What is the rental yield in Silicon Gates 1?

Silicon Gates 1 returns 9.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 60,000 a year (145 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 655,000 (median of 34 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Silicon Gates 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 655,000 (767 AED/sqft), from 34 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Silicon Gates 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Silicon Gates 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 767 AED/sqft, across 34 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 Silicon Gates 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +4.7% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 34 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Silicon Gates 1 compare with Dubai Silicon Oasis?

Its 9.2% gross yield sits +0.9 pts against the Dubai Silicon Oasis median of 8.3%, 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.

Silicon Gates 1

Completed 2014
865 units
27 floors
Master developer Time

A 1 bed in Silicon Gates 1 costs a median AED 655,000, rents long-let for AED 60,000/yr (9.2% gross), and returns 11.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of Silicon Gates 1, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps. — Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

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Street map around Silicon Gates 1, Dubai Silicon Oasis, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

1 bed · typical price

655,000AED

AED 767/sqft · +4.7% on a year

Rent a year: AED 60,000
Yield after service charge: 7.0%
vs Dubai Silicon Oasis: 18% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 699,155

Price: AED 655,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 26,200
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 13,755
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent12 months

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Is Silicon Gates 1 a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, prices rising, fees repaid within a year and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?9.2% gross, 7.0% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)9.2%Strength
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 57,000 a year ago, AED 60,000 now (pooled across the project)+5.3%
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 733/sqft a year ago, 767 now+4.7%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 44,155 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.0 years1.0 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?74 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (116 the year before)74Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?3,069 apartments are planned in Dubai Silicon Oasis from 2026 to 2028, equal to 20% of the 15,328 homes let there today. A further 790 are past their planned date. Dubai Silicon Oasis supply by year →20%Strength
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 70% for buyers 5 years ago; up 7% for launch buyers, before fees+70.4%Context

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

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Silicon Gates 1 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 655,000 and rents for about AED 60,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio376 units · 400 sqft	AED 435,0001,110/sqftlaunch 818 +35.7%	9.7%+0.8 pts	AED 42,000185 contracts	+15.0%	33
1 bed371 units · 798 sqft	AED 655,000767/sqftlaunch 812 -5.5%	9.2%+0.9 pts	AED 60,000145 contracts	+4.7%	34
2 bed88 units · 1,259 sqft	AED 1.04M846/sqft	8.1%+1.2 pts	AED 85,00031 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
3 bed28 units · 2,001 sqft	AED 1.88M931/sqft	6.3%-1.2 pts	AED 118,83914 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	3

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

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Silicon Oasis · area median AED 934/sqft

12-month change: +4.7%
3 years: +38.9% · +11.6%/yr
5 years: +67.8% · +10.9%/yr
vs area median: -17.8%
Rank by price per sqft: 51st of 62
Off-plan price gain, 2009–2016: -5.5% · -0.4%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Dubai Silicon Oasis

Gross yield: 9.2%
Median new rent: AED 60,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.9 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +2.4 pts
Yield rank: 6th of 48
Renewal rent: AED 53,425/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (274 renewals): +12.3%

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 11.5%
Median nightly rate: AED 416
Net revenue: AED 75,388/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.3×
Listings seen: 4+

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Rental data covers the whole Silicon Gate 1 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, 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 865 · before fees

Launch, 2009–18: 812; +7%; 628 sales
5 years ago: 508; +70%; 47 sales
3 years ago: 619; +40%; 72 sales
Previous 12 months: 801; +8%; 116 sales
Last 12 months: 865; today; 74 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.

74 resales in the last 12 months, against 96 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
5 Oct 2026	1 bed	879	AED 675,000	768
1 Oct 2026	Studio	488	AED 500,000	1,025
30 Sept 2026	Studio	462	AED 371,607	804
22 Sept 2026	Studio	505	AED 405,000	802
17 Sept 2026	1 bed	763	AED 550,000	721
9 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,249	AED 1,050,000	841
9 Sept 2026	1 bed	768	AED 630,000	820
2 Sept 2026	Studio	418	AED 515,000	1,232
31 Aug 2026	Studio	459	AED 480,000	1,047
26 Aug 2026	1 bed	746	AED 560,000	751

74 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Silicon Gates 1

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 bed500 m cluster · 4+ listings seen	4160.49/sqft	AED 75,388	AED 60,000	1.3×	11.5%

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 Silicon Oasis

Every Dubai Silicon Oasis building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Silicon Gates 1 places 54th of 73; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
50	Park TerraceCompleted 2010	AED 1.20M	883+2.0%	5.1%	+23.7%	9
51	Jade ResidenceCompleted 2009 · off-plan 899/sqft	AED 793,180	881+1.8%	7.1%	+6.4%	8
52	Spring	AED 775,000	871+0.6%	—	+4.3%	25
53	Coral ResidenceCompleted 2010 · off-plan 895/sqft	AED 677,500	866+0.1%	8.6%	+7.9%	14
54	Silicon Gates 1 · this buildingCompleted 2014 · off-plan 812/sqft	AED 541,106	865	9.4%	+8.1%	74
55	Binghatti ApartmentsCompleted 2015 · off-plan 796/sqft	AED 655,000	859-0.7%	9.2%	+7.7%	22
56	Silicon Gate 3Completed 2009 · off-plan 1,231/sqft	AED 907,500	857-1.0%	6.1%	+15.1%	8
57	Cordoba PalaceCompleted 2012 · off-plan 705/sqft	AED 615,000	857-1.0%	7.1%	-13.4%	10
58	Al Falak ResidenceCompleted 2015	AED 575,000	830-4.1%	9.2%	—	4

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Silicon Gates 1 (AED 865/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Silicon Gates 1 has registered sale prices 18% below the Dubai Silicon Oasis median price per square foot of 934 AED, across 62 eligible buildings. It ranks 51st of 62 by price per square foot and 6th of 48 by gross yield in Dubai Silicon Oasis.

Market context in Dubai Silicon Oasis

Registered sales activity

1,110 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+11.5% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,110 current and 1,365 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

238 known registered units across 2 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

2 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

3,069 apartments are planned in Dubai Silicon Oasis from 2026 to 2028, equal to 20% of the 15,328 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 7% of 55 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai Silicon Oasis with sales in both years; the typical one moved +8.7%.

New-lease rents fell in 24% of 76 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +0.9%.

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 Silicon Gates 1

Silicon Gates 1 is an apartment building completed in 2014 by Time in Dubai Silicon Oasis with 865 registered units. 884 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 16.52/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 27
Master developer: Time

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 21 min · 19 km
DXB Airport: 18 min · 21 km
DIFC: 17 min · 21 km
Dubai Marina: 28 min · 34 km
Palm Jumeirah: 34 min · 39 km

Nearest, as registered

Landmark: IMG World Adventures

Silicon Gates 1: AED 865 per sq ft, 10% below the median Dubai Silicon Oasis building, and a 9.4% 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

Silicon Gates 1AED 865
Dubai Silicon Oasis, readyAED 957
Dubai Silicon Oasis, off-planAED 1,660
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

Silicon Gates 1Dubai Silicon Oasis median building

Dubai Silicon Oasis9.4% vs 8.3%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 58 buildings in Dubai Silicon Oasis. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Silicon Oasis, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Silicon Gates 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 64 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Silicon Gates 1 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Timez By Danube

Dubai Silicon Oasis · 361 sales, 12 months

1.14M

AED, resale median · 1,943/sqft

Silicon Star 2

Dubai Silicon Oasis · 95 sales, 12 months

861,821

AED, resale median · 938/sqft

Tria by Deyaar

Dubai Silicon Oasis · 90 sales, 12 months

997,500

AED, resale median · 1,323/sqft

Arabian Gate

Dubai Silicon Oasis · 59 sales, 12 months

560,000

AED, resale median · 1,125/sqft

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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
34 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
145 new and 274 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
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Service charge
AED 16.52/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 7.0% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Silicon Gate 1: recorded complete 2014-01-06 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Time · delivery record
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

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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 Silicon Gates 1’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.

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Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

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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: 2,913AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 5,000AED; AED 60,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 184,705AED; 20% down plus AED 53,705 in fees

Owning costs AED 242,855 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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What is the rental yield in Silicon Gates 1?: Silicon Gates 1 returns 9.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 60,000 a year (145 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 655,000 (median of 34 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Silicon Gates 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 655,000 (767 AED/sqft), from 34 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Silicon Gates 1 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Silicon Gates 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 767 AED/sqft, across 34 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 Silicon Gates 1 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +4.7% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 34 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Silicon Gates 1 compare with Dubai Silicon Oasis?: Its 9.2% gross yield sits +0.9 pts against the Dubai Silicon Oasis median of 8.3%, 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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Silicon Gates 1 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 34 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-silicon-oasis/silicon-gates-1
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Silicon Gates 1 sale prices and yield.” Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-silicon-oasis/silicon-gates-1

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Silicon Gates 1

Is Silicon Gates 1 a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, prices rising, fees repaid within a year and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch

Silicon Gates 1 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 655,000 and rents for about AED 60,000 a year

Appreciation

Rental income

Short-term income

Read with care

Price history and sales

Did earlier buyers gain?

Short-term rates around Silicon Gates 1

Comparables in Dubai Silicon Oasis

Registered sales activity

Planned apartment projects

Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

About Silicon Gates 1

The building, as registered

Drive times · typical

Nearest, as registered

Silicon Gates 1: AED 865 per sq ft, 10% below the median Dubai Silicon Oasis building, and a 9.4% gross yield, above the area's median building

Price per sq ft

Gross yield against the area's buildings

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