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Rentals & Yields: Week 41, 2026

Name: Rentals & Yields: Week 41, 2026
Creator: Zolia
Published: 2026-10-15
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9,358 new and 3,976 renewed leases have been registered so far, at a median annual residential rent of AED 65,000. Late registrations, renewals in particular, will add to these figures, so they are not compared with earlier weeks.

+0.2%Rent index vs. Jul+5.6%Rent index vs. Aug 2025

Week 41 · 5 – 11 Oct 2026Published 15 Oct 2026Data as of 10 Oct 2026How we calculate these figures

Residential rent index (DDSE, 2024 = 100), last 13 months

Median gross yield, apartments6.4%53 areas, 12 months to 30 Sep 2026

Lease starts per week, last 13 weeks (contracts)

New and renewed contracts; recent weeks provisional (late registrations)

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Lease starts per week, last 13 weeks
	New	Renewed
13 Jul	8,145	7,650
20 Jul	8,206	7,580
27 Jul	12,835	14,371
3 Aug	7,646	5,471
10 Aug	9,951	9,439
17 Aug	8,854	5,812
24 Aug	8,095	5,402
31 Aug	15,170	14,424
7 Sep	9,571	5,663
14 Sep	10,580	8,155
21 Sep	9,617	4,946
28 Sep	14,418	9,415
5 Oct	9,358	3,976

What changed

Lease starts: provisional figures
9,358 new and 3,976 renewed leases have been registered so far, at a median annual residential rent of AED 65,000. Late registrations, renewals in particular, will add to these figures, so they are not compared with earlier weeks.
Rent index up 5.6% on a year earlier
The residential rent index of the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment stood at 115.66 in August 2026 (2024 = 100), level with July 2026 and up 5.6% on August 2025.
Gross yields from 2.8% to 9.3%
The median gross yield was 6.4% across 53 areas (12 months to 30 Sep 2026): highest in Dubai Investment Park Second (9.3%), lowest in Jumeirah First (2.8%).

Residential rent index (DDSE, 2024 = 100), last 13 months (index)

Residential rent index (DDSE, 2024 = 100), last 13 months
	All	Apartments	Villas
Aug 2025	109.56	109.58	109.49
Sep 2025	110.27	110.30	110.20
Oct 2025	110.94	110.96	110.84
Nov 2025	111.62	111.68	111.45
Dec 2025	112.22	112.29	112.01
Jan 2026	112.96	113.06	112.64
Feb 2026	113.65	113.78	113.20
Mar 2026	114.20	114.32	113.81
Apr 2026	114.62	114.72	114.29
May 2026	114.97	115.07	114.65
Jun 2026	115.22	115.28	115.00
Jul 2026	115.45	115.50	115.28
Aug 2026	115.66	115.68	115.58

Across the 53 areas with at least 30 ready-apartment sales and 30 residential leases in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the median gross yield was 6.4%, ranging from 9.3% in Dubai Investment Park Second to 2.8% in Jumeirah First.

Gross yields by area

Apartments, 12 months to 30 Sep 2026

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Dubai Investment Park Second	9.3%	69	751	2,737	213
International City Phase 1 (Al Warsan First)	8.8%	58	653	25,847	1,276
Dubai Sports City (Al Hebiah Fourth)	8.4%	80	946	10,289	1,165
Al Hebiah Fifth	8.4%	79	945	2,992	286
Dubai Land Residence Complex (Wadi Al Safa 5)	8.3%	68	818	11,722	643
International Media Production Zone (Me'aisem First)	8.2%	84	1,018	7,815	920
Al Qusais Industrial Fifth	7.9%	47	600	7,569	72
Saih Shuaib 2	7.8%	78	1,000	1,583	104
Down Town Jabal Ali (Jabal Ali Industrial Second)	7.7%	98	1,282	966	153
International City Phase 3 (Warsan Fourth)	7.6%	68	890	10,076	419
Dubai Studio City (Al Hebiah Second)	7.6%	105	1,388	2,068	524
Al Goze Fourth	7.3%	66	910	2,430	122
Majan (Wadi Al Safa 3)	7.2%	71	987	4,397	1,145
Wadi Al Safa 2	7.2%	69	958	5,044	473
Motor City (Al Hebiah First)	7.2%	72	1,005	2,079	797
Silicon Oasis (Nadd Hessa)	7.1%	68	955	17,216	1,133
Jumeirah Village Circle (Al Barsha South Fourth)	7.1%	91	1,287	30,807	4,375
Al Hebiah Third	7.0%	95	1,350	4,334	477
Madinat Al Mataar	7.0%	76	1,075	8,821	891
Jabal Ali First	7.0%	75	1,082	27,427	1,733
Al Thanyah Fifth	6.8%	97	1,435	9,661	939
Dubai Science Park (Al Barshaa South Second)	6.7%	91	1,367	1,581	177
Al Safouh Second	6.6%	66	996	889	295
Wadi Al Safa 7	6.6%	75	1,127	3,366	99
Al Merkadh	6.6%	132	2,003	12,235	2,031
Barsha Heights (Al Thanyah First)	6.5%	82	1,259	5,930	82
Jumeirah Village Triangle (Al Barsha South Fifth)	6.4%	87	1,343	3,472	453
Arjan (Al Barshaa South Third)	6.3%	85	1,358	13,961	1,316
Dubai Investment Park First	6.2%	68	1,096	4,117	59
Town Square (Al Yelayiss 2)	6.1%	81	1,345	6,290	706
Business Bay	6.0%	112	1,849	18,699	2,505
The Greens (Al Thanyah Third)	6.0%	109	1,831	4,286	485
Trade Center Second	5.9%	89	1,502	2,594	32
Madinat Badr (Muhaisanah First)	5.9%	81	1,377	400	49
Festival City (Al Kheeran)	5.9%	84	1,427	785	37
Madinat Hind 4	5.8%	62	1,068	5,602	79
Dubai Hills Estate (Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid)	5.8%	131	2,262	7,647	1,023
Nad Al Shiba First	5.7%	91	1,586	2,482	188
Nad Al Hamar	5.5%	58	1,046	3,424	33
Zaabeel Second	5.5%	149	2,685	1,091	125
Dubai Creek Harbour (Al Khairan First)	5.5%	129	2,326	6,077	1,248
Dubai Marina (Marsa Dubai)	5.5%	108	1,963	19,455	2,796
Al Kifaf	5.4%	105	1,947	646	106
Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa)	5.4%	133	2,478	9,808	1,506
Jumeirah Garden City (Al Satwa)	5.1%	88	1,738	5,926	100
Sufouh Gardens (Al Safouh First)	5.0%	81	1,629	756	58
Palm Jumeirah	4.7%	125	2,654	4,359	703
Um Suqaim Third	4.7%	130	2,785	1,123	150
Al Jadaf	4.7%	83	1,778	9,003	553
Al Wasl	4.5%	123	2,739	2,212	336
Mirdif	4.4%	50	1,132	11,573	96
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah	3.0%	64	2,153	1,801	60
Jumeirah First	2.8%	84	2,992	2,810	137

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Lowest gross yields

Apartments, 12 months to 30 Sep 2026

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Jumeirah First	2.8%	84	2,992	2,810	137
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah	3.0%	64	2,153	1,801	60
Mirdif	4.4%	50	1,132	11,573	96
Al Wasl	4.5%	123	2,739	2,212	336
Al Jadaf	4.7%	83	1,778	9,003	553

Most active areas by lease starts

week 41 of 2026; provisional, no comparison

Top 10 of 136All 136 rows

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Business Bay	822	688	134	AED 82,000
Hor Al Anz	652	626	26	AED 35,000
Jumeirah Village Circle (Al Barsha South Fourth)	480	383	97	AED 64,000
Jabal Ali First	455	253	202	AED 62,000
Naif	403	359	44	AED 34,300
Al Khabeesi	352	339	13	–
Dubai Marina (Marsa Dubai)	340	245	95	AED 110,000
Al Barsha First	315	205	110	AED 72,000
International City Phase 1 (Al Warsan First)	298	140	158	AED 36,000
Dubai Investment Park First	291	267	24	AED 68,000
Al Merkadh	269	224	45	AED 70,000
Port Saeed	254	227	27	AED 70,919
Saih Shuaib 3	241	238	3	AED 158,400
Al Nahda First	227	151	76	AED 59,000
Muhaisanah Fourth	227	80	147	AED 39,938
Arjan (Al Barshaa South Third)	214	156	58	AED 58,000
Al Nahda Second	203	106	97	AED 53,361
Al Mararr	203	164	39	AED 45,000
Mankhool	200	132	68	AED 77,000
Al Thanyah Fifth	197	139	58	AED 93,000
Silicon Oasis (Nadd Hessa)	197	107	90	AED 56,175
Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa)	189	146	43	AED 130,000
Al Raffa	176	132	44	AED 59,000
Al Karama	176	74	102	AED 65,000
Al Murqabat	173	104	69	AED 60,197
Mirdif	163	49	114	AED 81,000
Dubai Hills Estate (Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid)	162	130	32	AED 120,000
Dubai Sports City (Al Hebiah Fourth)	157	102	55	AED 49,180
Dubai Land Residence Complex (Wadi Al Safa 5)	157	104	53	AED 66,250
Al Jadaf	151	103	48	AED 72,000
Al Muteena	143	128	15	AED 48,000
Al Baraha	142	120	22	AED 30,000
Ras Al Khor Industrial Second	139	129	10	–
Al Qusais	134	34	100	AED 46,200
Al Goze Industrial Second	134	23	111	AED 47,297
Al Garhoud	122	100	22	AED 72,750
International Media Production Zone (Me'aisem First)	122	90	32	AED 52,000
Al Suq Al Kabeer	121	59	62	AED 47,500
Al Goze Industrial First	120	117	3	–
Trade Center First	111	73	38	AED 115,000
Oud Metha	111	70	41	AED 78,350
Dubai Creek Harbour (Al Khairan First)	109	92	17	AED 130,000
Madinat Al Mataar	107	52	55	AED 63,000
International City Phase 3 (Warsan Fourth)	106	72	34	AED 49,000
Town Square (Al Yelayiss 2)	104	53	51	AED 99,500
Ras Al Khor Industrial Third	100	35	65	AED 63,000
Dubai Investment Park Second	99	89	10	AED 60,000
Wadi Al Safa 2	98	81	17	AED 54,000
Jabal Ali Industrial First	96	67	29	AED 30,000
Al Goze Third	95	87	8	AED 37,770
Nad Al Hamar	93	78	15	AED 60,000
Jumeirah Garden City (Al Satwa)	93	61	32	AED 75,000
Al Qusais Industrial Fifth	93	20	73	AED 49,000
Saih Shuaib 2	93	80	13	AED 51,000
Barsha Heights (Al Thanyah First)	92	50	42	AED 78,000
Hor Al Anz East	91	66	25	AED 53,500
Al Hebiah Third	89	60	29	AED 60,370
Al Warqa First	87	36	51	AED 55,000
Al Wasl	81	59	22	AED 200,000
Al Goze First	76	73	3	AED 145,000
Madinat Hind 4	75	61	14	AED 90,000
Al Hebiah Fifth	70	59	11	AED 125,000
Al Twar Fifth	67	39	28	AED 47,959
Al Mamzer	62	27	35	AED 68,301
Al Hamriya	61	30	31	AED 46,680
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah	60	15	45	AED 82,687
Majan (Wadi Al Safa 3)	60	41	19	AED 67,000
Jumeirah Village Triangle (Al Barsha South Fifth)	59	46	13	AED 63,500
Jumeirah First	54	24	30	AED 190,000
The Greens (Al Thanyah Third)	53	28	25	AED 105,000
Al Goze Industrial Third	52	44	8	–
Al Rega	52	33	19	AED 59,000
Palm Jumeirah	46	37	9	AED 210,000
Trade Center Second	45	22	23	AED 90,000
Al Bada	42	16	26	AED 73,923
Nad Al Shiba First	41	35	6	AED 90,000
Al Goze Fourth	39	13	26	AED 48,000
Wadi Al Safa 7	39	16	23	AED 155,925
Dubai Studio City (Al Hebiah Second)	37	31	6	AED 59,500
Al Hudaiba	34	6	28	AED 81,884
Al Qusais Industrial First	33	11	22	AED 45,000
Al Safouh Second	33	14	19	AED 135,792
Motor City (Al Hebiah First)	33	24	9	AED 75,000
Rega Al Buteen	32	17	15	AED 110,250
Zaabeel Second	32	23	9	AED 150,000
Emirates Living (Al Thanayah Fourth)	26	19	7	AED 225,000
Al-Cornich	26	13	13	AED 127,500
Eyal Nasser	25	15	10	AED 30,000
Dubai Science Park (Al Barshaa South Second)	25	23	–	AED 75,000
Al Buteen	24	11	13	AED 39,000
Down Town Jabal Ali (Jabal Ali Industrial Second)	24	21	3	AED 45,000
Al Qusais Industrial Third	21	17	4	–
Um Ramool	20	9	11	AED 67,000
Mudon (Al Hebiah Sixth)	19	14	5	AED 203,500
Al Dhagaya	18	8	10	AED 33,000
Arabian Ranches - 1 (Wadi Al Safa 6)	18	7	11	AED 280,000
Al Yelayiss 1	18	13	5	AED 170,000
Um Hurair Second	17	7	10	AED 130,000
Nad Al Shiba Third	16	–	16	AED 221,227
Um Suqaim Third	15	12	3	AED 168,000
Festival City (Al Kheeran)	14	6	8	AED 140,000
Al Ras	13	–	11	AED 63,999
Al Saffa First	13	5	8	AED 210,500
Al Qusais Industrial Second	13	6	7	AED 63,000
Al Rashidiya	11	–	9	AED 47,297
Um Suqaim Second	11	5	6	AED 210,000
The Valley (Al Yufrah 1)	10	9	–	AED 147,500
Al Qusais Industrial Fourth	9	6	3	AED 39,000
Um Hurair First	9	5	4	AED 45,500
Al Lusaily	9	4	5	AED 35,000
Abu Hail	8	–	7	AED 72,240
Muhaisanah Second	8	3	5	AED 54,000
Al Kifaf	8	5	3	AED 150,000
Badra (Hessyan First)	8	4	4	AED 64,000
Um Suqaim First	7	4	3	AED 282,500
Sufouh Gardens (Al Safouh First)	7	4	3	AED 132,000
Jumeirah Third	7	3	4	AED 240,000
Jumeirah Second	7	6	–	AED 215,400
Wadi Al Safa 4	7	7	–	AED 65,000
Al Mizhar First	6	–	5	–
Madinat Badr (Muhaisanah First)	5	3	–	–
Al Jafliya	5	4	–	AED 232,500
Al Manara	4	–	–	AED 235,000
Al Twar First	4	–	–	AED 72,000
Al Goze Industrial Fourth	4	–	4	–
Ras Al Khor Industrial First	4	–	–	–
Al Khawaneej First	4	4	–	–
Al Khawaneej Second	4	–	3	–
Cornich Deira	4	–	3	–
Dubai International Airport	4	–	–	–
Al Ttay	4	–	–	–
Al Saffa Second	3	–	–	AED 220,000
Zaabeel First	3	3	–	AED 600,000
Ghadeer Al Tair	3	–	3	–
Um Al Sheif	3	–	–	–
Saih Shuaib 4	3	–	–	–

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Median annual residential rent by size (provisional)

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Studio	1,653	AED 42,000
1 bedroom	3,134	AED 61,850
2 bedrooms	2,206	AED 81,000
3 bedrooms	779	AED 145,000
4 or more bedrooms	382	AED 228,416

In week 41 of 2026 (5 Oct 2026 to 11 Oct 2026), 13,334 leases have been registered so far: 9,358 new and 3,976 renewed contracts. These figures are provisional: Ejari contracts are often registered after they start, renewals in particular up to about two months later, so no comparison with earlier weeks is shown.

The median annual rent of residential contracts was AED 65,000. By size: studios AED 42,000, one bedroom AED 61,850, two bedrooms AED 81,000, three bedrooms AED 145,000.

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How we calculate these figures

Leases are Ejari rent contracts by contract start date, counted once per contract. Residential rent is the annual amount of contracts with residential use. Ejari contracts are often registered after they start, renewals in particular up to about two months later. Lease figures for weeks that ended less than two months before the data date are therefore provisional: they are marked as such and not compared with other weeks. Gross yield is the median annual rent per m² of residential contracts with a bedroom count (studio and up) divided by the median sale price per m² of ready apartments in the same area, over the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026; only areas with at least 30 of each. It is before service charges and other costs. Indices are shown as published by the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment, with the latest period available. Weeks run Monday to Sunday (ISO weeks); comparisons are with the previous week and the same ISO week a year earlier. Areas are Dubai Land Department districts. Every figure is based on at least 3 records; values from fewer records are not shown. Percentage changes of counts need at least 30 records in the comparison period; with fewer, the entry is marked “new” (new or little activity, no meaningful % change), and changes above +300% are shown as “>+300%”. Figures for recent periods can change when late registrations arrive.

Community names (for example Jumeirah Village Circle) are Zolia's own mapping of Dubai Land Department districts to the master project with the most sales over the last 24 months; the official district name is shown below each one. Districts without one clear community keep their official name.

Source and disclaimer

Source: Dubai Land Department and other Dubai Government open data, published on Data.Dubai, used under the Dubai Open Data Licence. All figures are Zolia's own analysis and interpretation of this data. They are provided “as is”, without any warranty as to their accuracy, completeness or timeliness; they may contain errors and may change when late registrations or corrections are published. They are not investment, legal, tax or financial advice, and Zolia accepts no liability for any decision made on the basis of them. Zolia is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Dubai Land Department or any other government entity.

Lease starts per week, last 13 weeks (contracts)

What changed

Lease starts: provisional figures

Rent index up 5.6% on a year earlier

Gross yields from 2.8% to 9.3%

Residential rent index (DDSE, 2024 = 100), last 13 months (index)

Gross yields by area

Lowest gross yields

Most active areas by lease starts

Median annual residential rent by size (provisional)

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How we calculate these figures

Source and disclaimer