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Al Satwa
A guide to living in Al Satwa, Dubai — what it sells for, what it rents for, the buildings, and who to ask. Every figure is drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s registers: sales through September 2026, rents through September 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 1.50M
89 completed homes · the last 12 months
Mean AED 1.72M
Median per sq ft
AED 1,724
+1% on the year before
Mean AED 1,800
Median rent, 1 B/R
AED 72,000
a year · 2,469 tenancies in twelve months
Mean AED 72,108
Gross yield, 1 B/R
5.5%
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
- 2,621 since 2024 — the latest registered 3 Sept 2026
- Tenancies
- 5,406 registered with Ejari in the last twelve months — 38% new leases, 62% renewals
- On the market
- 7 for sale with McCone today
- Who works it
- Ali Mhanna — Senior Sales
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.
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 | 379 sqft | 1,000,000 | 1,021,300 | 2,679 | 8 |
| 1 B/R | 782 sqft | 1,330,000 | 1,373,375 | 1,707 | 67 |
| 2 B/R | 1,313 sqft | 2,205,240 | 2,276,080 | 1,708 | 39 |
Over the last 12 months, 89 completed homes changed hands in Al Satwa at a median of AED 1,505,000 — AED 1,724 a square foot, up 1% on the year before. Off-plan launches sit beside that figure, not inside it: 1,416 in the last year at AED 2,311 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 | 458 sqft | 54,000 | 54,000 | 53,000 | 444 |
| 1 B/R | 780 sqft | 72,000 | 75,000 | 66,850 | 2,469 |
| 2 B/R | 1,257 sqft | 95,000 | 100,000 | 90,000 | 2,150 |
| 5 B/R | 2,605 sqft | 177,500 | 280,000 | 147,000 | 14 |
| 3 B/R | 1,954 sqft | 200,000 | 255,000 | 190,000 | 231 |
| 4 B/R | 3,660 sqft | 255,000 | 305,000 | 250,000 | 29 |
| 6 B/R | 2,500 sqft | 295,000 | 325,000 | 215,000 | 16 |
| 8 B/R | 1,874 sqft | 313,750 | 302,891 | 323,750 | 16 |
| 9 B/R | 2,713 sqft | 325,000 | 315,000 | 325,000 | 11 |
| 7 B/R | 2,497 sqft | 345,000 | 400,000 | 290,000 | 10 |
| 10 B/R | 2,519 sqft | 525,000 | 537,500 | 435,000 | 11 |
5,406 tenancies were registered in Al Satwa in the last twelve months, 38% of them new leases. A one-bedroom let for a median AED 72,000 a year — AED 75,000 on a new lease against AED 66,850 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 | 93 | 1,697 | 5.5% | 2,469 | 46 |
| 2 B/R | 78 | 1,711 | 4.6% | 2,150 | 33 |
A one-bedroom in Al Satwa returns a gross 5.5% 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 3 September, Garden City 2 Building alone accounted for 15 of the 32 completed homes sold in Al Satwa.
| # | Building | Sales, 90 days | Against its usual pace | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden City 2 Building | 15 | 1.2× | 1,471 |
| 2 | WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA | 6 | 12.0× | 1,954 |
Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer — the ninety days to 3 Sept 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 →
On the market · Al Satwa
7 homes on the market with McCone
Who to ask
Ali Mhanna
Senior Sales
Ali holds 6 of the 7 homes McCone is marketing in Al Satwa today, and hears about the rest before they reach a portal. Ask for Ali at the desk.
Questions people ask
Al Satwa, answered from the register
How much does it cost to buy in Al Satwa?
Over the last 12 months, 89 completed homes changed hands in Al Satwa at a median of AED 1,505,000 — AED 1,724 a square foot, up 1% on the year before. Off-plan launches are counted separately: 1,416 in the last year at a median AED 2,311 a square foot. Every figure is a transfer registered at the Dubai Land Department, not an asking price.
How much is a one-bedroom in Al Satwa?
Completed one-bedroom homes in Al Satwa sold for a median AED 1,330,000 over the last three years — typically 782 sq ft, or AED 1,707 a square foot — across 67 recorded sales.
What does a one-bedroom rent for in Al Satwa?
A one-bedroom in Al Satwa let for a median AED 72,000 a year across 2,469 Ejari contracts registered in the last twelve months — AED 75,000 on a new lease against AED 66,850 on a renewal, which the RERA index caps.
What is the rental yield in Al Satwa?
A one-bedroom in Al Satwa returns a gross 5.5% — AED 93 of rent per square foot a year over the AED 1,697 a square foot the same layouts sold for, before service charges and empty months. It is measured on 2,469 tenancies and 46 sales, both registered at the DLD.
How many buildings are there in Al Satwa?
34 buildings in Al Satwa carry a recorded sale history. 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 registered in Al Satwa in 2025, 1,220 were off-plan purchases from a developer and 39 were resales of finished homes — a community still being built out. The register has 2,621 sales for Al Satwa since 2024.
Which buildings in Al Satwa are selling right now?
Over the ninety days to 3 September, Garden City 2 Building alone accounted for 15 of the 32 completed homes sold in Al Satwa.
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 3 Sept 2026 · Rents through 6 Sept 2026.