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.
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
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
Zumurud prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 780,000 and rents for about AED 55,000 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
- -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
- Median nightly rate
- AED 375
- Net revenue
- AED 74,400/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.4×
- Listings seen
- 4+
Read with care
- 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)
Chart data, Studio: Feb 2010, AED 584,190; latest, Oct 2026, AED 690,000; peak, May 2025, AED 887,500. Rent on new leases: Jun 2013, AED 45,942 a year; latest, Jul 2026, AED 54,000.
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.
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.
Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly 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 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.
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.
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.
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
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
ZumurudDubai Marina median building
- Dubai Marina9.4% vs 5.4%
Nearby in Dubai Marina
Prices per sq ft around Zumurud, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Zumurud, on the map
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 toOn record
- Sales evidence · StudioOn record
- Rental evidence · StudioRead with care
- Service chargeAED 18.63/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.1% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn 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 Zumurud’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
- 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.
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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
- · refreshed
- 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
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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