Durar 1a
A 1 bed in Durar 1a costs a median AED 730,000, rents long-let for AED 57,000/yr (7.8% gross), and returns 13.6% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
730,000AED
AED 983/sqft · -1.4% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 57,000
- Gross yield
- 7.8%
- vs Dubailand Residence Complex
- 20% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 778,730
- Price
- AED 730,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 29,200
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 15,330
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent10 months
Is Durar 1a a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median; lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?7.8% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)7.8%Strength
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 55,500 a year ago, AED 57,000 now (pooled across the project)+2.7%
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 996/sqft a year ago, 983 now-1.4%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 48,730 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
- Can I sell easily?17 sales in 12 months (28 the year before)17
- Is a lot being built nearby?14,309 apartments are planned in Dubailand Residence Complex from 2026 to 2028, equal to 190% of the 7,534 homes let there today. A further 424 are past their planned date. Dubailand Residence Complex supply by year →190%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 14% for buyers 3 years ago, before fees+13.5%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Durar 1a prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 730,000 and rents for about AED 57,000 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 · Dubailand Residence Complex · area median AED 1,223/sqft
- 12-month change
- -1.4%
- 3 years
- +8.0% · +2.6%/yr
- vs area median
- -19.7%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 81st of 98
Rental income
1 bed · Dubailand Residence Complex
- Gross yield
- 7.8%
- Median new rent
- AED 57,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- -0.0 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +1.0 pts
- Yield rank
- 11th of 20
- Renewal rent
- AED 51,250/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (22 renewals)
- +11.2%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 516
- Net revenue
- AED 98,941/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.7×
- Listings seen
- 4+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole DURAR1 project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 1 bed: Mar 2014, AED 819,850; latest, Jun 2026, AED 715,000; peak, Aug 2025, AED 853,438.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 972 · before fees
- 3 years ago
- 856
- +14%
- 39 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 972
- 0%
- 28 sales
- Last 12 months
- 972
- today
- 17 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.
17 resales in the last 12 months, against 39 a year on average over 2023–2025.
17 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Durar 1a
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 Dubailand Residence Complex
Every Dubailand Residence Complex building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Durar 1a places 96th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Durar 1a (AED 972/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, Durar 1a has registered sale prices 20% below the Dubailand Residence Complex median price per square foot of 1,223 AED, across 98 eligible buildings. It ranks 81st of 98 by price per square foot and 11th of 20 by gross yield in Dubailand Residence Complex.
Market context in Dubailand Residence Complex
Registered sales activity
633 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+1.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 633 current and 1,336 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
4,146 known registered units across 22 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
2 projects had already passed their planned date; 4 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
14,309 apartments are planned in Dubailand Residence Complex from 2026 to 2028, equal to 190% of the 7,534 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 14% of 36 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubailand Residence Complex with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.3%.
The pooled median moved +1.3%: 6.0 points less than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 17% of 29 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +0.9%.
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 DURAR1 towers
2 towers in DURAR1, at the bedroom type above.
Ejari files DURAR1’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.
Dubailand Residence Complex: every development at this typeDubailand Residence Complex: 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.
About Durar 1a
Durar 1a is an apartment building completed in 2013 in Dubailand Residence Complex. 132 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 23 min · 21 km
- DXB Airport
- 21 min · 25 km
- DIFC
- 19 min · 22 km
- Dubai Marina
- 29 min · 36 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 35 min · 40 km
Nearest, as registered
- Landmark
- IMG World Adventures
Durar 1a: AED 972 per sq ft, 26% below the median Dubailand Residence Complex building, and a 8.7% 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
- Durar 1aAED 972
- Dubailand Residence Complex, readyAED 817
- Dubailand Residence Complex, off-planAED 1,485
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Durar 1aDubailand Residence Complex median building
- Dubailand Residence Complex8.7% vs 7.9%
Nearby in Dubailand Residence Complex
Prices per sq ft around Durar 1a, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Durar 1a, on the map
Durar 1b
Dubailand Residence Complex · 10 sales, 12 months
870,000
AED, resale median · 882/sqft
Cove Grand Residence by Imtiaz
Dubailand Residence Complex · 332 sales, 12 months
763,157
AED, resale median · 1,558/sqft
Peace Lagoons by Peace Homes
Dubailand Residence Complex · 200 sales, 12 months
1.02M
AED, resale median · 1,458/sqft
Cove Edition Residence 6 by Imtiaz
Dubailand Residence Complex · 186 sales, 12 months
745,760
AED, resale median · 1,670/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 Durar 1a’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
More assumptionsFewer assumptions
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
- 3,246AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 4,750AED
- AED 57,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 205,030AED
- 20% down plus AED 59,030 in fees
Owning costs AED 219,082 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 Durar 1a?
- Durar 1a returns 7.8% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 57,000 a year (30 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 730,000 (median of 14 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in Durar 1a cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 730,000 (983 AED/sqft), from 14 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Durar 1a selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Durar 1a over the last 12 months have a median of 983 AED/sqft, across 14 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 Durar 1a risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved -1.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 14 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 Durar 1a?
- The median new annual rent is AED 57,000, from 30 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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Durar 1a sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 14 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/dubailand-residence-complex/durar-1a
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Durar 1a sale prices and yield.” Dubailand Residence Complex, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubailand-residence-complex/durar-1a
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