DUBAI PROPERTY RESEARCH
Business Bay vs Downtown Dubai
Compare residential evidence with the same property and bedroom filters. These ready-home benchmarks do not value offices, short-stay businesses or a specific view.
| Metric | Business Bay | Downtown Dubai |
|---|---|---|
| Ready-home price · AED/sqft | 1,844.4378 sales in latest window | 2,367.3248 sales in latest window |
| 12-month median price change | +2.8% | -7.5% |
| Estimated gross rental yield | 6.6%2,454 sales / 10,495 new leases | 5.5%1,452 sales / 5,544 new leases |
| Annual rent · AED/sqft | 123.4 | 138.5 |
| Existing homes · all residential | 29,211 | 20,365 |
| Upcoming homes · all residential | 25,071 | 4,989 |
| Pipeline / existing stock | 85.8%Broader official-area fallback | 24.5%Specific supply matching rules |
| Explore the evidence | Price detail Rental detail Supply detail | Price detail Rental detail Supply detail |
Rental yield, before property-specific costs
A dash means insufficient or unavailable data. No overall score is assigned: a higher gross yield, lower price or smaller pipeline is not automatically a better investment.
Make a like-for-like area comparison
- Choose two or three real alternatives and hold property type and bedroom count constant.
- Compare the sample counts and source dates, not only the headline percentages. Supply covers broader residential records than the price and rent filters.
- Take the comparison down to individual buildings. Use actual quotations and running costs before choosing between specific properties.
Why is there no overall winner score?
A score would require subjective weights and assumptions about your budget, income needs, time horizon and risk. Lower price, higher gross yield and a smaller pipeline are not interchangeable measures of quality.
Can I add the areas to estimate a city total?
No. Some market definitions overlap or sit inside a parent market, and different sources use different matching rules. Adding their counts can double-count records.
Questions to resolve before choosing
- Are both candidate units in the same residential classification?
- Is the rent assumption based on a new annual lease rather than short-stay revenue?
- Can the building-specific premium be explained beyond the area average?
This is a comparison of recorded area-level evidence, not a recommendation to buy in either location. Check current building and unit evidence separately.
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Business Bay vs Downtown Dubai
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