MAG 520
A 1 bed in MAG 520 costs a median AED 590,000, rents long-let for AED 52,000/yr (8.8% gross), and returns 14.7% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
590,000AED
AED 1,168/sqft
- Rent a year
- AED 52,000
- Gross yield
- 8.8%
- vs Dubai South
- 18% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 630,190
- Price
- AED 590,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 23,600
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 12,390
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent9 months
Is MAG 520 a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median and prices rising; lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?8.8% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)8.8%Strength
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 50,000 a year ago, AED 52,000 now (pooled across the project)+4.0%
- Are prices going up?All types: AED 1,036/sqft a year ago, 1,234 now+19.0%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 40,190 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrs
- Can I sell easily?9 sales in 12 months (7 the year before)9
- 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 78% for buyers 5 years ago; up 37% for launch buyers, before fees+77.7%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
MAG 520 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 590,000 and rents for about AED 52,000 a year
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 South · area median AED 1,423/sqft
- 3 years
- +62.6% · +17.6%/yr
- 5 years
- +63.0% · +10.3%/yr
- vs area median
- -18.0%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 93rd of 124
- Off-plan price gain, 2018–2020
- +36.8% · +4.6%/yr
Rental income
1 bed · Dubai South
- Gross yield
- 8.8%
- Median new rent
- AED 52,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +1.2 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +2.0 pts
- Yield rank
- 4th of 22
- Renewal rent
- AED 47,250/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (229 renewals)
- +10.1%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 440
- Net revenue
- AED 86,520/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.7×
- Listings seen
- 5+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole MAG 5 Boulevard project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 1 bed: Oct 2018, AED 467,000; latest, Aug 2026, AED 670,000; peak, Aug 2026, AED 670,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,234 · before fees
- Launch, 2018–21
- 901
- +37%
- 105 sales
- 5 years ago
- 694
- +78%
- 13 sales
- 3 years ago
- 762
- +62%
- 15 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,036
- +19%
- 7 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,234
- today
- 9 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.
9 resales in the last 12 months, against 11 a year on average over 2023–2025.
9 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around MAG 520
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 South
Every Dubai South building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. MAG 520 places 103rd of 157; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against MAG 520 (AED 1,234/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, MAG 520 has registered sale prices 18% below the Dubai South median price per square foot of 1,423 AED, across 124 eligible buildings. It ranks 93rd of 124 by price per square foot and 4th of 22 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 MAG 5 Boulevard towers
13 towers in MAG 5 Boulevard, at the bedroom type above.
Ejari files MAG 5 Boulevard’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 1 bed. 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 MAG 520
MAG 520 is an apartment building completed in 2020 in Dubai South. 184 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 36 min · 43 km
- DXB Airport
- 37 min · 52 km
- DIFC
- 33 min · 46 km
- Dubai Marina
- 32 min · 32 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 38 min · 37 km
Nearest, as registered
- Landmark
- Expo 2020 Site
MAG 520: AED 1,234 per sq ft, 12% below the median Dubai South building, and a 8.1% 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
- MAG 520AED 1,234
- 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
MAG 520Dubai South median building
- Dubai South8.1% vs 7.0%
Nearby in Dubai South
Prices per sq ft around MAG 520, on the mapPrices per sq ft around MAG 520, on the map
MAG 525
Dubai South · 9 sales, 12 months
730,000
AED, resale median · 1,072/sqft
MAG 535
Dubai South · 8 sales, 12 months
902,500
AED, resale median · 1,028/sqft
MAG 555
Dubai South · 8 sales, 12 months
570,000
AED, resale median · 1,273/sqft
MAG 550
Dubai South · 7 sales, 12 months
750,000
AED, resale median · 1,090/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 registerOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
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 rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
Prefilled from MAG 520’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
- 2,624AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 4,333AED
- AED 52,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 167,090AED
- 20% down plus AED 49,090 in fees
Owning costs AED 207,180 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 MAG 520?
- MAG 520 returns 8.8% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 52,000 a year (240 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 590,000 (median of 5 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in MAG 520 cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 590,000 (1,168 AED/sqft), from 5 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in MAG 520 selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in MAG 520 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,168 AED/sqft, across 5 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.
- How does MAG 520 compare with Dubai South?
- Its 8.8% gross yield sits +1.2 pts against the Dubai South median of 7.6%, 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.
- What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in MAG 520?
- The median new annual rent is AED 52,000, from 240 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
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MAG 520 sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 5 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-south/mag-520
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “MAG 520 sale prices and yield.” Dubai South, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-south/mag-520
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