Sara Al Mansouri
Meridian Properties
+971 50 123 4567
sara@meridianproperties.ae
BRN 34781
Building market report · Business Bay · August 2026
Zada Tower
Source: Dubai Land Department open data · Sales through September 2, 2026 · Rents through August 21, 2026
Period covered: Sep 24 to Aug 26 · Ref AR-B848-202608
Key takeaways
- Median price for apartments: AED 937,500 (AED 21,527 per sqm), down 4.0% year on year.
- Per sqm, apartments here are 4% below the Business Bay average of AED 22,535 (sales-weighted across areas).
- 2 sales recorded in August 2026, down 78% from a year earlier.
- 1 bedroom apartments were the most traded size: median AED 915,000 across 12 sales in three months, renting at a median AED 66,700 a year.
- New rental contracts at a median AED 60,000 per year, an estimated 6.4% gross yield.
1.Apartments2 sales · August 2026
Small sample: medians for August 2026 are based on only 2 recorded sales and can swing month to month. Read the trend, not a single point.
Sale price per sqm and monthly sales · 24 months
Median annual rent and new contracts · 24 months
Six-month summary
| Month | Sales | Median price | AED / sqm | Median rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 2 | AED 937,500 | AED 21,527 | AED 60,000 | 6.4% |
| July 2026 | 2 | AED 975,000 | AED 22,286 | AED 90,000 | 9.2% |
| June 2026 | 8 | AED 850,000 | AED 19,735 | AED 68,500 | 8.1% |
| May 2026 | 4 | AED 985,000 | AED 22,422 | AED 85,000 | 8.6% |
| April 2026 | 1 | AED 1,070,000 | AED 24,491 | AED 74,000 | 6.9% |
| March 2026 | 3 | AED 1,100,000 | AED 23,543 | — | — |
2.By bedroomthree months to August 2026
| Type | Sales | Median price | AED / sqm | Median rent | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 12 | AED 915,000 | AED 21,477 | AED 66,700 | 8 |
Registered sales and new rental contracts pooled over three months; medians only. Bedroom counts with fewer than five records are not shown.
3.Recent saleslast 15 registered in Zada Tower
| Date | Unit | Size sqm | Price | AED / sqm | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 950,000 | AED 21,814 | Ready |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 925,000 | AED 21,240 | Ready |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 950,000 | AED 21,714 | Ready |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 1,000,000 | AED 22,857 | Ready |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 990,000 | AED 22,639 | Ready |
| 24 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 38 | AED 760,000 | AED 19,948 | Ready |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 970,000 | AED 22,187 | Ready |
| 17 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 850,000 | AED 19,491 | Ready |
| 17 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 850,000 | AED 19,429 | Ready |
| 17 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 850,000 | AED 19,522 | Ready |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 42 | AED 750,000 | AED 17,693 | Ready |
| 11 Jun 2026 | 1 bedroom | 38 | AED 905,000 | AED 23,753 | Ready |
| 22 May 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 900,000 | AED 20,671 | Ready |
| 19 May 2026 | 1 bedroom | 44 | AED 920,000 | AED 21,130 | Ready |
| 18 May 2026 | 1 bedroom | 45 | AED 1,060,000 | AED 23,714 | Ready |
Sale registrations as published by Dubai Land Department. Sizes are the registered procedure area. No unit numbers or parties are shown.
4.Methodology and source
Source. Sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and rental contracts registered with Ejari, both published as open data (sales through September 2, 2026, rents through August 21, 2026). No listings, asking prices, or estimates.
Statistics. All figures are medians. Sale records with a price per sqm outside the 1st to 99th percentile of their area and property type are excluded. Rental figures use new registrations only; renewals are excluded. Partial months are never shown; months resting on fewer than thirty sales carry a small-sample note.
Gross yield. Median annual rent of new contracts divided by median sale price for the same area, month, and property type. Indicative only; it does not account for service charges, fees, or vacancy.
Limitations. The DLD publishes with a lag of one to three months. Area and building names are normalized from multiple official spellings. This report is informational and is not a valuation or investment advice.