Dubai project data
THE DISTINCTION: rents and rent contracts
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Registered sales and rent contracts for the project THE DISTINCTION in Downtown Dubai, from Dubai Land Department open data.
THE DISTINCTION (Downtown Dubai): 69 registered rent contracts in the 12 months to September 2026, median annual rent AED 129,588. Source: Dubai Land Department open data via data.dubai, as of 23 Oct 2026, calculated by Zolia.
Key figures, last 12 months
Data as of 23 Oct 2026 · Period Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
- Median sale price
- AED 1.8m
- Off-plan share of sales
- under 3
- Median annual rent
- AED 129,588
- Gross rental yield
- under 30 sales (14)
Indicative figures from registered transactions and rent contracts, not a valuation of any unit.
Registered mortgage transactions only, without interest rates and without lenders.
“Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.
Off-plan and ready sales in THE DISTINCTION
| Status | Sales | Median per sq ft | Middle range per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off-plan | under 3 | under 3 | under 3 |
| Ready | 22 | AED 1,776 per sq ft | 1,615 – 1,987 |
Off-plan sales are sales of properties before completion, as registered in Dubai Land Department transactions; ready sales are sales of completed properties.
“Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.
Rents and rental yield in THE DISTINCTION
- Median annual rent per sq ft
- AED 118 per sq ft
- Gross rental yield
- under 30 sales (14)
The permitted rent increase is set by the Smart Rental Index of the Dubai Land Department; this page does not compute an index value. About the Smart Rental Index
Too few ready apartment sales for a gross rental yield: 14 in the period, at least 30 needed. Land, whole buildings, villas and commercial units are not counted.
“Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.
Price per sq ft and rents by unit type in THE DISTINCTION
| Unit type | Sales | Median per sq ft | Median annual rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | under 3 | under 3 | AED 82,000 | under 3 sales |
| 1 bedroom | 3 | AED 1,719 per sq ft | AED 100,000 | under 30 sales (3) |
| 2 bedrooms | 6 | AED 1,615 per sq ft | AED 147,000 | under 30 sales (6) |
| 3 bedrooms | 3 | AED 1,987 per sq ft | AED 210,000 | under 30 sales (3) |
Indicative figures from registered transactions and rent contracts, not a valuation of any unit.
“Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.
Price trend in THE DISTINCTION
| Month | Sales | Median per sq ft | Rent contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 3 | AED 1,615 per sq ft | 7 |
| Nov 2024 | 3 | AED 1,811 per sq ft | 5 |
| Dec 2024 | 3 | AED 1,686 per sq ft | 4 |
| Jan 2025 | 6 | AED 1,709 per sq ft | 3 |
| Jul 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 5 |
| Aug 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 12 |
| Sep 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 8 |
| Oct 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 16 |
| Nov 2025 | 3 | AED 1,713 per sq ft | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 11 |
| Feb 2026 | 4 | AED 1,776 per sq ft | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 3 | AED 1,615 per sq ft | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | 3 | AED 1,719 per sq ft | 7 |
| Year | Sales | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 35 | AED 2,163 per sq ft |
| 2013 | 91 | AED 2,515 per sq ft |
| 2014 | 93 | AED 2,712 per sq ft |
| 2015 | 46 | AED 2,826 per sq ft |
| 2016 | 19 | AED 2,521 per sq ft |
| 2017 | 25 | AED 2,301 per sq ft |
| 2018 | 16 | AED 1,923 per sq ft |
| 2019 | 9 | AED 2,103 per sq ft |
| 2020 | 8 | AED 1,369 per sq ft |
| 2021 | 18 | AED 1,286 per sq ft |
| 2022 | 33 | AED 1,527 per sq ft |
| 2023 | 18 | AED 1,771 per sq ft |
| 2024 | 29 | AED 1,783 per sq ft |
| 2025 | 25 | AED 1,709 per sq ft |
“Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.
Location
THE DISTINCTION is a project in the DLD area Burj Khalifa.
Names as in the registered transactions and rent contracts; company names are not shown.
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Questions about THE DISTINCTION
- How many sales were registered in THE DISTINCTION?
- 22 sales were registered in THE DISTINCTION in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- What is the median price per sq ft in THE DISTINCTION?
- The median price of registered sales in THE DISTINCTION was AED 1,776 per sq ft in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- What is the median annual rent in THE DISTINCTION?
- The median annual rent of registered rent contracts in THE DISTINCTION was AED 129,588 in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Which DLD area is THE DISTINCTION in?
- THE DISTINCTION is registered in the Dubai Land Department area Burj Khalifa (Downtown Dubai).
Method and source
All Dubai projects with figuresAll Dubai areasHow these figures are calculated
Figures based on fewer than 3 records are not shown.
Source: Dubai Land Department, open data via data.dubai (as of 23 Oct 2026). Prepared by Zolia; not an official product of the Dubai Land Department.
Open data portal: data.dubai · Licence: Dubai Open Data Licence
- Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae