Dubai Sports City registered rents and rental yield checks
The published DLD rent data records 7,133 apartment rent observations for Dubai Sports City, spread across 48 source projects, under the source label Al Hebiah Fourth, with a median of AED 76 per square foot per year, the same publication also records 1,517 villa observations here, the published sale medians for the same area run from AED 833 per sq ft for a 2-bedroom to AED 1,033 for a studio, averaging 149 observations per project. Dubai Sports City is a 50 million square foot freehold mixed-use community along Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, anchored by the 25,000-seat Dubai International Stadium, the ICC Academy and The Els Club golf course. Opened in 2008, it has evolved from a niche sports district into a mature mid-market neighbourhood of roughly 70,000 residents with three residential zones: the gated villas of Victory Heights, the Canal Residence West towers and the Sports Village apartment blocks.
What annual rents were recorded by project?
The published DLD rental observations record 7,133 apartment observations across 48 source projects bound to the published DLD area DUBAI SPORTS CITY, recorded under Al Hebiah Fourth. The table below shows the first 8 projects in source-label order.
| Source project | Median annual rent | Annual AED / sq ft | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMAL TOWER | AED 72,000 | AED 87 | 166 |
| ARENA APARTMENTS | AED 64,250 | AED 72 | 80 |
| BERMUDA VIEWS | AED 56,000 | AED 69 | 103 |
| CANAL RESIDENCE WEST (PHASE 1) | AED 60,500 | AED 67 | 292 |
| CHAMPIONS TOWER1 | AED 48,500 | AED 77 | 71 |
| CRICKET TOWER | AED 45,160 | AED 80 | 107 |
| EAGLE HEIGHTS | AED 42,000 | AED 93 | 172 |
| ELITE 10 SPORTS RESIDENCE | AED 48,400 | AED 76 | 592 |
Mixed sizes and bedrooms. Exact source project labels are not a verified match to a marketing building. Medians use the same post-filter observations. No current asking rents, short-stay revenue or predicted rent growth are included.
What did apartments in this area sell for?
Recorded sales in the same published DLD area DUBAI SPORTS CITY give the purchase side of a yield check. Each bedroom group carries its own count: a group with fewer than 30 registered sales is descriptive only and is marked as such.
| Apartment | Median AED / sq ft | Registered sales | Latest sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 1,033 | 284 | 2026-11-11 |
| 1 bedroom | AED 860 | 283 | 2026-11-11 |
| 2 bedroom | AED 833 | 133 | 2026-11-11 |
| 3 bedroom | AED 915 | 15Small sample; descriptive only | 2026-11-02 |
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.
Run the numbers for Dubai Sports City
The calculator starts from Dubai Sports City: enter the agreed price and the rent you can actually support, and it shows the gross yield next to the estimated net yield after service charge, management and vacancy. The community name travels with the link, so the purchase-price field can be prefilled from the DLD building median when a verified comp exists.
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What are recorded rents in Dubai Sports City?
The published DLD rent data records 7,133 apartment rent observations for Dubai Sports City, spread across 48 source projects, under the source label Al Hebiah Fourth, with a median of AED 76 per square foot per year, the same publication also records 1,517 villa observations here, the published sale medians for the same area run from AED 833 per sq ft for a 2-bedroom to AED 1,033 for a studio, averaging 149 observations per project. Dubai Sports City is a 50 million square foot freehold mixed-use community along Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, anchored by the 25,000-seat Dubai International Stadium, the ICC Academy and The Els Club golf course. Opened in 2008, it has evolved from a niche sports district into a mature mid-market neighbourhood of roughly 70,000 residents with three residential zones: the gated villas of Victory Heights, the Canal Residence West towers and the Sports Village apartment blocks.
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.