Orchid Residence
A 1 bed in Orchid Residence costs a median AED 966,250 and returns 9.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
966,250AED
AED 1,161/sqft · +2.5% on a year
- vs Dubai Science Park
- 24% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.03M
- Price
- AED 966,250
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 38,650
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 20,291
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Orchid Residence a good investment?Lots of new supply is coming; 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?1 bed: AED 1,133/sqft a year ago, 1,161 now+2.5%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 63,141 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 63,141
- Can I sell easily?18 sales in 12 months (21 the year before)18
- Is a lot being built nearby?4,059 apartments are planned in Dubai Science Park from 2026 to 2028, equal to 3.1 times the 1,302 homes let there today. A further 1,954 are past their planned date. Dubai Science Park supply by year →312%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 34% for buyers 3 years ago, before fees+34.5%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Orchid Residence prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 966,250
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
1 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Science Park · area median AED 1,522/sqft
- 12-month change
- +2.5%
- 3 years
- +34.2% · +10.3%/yr
- vs area median
- -23.7%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 22nd of 22
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 488
- Net revenue
- AED 91,400/yr
- Listings seen
- 4+
Read with care
- 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.
Chart data, 1 bed: Feb 2022, AED 700,405; latest, Jul 2026, AED 931,250; peak, Apr 2026, AED 980,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,156 · before fees
- 3 years ago
- 860
- +34%
- 186 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,135
- +2%
- 21 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,156
- today
- 18 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.
18 resales in the last 12 months, against 86 a year on average over 2023–2025.
18 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Orchid Residence
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 Science Park
Every Dubai Science Park building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Orchid Residence places 22nd of 22; the nearest 4 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Orchid Residence (AED 1,156/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, Orchid Residence has registered sale prices 24% below the Dubai Science Park median price per square foot of 1,522 AED, across 22 eligible buildings. It ranks 22nd of 22 by price per square foot in Dubai Science Park.
Market context in Dubai Science Park
Registered sales activity
177 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
-6.0% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 177 current and 224 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
1,541 known registered units across 3 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
2 projects had already passed their planned date; 2 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
4,059 apartments are planned in Dubai Science Park from 2026 to 2028, equal to 3.1 times the 1,302 homes let there today.
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 Orchid Residence
Orchid Residence is an apartment building in Dubai Science Park. 312 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 20 min · 19 km
- DXB Airport
- 21 min · 27 km
- DIFC
- 17 min · 22 km
- Dubai Marina
- 17 min · 18 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 23 min · 22 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- First Abu Dhabi Bank Metro Station
- Mall
- Mall of the Emirates
- Landmark
- Motor City
Orchid Residence: AED 1,156 per sq ft, 29% below the median Dubai Science Park 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
- Orchid ResidenceAED 1,156
- Dubai Science Park, readyAED 1,391
- Dubai Science Park, off-planAED 1,767
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in Dubai Science Park
Prices per sq ft around Orchid Residence, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Orchid Residence, on the map
Vincitore Aqua Dimore
Dubai Science Park · 118 sales, 12 months
1.20M
AED, resale median · 1,634/sqft
Bella Rose
Dubai Science Park · 41 sales, 12 months
600,000
AED, resale median · 1,355/sqft
Opalz By Danube - Tower 2
Dubai Science Park · 30 sales, 12 months
775,000
AED, resale median · 1,423/sqft
Skyhills Residences - 1
Dubai Science Park · 28 sales, 12 months
1.00M
AED, resale median · 1,566/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 · 1 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 1 bedRead with care
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerNot on record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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What owning a 1 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Orchid Residence?
- No gross yield is published for Orchid Residence as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 10 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Dubai Science Park median is 7.4% gross.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in Orchid Residence cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 966,250 (1,161 AED/sqft), from 10 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Orchid Residence selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Orchid Residence over the last 12 months have a median of 1,161 AED/sqft, across 10 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 Orchid Residence risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +2.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 10 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- Does Orchid Residence earn more short-term than long-let?
- A night asks a median of AED 488, which models to 9.5% 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.
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Orchid Residence sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 10 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-science-park/orchid-residence
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Orchid Residence sale prices and yield.” Dubai Science Park, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-science-park/orchid-residence
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