Celestia A
A studio in Celestia A costs a median AED 530,000 and rents long-let for AED 41,000/yr (7.7% gross).
Studio · typical price
530,000AED
AED 1,171/sqft · +8.8% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 41,000
- Yield after service charge
- 6.4%
- vs Dubai South
- 29% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 566,530
- Price
- AED 530,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 21,200
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 11,130
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by net rent13 months
Is Celestia A a good investment?Prices rising; lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?7.7% gross, 6.4% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.7%Fair
- Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 41,000 a year ago, AED 41,000 now (pooled across the project)0.0%
- Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,076/sqft a year ago, 1,171 now+8.8%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 36,530 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
- Can I sell easily?53 sales in 12 months (88 the year before)53
- Is a lot being built nearby?14,194 apartments are planned in Dubai South from 2026 to 2028, equal to 3.0 times the 4,798 homes let there today. A further 7,808 are past their planned date. Dubai South supply by year →296%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 60% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 22% down, before fees+59.8%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Celestia A prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 530,000 and rents for about AED 41,000 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 South · area median AED 1,642/sqft
- 12-month change
- +8.8%
- 3 years
- +70.6% · +19.5%/yr
- 5 years
- +58.8% · +9.7%/yr
- vs area median
- -28.7%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 75th of 82
- Off-plan price gain, 2014–2020
- -17.9% · -2.2%/yr
Rental income
Studio · Dubai South
- Gross yield
- 7.7%
- Median new rent
- AED 41,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- -1.0 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +1.0 pts
- Yield rank
- 10th of 11
- Renewal rent
- AED 40,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (229 renewals)
- +2.5%
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole Celestia project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, Studio: Mar 2014, AED 625,900; latest, Oct 2026, AED 515,000; peak, Jan 2015, AED 724,828.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,116 · before fees
- Launch, 2014–20
- 1,425
- −22%
- 303 sales
- 5 years ago
- 698
- +60%
- 8 sales
- 3 years ago
- 683
- +63%
- 71 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,067
- +5%
- 88 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,116
- today
- 53 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.
53 resales in the last 12 months, against 77 a year on average over 2023–2025.
53 resales in the last 12 months.
Comparables in Dubai South
Every Dubai South building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Celestia A places 123rd of 157; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Celestia A (AED 1,116/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Celestia A has registered sale prices 29% below the Dubai South median price per square foot of 1,642 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 75th of 82 by price per square foot and 10th of 11 by gross yield in Dubai South.
Market context in Dubai South
Registered sales activity
888 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+7.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 888 current and 844 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
4,261 known registered units across 20 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
10 projects had already passed their planned date; 3 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
14,194 apartments are planned in Dubai South from 2026 to 2028, equal to 3.0 times the 4,798 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 9% of 22 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai South with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.7%.
New-lease rents fell in 6% of 17 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +1.7%.
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.
The Celestia towers
2 towers in Celestia, at the bedroom type above.
Ejari files Celestia’s leases under the project, not a tower, so every tower share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.
Dubai South: every development at this typeDubai South: every development at this type
Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at studio. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer. Developments sharing a name are grouped under it; DLD itself records no such parent.
About Celestia A
Celestia A is an apartment building completed in 2019 in Dubai South. 467 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 15.32/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 36 min · 44 km
- DXB Airport
- 37 min · 53 km
- DIFC
- 34 min · 47 km
- Dubai Marina
- 30 min · 38 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 38 min · 38 km
Nearest, as registered
- Landmark
- Expo 2020 Site
Celestia A: AED 1,116 per sq ft, 20% below the median Dubai South building, and a 8.4% 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
- Celestia AAED 1,116
- Dubai South, readyAED 1,078
- Dubai South, off-planAED 1,658
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Celestia ADubai South median building
- Dubai South8.4% vs 7.0%
Nearby in Dubai South
Prices per sq ft around Celestia A, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Celestia A, on the map
Celestia B
Dubai South · 31 sales, 12 months
565,000
AED, resale median · 1,123/sqft
Azizi Venice 2
Dubai South · 193 sales, 12 months
704,940
AED, resale median · 1,986/sqft
AVENEW888 - Modo
Dubai South · 89 sales, 12 months
1.43M
AED, resale median · 1,344/sqft
Majestique Residence 1
Dubai South · 28 sales, 12 months
1.08M
AED, resale median · 1,205/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 15.32/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.4% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn 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 Celestia A’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
- 2,357AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 3,417AED
- AED 41,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 150,830AED
- 20% down plus AED 44,830 in fees
Owning costs AED 155,053 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 Celestia A?
- Celestia A returns 7.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 41,000 a year (282 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 530,000 (median of 41 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a studio in Celestia A cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 530,000 (1,171 AED/sqft), from 41 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Celestia A selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Celestia A over the last 12 months have a median of 1,171 AED/sqft, across 41 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 Celestia A risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +8.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 41 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does Celestia A compare with Dubai South?
- Its 7.7% gross yield sits -1.0 pts against the Dubai South median of 8.7%, 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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Celestia A sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 41 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-south/celestia-a
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Celestia A sale prices and yield.” Dubai South, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-south/celestia-a
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