Bay Central 2
A studio in Bay Central 2 costs a median AED 1.05M and rents long-let for AED 65,000/yr (6.2% gross).
Studio · typical price
1.05MAED
AED 2,355/sqft · -0.1% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 65,000
- Yield after service charge
- 5.4%
- vs Dubai Marina
- 1% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.12M
- Price
- AED 1.05M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 42,000
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 22,050
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by net rent15 months
Is Bay Central 2 a good investment?Little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch
- Does it pay a good rent?6.2% gross, 5.4% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)6.2%Fair
- Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 75,000 a year ago, AED 65,000 now (pooled across the project)-13.3%
- Are prices going up?Studio: AED 2,357/sqft a year ago, 2,355 now-0.1%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 68,250 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrsFair
- Can I sell easily?19 sales in 12 months (36 the year before)19
- 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 81% for buyers 5 years ago; up 30% for launch buyers, before fees+81.3%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Bay Central 2 prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 1.05M and rents for about AED 65,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Dubai Marina · area median AED 2,389/sqft
- 12-month change
- -0.1%
- 3 years
- +25.3% · +7.8%/yr
- 5 years
- +73.2% · +11.6%/yr
- vs area median
- -1.4%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 14th of 26
- Off-plan price gain, 2009–2012
- +28.5% · +1.6%/yr
Rental income
Studio · Dubai Marina
- Gross yield
- 6.2%
- Median new rent
- AED 65,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.1 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- -0.6 pts
- Yield rank
- 6th of 12
- Renewal rent
- AED 63,700/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (14 renewals)
- +2.0%
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole Bay Central West & Central Towers project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, Studio: Mar 2009, AED 731,634; latest, Sep 2026, AED 915,000; peak, May 2025, AED 1,130,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,231 · before fees
- Launch, 2009–13
- 1,720
- +30%
- 275 sales
- 5 years ago
- 1,231
- +81%
- 20 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,840
- +21%
- 41 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,307
- −3%
- 36 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,231
- today
- 19 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.
19 resales in the last 12 months, against 34 a year on average over 2023–2025.
19 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. Bay Central 2 places 44th of 134; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Bay Central 2 (AED 2,231/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Bay Central 2 has registered sale prices 1% below the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 2,389 AED, across 26 eligible buildings. It ranks 14th of 26 by price per square foot and 6th of 12 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.
Explore sales activityPlanned 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.
Explore planned supplySupply 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 countedDirect 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 Bay Central West & Central Towers towers
3 towers in Bay Central West & Central Towers, at the bedroom type above.
Dubai Marina: every development at this typeDubai Marina: every development at this type
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.
About Bay Central 2
Bay Central 2 is an apartment building completed in 2012 in Dubai Marina. 329 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 19.39/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Jumeirah Beach Resdency
- Mall
- Marina Mall
- Landmark
- Burj Al Arab
Bay Central 2: AED 2,231 per sq ft, 18% above the median Dubai Marina building, and a 7.5% 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
- Bay Central 2AED 2,231
- Dubai Marina, readyAED 2,011
- Dubai Marina, off-planAED 3,049
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Bay Central 2Dubai Marina median building
- Dubai Marina7.5% vs 5.4%
Nearby in Dubai Marina
Prices per sq ft around Bay Central 2, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Bay Central 2, on the map
Bay Central 1
Dubai Marina · 21 sales, 12 months
1.77M
AED, resale median · 2,364/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 toOn record
- Sales evidence · StudioOn record
- Rental evidence · StudioRead with care
- Service chargeAED 19.39/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.4% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- Costs not includedNot 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 rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
Prefilled from Bay Central 2’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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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
- 4,669AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 5,417AED
- AED 65,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 291,750AED
- 20% down plus AED 81,750 in fees
Owning costs AED 228,091 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 2.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Bay Central 2?
- Bay Central 2 returns 6.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 65,000 a year (56 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.05M (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a studio in Bay Central 2 cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 1.05M (2,355 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Bay Central 2 selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Bay Central 2 over the last 12 months have a median of 2,355 AED/sqft, across 11 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 2 risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved -0.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does Bay Central 2 compare with Dubai Marina?
- Its 6.2% gross yield sits +0.1 pts against the Dubai Marina median of 6.1%, 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.
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Bay Central 2 sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 11 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-marina/bay-central-2
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Bay Central 2 sale prices and yield.” Dubai Marina, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-marina/bay-central-2
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