What is the rental yield in Indigo Tower?

Indigo Tower returns 8.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 36,500 a year (14 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 420,000 (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest May 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Indigo Tower cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 420,000 (821 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 Indigo Tower selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Indigo Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 821 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 Indigo Tower risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +13.4% 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 Indigo Tower compare with Dubailand Residence Complex?

Its 8.7% gross yield sits -0.2 pts against the Dubailand Residence Complex median of 8.9%, 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.

Indigo Tower

Completed 2012
136 units
8 floors

A studio in Indigo Tower costs a median AED 420,000, rents long-let for AED 36,500/yr (8.7% gross), and returns 15.7% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Studio · typical price

420,000AED

AED 821/sqft · +13.4% on a year

Rent a year: AED 36,500
Yield after service charge: 6.9%
vs Dubailand Residence Complex: 45% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 447,720

Price: AED 420,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 16,800
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 8,820
Trustee: AED 2,100

Fees repaid by net rent12 months

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Is Indigo Tower a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, easy to let, rents rising, prices rising and fees repaid within a year; lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?8.7% gross, 6.9% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)8.7%Strength
Is it easy to let?76% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubailand Residence Complex building manages 2%76%Strength
Dubailand Residence Complex median 2% · top tenth from 54%Indigo Tower · 76%
Across 73 Dubailand Residence Complex buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 2% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 54% or more; Indigo Tower is at 76%.
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 35,000 a year ago, AED 36,500 now+4.3%Strength
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 724/sqft a year ago, 821 now+13.4%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 27,720 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 1.0 years1.0 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?14 sales in 12 months, 10% of the tower (24 the year before)14Fair
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 40% for buyers 5 years ago; up 3% for launch buyers, before fees+39.8%Context

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

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Indigo Tower prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 420,000 and rents for about AED 36,500 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio72 units · 492 sqft	AED 420,000821/sqftlaunch 697 +17.7%	8.7%-0.2 pts	AED 36,50014 contracts	+13.4%	7
1 bed48 units · 689 sqft	AED 500,000713/sqftlaunch 692 +2.9%	9.4%+1.6 pts	AED 47,00013 contracts	no prior year	5
2 bed16 units · 1,061 sqft	AED 694,500655/sqft	under 3 sales	not published	under 5 sales in a year	2

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

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Dubailand Residence Complex · area median AED 1,486/sqft

12-month change: +13.4%
3 years: +22.5% · +7.0%/yr
vs area median: -44.8%
Rank by price per sqft: 78th of 81
Off-plan price gain, 2009–2009: +17.7% · +1.0%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Dubailand Residence Complex

Gross yield: 8.7%
Median new rent: AED 36,500/yr
Yield vs area median: -0.2 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.9 pts
Yield rank: 9th of 14
Renewal rent: AED 31,870/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (34 renewals): +14.5%

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 15.7%
Median nightly rate: AED 345
Net revenue: AED 65,901/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.8×
Listings seen: 2+

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 715 · before fees

Launch, 2009: 697; +3%; 19 sales
5 years ago: 512; +40%; 2 sales
3 years ago: 634; +13%; 27 sales
Previous 12 months: 711; +1%; 24 sales
Last 12 months: 715; today; 14 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.

14 resales in the last 12 months, against 22 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
24 Sept 2026	1 bed	709	AED 500,000	706
12 Jun 2026	1 bed	689	AED 500,000	726
8 May 2026	Studio	490	AED 420,000	856
15 Apr 2026	1 bed	344	AED 212,268	616
30 Mar 2026	Studio	445	AED 400,000	899
2 Mar 2026	Studio	514	AED 485,000	944
26 Jan 2026	Studio	647	AED 440,000	680
26 Jan 2026	Studio	647	AED 444,000	687
15 Dec 2025	Studio	515	AED 369,000	717
15 Dec 2025	2 bed	1,060	AED 694,000	655

14 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Indigo 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 · 2+ listings seen	3450.67/sqft	AED 65,901	AED 36,500	1.8×	15.7%
1 bed500 m cluster · 2+ listings seen	4440.63/sqft	AED 84,090	AED 47,000	1.8×	16.8%
2 bed500 m cluster · 1+ listings seen	4260.40/sqft	AED 74,177	AED 65,000	1.1×	—

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

Nightly 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. Indigo Tower places 111th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
107	Ajmal SarahCompleted 2015 · off-plan 1,035/sqft	AED 650,000	730+2.1%	7.8%	—	5
108	Skycourts Tower ECompleted 2011 · off-plan 689/sqft	AED 610,000	724+1.3%	8.5%	+9.9%	60
109	Skycourts Tower FCompleted 2011 · off-plan 679/sqft	AED 680,000	723+1.1%	7.7%	+11.2%	35
110	Skycourts Tower BCompleted 2011 · off-plan 689/sqft	AED 622,500	719+0.6%	8.3%	+10.0%	46
111	Indigo Tower · this buildingCompleted 2012 · off-plan 697/sqft	AED 464,500	715	9.4%	+0.5%	14
112	Skycourts Tower ACompleted 2011 · off-plan 691/sqft	AED 595,000	712-0.4%	8.7%	+4.1%	38
113	Skycourts Tower CCompleted 2011 · off-plan 689/sqft	AED 600,000	711-0.6%	8.7%	+7.3%	50
114	Skycourts Tower DCompleted 2011 · off-plan 694/sqft	AED 666,206	710-0.7%	7.8%	+8.3%	48
115	Etlala 2	AED 762,000	702-1.8%	—	-19.9%	8

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Indigo Tower (AED 715/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Indigo Tower has registered sale prices 45% below the Dubailand Residence Complex median price per square foot of 1,486 AED, across 81 eligible buildings. It ranks 78th of 81 by price per square foot and 9th of 14 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.

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Planned 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.

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Supply 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 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 Indigo Tower

Indigo Tower is an apartment building completed in 2012 in Dubailand Residence Complex with 136 registered units. 87 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 14.95/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 8

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 21 min · 19 km
DXB Airport: 19 min · 24 km
DIFC: 17 min · 21 km
Dubai Marina: 28 min · 34 km
Palm Jumeirah: 33 min · 39 km

Nearest, as registered

Landmark: IMG World Adventures

Indigo Tower: AED 715 per sq ft, 46% below the median Dubailand Residence Complex building, and a 9.4% 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

Indigo TowerAED 715
Dubailand Residence Complex, readyAED 817
Dubailand Residence Complex, off-planAED 1,485
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

Indigo TowerDubailand Residence Complex median building

Dubailand Residence Complex9.4% vs 7.9%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 32 buildings in Dubailand Residence Complex. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubailand Residence Complex, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Indigo Tower, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 79 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Indigo Tower is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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

The Corner

Dubailand Residence Complex · 95 sales, 12 months

1.11M

AED, resale median · 1,088/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
14 new and 34 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 14.95/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.9% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Indigo Tower: recorded complete 2012-03-07 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 2 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 Indigo 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: 1,868AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 3,042AED; AED 36,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 118,920AED; 20% down plus AED 34,920 in fees

Owning costs AED 144,764 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 Indigo Tower?: Indigo Tower returns 8.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 36,500 a year (14 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 420,000 (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest May 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Indigo Tower cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 420,000 (821 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 Indigo Tower selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Indigo Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 821 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 Indigo Tower risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +13.4% 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 Indigo Tower compare with Dubailand Residence Complex?: Its 8.7% gross yield sits -0.2 pts against the Dubailand Residence Complex median of 8.9%, 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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Indigo 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; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/dubailand-residence-complex/indigo-tower-2
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Indigo Tower sale prices and yield.” Dubailand Residence Complex, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubailand-residence-complex/indigo-tower-2

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