What is the rental yield in The Diamond?

The Diamond returns 8.36% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 54 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in The Diamond cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 610,000 (804 AED/sqft), from 18 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in The Diamond selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in The Diamond over the last 12 months have a median of 903 AED/sqft, across 6 sales. That is the freshest window holding at least five, and it excludes off-plan. It is a median of what traded, not a valuation of a specific unit — floor, view and condition all move a real price and none of them is in it.

Have prices in The Diamond risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +16.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 18 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

Do new tenants in The Diamond pay more than sitting ones?

A new tenant pays +13.7% against a renewing one, across 55 renewal contracts in the last 24 months. Renewals are capped by RERA and sit below market, so a wide gap means rent that is below market until the unit changes hands.

The Diamond — sale prices & yield | Dubai Sports City, Dubai

Buy: 610,000AED; AED 903/sqft
Long-let: 8.36%; AED 58,500/yr

Price per sqft: Median of 6 registered sales of ready units in the last 12 months, most recent August 2026.

Priced off the last 5 sales — most recent August 2026.

Yield spread: +0.0 pts; vs the Dubai Sports City median for this unit type
Turnover upside: +13.7%; new tenants pay more than sitting ones — 55 renewals
AED/yr/sqft: AED 75
Sales: 18
Rental contracts: 54
Renewal rent: AED 51,450/yr

12 months: +16.5%
3 years: +42.5%+12.5%/yr

Based on 18 sales and 54 rental contracts in the last 24 months.

The Diamond is an apartment building in Dubai Sports City, Dubai. The closest metro station is Nakheel Metro Station, the nearest mall Marina Mall and the nearest landmark Sports City Swimming Academy. Land Department records for it run from 2015 to 2026, 212 registered sales in all — the 18 in the last 24 months are what every median above is computed from.

Price history

Every recorded sale in The Diamond, by year.

Monthly median AED per sqft, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Yield by bedroom type

Type	Median price	AED/sqft	Yield	12mo	Sales
Studio	AED 450,000	967	10.67% +1.8 pts	+9.6%	5
1 bed	AED 610,000	804	8.36% +0.0 pts	+16.5%	18
2 bed	AED 800,000	713	9.88% +1.8 pts	-1.4%	6

Deltas compare each yield with the Dubai Sports City median for the same unit type. How these yields are computed

How these yields are computed

Each yield divides the median rent by the median of the last 3 months of sales — or of the last 5 sales where the last 3 months hold fewer than three. Off-plan and ready sales count alike, and each bedroom type is priced off its own sales.

Recent transactions

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-08-26.

12 resales in the last 12 months, against 11 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Sales

Date	Type	Sqft	Price	AED/sqft
24 Aug 2026	1 bed	735	AED 620,000	844
5 Aug 2026	Studio	605	AED 450,000	744

2 resales in the last 3 months.

Rental contracts

Start	Type	Sqft	Annual rent	AED/sqft	Contract
23 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,063	AED 75,000	71	Renewal
27 Aug 2026	1 bed	787	AED 55,000	70	New
17 Aug 2026	1 bed	750	AED 54,000	72	New
14 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,063	AED 70,000	66	New
1 Aug 2026	Studio	605	AED 49,000	81	Renewal
1 Aug 2026	1 bed	824	AED 60,000	73	New
1 Aug 2026	1 bed	787	AED 60,000	76	Renewal
24 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,041	AED 70,000	67	New
21 Jul 2026	1 bed	787	AED 55,000	70	New
17 Jul 2026	1 bed	851	AED 56,000	66	New
3 Jul 2026	1 bed	735	AED 49,000	67	New
2 Jul 2026	Studio	598	AED 52,000	87	New
24 Jun 2026	2 bed	1,041	AED 69,300	67	Renewal
19 Jun 2026	1 bed	735	AED 49,000	67	New
18 Jun 2026	1 bed	851	AED 60,000	71	New

15 contracts starting on or after 26 May 2026.

Start dates after 26 Aug 2026 are contracts already filed for a later move-in. They count towards the rent medians above for the same reason they appear here.

As registered

The building's record in the Dubai Land Department register, as of September 2026. Counts are as registered, not as built or as operated.

Floors: 15
Flats: 128

Nearby

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

Compare with nearby buildings

The most-traded buildings in Dubai Sports City, on the same figures over the same window.

Highest rental yields in Dubai Sports City · The Diamond places 13th of 56

Common questions

What is the rental yield in The Diamond?: The Diamond returns 8.36% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 54 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in The Diamond cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 610,000 (804 AED/sqft), from 18 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in The Diamond selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in The Diamond over the last 12 months have a median of 903 AED/sqft, across 6 sales. That is the freshest window holding at least five, and it excludes off-plan. It is a median of what traded, not a valuation of a specific unit — floor, view and condition all move a real price and none of them is in it.
Have prices in The Diamond risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +16.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 18 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
Do new tenants in The Diamond pay more than sitting ones?: A new tenant pays +13.7% against a renewing one, across 55 renewal contracts in the last 24 months. Renewals are capped by RERA and sit below market, so a wide gap means rent that is below market until the unit changes hands.

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