Dubai project data
UPPER CREST: rents and rent contracts
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Registered sales and rent contracts for the project UPPER CREST in Downtown Dubai, from Dubai Land Department open data.
UPPER CREST (Downtown Dubai): 169 registered rent contracts in the 12 months to September 2026, median annual rent AED 100,000. 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 1.9m
- Off-plan share of sales
- under 3
- Median annual rent
- AED 100,000
- Gross rental yield
- under 30 sales (15)
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 UPPER CREST
| Status | Sales | Median per sq ft | Middle range per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off-plan | under 3 | under 3 | under 3 |
| Ready | 26 | AED 1,706 per sq ft | 1,621 – 1,917 |
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 UPPER CREST
- Median annual rent per sq ft
- AED 111 per sq ft
- Gross rental yield
- under 30 sales (15)
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: 15 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 UPPER CREST
| Unit type | Sales | Median per sq ft | Median annual rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | under 3 | under 3 | AED 65,000 | under 3 sales |
| 1 bedroom | 5 | AED 1,509 per sq ft | AED 95,000 | under 30 sales (5) |
| 2 bedrooms | 8 | AED 1,706 per sq ft | AED 130,000 | under 30 sales (8) |
| 3 bedrooms | under 3 | under 3 | AED 170,000 | under 3 sales |
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 UPPER CREST
| Month | Sales | Median per sq ft | Rent contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 4 | AED 1,601 per sq ft | 30 |
| Nov 2024 | under 3 | under 3 | 20 |
| Dec 2024 | under 3 | under 3 | 15 |
| Jan 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 12 |
| Feb 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 16 |
| Mar 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 8 |
| Apr 2025 | 3 | AED 1,565 per sq ft | 17 |
| May 2025 | 3 | AED 1,837 per sq ft | 14 |
| Jun 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 14 |
| Jul 2025 | 4 | AED 1,802 per sq ft | 10 |
| Aug 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 25 |
| Sep 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 34 |
| Oct 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 23 |
| Nov 2025 | under 3 | under 3 | 18 |
| Dec 2025 | 5 | AED 1,706 per sq ft | 16 |
| Jan 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 10 |
| Feb 2026 | 6 | AED 1,974 per sq ft | 21 |
| Mar 2026 | 3 | AED 1,641 per sq ft | 9 |
| Apr 2026 | 4 | AED 1,723 per sq ft | 6 |
| May 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 10 |
| Aug 2026 | 3 | AED 1,509 per sq ft | 21 |
| Sep 2026 | under 3 | under 3 | 23 |
| Year | Sales | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 156 | AED 1,767 per sq ft |
| 2013 | 84 | AED 2,441 per sq ft |
| 2014 | 115 | AED 2,430 per sq ft |
| 2015 | 14 | AED 2,634 per sq ft |
| 2016 | 33 | AED 2,725 per sq ft |
| 2017 | 15 | AED 1,415 per sq ft |
| 2018 | 15 | AED 1,534 per sq ft |
| 2019 | 16 | AED 999 per sq ft |
| 2020 | 8 | AED 941 per sq ft |
| 2021 | 18 | AED 983 per sq ft |
| 2022 | 29 | AED 1,395 per sq ft |
| 2023 | 39 | AED 1,636 per sq ft |
| 2024 | 45 | AED 1,559 per sq ft |
| 2025 | 25 | AED 1,697 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
UPPER CREST 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 UPPER CREST
- How many sales were registered in UPPER CREST?
- 26 sales were registered in UPPER CREST in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- What is the median price per sq ft in UPPER CREST?
- The median price of registered sales in UPPER CREST was AED 1,706 per sq ft in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- What is the median annual rent in UPPER CREST?
- The median annual rent of registered rent contracts in UPPER CREST was AED 100,000 in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Which DLD area is UPPER CREST in?
- UPPER CREST is registered in the Dubai Land Department area Burj Khalifa (Downtown Dubai).
Method and source
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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