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Property for sale in Downtown Dubai

What it costs to rent in Downtown Dubai

These figures are Dubai Land Department registered tenancy contracts, not asking prices. Rent per square foot is annual.

Unit typeContracts registeredAverage annual rent (AED)Rent per sqft (AED)Change vs 12 months earlier
Studio63677,982151n/a
1 bedroom4,391117,795135n/a
2 bedroom3,782193,414142+0.4
3 bedroom1,191295,134151+1.9
All apartments10,079174,328141+3.1

Verified 27 September 2026. Dubai Land Department registered transactions via Bayut TruView, rolling 12 months to September 2026.

What Downtown Dubai actually sold for

One thing to know before the numbers. The Dubai Land Department does not use the name Downtown Dubai in its register. It records these sales under BURJ KHALIFA. Everything below is that label.

Registered sales in the last twelve months: 1,495
Average registered price: AED 4,177,000
Average price per square foot: AED 2,758
Year on year change in price per square foot: +3.8

For comparison, rent runs at AED 141 per square foot a year across all apartments.

About Downtown Dubai

Downtown Dubai is a resale market, not a launch market. You are mostly buying from an owner rather than a developer, so there is a real price history behind every unit. Two bedroom homes make up the largest share of what sells here, so if you want something else expect thinner choice and be ready to move quickly. The register names Burj Khalifa Dubai Mall Metro Station as the nearest station on most of these sales.

Method. Dubai Land Department registered transactions, rolling twelve months to September 2026. Residential units only. These figures come from our own market index and update when the index updates, so this page does not go stale.

Downtown Dubai by the register, not by the brochure

Anyone can tell you a community is popular. Here is what was actually filed with the Dubai Land Department in Downtown Dubai over the last twelve months.

10,079 rental contracts registered, at an average of AED 174,328 a year, which is AED 141 per square foot. On the sale side, 1,495 ready homes changed hands at an average of AED 4,177,000, or AED 2,758 per square foot.

That puts the gross yield on ready stock in Downtown Dubai at 5.1%. We divide registered rent by ready sale price, never by an off plan launch price, because you cannot rent a home that has not been handed over.

Registered rents moved +3.1% against the twelve months before.

Check the shorter window before you commit. On the most recent three months of contracts the same community reads -9.9%. Summer seasonality and a smaller sample both sit inside that figure, and we publish it rather than quote only the number that flatters the market.

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Data verified 27 September 2026. Dubai Land Department registered transactions via Bayut TruView, rolling 12 months to September 2026.

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