What is the rental yield in Crystal Residence?

Crystal Residence returns 9.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 49,000 a year (36 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 515,000 (median of 4 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Crystal Residence cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 515,000 (1,120 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

How does Crystal Residence compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?

Its 9.5% gross yield sits +1.5 pts against the Jumeirah Village Circle median of 8.0%, 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.

What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Crystal Residence?

The median new annual rent is AED 49,000, from 36 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.

Have registered rents in Crystal Residence risen or fallen?

The median new annual rent changed +5.4% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 36 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.

Crystal Residence

Completed 2018
225 units
6 floors
4 lifts
246 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Myra Deveiopment

A studio in Crystal Residence costs a median AED 515,000, rents long-let for AED 49,000/yr (9.5% gross), and returns 15.7% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Studio · typical price

515,000AED

AED 1,120/sqft

Rent a year: AED 49,000
Yield after service charge: 8.2%
vs Jumeirah Village Circle: 29% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 550,615

Price: AED 515,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 20,600
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 10,815
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent10 months

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Is Crystal Residence a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, rents rising and fees repaid within a year; prices are slipping, few units change hands and lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?9.5% gross, 8.2% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)9.5%Strength
Is it easy to let?51% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Jumeirah Village Circle building manages 38%51%Fair
Jumeirah Village Circle median 38% · top tenth from 64%Crystal Residence · 51%
Across 228 Jumeirah Village Circle buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 38% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 64% or more; Crystal Residence is at 51%.
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 46,500 a year ago, AED 49,000 now+5.4%Strength
Are prices going up?All types: AED 1,265/sqft a year ago, 1,004 now-20.6%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 35,615 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?8 sales in 12 months, 4% of the tower (18 the year before)8Watch
Is a lot being built nearby?15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today. A further 7,717 are past their planned date. Jumeirah Village Circle supply by year →54%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 45% for buyers 5 years ago; up 6% for launch buyers, before fees+45.1%Context

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

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Crystal Residence prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 515,000 and rents for about AED 49,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio142 units · 421 sqft	AED 515,0001,120/sqft		9.5%+1.5 pts	AED 49,00036 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
1 bed58 units · 900 sqft	AED 750,0001,000/sqft		8.2%+0.8 pts	AED 61,83620 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4

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

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Jumeirah Village Circle · area median AED 1,575/sqft

vs area median: -28.9%
Rank by price per sqft: 186th of 214
Off-plan price gain, 2016–2018: +17.4% · +1.8%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Jumeirah Village Circle

Gross yield: 9.5%
Median new rent: AED 49,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +1.5 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +2.7 pts
Yield rank: 7th of 104
Renewal rent: AED 44,500/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (30 renewals): +10.1%

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 15.7%
Median nightly rate: AED 410
Net revenue: AED 80,803/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.6×
Listings seen: 7+

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Thin sample — 4 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.

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 1,004 · before fees

Launch, 2016–18: 950; +6%; 183 sales
5 years ago: 692; +45%; 15 sales
3 years ago: 930; +8%; 23 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,265; −21%; 18 sales
Last 12 months: 1,004; today; 8 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.

8 resales in the last 12 months, against 25 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
21 Sept 2026	1 bed	692	AED 715,000	1,034
24 Jul 2026	Studio	419	AED 530,000	1,264
30 Jun 2026	1 bed	839	AED 750,000	893
18 May 2026	1 bed	776	AED 750,000	967
18 May 2026	Studio	513	AED 500,000	975
3 Feb 2026	1 bed	801	AED 860,000	1,074
19 Jan 2026	Studio	513	AED 500,000	975
23 Oct 2025	Studio	420	AED 575,000	1,369

8 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Crystal Residence

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 · 7+ listings seen	4100.89/sqft	AED 80,803	AED 49,000	1.6×	15.7%
1 bed2+ listings seen	2540.34/sqft	AED 42,261	AED 61,836	0.7×	5.6%

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 Jumeirah Village Circle

Every Jumeirah Village Circle building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Crystal Residence places 288th of 352; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
284	Binghatti GateCompleted 2022 · off-plan 740/sqft	AED 879,339	1,022+1.8%	8.2%	-6.1%	12
285	May Residence Tower 2Completed 2019 · off-plan 850/sqft	AED 555,000	1,018+1.3%	9.7%	+35.4%	10
286	Diamond Views 3Completed 2013 · off-plan 765/sqft	AED 720,000	1,015+1.1%	7.9%	+10.9%	20
287	La Riviera AzureCompleted 2022 · off-plan 732/sqft	AED 1.13M	1,008+0.4%	6.7%	-1.0%	6
288	Crystal Residence · this buildingCompleted 2018 · off-plan 950/sqft	AED 645,000	1,004	9.0%	-20.6%	8
289	O2Completed 2021 · off-plan 969/sqft	AED 835,000	998-0.6%	6.6%	+1.0%	24
290	Sandoval Garden Apartments 1Completed 2011 · off-plan 727/sqft	AED 885,000	997-0.7%	6.8%	—	7
291	AG Residence	AED 1.05M	993-1.1%	8.1%	—	5
292	BotanicaCompleted 2016 · off-plan 900/sqft	AED 520,500	992-1.2%	9.6%	+2.8%	16

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Crystal Residence (AED 1,004/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Crystal Residence has registered sale prices 29% below the Jumeirah Village Circle median price per square foot of 1,575 AED, across 214 eligible buildings. It ranks 186th of 214 by price per square foot and 7th of 104 by gross yield in Jumeirah Village Circle.

Market context in Jumeirah Village Circle

Registered sales activity

4,341 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+4.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 4,341 current and 5,371 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

7,847 known registered units across 37 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

29 projects had already passed their planned date; 16 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 195 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Jumeirah Village Circle with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.2%.

The pooled median moved +4.3%: 4.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 66% of 226 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −3.5%.

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 Crystal Residence

Crystal Residence is an apartment building completed in 2018 by Myra Deveiopment in Jumeirah Village Circle with 225 registered units. 360 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 14.83/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 6
Lifts: 4
Parking bays: 246
Pools: 1
Master developer: Myra Deveiopment

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 23 min · 22 km
DXB Airport: 25 min · 31 km
DIFC: 21 min · 25 km
Dubai Marina: 16 min · 16 km
Palm Jumeirah: 25 min · 24 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Dubai Internet City
Mall: Mall of the Emirates
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

Crystal Residence: AED 1,004 per sq ft, 27% below the median Jumeirah Village Circle building, and a 9.0% 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

Crystal ResidenceAED 1,004
Jumeirah Village Circle, readyAED 1,300
Jumeirah Village Circle, off-planAED 1,575
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

Crystal ResidenceJumeirah Village Circle median building

Jumeirah Village Circle9.0% vs 7.5%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 195 buildings in Jumeirah Village Circle. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Jumeirah Village Circle, by handover quarter

Nearby in Jumeirah Village Circle

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Prices per sq ft around Crystal Residence, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 304 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Crystal Residence is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Binghatti Apex

Jumeirah Village Circle · 288 sales, 12 months

912,500

AED, resale median · 1,497/sqft

Luma Park Views

Jumeirah Village Circle · 282 sales, 12 months

1.37M

AED, resale median · 1,603/sqft

Binghatti Royale

Jumeirah Village Circle · 135 sales, 12 months

1.97M

AED, resale median · 2,388/sqft

Binghatti Azure

Jumeirah Village Circle · 105 sales, 12 months

700,000

AED, resale median · 1,659/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
4 registered sales in 12 months; thin, a single deal moves the median
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Rental evidence · Studio
36 new and 30 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 14.83/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 8.2% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Crystal Residence: recorded complete 2018-12-20 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Myra Deveiopment · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 7 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 Crystal Residence’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: 2,290AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 4,083AED; AED 49,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 146,765AED; 20% down plus AED 43,765 in fees

Owning costs AED 199,091 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 Crystal Residence?: Crystal Residence returns 9.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 49,000 a year (36 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 515,000 (median of 4 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Crystal Residence cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 515,000 (1,120 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
How does Crystal Residence compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?: Its 9.5% gross yield sits +1.5 pts against the Jumeirah Village Circle median of 8.0%, 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.
What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Crystal Residence?: The median new annual rent is AED 49,000, from 36 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.
Have registered rents in Crystal Residence risen or fallen?: The median new annual rent changed +5.4% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 36 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.

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