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Dubai ranking hub
For investors optimising for cash-on-cash return, the ranking below sorts every freehold Dubai area by live trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari rental registry.
The 15 areas below are ordered by the rule described in the methodology section. Each row links to the full area scorecard with live DLD pricing, rental yields, and the Oliva area score. Every number on this page comes from the public DLD open-data feed via the Oliva /discover/areas endpoint — refreshed nightly, with no paid placements.
11.28% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.00m.
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11.28%
9.25% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.06m.
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9.25%
7.84% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.30m.
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7.84%
7.71% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.01m.
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7.71%
7.68% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.10m.
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7.68%
7.36% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.49m.
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7.36%
7.07% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 2.34m.
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7.07%
6.92% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.41m.
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6.92%
6.86% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.42m.
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6.86%
6.80% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.50m.
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6.80%
6.69% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 3.65m.
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6.69%
6.69% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 2.09m.
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6.69%
6.66% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.92m.
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6.66%
6.62% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.53m.
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6.62%
6.45% trailing-12-month gross rental yield from the DLD Ejari registry; avg sale price AED 1.58m.
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6.45%
Areas are ordered by trailing-12-month gross rental yield (annualised Ejari rent divided by avg DLD sale price). Source data refreshes nightly from the public DLD open-data feed; the sample size column shows the underlying rental-contract count so thin areas are visible. Avg sale price and price-per-sqft come from the same DLD transaction window for consistency.
Oliva is a RERA-licensed brokerage (BRN 1573501) with no paid placements from developers — the rankings on this page are computed mechanically from the underlying DLD data, not negotiated. Full scoring rules at /en/methodology.
Based on live Dubai Land Department data, the top three are Dubai Industrial City, Al Warsan First, Liwan. Dubai Industrial City leads with gross yield 11.28%. The full ranking on this page covers the top 15 areas, refreshed daily from the public DLD open-data feed.
Areas are ordered by trailing-12-month gross rental yield (annualised Ejari rent divided by avg DLD sale price). Source data refreshes nightly from the public DLD open-data feed; the sample size column shows the underlying rental-contract count so thin areas are visible. Avg sale price and price-per-sqft come from the same DLD transaction window for consistency.
Every metric on this page — sale price, price-per-sqft, rental yield, project count, area score — comes from the Dubai Land Department open-data feed (sales + Ejari rentals), refreshed nightly. Oliva is a RERA-licensed brokerage (BRN 1573501) and does not accept paid placements from developers, so the rankings are not pay-to-play.
Yes. The page revalidates every 6 hours against the live /discover/areas-summary feed, which itself pulls from the DLD transaction file each night. If a previously top-ranked area drops on yield or price, its position here moves on the next revalidation cycle.
All areas on this page are within Dubai's designated freehold zones, where foreign buyers can own property outright (including the land title, where applicable). Always validate the specific plot in the official DLD freehold designation map before signing a Sale and Purchase Agreement.
Gross yield is the cleanest comparative metric across areas because the inputs (Ejari annual rent ÷ DLD sale price) are both public DLD figures. For a buy-decision you should net it down — service charges (Mollak), DLD 4% transfer fee, agency fee, and any mortgage cost. Oliva's cap-rate calculator at /en/cap-rate-calculator runs the net math for any specific listing.
JVC combines (a) one of Dubai's largest off-plan pipelines, which keeps avg sale prices below the prime tier, and (b) consistent end-user rental demand from Marina/Media City commuters who can't afford Marina rents. The yield premium is real but compresses as the area matures — track price_growth_pct_12mo on the area page for the leading indicator.
Dubai's 6–8% area yields at the top end are roughly double prime London (2–3%) and prime Singapore (~3%), driven by zero property tax, zero capital gains tax, and a tax-free rental income regime. The trade-off is currency exposure (AED is USD-pegged) and a less mature secondary market.
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