Bay Central 1

1. Does it pay a good rent?4.9% gross, 4.1% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)4.9%Watch
2. Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 94,750 a year ago, AED 85,000 now (pooled across the project)-10.3%
3. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,412/sqft a year ago, 2,364 now-2.0%Fair
4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 109,120 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.5 years1.5 yrsFair
5. Can I sell easily?21 sales in 12 months (35 the year before)21
6. 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
7. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 80% for buyers 5 years ago; up 50% for launch buyers, before fees+80.2%Context

21 resales in the last 12 months, against 33 a year on average over 2023–2025.

At 1 bed, Bay Central 1 has registered sale prices 19% above the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 1,982 AED, across 84 eligible buildings. It ranks 22nd of 84 by price per square foot and 38th of 40 by gross yield in Dubai Marina.

Ejari files Bay Central West & Central Towers’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
  19 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · 1 bed
  148 new and 135 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
  Read with care
• Service charge
  AED 19.39/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 4.1% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
  On record
• Project register
  Bay Central West & Central Towers: recorded complete 2012-05-09 · 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

What is the rental yield in Bay Central 1?

Bay Central 1 returns 4.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 85,000 a year (148 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.72M (median of 19 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Bay Central 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.72M (2,364 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 Bay Central 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Bay Central 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 2,364 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 Bay Central 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -2.0% 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.

How does Bay Central 1 compare with Dubai Marina?

Its 4.9% gross yield sits -0.9 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.