Downtown Views II T1
- Completed 2022
- Master developer Emaar Properties
A 2 bed in Downtown Views II T1 costs a median AED 3.20M, rents long-let for AED 165,000/yr (5.2% gross), and returns 7.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
2 bed · typical price
3.20MAED
AED 2,723/sqft · -2.2% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 165,000
- Gross yield
- 5.2%
- vs Zabeel
- 5% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 3.40M
- Price
- AED 3.20M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 128,000
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 67,200
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent15 months
Is Downtown Views II T1 a good investment?The rent pays below the Dubai median
- Does it pay a good rent?5.2% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)5.2%Watch
- Are rents going up?New 2 bed leases: AED 180,000 a year ago, AED 165,000 now (pooled across the project)-8.3%
- Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 2,784/sqft a year ago, 2,723 now-2.2%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 199,400 in fees to buy a 2 bed; rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrs
- Can I sell easily?28 sales in 12 months (80 the year before)28
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 30% for buyers 5 years ago; up 52% for launch buyers, before fees+30.3%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Downtown Views II T1 prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 3.20M and rents for about AED 165,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
2 bed · price per sqft · Zabeel · area median AED 2,583/sqft
- 12-month change
- -2.2%
- 3 years
- +29.4% · +9.0%/yr
- 5 years
- +33.3% · +5.9%/yr
- vs area median
- +5.4%
- Off-plan price gain, 2017–2023
- +40.4% · +5.8%/yr
Rental income
2 bed · Zabeel
- Gross yield
- 5.2%
- Median new rent
- AED 165,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- -0.3 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- -1.6 pts
- Renewal rent
- AED 165,000/yr
Short-term income
2 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays
- Median nightly rate
- AED 1,209
- Net revenue
- AED 241,311/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.5×
- Listings seen
- 6+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole Downtown Views II project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 2 bed: Feb 2017, AED 2,246,888; latest, Sep 2026, AED 2,852,500; peak, Mar 2026, AED 3,750,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,806 · before fees
- Launch, 2017–23
- 1,844
- +52%
- 324 sales
- 5 years ago
- 2,154
- +30%
- 88 sales
- 3 years ago
- 2,204
- +27%
- 133 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,828
- −1%
- 80 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,806
- today
- 28 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.
28 resales in the last 12 months, against 109 a year on average over 2023–2025.
28 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Downtown Views II T1
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly rate through the year
Comparables in Zabeel
Every Zabeel building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Downtown Views II T1 places 5th of 10; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Downtown Views II T1 (AED 2,806/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 2 bed, Downtown Views II T1 has registered sale prices 5% above the Zabeel median price per square foot of 2,583 AED, across 9 eligible buildings.
Market context in Zabeel
Registered sales activity
161 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
-0.5% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 161 current and 278 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; 1 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
0 apartments are planned in Zabeel from 2026 to 2028, equal to 0% of the 1,204 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 47% of 15 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Zabeel with sales in both years; the typical one moved +0.1%.
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 Downtown Views II towers
3 towers in Downtown Views II, at the bedroom type above.
Ejari files Downtown Views II’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.
Zabeel: every development at this typeZabeel: 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 2 bed. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.
About Downtown Views II T1
Downtown Views II T1 is an apartment building completed in 2022 by Emaar Properties in Zabeel. 993 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Master developer
- Emaar Properties
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 10 min · 3.1 km
- DXB Airport
- 14 min · 14 km
- DIFC
- 7 min · 4.0 km
- Dubai Marina
- 20 min · 23 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 26 min · 27 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Financial Centre
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Burj Khalifa
Downtown Views II T1: AED 2,806 per sq ft, level with the median Zabeel building, and a 5.2% 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
- Downtown Views II T1AED 2,806
- Zabeel, readyAED 2,823
- Zabeel, off-planAED 2,745
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Downtown Views II T1Zabeel median building
- Zabeel5.2% vs 5.6%
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Nearby in Zabeel
Prices per sq ft around Downtown Views II T1, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Downtown Views II T1, on the map
Downtown Views II T3
Zabeel · 32 sales, 12 months
2.91M
AED, resale median · 2,682/sqft
Downtown Views II T2
Zabeel · 27 sales, 12 months
3.11M
AED, resale median · 2,754/sqft
Downtown Views
Zabeel · 33 sales, 12 months
2.92M
AED, resale median · 2,668/sqft
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Zabeel · 28 sales, 12 months
8.45M
AED, resale median · 4,227/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 · 2 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 2 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
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a 2 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 Downtown Views II T1’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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- Monthly mortgage
- 14,229AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 13,750AED
- AED 165,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 874,400AED
- 20% down plus AED 234,400 in fees
Owning costs AED 534,167 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 Downtown Views II T1?
- Downtown Views II T1 returns 5.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 165,000 a year (237 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 3.20M (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 2 bedroom in Downtown Views II T1 cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 3.20M (2,723 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Downtown Views II T1 selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Downtown Views II T1 over the last 12 months have a median of 2,723 AED/sqft, across 11 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 Downtown Views II T1 risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved -2.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does Downtown Views II T1 compare with Zabeel?
- Its 5.2% gross yield sits -0.3 pts against the Zabeel median of 5.4%, 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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Downtown Views II T1 sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 11 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/zabeel/downtown-views-ii-t1
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Downtown Views II T1 sale prices and yield.” Zabeel, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/zabeel/downtown-views-ii-t1
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