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Al Satwa
Al Satwa is the old low-rise district between Sheikh Zayed Road and Jumeirah, the one with the tailors, the cafeterias and the streets the city walks in, and for most of its life it was let, not sold. Every figure is McCone Properties’ own count from the Dubai Land Department’s registers: sales through October 2026, rents through October 2026.
What Al Satwa actually sells for — every building, ranked by recorded price →
What Al Satwa rents for — recorded tenancies by layout, and the yield →
Median resale price
AED 1.51M
94 completed homes · the last 12 months
Mean AED 1.66M
Median per sq ft
AED 1,738
+2% on the year before
Mean AED 1,835
Median rent, 1 B/R
AED 71,500
a year · 2,529 tenancies in twelve months
Mean AED 72,287
Gross yield, 1 B/R
5.4%
recorded rent over recorded resale price
At a glance
Al Satwa in numbers
- Made of
- 34 buildings with a recorded sale history
- Sales on record
- 2,676 since 2024 — the latest registered 19 Oct 2026
- Tenancies
- 5,495 registered with Ejari in the last twelve months — 40% new leases, 60% renewals
- On the market
- 2 for sale · 1 for rent with McCone today
- Metro
- World Trade Centre Red Line · Max Red Line
- The name
- Satwa is Arabic for might, sway; why the quarter carries it is not recorded — what Dubai’s area names mean
- Across Dubai
- Freehold areas — part freehold, 63% of homes letMost expensive areas — one-bed rents AED 71,500 a year, 23rd dearest of 66Best areas to live — by the metroStudio apartments — studios rent for AED 54,000 a year, median2 bedroom apartments — two-beds rent for AED 95,000 a year, median1 bedroom apartments — one-beds rent for AED 72,000 a year, median3 bedroom apartments — three-beds rent for AED 200,000 a year, medianVillas in Dubai — a villa rents for AED 237,500 a year, medianLand and plots for sale — a plot sold for AED 4,200,000, median, at AED 16,137 a square metreBest residential buildings — Coral by Vision resells at AED 2,288 per sqft, 24th dearest district of 67New buildings — 3 towers handed over in 2026; 26 still off-planCheapest buildings — Garden City 2 Building resells for AED 1,337,116, median, the cheapest of 2 ranked towers hereRental yields — a one-bed returns 5.4% gross on AED 72,000 a year, 41st of 46Buildings for sale — 5 whole buildings sold in Al Satwa in two years, median AED 5.5mDubai rent prices — one-bed rents AED 71,500, +3% on the year, renewals 8% under a new leaseBest schools in Dubai — 1 private school on KHDA’s register
- Who works it
- Amna Umer Sultan — Director
The guide
Living in Al Satwa
Al Satwa is the old low-rise district between Sheikh Zayed Road and Jumeirah, the one with the tailors, the cafeterias and the streets the city walks in, and for most of its life it was let, not sold. A master developer has since laid a freehold plan across part of it, a garden city of mid-rise plots behind the highway's towers, and the buildings going up on those plots trade as some of the most central new homes in Dubai. Satwa is Arabic for might or sway, and why the quarter carries the word is not recorded.
The place
The district lies between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Wasl Road, with the World Trade Centre and DIFC at its Downtown end, Jumeirah's beach a short drive and the old city beyond. Its old quarter of low buildings and busy streets remains; the freehold plan, a grid of mid-rise plots with parks between them, sits behind the highway's towers, and its buildings, by many developers, are going up plot by plot.
What you get
Apartments from studios to family layouts in new mid-rise buildings by a wide range of developers, with finish and management varying accordingly. The old quarter's flats are let, not sold.
Who it suits
Buyers who want a new flat minutes on foot from DIFC and the trade centre, at prices below Downtown's. Owners who intend to let to the people who work there. People who want the old district's life with a new building's comforts.
It suits people less well who want a finished neighbourhood, green, or quiet from construction.
Buying and renting here
The register here is largely a record of off-plan resales, and this page keeps them apart from the sales of finished flats; as buildings hand over, their own pages will carry their recorded prices. Buyers off-plan should know the developer's record. For tenants, the official index caps a renewal while a new lease follows the market.
What it costs to buy
What Al Satwa sells for
Completed resales over the last three years, by layout — the registered price and the registered floor area. Off-plan launches are counted separately and never folded in.
| Layout | Typical size | Median price | Mean price | Per sq ft | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 380 sqft | 985,000 | 1,001,096 | 2,591 | 12 |
| 1 B/R | 783 sqft | 1,341,450 | 1,406,113 | 1,707 | 75 |
| 2 B/R | 1,313 sqft | 2,225,120 | 2,275,616 | 1,704 | 40 |
Over the last 12 months, 94 completed homes changed hands in Al Satwa at a median of AED 1,507,752 — AED 1,738 a square foot, up 2% on the year before. Off-plan launches sit beside that figure, not inside it: 1,339 in the last year at AED 2,325 a square foot.
Every Al Satwa building ranked by recorded price, and every sale as registered →
What it costs to rent
What Al Satwa rents for
Every residential tenancy registered with Ejari in Al Satwa in the last twelve months. Annual rents, medians. A renewal is capped by the RERA index; a new lease is the market.
| Layout | Typical size | Median rent | New lease | Renewal | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 423 sqft | 53,000 | 54,000 | 53,000 | 476 |
| 1 B/R | 783 sqft | 71,500 | 73,000 | 67,080 | 2,529 |
| 2 B/R | 1,252 sqft | 94,000 | 95,000 | 90,000 | 2,166 |
| 5 B/R | 2,605 sqft | 177,500 | 337,500 | 165,600 | 14 |
| 3 B/R | 1,954 sqft | 195,000 | 257,500 | 185,500 | 215 |
| 4 B/R | 3,660 sqft | 255,000 | 300,000 | 246,000 | 29 |
| 6 B/R | 2,500 sqft | 295,000 | 312,500 | 252,500 | 14 |
| 8 B/R | 1,249 sqft | 320,000 | 302,891 | 335,000 | 16 |
| 9 B/R | 2,713 sqft | 325,000 | 315,000 | 325,000 | 10 |
| 10 B/R | 3,897 sqft | 490,000 | 537,500 | 405,000 | 12 |
5,495 tenancies were registered in Al Satwa in the last twelve months, 40% of them new leases. A one-bedroom let for a median AED 71,500 a year — AED 73,000 on a new lease against AED 67,080 on a renewal.
The full rental report — rents by year, and the buildings the register names →
What it returns
Gross yield in Al Satwa, by layout
Recorded rent per square foot a year over what the same layouts sold for, in the same twelve months. Gross — before service charges and empty months.
| Layout | Rent per sq ft, a year | Resale per sq ft | Gross yield | Tenancies | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 B/R | 92 | 1,707 | 5.4% | 2,529 | 50 |
| 2 B/R | 78 | 1,711 | 4.6% | 2,166 | 31 |
| Studio | 136 | 2,591 | 5.2% | 476 | 12 |
A one-bedroom in Al Satwa returns a gross 5.4% on the two registers — what tenants paid over what buyers paid, for the same layouts in the same year.
Where the market is moving
The busiest buildings in Al Satwa
Over the ninety days to 19 October, by McCone Properties' count of the Land Department register, Garden City 2 Building and WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA accounted for 16 of the 31 completed homes sold in Al Satwa, WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA well above its usual pace.
| # | Building | Sales, 90 days | Against its usual pace | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden City 2 Building | 10 | 0.9× | 1,479 |
| 2 | WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA | 6 | 4.8× | 1,889 |
Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer — the ninety days to 19 Oct 2026. Pace is this window against the building’s own average ninety days over the year before. Buildings with fewer than five sales in the window are left out. 34 buildings in Al Satwa carry a recorded history, and each has its own page. Every one ranked by recorded price →
Every building
All 34 buildings in Al Satwa
Every building with a page of its own, alphabetically — its registered prices, sizes and the year it was handed over wherever the Dubai Land Department has a sale on record, and our homes in it where it has none yet.
161 Jumeirah Lane · 171 Garden Heights · Alba Tower · Arista One · Chelsea Gardens · Coral by Vision · DGM Vision · Diamond Building · Elemental 22 · Elmora · Enso Amber · Enso Jade · Evergrin House · Evergrin House 2 · Garden City 2 Building · Grandala · Holm One · Hyde Walk Residence by Imtiaz · JAD 288 - Block B · JAD 288 - Block C · Jardin Astral · Koro One · Linea by Holm · Mayfair Gardens by Majid · Olivia Gardens Residence · Rabdan Gardens · Rose Gardens 1 · Stamn One · Stamn Yuni · The Elysian · Vibe B · Villea West · WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA · West 5 Residences
On the market · Al Satwa
3 homes on the market with McCone
Who to ask
Amna Umer Sultan
Director
Amna holds 1 of the 3 homes McCone is marketing in Al Satwa today, and hears about the rest before they reach a portal. Ask for Amna at the desk.
Questions people ask
Al Satwa, answered
Where is Al Satwa?
Al Satwa lies between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Wasl Road, with the World Trade Centre and DIFC at its Downtown end, Jumeirah's beach a short drive and the old city beyond.
What is the nearest Metro station to Al Satwa?
The Metro stations for Al Satwa are World Trade Centre and Max on the Red Line.
How much does it cost to buy in Al Satwa?
By McCone Properties' count of the Dubai Land Department register, 94 completed homes changed hands in Al Satwa over the last 12 months at a median of AED 1,507,752 — AED 1,738 a square foot, up 2% on the year before. Off-plan launches are counted separately: 1,339 in the last year at a median AED 2,325 a square foot. Every figure is a registered transfer, not an asking price.
How much is a one-bedroom in Al Satwa?
On McCone Properties' reading of the Land Department's sales register, completed one-bedroom homes in Al Satwa sold for a median AED 1,341,450 over the last three years — typically 783 sq ft, or AED 1,707 a square foot — across 75 recorded sales.
What does a one-bedroom rent for in Al Satwa?
McCone Properties' count of Ejari contracts puts a one-bedroom in Al Satwa at a median AED 71,500 a year, across 2,529 registered in the last twelve months — AED 73,000 on a new lease against AED 67,080 on a renewal, which the RERA index caps.
What is the rental yield in Al Satwa?
McCone Properties' sum of the two registers puts the gross yield on a one-bedroom in Al Satwa at 5.4% — AED 92 of rent per square foot a year over the AED 1,707 a square foot the same layouts sold for, before service charges and empty months. It is measured on 2,529 tenancies and 50 sales, both registered at the DLD.
How many buildings are there in Al Satwa?
McCone Properties counts 34 buildings in Al Satwa with a sale history on the Land Department register. Each has its own page with every registered price, and 5 of them have enough recent resales to be ranked by price per square foot.
Is Al Satwa still being built?
Of the 1,259 sales the Land Department registered in Al Satwa in 2025, McCone Properties counts 1,220 off-plan purchases from a developer and 39 resales of finished homes — a community still being built out. The register has 2,676 sales for Al Satwa since 2024.
Which buildings in Al Satwa are selling right now?
Over the ninety days to 19 October, by McCone Properties' count of the Land Department register, Garden City 2 Building and WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA accounted for 16 of the 31 completed homes sold in Al Satwa, WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA well above its usual pace.
New to renting or buying here? Ejari, the RERA rental index and the cost of buying, explained.
Where these numbers come from. Sale prices are the Dubai Land Department’s transaction register, read from the Dubai Data Exchange — what buyers actually paid, recorded at transfer. Mortgage registrations, gifts and developers’ own filings are excluded, and medians are used so one unusual sale cannot move the number. Rents are Ejari contracts from the same department, read from the community’s DLD area, new leases and renewals never blended. Sales through 19 Oct 2026 · Rents through 21 Oct 2026.