What is the rental yield in Zumurud?

Zumurud returns 7.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 55,000 a year (29 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 780,000 (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Zumurud cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 780,000 (2,027 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Zumurud selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Zumurud over the last 12 months have a median of 2,027 AED/sqft, across 7 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 Zumurud risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -6.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Zumurud compare with Dubai Marina?

Its 7.0% gross yield sits +1.0 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.

Zumurud

Completed 2010
322 units
30 floors

A studio in Zumurud costs a median AED 780,000, rents long-let for AED 55,000/yr (7.0% gross), and returns 9.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Studio · typical price

780,000AED

AED 2,027/sqft · -6.3% on a year

Rent a year: AED 55,000
Yield after service charge: 6.1%
vs Dubai Marina: 15% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 831,780

Price: AED 780,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 31,200
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 16,380
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent13 months

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Is Zumurud a good investment?Little new supply nearby; prices are slipping and few units change hands

Does it pay a good rent?7.0% gross, 6.1% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.0%Fair
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 60,000 a year ago, AED 55,000 now (pooled across the project)-8.3%
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 2,162/sqft a year ago, 2,027 now-6.3%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 51,780 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?13 sales in 12 months, 4% of the tower (27 the year before)13Watch
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 65% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+65.4%Context

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

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Zumurud prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 780,000 and rents for about AED 55,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio106 units · 370 sqft	AED 780,0002,027/sqft	7.0%+1.0 pts	AED 55,00029 contracts	-6.3%	7
1 bed160 units · 819 sqft	AED 1.20M1,465/sqft	6.7%+0.9 pts	AED 80,00050 contracts	-5.0%	5
2 bed48 units · 1,340 sqft	AED 2.30M1,632/sqft	pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	1

Appreciation, 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: -6.3%
5 years: +81.3% · +12.6%/yr
vs area median: -15.2%
Rank by price per sqft: 17th of 26

Rental income

Studio · Dubai Marina

Gross yield: 7.0%
Median new rent: AED 55,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +1.0 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.3 pts
Yield rank: 1st of 12
Renewal rent: AED 56,000/yr

Short-term income

Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 9.5%
Median nightly rate: AED 375
Net revenue: AED 74,400/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.4×
Listings seen: 4+

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Rental data covers the whole Zumurud Dubai Marina project, not this tower alone.

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, Studio, 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 1,818 · before fees

5 years ago: 1,099; +65%; 8 sales
3 years ago: 1,242; +46%; 19 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,718; +6%; 27 sales
Last 12 months: 1,818; 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 19 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
7 Oct 2026	Studio	370	AED 690,000	1,865
13 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,409	AED 2,300,000	1,632
29 Jun 2026	Studio	367	AED 790,000	2,154
16 Jun 2026	Studio	429	AED 780,000	1,818
9 Apr 2026	Studio	429	AED 780,000	1,818
7 Apr 2026	1 bed	1,639	AED 1,100,000	671 *
3 Apr 2026	1 bed	819	AED 1,125,000	1,373
19 Feb 2026	1 bed	819	AED 1,200,000	1,465
11 Feb 2026	1 bed	819	AED 1,200,000	1,465
17 Dec 2025	Studio	370	AED 800,000	2,162

13 resales in the last 12 months.

* Far from the median for this bedroom type and window. Often a related-party transfer rather than a market sale — the Land Department files both identically.

Short-term rates around Zumurud

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 · 4+ listings seen	3750.97/sqft	AED 74,400	AED 55,000	1.4×	9.5%
1 bed7+ listings seen	5390.66/sqft	AED 102,626	AED 80,000	1.3×	8.6%
2 bed3+ listings seen	1,0020.71/sqft	AED 192,692	AED 125,000	1.5×	—

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. Zumurud places 70th of 134; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
66	Botanica Tower-1Completed 2011 · off-plan 1,627/sqft	AED 1.52M	1,952+7.3%	5.3%	+1.3%	26
67	DM Mesk	AED 3.95M	1,905+4.7%	—	-6.6%	6
68	Marina Tower	AED 3.40M	1,891+4.0%	—	+3.1%	13
69	Park Island BonaireCompleted 2010 · off-plan 1,109/sqft	AED 2.10M	1,850+1.7%	5.5%	-7.3%	21
70	Zumurud · this buildingCompleted 2010	AED 800,000	1,818	9.4%	+5.8%	13
71	Park Island BlakelyCompleted 2010 · off-plan 982/sqft	AED 1.81M	1,810-0.5%	6.3%	-1.8%	12
72	Trident Grand ResidenceCompleted 2010 · off-plan 985/sqft	AED 2.99M	1,790-1.6%	5.3%	-2.4%	12
73	Sahab-1	AED 2.94M	1,788-1.7%	—	+4.6%	6
74	Atlantic Tower 2Completed 2014 · off-plan 869/sqft	AED 3.10M	1,784-1.9%	4.7%	—	3

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Zumurud (AED 1,818/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Zumurud has registered sale prices 15% below the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 2,389 AED, across 26 eligible buildings. It ranks 17th of 26 by price per square foot and 1st 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.

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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 Zumurud

Zumurud is an apartment building completed in 2010 in Dubai Marina with 322 registered units. 123 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 18.63/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 30

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 22 min · 23 km
DXB Airport: 26 min · 37 km
DIFC: 18 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina: 8 min · 2.9 km
Palm Jumeirah: 18 min · 14 km

Nearest, as registered

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

Zumurud: AED 1,818 per sq ft, 4% below the median Dubai Marina building, and a 9.4% gross yield, in the top tenth of the area

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

ZumurudAED 1,818
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

ZumurudDubai Marina median building

Dubai Marina9.4% 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 Zumurud, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 177 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Zumurud 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 · Studio
7 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · Studio
29 new and 35 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
Read with care
Service charge
AED 18.63/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.1% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Zumurud Dubai Marina: recorded complete 2010-05-10 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 4 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 studio 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 Zumurud’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: 3,468AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 4,583AED; AED 55,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 218,580AED; 20% down plus AED 62,580 in fees

Owning costs AED 203,231 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 Zumurud?: Zumurud returns 7.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 55,000 a year (29 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 780,000 (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Zumurud cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 780,000 (2,027 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Zumurud selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Zumurud over the last 12 months have a median of 2,027 AED/sqft, across 7 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 Zumurud risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -6.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Zumurud compare with Dubai Marina?: Its 7.0% gross yield sits +1.0 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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Zumurud sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 7 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/zumurud
Method: Definitions and calculations

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

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