Jumeirah Village Circle sells at a median of 1,500 per square foot and rents at AED 65,000 a year, a gross yield of 8%. Your budget buys roughly 670 to 1,000 square feet, a large one-bed or a two-bed. The most active area in Dubai, and the one taking the most new supply to 2027.
Dubai Silicon Oasis sells at 1,270 per square foot and rents at AED 53,000, also 8%. The budget stretches to 790 to 1,180 square feet, a two-bed and sometimes a three-bed. One of the two new urban centres in the Dubai 2040 plan, with a metro station due in 2029. The most space for the money, and the longest wait for the area to mature.
Business Bay sells at 2,510 per square foot and rents at AED 95,000, a 7% yield. The budget buys 400 to 600 square feet, a studio or a compact one-bed. Central, walkable to Downtown, and you can sell in weeks, not months.
Our read: in JVC and Silicon Oasis the money buys space and yield in areas still building out. In Business Bay it buys a small unit in a finished district you can exit fast. The right one depends on how long you plan to hold, whether you may need to sell quickly, and how much vacancy you can carry.
Service charges are higher in the central towers, vacancy risk is highest where the most supply is landing, and resale costs are the same everywhere. Put those in and the order can change. That calculation is what we do before we recommend a unit.
Source: Dubai Land Department transaction data, last 12 months, apartments, medians across all unit sizes. Square footage ranges are our own arithmetic from the median price per square foot.