Investment cases

What a Dubai unit actually returns

There is an easier way to invest in Dubai property. Whether this is your first unit or your fifth, Oliva runs the whole process and you collect the income. Below are 10 cases we underwrite from, across 9 communities.

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Built from registered DLD transactions and Ejari rents. Figures are modelled, not an offer.

Dubai Land Residence Complex

Studio of 39.3 sqm in Dubai Land Residence Complex

Total investment: AED 726,796
Monthly rent: AED 3,167
Gross yield: 5.23%
Net annual income: AED 32,289

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Studio of 40.3 sqm in Arjan

Total investment: AED 761,074
Monthly rent: AED 3,917
Gross yield: 6.18%
Net annual income: AED 41,144

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Studio of 38.2 sqm in Jumeirah Village Circle

Total investment: AED 761,734
Monthly rent: AED 4,167
Gross yield: 6.56%
Net annual income: AED 44,449

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One bedroom of 72.6 sqm in Jumeirah Village Circle

Total investment: AED 1,204,294
Monthly rent: AED 6,250
Gross yield: 6.23%
Net annual income: AED 64,450

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One bedroom of 76.1 sqm in Al Furjan

Total investment: AED 1,216,630
Monthly rent: AED 6,167
Gross yield: 6.08%
Net annual income: AED 62,942

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Studio of 41.6 sqm in Business Bay

Total investment: AED 1,242,629
Monthly rent: AED 5,833
Gross yield: 5.63%
Net annual income: AED 60,148

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One bedroom of 70 sqm in Jumeirah Village Triangle

Total investment: AED 1,269,707
Monthly rent: AED 6,250
Gross yield: 5.91%
Net annual income: AED 64,828

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Two bedroom of 102.5 sqm in Dubai South

Total investment: AED 1,620,452
Monthly rent: AED 6,500
Gross yield: 4.81%
Net annual income: AED 63,105

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Two bedroom of 112 sqm in Dubai Sports City

Total investment: AED 1,793,829
Monthly rent: AED 6,833
Gross yield: 4.57%
Net annual income: AED 65,724

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Two bedroom of 115.9 sqm in Damac Hills

Total investment: AED 2,147,430
Monthly rent: AED 10,000
Gross yield: 5.59%
Net annual income: AED 103,159

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Total investment includes the purchase price, the 4 percent DLD transfer fee, the Trustee Office fee, the DLD admin fee and title deed issuance. Gross yield is the annual rent over total investment. Net annual income is that rent after the building service charge.

Where every figure comes from

These ten cases sit on 23,560 registered sales and 15,897 registered tenancy contracts. Each figure traces to one of two public registers.

The purchase price: The median price the Dubai Land Department registered for that unit type in that community, across April 2025 to September 2026. Registered prices, not asking prices.
The rent: The median rent on Ejari contracts signed in the same buildings, across April 2025 to September 2026. We only publish a case when the rented units match the sold units on size to within 8 percent.
The acquisition costs: Total investment adds the 4 percent DLD transfer fee, the Trustee Office fee of AED 4,200, the DLD admin fee of AED 580 and title deed issuance of AED 250. It adds no buyer-side agent commission: on an off-plan purchase the developer pays the broker. Oliva's client fee for representation is separate and is published on the fee page.
What net means here: Net annual income is the rent after the building service charge, and nothing else. It is not net of vacancy, letting commission, management or finance. Those depend on the unit and we price them per deal.

Built from registered DLD transactions and Ejari rents. Figures are modelled, not an offer.

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Bring your budget and your timeline. We map the communities that fit, underwrite the units worth buying, and you leave the session with a signed underwriting report on a specific unit. Clients invest from AED 400,000.

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Cases span 9 Dubai communities and three unit types.