Business Bay registered rents and rental yield checks
Business Bay rental prices vary by project. The current published DLD rental observations record 8,258 apartment observations across 60 source projects in Business Bay. In that set, AG TOWER has a median annual rent of AED 70,000 across 261 observations. The sample combines apartment sizes and bedrooms. It is recorded rental evidence, not today’s asking rent or a promised rental yield.
Source window through 2 Nov 2026. Editorial review date and source coverage are separate.
What annual rents were recorded by project?
Confirm whether the unit is a residential apartment, a serviced unit or part of a hotel operation. Management terms and operating costs can change the cash-flow decision even when advertised gross returns look similar.
| Source project | Median annual rent | Annual AED / sq ft | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG TOWER | AED 70,000 | AED 102 | 261 |
| AVANTI TOWER | AED 65,000 | AED 97 | 83 |
| BAY SQUARE | AED 85,000 | AED 102 | 139 |
| BAY'S EDGE | AED 80,000 | AED 111 | 71 |
| BURJ AL NOOR | AED 95,000 | AED 88 | 67 |
| Bayz Tower | AED 60,000 | AED 117 | 219 |
| Binghatti Canal | AED 102,500 | AED 144 | 124 |
| CHURCHILL TOWER | AED 93,000 | AED 87 | 195 |
Mixed sizes and bedrooms. Exact source project labels are not a verified match to a marketing building. Medians use the same post-filter observations. The listed projects are a subset of the 60 published projects in this source area. No current asking rents, short-stay revenue or predicted rent growth are included.
What did apartments in this source area sell for?
Recorded sales in the same source area give the purchase side of a yield check. Divide a supported annual rent by a comparable purchase price for a gross-yield scenario, then add the acquisition and recurring costs; the two tables are not matched sale-and-rent pairs.
| Apartment | Median AED / sq ft | Registered sales | Latest sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 1,969 | 379 | 2 Nov 2026 |
| 1 bedroom | AED 1,797 | 686 | 2 Nov 2026 |
| 2 bedroom | AED 1,654 | 396 | 2 Nov 2026 |
| 3 bedroom | AED 1,688 | 124 | 29 Oct 2026 |
| 4 bedroom | AED 1,255 | 20Small sample; descriptive only | 13 Oct 2026 |
| 6 bedroom | AED 2,793 | 2Small sample; descriptive only | 20 Aug 2026 |
How should I use this in a rental yield check?
Start with the actual apartment: purchase price, internal area, bedroom count, condition and occupancy. Obtain comparable signed rents for that same building and layout. The project figures help you judge whether a proposed rent needs more evidence; they do not supply an automatic rent for the unit.
Keep gross rent separate from money left after costs. Enter the supported rent, service charges, vacancy allowance, maintenance, management and financing in the calculator. Change uncertain inputs to see how the result moves.
For a tenanted purchase, review the actual contract, payment schedule and obligations. A historical source observation cannot confirm today’s tenancy terms, available asking price or whether an advertised home is vacant.
Questions before you buy
What are recorded rents in Business Bay?
Business Bay rental prices vary by project. The current published DLD rental observations record 8,258 apartment observations across 60 source projects in Business Bay. In that set, AG TOWER has a median annual rent of AED 70,000 across 261 observations. The sample combines apartment sizes and bedrooms. It is recorded rental evidence, not today’s asking rent or a promised rental yield.
Can I calculate rental yield from these medians?
Not reliably. A project rent median combines different apartment sizes and bedrooms. Divide a supported annual rent for the actual apartment by its purchase price for a gross-yield scenario; include acquisition costs and recurring expenses for the investment decision. These project medians are not matched sale-and-rent pairs.
Are these unique rental contracts?
No. Counts describe deduplicated source observations after the existing publication checks. The source does not provide an official unique-contract identity for these aggregates. A count of one remains visible and describes only that observation.
Source, scope and methodology
Source: DLD open rental data. Counts are deduplicated source observations, not unique contracts. The existing publication applies its outlier policy and groups exact source area and project labels. Mixed apartment sizes and all source room values remain in scope. A small sample is descriptive evidence only. Project figures have no financial authority and are not used to manufacture a yield.