Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at 1 bed. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.

About 52|42 Tower 2

52|42 Tower 2 is an apartment building completed in 2020 by Emaar Properties in Dubai Marina. 342 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 26.97/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Master developer: Emaar Properties

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 25 min · 23 km
DXB Airport: 29 min · 37 km
DIFC: 21 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina: 13 min · 5.8 km
Palm Jumeirah: 21 min · 14 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Jumeirah Beach Residency
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Burj Al Arab

52|42 Tower 2: AED 2,979 per sq ft, 57% above the median Dubai Marina building, and a 6.5% 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

52|42 Tower 2AED 2,979
Dubai Marina, readyAED 2,011
Dubai Marina, off-planAED 3,049
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

52|42 Tower 2Dubai Marina median building

Dubai Marina6.5% vs 5.4%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 62 buildings in Dubai Marina. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Marina, by handover quarter

Nearby in Dubai Marina

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Prices per sq ft around 52|42 Tower 2, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 177 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · 52|42 Tower 2 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

52|42 Tower 1

Dubai Marina · 15 sales, 12 months

3.80M

AED, resale median · 3,255/sqft

Torch Tower

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

1.82M

AED, resale median · 1,488/sqft

DAMAC Heights

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

2.86M

AED, resale median · 2,048/sqft

Elite Residence

Dubai Marina · 43 sales, 12 months

1.80M

AED, resale median · 1,406/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
4 registered sales in 12 months; thin, a single deal moves the median
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Rental evidence · 1 bed
62 new and 17 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
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Service charge
AED 26.97/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 4.5% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
5242: recorded complete 2020-09-05 · 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

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 rate

Prefilled from 52|42 Tower 2’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

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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: 10,172AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 10,127AED; AED 121,519 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 627,113AED; 20% down plus AED 169,613 in fees

Owning costs AED 398,748 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 2.

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

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What is the rental yield in 52|42 Tower 2?: 52|42 Tower 2 returns 5.3% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 121,519 a year (62 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.29M (median of 4 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in 52|42 Tower 2 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 2.29M (3,366 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
How does 52|42 Tower 2 compare with Dubai Marina?: Its 5.3% gross yield sits -0.5 pts against the Dubai Marina median of 5.8%, 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.
What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in 52|42 Tower 2?: The median new annual rent is AED 121,519, from 62 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 52|42 Tower 2 risen or fallen?: The median new annual rent changed -6.5% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 62 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.

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