The Highbury
- Under construction · 37% built
- 31 floors
- 8 lifts
- 391 parking bays
- 2 pools
- Master developer Ellington Properties
A 1 bed in The Highbury costs a median AED 1.73M.
1 bed · typical price
1.73MAED
AED 2,098/sqft · +2.3% on a year
- vs Sobha Hartland
- 5% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.84M
- Price
- AED 1.73M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 69,313
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 36,390
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is The Highbury a good investment?Fair on every measure with a record; no record of the yield and the rent trend
- Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
- Is it easy to let?None of the 342 units signed an annual lease in 12 months: owner-occupied, holiday homes or a hotel pool0%
- Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,051/sqft a year ago, 2,098 now+2.3%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 109,903 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 109,903
- Can I sell easily?36 sales in 12 months, 11% of the tower (32 the year before)36Fair
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 10% for launch buyers, before fees+9.8%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
The Highbury prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.73M
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 · Sobha Hartland · area median AED 2,001/sqft
- 12-month change
- +2.3%
- 3 years
- +7.1% · +2.3%/yr
- vs area median
- +4.8%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 11th of 29
Read with care
- No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 1 bed: Jun 2023, AED 1,657,328; latest, Sep 2026, AED 1,950,888; peak, Aug 2026, AED 2,026,858.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,206 · before fees
- Launch, 2023–26
- 2,009
- +10%
- 301 sales
- 3 years ago
- 2,001
- +10%
- 266 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,154
- +2%
- 32 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,206
- today
- 36 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.
No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.
Comparables in Sobha Hartland
Every Sobha Hartland building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. The Highbury places 5th of 32; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Highbury (AED 2,206/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, The Highbury has registered sale prices 5% above the Sobha Hartland median price per square foot of 2,001 AED, across 29 eligible buildings. It ranks 11th of 29 by price per square foot in Sobha Hartland.
Market context in Sobha Hartland
Registered sales activity
905 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
-2.0% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 905 current and 833 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
0 projects had already passed their planned date; 2 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
0 apartments are planned in Sobha Hartland from 2026 to 2028, equal to 0% of the 4,462 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 45% of 38 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Sobha Hartland with sales in both years; the typical one moved +0.9%.
New-lease rents fell in 88% of 17 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.9%.
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.
About The Highbury
The Highbury is an under-construction (37% built) apartment building by Ellington Properties in Sobha Hartland. 374 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 31
- Lifts
- 8
- Parking bays
- 391
- Pools
- 2
- Master developer
- Ellington Properties
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 17 min · 11 km
- DXB Airport
- 15 min · 14 km
- DIFC
- 13 min · 12 km
- Dubai Marina
- 25 min · 29 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 31 min · 33 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Downtown Dubai
The Highbury: AED 2,206 per sq ft, 10% above the median Sobha Hartland 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
- The HighburyAED 2,206
- Sobha Hartland, readyAED 2,037
- Sobha Hartland, off-planAED 2,022
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
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Eltiera Views - Tower 1
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Eltiera Views - Tower 2
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AED, resale median · 2,655/sqft
Nearby in Sobha Hartland
Prices per sq ft around The Highbury, on the mapPrices per sq ft around The Highbury, on the map
Sobha Hartland - Crest Grande
Sobha Hartland · 190 sales, 12 months
2.70M
AED, resale median · 1,952/sqft
Sobha Hartland - The Crest Tower B
Sobha Hartland · 81 sales, 12 months
1.35M
AED, resale median · 2,271/sqft
Sobha Hartland - The Crest Tower C
Sobha Hartland · 70 sales, 12 months
1.44M
AED, resale median · 2,283/sqft
Sobha Creek Vistas - Tower A
Sobha Hartland · 69 sales, 12 months
1.14M
AED, resale median · 1,856/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
- DeveloperOn record
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in The Highbury?
- No gross yield is published for The Highbury as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 18 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Sobha Hartland median is 6.2% gross.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in The Highbury cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 1.73M (2,098 AED/sqft), from 18 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- Have prices in The Highbury risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +2.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 18 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How many apartments change hands in The Highbury?
- 18 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to The Highbury?
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.
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The Highbury sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 18 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/sobha-hartland/the-highbury
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Highbury sale prices and yield.” Sobha Hartland, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/sobha-hartland/the-highbury
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