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MAG City

4 buildings with a nightly rate · 60 listings sampled, next 12 months

The typical MAG City building earns 1.2× its yearly lease on a nightly let and nets 6.9% at an assumed 70% occupancy; MAG 980 leads at 1.3×.

Typical MAG City building · nightly rate

493AED a night

Net yield, modelled
6.9%
Short-let vs yearly lease
1.2×
AED/night/sqft
0.62
Buildings · listings
4 · 60

Leaders

Highest vs lease
MAG 980· 1.3×

Which MAG City development or building?4 buildings, ranked by what a nightly let earns over the lease

1 development · 4 towers with a nightly rate · 6 listed units

Development / towervs leaseNightly, AEDLease, AED/yrBreak-evenNet yield
MAG EYE Phase 1Development · 4 towers
MAG 9801 bed1.3×+22K a year5352 units80K136 leases · pool56.6%7.5%7 sales
MAG Eye 9101 bed1.2×+18K a year5212 units80K136 leases · pool58.5%7.4%4 sales
MAG Eye 9001 bed1.1×+7,771 a year4651 unit80K136 leases · pool64.6%6.3%3 sales
MAG 9601 bed1.1×+7,003 a year4651 unit80K136 leases · pool65.1%6.0%4 sales

Each building at the bedroom type with the highest ratio to its lease, gathered under its development where two or more share one. Pick a bedroom type to compare developments: a pooled figure across types divides one mix by another. A missing net yield means too few sales to price the unit.

Every building, A to Z ↓

Rent it or buy it to let short-term?On a rented unit, the typical building breaks even at 62% occupancy, against the 70% assumed

Medians across the 4 buildings where the nightly let beats the lease. Self-managed, net of platform fees, cleaning and utilities.

Break-even occupancy, against the 70% assumed
62%
Short-let revenue vs the lease
1.2×
Net yield on the purchase price, modelled
6.9%

Rent a unit, let it short-term

Start with annual short-term revenue after modelled operating costs, then subtract the annual lease. Compare break-even occupancy with your own occupancy scenario and replace the registered rent benchmark with your actual contract.

Buy to short-term let

Compare modelled operating revenue with the supported purchase benchmark. Add acquisition, furnishing, service charges and financing costs before assessing your own return. A missing net yield means insufficient sales evidence; rental economics can still be shown.

The assumptions behind these figures

These scenarios assume 70% occupancy and self-management. Surplus excludes furnishing, deposits, permits, owner service charges and finance. Sampled asks are not achieved bookings; building-level rental benchmarks may pool project contracts.

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How the MAG City figures are made

Nightly rates are median asking prices for a 7-night stay over the next 12 months, not achieved bookings. Yields assume 70% occupancy. Area figures are medians across the buildings listed above. Buildings where the nightly let earns less than the lease are excluded from every figure on this page. Data to .

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Every building in MAG City4 buildings with a nightly rate, A to Z

4 buildings

Median nightly rate, AED, each building at its highest-ratio bedroom type · asking rates for the next 12 months, not bookings

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Short-term rental record for MAG City

Record type
Area-level short-term market record
Data date
Evidence base
60 sampled listings across 4 eligible building and bedroom records
Sources
Public Airbnb search results joined to Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/short-term/apartments/dubai/mag-city
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Short-term rentals in MAG City.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/short-term/apartments/dubai/mag-city

Source: public Airbnb search and Dubai Land Department open data. Nightly rates are asking rates, not registered records. Data to .