The highest gross rental yields in Dubai are Al Warsan First (7.5%), Al Hebiah Second (7.0%), Al Merkadh (6.4%). Across 54 areas the median is 4.8%, the lowest being Trade Center Second (1.9%). Yields are gross: charges and vacancy are not deducted.

Median gross yield4.82 %across the areas listed
Highest yield7.47 %Al Warsan First
Areas measured54from 200 sales and 200 contracts
AreaGross yieldPrice, AED/m²Rent, AED/m² a yearSalesContracts
Al Warsan First7.47 %8,3336222,20223,375
Al Hebiah Second6.99 %16,1471,1291,7401,971
Al Merkadh6.39 %22,3461,4292,76511,598
Me'Aisem First6.19 %14,6459063,6167,265
Saih Shuaib 26.09 %15,3969389231,807
Al Barsha South Fourth6.06 %16,26498513,12929,066
Warsan Fourth6.05 %12,0587291,5099,238
Al Safouh Second6.02 %16,587998441541
Dubai Investment Park First6.00 %12,2007321,8553,515
Al Hebiah Third5.81 %17,7591,0321,6844,156
Al Hebiah Fourth5.80 %14,8298603,6519,735
Jabal Ali Industrial Second5.80 %18,2181,0563,018931
Al Thanyah Third5.71 %20,6791,1815894,044
Wadi Al Safa 75.65 %14,2738068273,213
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid5.58 %25,6001,4282,7387,185
Nadd Hessa5.51 %13,2607302,34016,015
Al Barshaa South Third5.49 %16,8079233,96313,129
Al Yelayiss 25.40 %16,2988812,1656,074
Madinat Hind 45.33 %12,5756702035,312
Al Barsha South Fifth5.31 %17,8119464,8603,226
Al Barshaa South Second5.28 %18,9399993,6371,491
Al Khairan First5.04 %27,6201,3914,0835,796
Wadi Al Safa 25.02 %14,9497501,6354,712
Al Hebiah Sixth4.99 %17,6288795761,238
Jabal Ali First4.87 %16,7478157,37125,878
Um Suqaim Third4.83 %30,1181,454457956
Al Kifaf4.82 %23,6631,141324615
Zaabeel Second4.78 %33,8741,6208251,046
Wadi Al Safa 34.70 %16,4327728,0904,107
Wadi Al Safa 54.68 %15,7807389,20210,878
Madinat Al Mataar4.63 %17,66481816,1328,429
Al Hebiah Fifth4.61 %18,4748522,4002,699
Dubai Investment Park Second4.57 %16,1557384,1492,359
Al Thanyah Fifth4.50 %23,3561,0513,8889,096
Al Yufrah 14.50 %16,6177471,366859
Burj Khalifa4.44 %32,4971,4423,1229,266
Business Bay4.37 %27,6401,2088,62817,654
Wadi Al Safa 64.31 %14,8466392791,181
Al Thanyah First4.30 %20,5278833425,328
Marsa Dubai4.28 %27,1741,1623,89218,263
Mirdif4.11 %13,34054822710,455
Al Jadaf4.07 %21,8908902,8768,579
Al Hebiah First4.02 %19,3057764,2571,924
Al Thanayah Fourth3.97 %18,3147274902,365
Al Wasl3.89 %34,1351,3271,4982,077
Al Satwa3.85 %24,6369491,5775,564
Palm Jumeirah3.44 %39,4141,3541,2784,016
Al Yelayiss 13.33 %19,6116533,7061,451
Nad Al Shiba First2.69 %36,6359852,4782,288
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah2.07 %33,6786964,0211,831
Al Safouh First2.03 %43,051873732675
Jumeirah First2.01 %46,5899352952,542
Saih Shuaib 11.93 %29,196563392251
Trade Center Second1.87 %51,3229575582,401

What these numbers do not show

  • Net yield. Service charges, vacancy between tenants, management and transaction costs are not deducted.
  • The return on one particular home. Rents and sales here are different properties; these are area medians, not the same unit.
  • Mortgage payments or the tax consequences of ownership.
  • Quality within an area: the building and the view do not enter a cadastral name.

Gross yield here is the median annual rent per square metre divided by the median sale price of the same square metre, both over the same 12 months. Sales are DLD transactions for apartments and villas; rents are Ejari contracts. An area enters the table when it has at least 200 sales and at least 200 contracts. This is GROSS yield: service charges, vacancy between tenants and management costs are not deducted, so the net figure is materially lower.

Data: Dubai Land Department transaction registry and Ejari tenancy contracts. Sample: 339 666 tenancy contracts and 159 001 sales across 54 areas. Yield is gross: service charges, vacancy and transaction costs are not deducted. Updated 2026-09-17. Free to reuse with attribution to Continental Club Property (CC BY 4.0). Methodology ↗

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