Community Intelligence
Festival City
Registered by the Dubai Land Department in Al Kheeran
812 DLD-registered sales on record in Festival City, 38 of them in the trailing 12 months. Every figure below is computed from those registered transactions - nothing estimated.
- Median price (12m)
- 1,481 AED/sqft
- Registered sales (12m)
- 38
- Off-plan share (12m)
- 0%
Source: Dubai Land Department (CC BY 4.0). Sales transactions only; median from priced, sized units over the trailing 12 months.
Rents & Rental Yield in Festival City
Typical gross yield 5.5%
From 1,156 registered Ejari rent contracts, set against registered sale prices, so the yield is the honest return an owner actually earns, not an advertised one.
| Unit | Median annual rent | Typical sale price | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bedroom | AED 95,000 | AED 1,525,000 | 6.2% |
| 2 Bedroom | AED 151,000 | AED 2,853,000 | 5.3% |
| 3 Bedroom | AED 185,000 | AED 3,600,000 | 5.1% |
Source: Dubai Land Department (CC BY 4.0). Registered Ejari rents (trailing 24 months) and registered sales (trailing 12 months); gross yield = median annual rent ÷ median sale price. Rent split by unit size, sales by DLD's room count.
Festival City: common questions
What is the average price per square foot in Festival City?+
Over the last 12 months the median registered sale price in Festival City was 1,481 AED per square foot, across 38 registered sales. That is the median of completed transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department, not asking prices, so it reflects what buyers actually paid.
What is the rental yield in Festival City?+
Festival City shows a gross rental yield of about 5.5%, calculated from 1,156 registered Ejari rent contracts set against registered sale prices for the same area. That figure is gross, so service charges, management fees and any vacancy still come out of it, commonly one to two percentage points.
How much is rent in Festival City?+
The median registered annual rent in Festival City is AED 158,000. By unit type the medians are: 1 Bedroom AED 95,000, 2 Bedroom AED 151,000, 3 Bedroom AED 185,000. These come from registered Ejari tenancy contracts, the official record, rather than advertised asking rents.
Is Festival City mostly off-plan or ready property?+
Off-plan made up about 0% of registered sales in Festival City over the last 12 months, with the remaining 100% being ready property. A high off-plan share usually means active new launches and staged payment plans, and it also means more supply arriving later, which is worth weighing if you are buying to rent out.
Is Festival City a good place to invest?+
We do not give investment advice and we will not guess. What the registered record shows for Festival City is 38 registered sales in the last 12 months out of 812 on file, at a median of 1,481 AED per square foot, with a gross yield of roughly 5.5%. Transaction volume matters as much as price, because it tells you how easily you could sell again. Compare those figures against other communities, and check the service charge for the specific building, since it comes straight off your yield.
How do I check what a specific property in Festival City sold for?+
Every sale in Festival City is registered with the Dubai Land Department. You can open any building in the area on this site for its own registered sale prices and rents, or send a listing link to Chat DLD on WhatsApp and we will compare the asking price against the registered record for that exact building in seconds, free.
Latest registered sales
The most recent registered sales in Festival City, back to 21 Jul
Individual transactions as recorded by the Dubai Land Department. Not asking prices.
| Date | Building | Type | Size | Price | Per sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug | Not named on the record | 2 bed Flat | 203 sqm | 600,000 | 274 |
| 31 Jul | Al Badia Hillside 6 | 2 bed Flat | 184 sqm | 2.5M | 1,289 |
| 31 Jul | Not named on the record | 2 bed Flat | 184 sqm | 2M | 1,011 |
| 29 Jul | Not named on the record | 3 bed Flat | 203 sqm | 1.9M | 868 |
| 23 Jul | Not named on the record | 1 bed Flat | 144 sqm | 1.4M | 937 |
| 23 Jul | Al Badia Hillside 1 | 1 bed Flat | 144 sqm | 1.2M | 750 |
| 21 Jul | Not named on the record | 2 bed Flat | 153 sqm | 2.4M | 1,459 |
| 21 Jul | AL BADIA RESIDENCES BUILDINGS 8 | 2 bed Flat | 153 sqm | 1.9M | 1,125 |
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