Elite 9 Sports Residence
- Completed 2017
- 288 units
- 18 floors
A 1 bed in Elite 9 Sports Residence costs a median AED 665,000, rents long-let for AED 56,000/yr (8.4% gross), and returns 10.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
665,000AED
AED 873/sqft · -0.5% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 56,000
- Yield after service charge
- 6.6%
- vs Dubai Sports City
- 5% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 709,765
- Price
- AED 665,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 26,600
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 13,965
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by net rent12 months
Is Elite 9 Sports Residence a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median and easy to let, with nothing to watch
- Does it pay a good rent?8.4% gross, 6.6% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)8.4%Strength
- Is it easy to let?90% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai Sports City building manages 47%90%Strength
Dubai Sports City median 47% · top tenth from 71%Elite 9 Sports Residence · 90% 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; Elite 9 Sports Residence is at 90%.
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 57,000 a year ago, AED 56,000 now-1.8%Fair
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 877/sqft a year ago, 873 now-0.5%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 44,765 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.0 years1.0 yrsFair
- Can I sell easily?20 sales in 12 months, 7% of the tower (21 the year before)20Fair
- 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 60% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 17% down, before fees+60.0%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Elite 9 Sports Residence prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 665,000 and rents for about AED 56,000 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 Sports City · area median AED 920/sqft
- 12-month change
- -0.5%
- 3 years
- +38.3% · +11.4%/yr
- 5 years
- +57.6% · +9.5%/yr
- vs area median
- -5.1%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 43rd of 68
- Off-plan price gain, 2015–2016
- -16.6% · -1.7%/yr
Rental income
1 bed · Dubai Sports City
- Gross yield
- 8.4%
- Median new rent
- AED 56,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.0 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +1.7 pts
- Yield rank
- 25th of 49
- Renewal rent
- AED 52,500/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (67 renewals)
- +6.7%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 394
- Net revenue
- AED 72,175/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.3×
- Listings seen
- 12+
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)
Chart data, 1 bed: Jan 2015, AED 821,500; latest, Oct 2026, AED 685,250; peak, Sep 2018, AED 865,000. Rent on new leases: Aug 2016, AED 70,000 a year; latest, Oct 2026, AED 52,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 879 · before fees
- Launch, 2015–16
- 1,064
- −17%
- 159 sales
- 5 years ago
- 549
- +60%
- 12 sales
- 3 years ago
- 647
- +36%
- 16 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 907
- −3%
- 21 sales
- Last 12 months
- 879
- today
- 20 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.
20 resales in the last 12 months, against 21 a year on average over 2023–2025.
20 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Elite 9 Sports 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 Sports City
Every Dubai Sports City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Elite 9 Sports Residence places 55th of 77; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Elite 9 Sports Residence (AED 879/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, Elite 9 Sports Residence has registered sale prices 5% below the Dubai Sports City median price per square foot of 920 AED, across 68 eligible buildings. It ranks 43rd of 68 by price per square foot and 25th of 49 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.
Explore sales activityPlanned 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.
Explore planned supplySupply 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 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 Elite 9 Sports Residence
Elite 9 Sports Residence is an apartment building completed in 2017 in Dubai Sports City with 288 registered units. 449 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 16.02/sqft a year · 2026 budget
- Floors
- 18
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 25 min · 24 km
- DXB Airport
- 27 min · 32 km
- DIFC
- 22 min · 27 km
- Dubai Marina
- 18 min · 16 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 24 min · 20 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Nakheel Metro Station
- Mall
- Marina Mall
- Landmark
- Sports City Swimming Academy
Elite 9 Sports Residence: AED 879 per sq ft, 10% below the median Dubai Sports City building, and a 8.1% gross yield, below 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
- Elite 9 Sports ResidenceAED 879
- Dubai Sports City, readyAED 946
- Dubai Sports City, off-planAED 1,464
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Elite 9 Sports ResidenceDubai Sports City median building
- Dubai Sports City8.1% vs 8.3%
Nearby in Dubai Sports City
Prices per sq ft around Elite 9 Sports Residence, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Elite 9 Sports Residence, on the map
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 toOn record
- Sales evidence · 1 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 1 bedOn record
- Service chargeAED 16.02/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.6% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- 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
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- Monthly mortgage
- 2,957AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 4,667AED
- AED 56,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 187,415AED
- 20% down plus AED 54,415 in fees
Owning costs AED 220,570 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 Elite 9 Sports Residence?
- Elite 9 Sports Residence returns 8.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 56,000 a year (63 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 665,000 (median of 13 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in Elite 9 Sports Residence cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 665,000 (873 AED/sqft), from 13 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Elite 9 Sports Residence selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Elite 9 Sports Residence over the last 12 months have a median of 873 AED/sqft, across 13 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 Elite 9 Sports Residence risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved -0.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 13 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in Elite 9 Sports Residence?
- The median new annual rent is AED 56,000, from 63 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
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Elite 9 Sports Residence sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 13 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
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Elite 9 Sports Residence sale prices and yield.” Dubai Sports City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/elite-9-sports-residence
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