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Best areas to invest in Dubai
Area beats building. Where you buy sets your tenant pool, your service charge and your exit liquidity long before the developer matters. These are Dubai's communities ranked on the numbers that decide returns.
1ArjanDubai · Affordable, amenity-rich, ascendantAED 1,200/sqft7-8%2Dubai Sports CityDubai · apartments wrapped around stadiums and fairwaysAED 1,250/sqft7.0-8.0%3Jumeirah Village CircleDubai · Dubai's yield engineAED 1,250/sqft6.5-7.5%4Jumeirah Lake TowersDubai · The value play next to MarinaAED 1,550/sqft6.5-7.5%5Town SquareDubai · Entry-level Dubai, done properlyAED 1,100/sqft6.5-7.5%6Al FurjanDubai · villas and towers on the Metro's western edgeAED 1,350/sqft6.5-7.5%7Jumeirah Village TriangleDubai · the quieter, greener triangle beside the CircleAED 1,400/sqft6.5-7.5%8Motor CityDubai · a leafy, low-rise enclave around the racetrackAED 1,300/sqft6.5-7.5%9DAMAC Hills 2Dubai · an affordable master community on the desert edgeAED 1,050/sqft6.5-7.5%10MeydanDubai · Racecourse district turned mid-primeAED 1,500/sqft6-7%11Dubai SouthDubai · The airport-led growth betAED 1,200/sqft6-7%12Damac HillsDubai · Golf-course value suburbiaAED 1,200/sqft5.5-7%13Dubai MarinaDubai · The original waterfront skylineAED 1,900/sqft5.5-6.5%14Business BayDubai · Downtown's high-yield annexAED 2,000/sqft5.5-6.5%15Dubai Hills EstateDubai · The family blue chipAED 2,000/sqft5-6%16Dubai Creek HarbourDubai · Downtown's waterfront successorAED 2,100/sqft5-6%17MBR CityDubai · The new luxury heartlandAED 1,950/sqft5-6%18Damac LagoonsDubai · Themed lagoons, townhouse volume5-6%19Dubai IslandsDubai · Deira's beachfront rebirthAED 2,400/sqft5-6%20Jumeirah Golf EstatesDubai · championship-course living for the golf setAED 1,650/sqft5.0-6.0%
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Dubai communities in our catalogue ranked by the mid-point of their gross rental yield range, with price per square foot shown for context. Yields are indicative and before service charges.
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