What is the rental yield in Escan Marina Tower?

Escan Marina Tower returns 7.1% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 70,500 a year (94 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 998,259 (median of 18 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Escan Marina Tower cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 998,259 (1,295 AED/sqft), from 18 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Escan Marina Tower selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Escan Marina Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 1,295 AED/sqft, across 18 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 Escan Marina Tower risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +0.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 18 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Escan Marina Tower compare with Dubai Marina?

Its 7.1% gross yield sits +1.2 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.

Escan Marina Tower

Completed 2016
332 units
31 floors

A 1 bed in Escan Marina Tower costs a median AED 998,259, rents long-let for AED 70,500/yr (7.1% gross), and returns 9.8% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

998,259AED

AED 1,295/sqft · +0.5% on a year

Rent a year: AED 70,500
Yield after service charge: 6.0%
vs Dubai Marina: 35% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.06M

Price: AED 998,259
DLD fee 4%: AED 39,930
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 20,963
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent13 months

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Is Escan Marina Tower a good investment?Little new supply nearby; rents are slipping

Does it pay a good rent?7.1% gross, 6.0% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.1%Fair
Is it easy to let?56% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai Marina building manages 39%56%Fair
Dubai Marina median 39% · top tenth from 63%Escan Marina Tower · 56%
Across 43 Dubai Marina buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 39% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 63% or more; Escan Marina Tower is at 56%.
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 75,000 a year ago, AED 70,500 now-6.0%Watch
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,288/sqft a year ago, 1,295 now+0.5%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 65,093 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?28 sales in 12 months, 8% of the tower (63 the year before)28Fair
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 96% for buyers 5 years ago; up 76% for launch buyers, before fees+96.4%Context

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

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Escan Marina Tower prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 998,259 and rents for about AED 70,500 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio37 units · 355 sqft	AED 688,0001,921/sqft	under 3 sales	not published	under 5 sales in a year	1
1 bed202 units · 756 sqft	AED 998,2591,295/sqft	7.1%+1.2 pts	AED 70,50094 contracts	+0.5%	18
2 bed93 units · 1,169 sqft	AED 1.46M1,249/sqft	6.8%+1.1 pts	AED 100,00029 contracts	+14.8%	9

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

Appreciation

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

12-month change: +0.5%
3 years: +30.9% · +9.4%/yr
5 years: +100.5% · +14.9%/yr
vs area median: -34.7%
Rank by price per sqft: 79th of 84
Off-plan price gain, 2011–2017: -13.8% · -1.2%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Dubai Marina

Gross yield: 7.1%
Median new rent: AED 70,500/yr
Yield vs area median: +1.2 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.3 pts
Yield rank: 4th of 40
Renewal rent: AED 70,000/yr

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 9.8%
Median nightly rate: AED 514
Net revenue: AED 97,930/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.4×
Listings seen: 27+

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,280 · before fees

Launch, 2011–17: 725; +76%; 18 sales
5 years ago: 651; +96%; 33 sales
3 years ago: 984; +30%; 74 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,263; +1%; 63 sales
Last 12 months: 1,280; today; 28 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.

28 resales in the last 12 months, against 70 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
24 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,134	AED 1,300,000	1,146
26 Aug 2026	1 bed	660	AED 880,000	1,333
13 Jul 2026	1 bed	762	AED 1,150,000	1,510
8 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,125	AED 1,535,000	1,364
7 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,188	AED 1,410,000	1,187
2 Jul 2026	1 bed	755	AED 890,000	1,179
29 Jun 2026	1 bed	755	AED 906,000	1,200
22 Jun 2026	1 bed	704	AED 900,000	1,279
8 Jun 2026	1 bed	755	AED 840,000	1,112
18 May 2026	1 bed	836	AED 900,000	1,076

28 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Escan Marina Tower

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
Studio500 m cluster · 5+ listings seen	3781.06/sqft	AED 75,601	AED 46,000	1.6×	—
1 bed500 m cluster · 27+ listings seen	5140.67/sqft	AED 97,930	AED 70,500	1.4×	9.8%
2 bed1+ listings seen	6850.59/sqft	AED 128,280	AED 100,000	1.3×	8.8%

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 Dubai Marina

Every Dubai Marina building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Escan Marina Tower places 121st of 134; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
117	MAG218Completed 2010 · off-plan 805/sqft	AED 1.26M	1,343+5.0%	6.8%	+2.9%	29
118	Sulafa TowerCompleted 2010 · off-plan 1,110/sqft	AED 1.31M	1,318+3.0%	6.4%	+14.1%	38
119	Emirates Crown Tower	AED 5.10M	1,314+2.7%	—	—	3
120	Marina 101Completed 2024 · off-plan 1,150/sqft	AED 1.50M	1,286+0.5%	—	+23.6%	9
121	Escan Marina Tower · this buildingCompleted 2016 · off-plan 1,470/sqft	AED 1.15M	1,280	6.3%	+1.3%	28
122	Azure	AED 3.00M	1,268-0.9%	—	-10.8%	7
123	Dec Towers T2	AED 1.13M	1,241-3.0%	—	+8.8%	15
124	The Jewels T2	AED 1.95M	1,238-3.3%	—	-2.2%	8
125	Marina View Tower B	AED 1.93M	1,234-3.5%	—	—	4

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Escan Marina Tower (AED 1,280/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Escan Marina Tower has registered sale prices 35% below the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 1,982 AED, across 84 eligible buildings. It ranks 79th of 84 by price per square foot and 4th 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.

About Escan Marina Tower

Escan Marina Tower is an apartment building completed in 2016 in Dubai Marina with 332 registered units. 628 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 13.13/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 31

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 22 min · 24 km
DXB Airport: 26 min · 37 km
DIFC: 18 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina: 9 min · 3.1 km
Palm Jumeirah: 18 min · 14 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Jumeirah Beach Residency
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

Escan Marina Tower: AED 1,280 per sq ft, 33% below the median Dubai Marina building, and a 6.3% 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

Escan Marina TowerAED 1,280
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

Escan Marina TowerDubai Marina median building

Dubai Marina6.3% 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 Escan Marina Tower, on the map

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

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

LIV Marina

Dubai Marina · 41 sales, 12 months

3.00M

AED, resale median · 3,304/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
18 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
94 new and 26 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 13.13/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.0% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Escan Marina Tower: recorded complete 2016-08-01 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 27 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
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 Escan Marina Tower’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: 4,439AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 5,875AED; AED 70,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 277,728AED; 20% down plus AED 78,076 in fees

Owning costs AED 262,703 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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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Escan Marina Tower?: Escan Marina Tower returns 7.1% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 70,500 a year (94 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 998,259 (median of 18 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Escan Marina Tower cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 998,259 (1,295 AED/sqft), from 18 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Escan Marina Tower selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Escan Marina Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 1,295 AED/sqft, across 18 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 Escan Marina Tower risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +0.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 18 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Escan Marina Tower compare with Dubai Marina?: Its 7.1% gross yield sits +1.2 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.

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Escan Marina Tower sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 18 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/dubai-marina/escan-marina-tower
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Escan Marina Tower sale prices and yield.” Dubai Marina, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-marina/escan-marina-tower

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