What is the rental yield in Downtown Views?

Downtown Views returns 5.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 115,000 a year (57 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.30M (median of 14 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Downtown Views cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 2.30M (2,659 AED/sqft), from 14 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Downtown Views selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Downtown Views over the last 12 months have a median of 2,659 AED/sqft, across 14 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 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +2.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 14 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Downtown Views compare with Zabeel?

Its 5.0% gross yield sits -0.2 pts against the Zabeel median of 5.2%, 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.

Downtown Views

Completed 2021
60 floors
9 lifts
634 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Emaar Properties

A 1 bed in Downtown Views costs a median AED 2.30M, rents long-let for AED 115,000/yr (5.0% gross), and returns 5.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

2.30MAED

AED 2,659/sqft · +2.2% on a year

Rent a year: AED 115,000
Yield after service charge: 4.4%
vs Zabeel: 7% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 2.44M

Price: AED 2.30M
DLD fee 4%: AED 92,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 48,300
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent17 months

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Is Downtown Views a good investment?The rent pays below the Dubai median and rents are slipping

Does it pay a good rent?5.0% gross, 4.4% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)5.0%Watch
Is it easy to let?259 yearly leases, new and renewed, across 478 units in 12 months54%Fair
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 125,000 a year ago, AED 115,000 now-8.0%Watch
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,601/sqft a year ago, 2,659 now+2.2%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 144,500 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.4 years1.4 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?33 sales in 12 months, 7% of the tower (39 the year before)33Fair
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 38% for buyers 5 years ago; up 45% for launch buyers, before fees+38.1%Context

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

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Downtown Views prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 2.30M and rents for about AED 115,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed165 units · 878 sqft	AED 2.30M2,659/sqftlaunch 1,795 +48.1%	5.0%-0.2 pts	AED 115,00057 contracts	+2.2%	14
2 bed187 units · 1,220 sqft	AED 3.30M2,356/sqftlaunch 1,843 +27.8%	5.5%+0.0 pts	AED 180,00045 contracts	-10.9%	9
3 bed118 units · 1,768 sqft	AED 6.17M3,513/sqftlaunch 2,177 +61.3%	4.5%-0.6 pts	AED 275,00031 contracts	+8.3%	10

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

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Zabeel · area median AED 2,875/sqft

12-month change: +2.2%
3 years: +21.9% · +6.8%/yr
5 years: +48.6% · +8.2%/yr
vs area median: -7.5%
Rank by price per sqft: 10th of 10
Off-plan price gain, 2015–2021: +49.0% · +5.1%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Zabeel

Gross yield: 5.0%
Median new rent: AED 115,000/yr
Yield vs area median: -0.2 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): -1.8 pts
Renewal rent: AED 120,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (43 renewals): -4.2%

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 5.9%
Median nightly rate: AED 697
Net revenue: AED 135,975/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.2×
Listings seen: 18+

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, 1 bed, 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 2,668 · before fees

Launch, 2015–21: 1,839; +45%; 331 sales
5 years ago: 1,932; +38%; 56 sales
3 years ago: 2,303; +16%; 63 sales
Previous 12 months: 2,675; 0%; 39 sales
Last 12 months: 2,668; today; 33 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.

33 resales in the last 12 months, against 49 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
12 Oct 2026	2 bed	1,314	AED 2,800,000	2,130
5 Oct 2026	1 bed	878	AED 2,435,000	2,773
30 Sept 2026	3 bed	1,776	AED 6,250,000	3,519
25 Sept 2026	1 bed	860	AED 2,200,000	2,559
16 Sept 2026	1 bed	866	AED 2,500,000	2,887
15 Sept 2026	3 bed	1,769	AED 6,250,000	3,534
8 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,313	AED 3,450,000	2,628
3 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,383	AED 2,922,523	2,113
10 Aug 2026	3 bed	1,566	AED 5,000,000	3,193
22 Jul 2026	3 bed	1,812	AED 6,150,000	3,393

33 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Downtown Views

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
1 bed500 m cluster · 18+ listings seen	6970.81/sqft	AED 135,975	AED 115,000	1.2×	5.9%
2 bed5+ listings seen	9420.67/sqft	AED 179,883	AED 180,000	1.0×	5.5%
3 bed500 m cluster · 6+ listings seen	1,5500.88/sqft	AED 305,159	AED 275,000	1.1×	4.9%

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 Zabeel

Every Zabeel building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Downtown Views places 9th of 10; the nearest 5 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
5	Downtown Views II T1Completed 2022 · off-plan 1,878/sqft	AED 3.08M	2,806+5.2%	5.2%	-0.8%	28
6	Downtown Views II T2Completed 2022 · off-plan 1,881/sqft	AED 3.11M	2,754+3.2%	5.1%	-3.0%	27
7	Address Residences Zabeel Tower 15% · off-plan 2,778/sqft	AED 3.40M	2,745+2.9%	—	-3.0%	11
8	Downtown Views II T3Completed 2022 · off-plan 1,859/sqft	AED 2.91M	2,682+0.5%	5.5%	+1.6%	32
9	Downtown Views · this buildingCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,833/sqft	AED 2.92M	2,668	5.7%	-0.3%	33
10	Address Residences Zabeel Tower 35% · off-plan 2,491/sqft	AED 3.22M	2,648-0.8%	—	-10.6%	38

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Downtown Views (AED 2,668/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Downtown Views has registered sale prices 7% below the Zabeel median price per square foot of 2,875 AED, across 10 eligible buildings. It ranks 10th of 10 by price per square foot in Zabeel.

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.

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Planned 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.

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Supply 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 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 Downtown Views

Downtown Views is an apartment building completed in 2021 by Emaar Properties in Zabeel. 798 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 16.90/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 60
Lifts: 9
Parking bays: 634
Pools: 1
Master developer: Emaar Properties

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Burj Khalifa

Downtown Views: AED 2,668 per sq ft, 4% below the median Zabeel building, and a 5.7% 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

Downtown ViewsAED 2,668
Zabeel, readyAED 2,823
Zabeel, off-planAED 2,745
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

Downtown ViewsZabeel median building

Zabeel5.7% vs 5.6%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 6 buildings in Zabeel. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Zabeel, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Downtown Views, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 8 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Downtown Views is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Downtown Views II T3

Zabeel · 32 sales, 12 months

2.91M

AED, resale median · 2,682/sqft

Downtown Views II T1

Zabeel · 28 sales, 12 months

3.08M

AED, resale median · 2,806/sqft

One Za'abeel The Residences

Zabeel · 28 sales, 12 months

8.45M

AED, resale median · 4,227/sqft

Downtown Views II T2

Zabeel · 27 sales, 12 months

3.11M

AED, resale median · 2,754/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
14 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
57 new and 43 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 16.90/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 4.4% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Downtown Views: recorded complete 2021-06-21 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Emaar Properties · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 18 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 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 Downtown Views’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: 10,227AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 9,583AED; AED 115,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 630,500AED; 20% down plus AED 170,500 in fees

Owning costs AED 362,827 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 3.

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 Downtown Views?: Downtown Views returns 5.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 115,000 a year (57 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.30M (median of 14 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Downtown Views cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 2.30M (2,659 AED/sqft), from 14 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Downtown Views selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Downtown Views over the last 12 months have a median of 2,659 AED/sqft, across 14 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 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +2.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 14 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Downtown Views compare with Zabeel?: Its 5.0% gross yield sits -0.2 pts against the Zabeel median of 5.2%, 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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