What is the rental yield in Afnan 1?

Afnan 1 returns 7.8% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 63,000 a year (113 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 812,500 (median of 8 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Afnan 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 812,500 (1,205 AED/sqft), from 8 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Afnan 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Afnan 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,205 AED/sqft, across 8 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 Afnan 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +7.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 8 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Afnan 1 compare with Dubai Production City?

Its 7.8% gross yield sits -0.2 pts against the Dubai Production City median of 7.9%, 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.

Afnan 1

Completed 2019
Master developer Deyaar Development

A 1 bed in Afnan 1 costs a median AED 812,500 and rents long-let for AED 63,000/yr (7.8% gross).

1 bed · typical price

812,500AED

AED 1,205/sqft · +7.3% on a year

Rent a year: AED 63,000
Gross yield: 7.8%
vs Dubai Production City: 3% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 866,263

Price: AED 812,500
DLD fee 4%: AED 32,500
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 17,063
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent10 months

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Is Afnan 1 a good investment?Prices rising; 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%Fair
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 64,000 a year ago, AED 63,000 now (pooled across the project)-1.6%
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,122/sqft a year ago, 1,205 now+7.3%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 53,763 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
Can I sell easily?13 sales in 12 months (22 the year before)13
Is a lot being built nearby?3,449 apartments are planned in Dubai Production City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 6,406 homes let there today. A further 1,882 are past their planned date. Dubai Production City supply by year →54%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 13% for buyers 5 years ago; up 27% for launch buyers, before fees+13.4%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Afnan 1 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 812,500 and rents for about AED 63,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio	AED 560,0001,294/sqft	8.4%-0.7 pts	AED 47,00043 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
1 bed	AED 812,5001,205/sqftlaunch 969 +24.3%	7.8%-0.2 pts	AED 63,000113 contracts	+7.3%	8
2 bed	AED 1.30M1,342/sqft	pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	1

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

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Production City · area median AED 1,243/sqft

12-month change: +7.3%
3 years: +44.2% · +13.0%/yr
5 years: +13.7% · +2.6%/yr
vs area median: -3.1%
Rank by price per sqft: 31st of 51
Off-plan price gain, 2016–2020: +23.0% · +2.6%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Dubai Production City

Gross yield: 7.8%
Median new rent: AED 63,000/yr
Yield vs area median: -0.2 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.0 pts
Yield rank: 20th of 34
Renewal rent: AED 60,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (87 renewals): +5.0%

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Rental data covers the whole Midtown - Afnan project, not this tower alone.

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,223 · before fees

Launch, 2015–20: 966; +27%; 117 sales
5 years ago: 1,078; +13%; 41 sales
3 years ago: 869; +41%; 13 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,119; +9%; 22 sales
Last 12 months: 1,223; today; 13 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.

13 resales in the last 12 months, against 21 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
13 Aug 2026	1 bed	710	AED 825,000	1,162
15 May 2026	Studio	441	AED 520,000	1,179
24 Apr 2026	Studio	433	AED 525,000	1,214
22 Apr 2026	1 bed	653	AED 775,000	1,186
15 Apr 2026	1 bed	621	AED 650,000	1,046
7 Apr 2026	1 bed	621	AED 830,000	1,336
30 Mar 2026	2 bed	969	AED 1,300,000	1,342
26 Mar 2026	Studio	433	AED 595,000	1,375
5 Mar 2026	Studio	427	AED 600,000	1,405
10 Dec 2025	1 bed	642	AED 845,000	1,316

13 resales in the last 12 months.

Comparables in Dubai Production City

Every Dubai Production City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Afnan 1 places 40th of 62; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
36	Afnan 2Completed 2019 · off-plan 1,032/sqft	AED 805,000	1,255+2.7%	7.8%	+8.4%	11
37	Vista by Visionoff-plan 1,248/sqft	AED 1.09M	1,248+2.1%	—	—	307
38	Afnan 5Completed 2019 · off-plan 957/sqft	AED 1.41M	1,242+1.5%	4.5%	+8.0%	9
39	Mesk 2Completed 2022	AED 1.48M	1,235+1.0%	7.0%	-1.1%	21
40	Afnan 1 · this buildingCompleted 2019 · off-plan 969/sqft	AED 775,000	1,223	8.1%	+9.3%	13
41	Afnan 4Completed 2019 · off-plan 1,044/sqft	AED 765,000	1,199-1.9%	8.2%	+1.5%	12
42	Soul by vision77% · Q4 2026 · off-plan 1,162/sqft	AED 950,000	1,165-4.7%	6.6%	+2.3%	137
43	Alwan Residence 1	AED 575,000	1,145-6.4%	—	+23.3%	12
44	Lakeside DCompleted 2014 · off-plan 976/sqft	AED 400,000	1,056-13.6%	9.5%	+11.4%	36

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Afnan 1 (AED 1,223/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Afnan 1 has registered sale prices 3% below the Dubai Production City median price per square foot of 1,243 AED, across 51 eligible buildings. It ranks 31st of 51 by price per square foot and 20th of 34 by gross yield in Dubai Production City.

Market context in Dubai Production City

Registered sales activity

805 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+5.5% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 805 current and 1,116 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

2,784 known registered units across 5 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

0 projects had already passed their planned date; 3 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

3,449 apartments are planned in Dubai Production City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 6,406 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 11% of 45 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai Production City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +6.8%.

New-lease rents fell in 38% of 13 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +2.3%.

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.

The Afnan towers

5 towers in Midtown - Afnan, at the bedroom type above.

Afnan, every type →

Tower	Price	AED/sqft	Rent a year	Gross yield
Afnan 1 · this building	AED 812,5008 sales	1,205	AED 63,000project pool	7.8%
Afnan 2	AED 805,00011 sales	1,255	AED 63,000project pool	7.8%
Afnan 3	AED 817,5008 sales	1,265	AED 63,000project pool	7.7%
Afnan 4	AED 790,0008 sales	1,167	AED 63,000project pool	8.0%
Afnan 5	—1 sale, too few	—	AED 63,000project pool	—

Ejari files Midtown - Afnan’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.

Midtown: every development at this type

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
Midtown4 developments, pooled	AED 65,000338 contracts	AED 850,00098 sales	1,271	7.6%
Afnan · this development5 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 63,000113 contracts	AED 805,00036 sales	1,216	7.8%
Dania4 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 65,00098 contracts	AED 800,00017 sales	1,244	8.1%
Mesk2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 77,00015 contracts	AED 1.02M11 sales	1,250	7.6%
Noor5 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 71,000112 contracts	AED 895,00034 sales	1,333	7.9%
Centrium Tower4 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 56,75046 contracts	AED 623,50016 sales	875	9.1%
Elm at Park Five2 towers	—none	AED 1.07M102 sales	1,327	—
Lago Vista3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 55,00010 contracts	AED 730,0007 sales	737	7.5%
Lakeside4 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 51,000192 contracts	AED 590,00046 sales	852	8.6%
Qasr Sabah I , II ,iii3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 45,000124 contracts	AED 453,26996 sales	729	9.9%
Samana Resorts2 towers	—none	AED 1.15M119 sales	1,219	—
Sun Point Dubai2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 60,0005 contracts	AED 920,9466 sales	1,280	6.5%
The Crescent3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 61,5006 contracts	—1 sale, too few	—	—
All of Dubai Production Cityevery building, in a project or not	AED 60,0001,038 contracts	AED 1.07M1,352 sales	1,307	5.6%

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. Developments sharing a name are grouped under it; DLD itself records no such parent.

About Afnan 1

Afnan 1 is an apartment building completed in 2019 by Deyaar Development in Dubai Production City. 258 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Master developer: Deyaar Development

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Harbour Tower
Mall: Ibn-e-Battuta Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

Afnan 1: AED 1,223 per sq ft, 3% below the median Dubai Production 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

Afnan 1AED 1,223
Dubai Production City, readyAED 991
Dubai Production City, off-planAED 1,407
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

Afnan 1Dubai Production City median building

Dubai Production City8.1% vs 8.3%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 46 buildings in Dubai Production City. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Production City, by handover quarter

Nearby in Dubai Production City

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Prices per sq ft around Afnan 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 63 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Afnan 1 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Afnan 4

Dubai Production City · 12 sales, 12 months

765,000

AED, resale median · 1,199/sqft

Afnan 2

Dubai Production City · 11 sales, 12 months

805,000

AED, resale median · 1,255/sqft

Afnan 5

Dubai Production City · 9 sales, 12 months

1.41M

AED, resale median · 1,242/sqft

Afnan 3

Dubai Production City · 8 sales, 12 months

817,500

AED, resale median · 1,265/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 · 1 bed
8 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
113 new and 87 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
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Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
Midtown - Afnan: recorded complete 2019-10-24 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Deyaar Development · delivery record
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 1 bed 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 Afnan 1’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

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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: 3,613AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 5,250AED; AED 63,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 227,388AED; 20% down plus AED 64,888 in fees

Owning costs AED 242,310 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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What is the rental yield in Afnan 1?: Afnan 1 returns 7.8% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 63,000 a year (113 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 812,500 (median of 8 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Afnan 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 812,500 (1,205 AED/sqft), from 8 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Afnan 1 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Afnan 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,205 AED/sqft, across 8 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 Afnan 1 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +7.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 8 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Afnan 1 compare with Dubai Production City?: Its 7.8% gross yield sits -0.2 pts against the Dubai Production City median of 7.9%, 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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