What is the rental yield in Yacht Bay?

No gross yield is published for Yacht Bay as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 9 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Dubai Marina median is 5.8% gross.

How much does a 2 bedroom in Yacht Bay cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.90M (1,375 AED/sqft), from 9 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Yacht Bay selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Yacht Bay over the last 12 months have a median of 1,375 AED/sqft, across 9 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.

Does Yacht Bay earn more short-term than long-let?

A night asks a median of AED 1,427, which models to 15.0% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.

How many apartments change hands in Yacht Bay?

9 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

Yacht Bay

A 2 bed in Yacht Bay costs a median AED 1.90M and returns 15.0% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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2 bed · typical price

1.90MAED

AED 1,375/sqft

vs Dubai Marina: 26% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 2.02M

Price: AED 1.90M
DLD fee 4%: AED 76,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 39,900
Trustee: AED 4,200

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Is Yacht Bay a good investment?Little new supply nearby; prices are slipping; no record of the yield and the rent trend

Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
Are prices going up?All types: AED 1,607/sqft a year ago, 1,397 now-13.1%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 120,100 in fees to buy a 2 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 120,100
Can I sell easily?13 sales in 12 months (14 the year before)13
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 74% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+73.7%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Yacht Bay prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 1.90M

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio	AED 925,0001,694/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	3
1 bed	AED 1.16M1,548/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	1
2 bed	AED 1.90M1,375/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	no prior year	9

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

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Marina · area median AED 1,851/sqft

3 years: +19.0% · +6.0%/yr
5 years: +104.0% · +15.3%/yr
vs area median: -25.7%
Rank by price per sqft: 71st of 80

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 15.0%
Median nightly rate: AED 1,427
Net revenue: AED 284,906/yr
Listings seen: 16+

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No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.

Price history and sales

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

Median price paid, 2 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 1,397 · before fees

5 years ago: 804; +74%; 16 sales
3 years ago: 1,298; +8%; 15 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,607; −13%; 14 sales
Last 12 months: 1,397; today; 13 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.

13 resales in the last 12 months, against 15 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
27 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,382	AED 1,900,000	1,375
26 Aug 2026	1 bed	746	AED 1,155,000	1,548
10 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,382	AED 1,720,000	1,245
8 May 2026	2 bed	1,173	AED 1,875,000	1,598
14 Apr 2026	2 bed	1,382	AED 1,930,000	1,397
24 Mar 2026	Studio	609	AED 860,000	1,412
27 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,558	AED 2,050,000	1,316
26 Jan 2026	Studio	546	AED 930,000	1,703
16 Jan 2026	Studio	546	AED 925,000	1,694
15 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,173	AED 1,575,000	1,343

13 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Yacht Bay

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
1 bed3+ listings seen	1,1261.51/sqft	AED 230,480	—	—	—
2 bed500 m cluster · 16+ listings seen	1,4271.03/sqft	AED 284,906	—	—	15.0%

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. Yacht Bay places 110th of 134; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
106	Marina Diamond 6 (A)	AED 1.02M	1,429+2.3%	—	+9.1%	15
107	Marina Diamond - A	AED 1.00M	1,413+1.2%	—	-11.3%	10
108	Dream Tower	AED 1.05M	1,412+1.1%	—	+4.8%	6
109	Elite ResidenceCompleted 2012 · off-plan 1,586/sqft	AED 1.80M	1,406+0.6%	5.1%	-0.8%	43
110	Yacht Bay · this building	AED 1.72M	1,397	—	-13.1%	13
111	Marina Diamond-2	AED 853,000	1,394-0.2%	—	-4.8%	13
112	La Riviera Tower	AED 1.82M	1,389-0.5%	—	-4.9%	8
113	Marina Diamond 5 (A)	AED 1.09M	1,384-0.9%	—	-3.2%	11
114	23 MarinaCompleted 2012 · off-plan 931/sqft	AED 3.05M	1,365-2.3%	6.8%	-6.9%	16

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Yacht Bay (AED 1,397/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 2 bed, Yacht Bay has registered sale prices 26% below the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 1,851 AED, across 80 eligible buildings. It ranks 71st of 80 by price per square foot 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 Yacht Bay

Yacht Bay is an apartment building in Dubai Marina. 143 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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Drive times · typical

Downtown: 21 min · 24 km
DXB Airport: 26 min · 37 km
DIFC: 18 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina: 8 min · 3.0 km
Palm Jumeirah: 17 min · 14 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Jumeirah Lakes Towers
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

Yacht Bay: AED 1,397 per sq ft, 26% below the median Dubai Marina 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

Yacht BayAED 1,397
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.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Marina, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Yacht Bay, on the map

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

DAMAC Heights

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

2.86M

AED, resale median · 2,048/sqft

Torch Tower

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

1.82M

AED, resale median · 1,488/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 · 2 bed
9 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 2 bed
No Ejari contract registered: not yet let
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
No project number on this building's record, so completion status and developer cannot be joined.
Not on record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 16 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
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 2 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

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

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Yacht Bay?: No gross yield is published for Yacht Bay as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 9 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Dubai Marina median is 5.8% gross.
How much does a 2 bedroom in Yacht Bay cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.90M (1,375 AED/sqft), from 9 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Yacht Bay selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Yacht Bay over the last 12 months have a median of 1,375 AED/sqft, across 9 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.
Does Yacht Bay earn more short-term than long-let?: A night asks a median of AED 1,427, which models to 15.0% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.
How many apartments change hands in Yacht Bay?: 9 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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Yacht Bay sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 9 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/yacht-bay
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Yacht Bay sale prices and yield.” Dubai Marina, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-marina/yacht-bay

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