What is the rental yield in Cricket Tower?

Cricket Tower returns 9.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 40,500 a year (26 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 450,000 (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Cricket Tower cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 450,000 (940 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 Cricket Tower selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Cricket Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 940 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 Cricket Tower risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +2.2% 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 Cricket Tower compare with Dubai Sports City?

Its 9.0% gross yield sits +0.4 pts against the Dubai Sports City median of 8.6%, 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.

Cricket Tower

Completed 2016
168 units
14 floors

A studio in Cricket Tower costs a median AED 450,000, rents long-let for AED 40,500/yr (9.0% gross), and returns 14.0% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Studio · typical price

450,000AED

AED 940/sqft · +2.2% on a year

Rent a year: AED 40,500
Yield after service charge: 7.0%
vs Dubai Sports City: 13% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 479,550

Price: AED 450,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 18,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 9,450
Trustee: AED 2,100

Fees repaid by net rent11 months

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Is Cricket Tower a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, easy to let and fees repaid within a year, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?9.0% gross, 7.0% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)9.0%Strength
Is it easy to let?70% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai Sports City building manages 47%70%Strength
Dubai Sports City median 47% · top tenth from 71%Cricket Tower · 70%
Across 49 Dubai Sports City buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 47% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 71% or more; Cricket Tower is at 70%.
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 40,000 a year ago, AED 40,500 now+1.3%Fair
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 920/sqft a year ago, 940 now+2.2%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 29,550 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?13 sales in 12 months, 8% of the tower (22 the year before)13Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?2,542 apartments are planned in Dubai Sports City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 30% of the 8,361 homes let there today. A further 2,869 are past their planned date. Dubai Sports City supply by year →30%Fair
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 42% for buyers 5 years ago; up 24% for launch buyers, before fees+42.0%Context

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

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Cricket Tower prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 450,000 and rents for about AED 40,500 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio84 units · 489 sqft	AED 450,000940/sqftlaunch 738 +27.4%		9.0%+0.4 pts	AED 40,50026 contracts	+2.2%	7
1 bed84 units · 686 sqft	AED 635,000913/sqftlaunch 738 +23.8%		8.6%+0.2 pts	AED 54,85328 contracts	+0.8%	6

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

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Dubai Sports City · area median AED 1,082/sqft

12-month change: +2.2%
3 years: +31.4% · +9.5%/yr
vs area median: -13.1%
Rank by price per sqft: 46th of 52
Off-plan price gain, 2016–2017: +27.4% · +2.6%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Dubai Sports City

Gross yield: 9.0%
Median new rent: AED 40,500/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.4 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +2.2 pts
Yield rank: 12th of 37
Renewal rent: AED 38,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (30 renewals): +6.6%

Short-term income

Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 14.0%
Median nightly rate: AED 329
Net revenue: AED 62,895/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.6×
Listings seen: 1+

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, Studio, 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 915 · before fees

Launch, 2016–17: 738; +24%; 33 sales
5 years ago: 645; +42%; 2 sales
3 years ago: 736; +24%; 13 sales
Previous 12 months: 915; 0%; 22 sales
Last 12 months: 915; 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 20 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
24 Sept 2026	1 bed	768	AED 650,000	847
24 Aug 2026	Studio	368	AED 410,000	1,114
2 Jun 2026	Studio	567	AED 450,000	794
18 May 2026	Studio	567	AED 465,000	821
11 Mar 2026	1 bed	695	AED 705,000	1,014
23 Dec 2025	Studio	489	AED 460,000	940
17 Dec 2025	Studio	489	AED 440,000	899
11 Dec 2025	1 bed	557	AED 520,000	934
10 Dec 2025	1 bed	768	AED 700,000	912
4 Dec 2025	1 bed	677	AED 620,000	915

13 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Cricket Tower

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
Studio500 m cluster · 1+ listings seen	3290.69/sqft	AED 62,895	AED 40,500	1.6×	14.0%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Comparables in Dubai Sports City

Every Dubai Sports City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Cricket Tower places 47th of 77; the nearest 8 are shown.

Highest rental yields in Dubai Sports City →

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
43	The MedalistCompleted 2014	AED 845,000	932+1.8%	8.5%	+8.0%	10
44	Profile ResidenceCompleted 2021 · off-plan 780/sqft	AED 735,000	928+1.4%	8.5%	+6.3%	7
45	The MatrixCompleted 2014 · off-plan 1,640/sqft	AED 675,613	918+0.3%	8.9%	-4.1%	31
46	MediterraneanCompleted 2015 · off-plan 805/sqft	AED 790,000	916+0.1%	7.8%	+16.2%	10
47	Cricket Tower · this buildingCompleted 2016 · off-plan 738/sqft	AED 520,000	915	9.5%	+0.1%	13
48	Champions Tower 1Completed 2014 · off-plan 879/sqft	AED 555,000	911-0.4%	9.0%	+12.5%	8
49	Ice Hockey TowerCompleted 2011	AED 450,000	901-1.6%	10.9%	+10.7%	10
50	Rufi Twin Tower ACancelled · off-plan 806/sqft	AED 696,450	900-1.6%	—	+16.9%	24
51	Oasis Tower OneCompleted 2020 · off-plan 878/sqft	AED 780,000	898-1.9%	7.8%	+6.2%	10

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Cricket Tower (AED 915/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Cricket Tower has registered sale prices 13% below the Dubai Sports City median price per square foot of 1,082 AED, across 52 eligible buildings. It ranks 46th of 52 by price per square foot and 12th of 37 by gross yield in Dubai Sports City.

Market context in Dubai Sports City

Registered sales activity

1,150 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+10.0% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,150 current and 1,496 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

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

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

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

2,542 apartments are planned in Dubai Sports City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 30% of the 8,361 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 26% of 73 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai Sports City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +2.5%.

The pooled median moved +10.0%: 7.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 49% of 75 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved 0.0%.

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 Cricket Tower

Cricket Tower is an apartment building completed in 2016 in Dubai Sports City with 168 registered units. 200 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 18.40/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 14

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 24 min · 25 km
DXB Airport: 25 min · 33 km
DIFC: 21 min · 28 km
Dubai Marina: 16 min · 14 km
Palm Jumeirah: 24 min · 21 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Nakheel Metro Station
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

Cricket Tower: AED 915 per sq ft, 7% below the median Dubai Sports City building, and a 9.5% 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

Cricket TowerAED 915
Dubai Sports City, readyAED 946
Dubai Sports City, off-planAED 1,464
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

Cricket TowerDubai Sports City median building

Dubai Sports City9.5% vs 8.3%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 55 buildings in Dubai Sports City. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Sports City, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Cricket Tower, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 68 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Cricket Tower is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Hera Tower

Dubai Sports City · 111 sales, 12 months

642,000

AED, resale median · 976/sqft

Condor Golf Links 18

Dubai Sports City · 78 sales, 12 months

882,350

AED, resale median · 1,876/sqft

Amal Tower

Dubai Sports City · 64 sales, 12 months

563,806

AED, resale median · 1,004/sqft

Giovanni Boutique Suites

Dubai Sports City · 45 sales, 12 months

530,000

AED, resale median · 1,206/sqft

Before you decide

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 · Studio
7 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · Studio
26 new and 30 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 18.40/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 7.0% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Cricket Tower: recorded complete 2016-09-06 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 1 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

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 rate

Prefilled from Cricket Tower’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.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

More assumptions

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: 2,001AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 3,375AED; AED 40,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 127,050AED; 20% down plus AED 37,050 in fees

Owning costs AED 162,862 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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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Cricket Tower?: Cricket Tower returns 9.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 40,500 a year (26 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 450,000 (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Cricket Tower cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 450,000 (940 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 Cricket Tower selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Cricket Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 940 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 Cricket Tower risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +2.2% 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 Cricket Tower compare with Dubai Sports City?: Its 9.0% gross yield sits +0.4 pts against the Dubai Sports City median of 8.6%, 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.

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Cricket Tower sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
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
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/cricket-tower
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Cricket Tower sale prices and yield.” Dubai Sports City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/cricket-tower

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