Most of Al Barsha proper is not open freehold, so the buyable stock is a handful of towers and the neighbouring Barsha Heights; the deep rental demand is what those buildings monetise. For most buyers this page works as a demand map: the money that wants Al Barsha and cannot buy it lands in Barsha Heights, Arjan and JVC. , Equity Edge analyst note
Where Al Barsha sits
Al Barsha is the established district around Mall of the Emirates, a mix of Emirati villas, mid-rise apartment blocks and hotels that has been fully lived-in for two decades. It is one of the most searched residential names in Dubai, largely on the strength of its rental market and location.
AED 975K47%below the registered medianbelow the 1 bed apartment median
Registered1 September 2026
What sold1 bed apartment in Al Barsha First
Like-for-like medianAED 1.84Mevery 1 bed apartment registered in Al Barsha First, 12 months
Drawn from40 salesmedian AED 1,800/sqft
All apartmentsAED 2.68Macross every layout, 119 sales
DLD registered transactions for Al Barsha, trailing 12 months. The registry publishes no project name against a sale, so like-for-like here means the same area, the same property type and the same number of bedrooms. Methodology
The buildings of Al Barsha, by the registered numbers
The median registered sale price for a Al Barsha apartment is AED 2.68M (119 DLD-registered sales, 12 months to Sep 2026), or AED 1,800/sqft. The median 1-bedroom sold for AED 1.84M.
What rent does an apartment achieve in Al Barsha?
The median registered rent is AED 76K/year across 13,670 Ejari contracts (12 months to Sep 2026). These are registered contracts, not asking prices.
What gross yield do Al Barsha apartments deliver?
2.8% gross, median registered rent divided by median registered sale price, both from the trailing 12 months. Asking-price yields quoted elsewhere usually flatter; this is the registered number.
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