
Barsha Heights
What apartments in Barsha Heights cost, how prices and rents have moved since 2010, every building with its figures, and what it is like to live there. All of it from Dubai Land Department records.
About Barsha Heights
Barsha Heights is a high-rise district beside Sheikh Zayed Road in new Dubai. It was developed by TECOM Group and was known as TECOM before it was renamed. The district is a mix of apartment towers, hotels and hotel apartments. The homes covered here are 1,817 apartments in 14 buildings, finished between 2008 and 2024. DAMAC, Rashed Darwish Al Ketbi Real Estate Development and TFG Real Estate are among the developers. The largest buildings include Sky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham), Madison Residency Barsha Heights and Al Fahad Tower 2. Dubai Internet City Metro Station is about 700 m away, and Al Sufouh tram station is about 1.8 km away. STORK STORE, Medrose Medical Center and a small park called Park & Garden are all within walking distance.
Barsha Heights is an apartment district of about 1,817 apartments, built from 2008 onwards. 14 buildings are complete. A typical building here has about 138 homes; the tallest, The One Tower, has 47 floors. The buildings come from nine developers, led by DAMAC and Rashed Darwish Al Ketbi Real Estate Development.
Over the last 12 months 95 apartments changed hands in Barsha Heights at a median of AED 1,832 per sqft, up 11.4% on the year before. The typical sale was AED 1.1M for a 622 sqft apartment. Studios are the largest share of the apartments at 53%, followed by two-beds at 24%; one-beds are 16% and three-beds are 6%. Rents run at AED 89 per sqft a year, a gross yield of 4.9% at today's prices, below the Dubai-wide 6.0%.
532 rental contracts were registered in the same 12 months, 45% of them renewals, and a typical apartment rents for AED 95,000 a year.
YallaValue estimates what the homes in Barsha Heights are worth today, home by home, and updates the estimates daily. An estimate is free: find the building in the list in this guide, choose the home and verify once by WhatsApp, email or Google.
- Buildings
- 14
- Homes
- about 1,817
- First completions
- 2008
In this guide
- About Barsha Heights
- Average prices by type
- What is in Barsha Heights
- Prices and rents over time
- Every sale: the chart and the table
- Every building, with figures
- Rents and yields
- Who builds in Barsha Heights
- Buying or renting in Barsha Heights
- Living in Barsha Heights
- Nearby areas compared
- Questions about Barsha Heights
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Average prices in Barsha Heights
In Barsha Heights, typical sale prices over the last 12 months were around AED 947,000 for studios, AED 1M for one-beds, AED 1.6M for two-beds and AED 15.7M for three-beds. Per square foot the types are close together, from AED 1,154 to AED 2,628. Sales ranged from AED 500,000 to AED 18M, and 52 of the 95 were studios, the most traded type.
Off-plan sales were 2% of the last 12 months (2 of 95), down from 35% the year before. Buyers paid AED 2,764 per sqft off-plan against AED 1,789 for completed homes, a 54% premium for new stock and payment plans.
| Type | Typical price | Per sqft | 12-mo change | Sales (12 mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 950,000 | AED 2,628 | Up 9.2% | 51 |
| 1-bed | AED 978,000 | AED 1,460 | Few sales | 7 |
| 2-bed | AED 1,525,000 | AED 1,138 | Down 2.0% | 32 |
| 3-bed | AED 16,600,000 | AED 2,434 | Few sales | 3 |
| 4-bed+ | AED 2,500,000 | AED 1,386 | Few sales | 1 |
- Off-plan share
- 1% · 1 of 94
- Off-plan /sqft
- AED 2,917
- Completed /sqft
- AED 1,789
Medians of the last 12 months of DLD sales, per type. A change needs ten records in each year.
What is in Barsha Heights
About two thirds of Barsha Heights's apartments are studios and one-beds, which is why the typical sale here, 622 sqft, is smaller than the Dubai median of about 826 sqft. There are no villas or townhouses; the few three-bed and larger homes are in the taller towers such as The One Tower.
| Type | Homes | Share | Typical size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 969 | 54% | 297–450 sqft |
| 1-bed | 294 | 16% | 712–1,182 sqft |
| 2-bed | 433 | 24% | 1,300–1,550 sqft |
| 3-bed | 106 | 6% | 2,190–5,690 sqft |
| 4-bed+ | 5 | 0% | 1,803–1,845 sqft |
- Tallest, 47 floors
- The One Tower
- Typical building
- 138 homes
- Built in the last 5 years
- 1 building
Counted from DLD unit records of 14 completed buildings.
Prices and rents in Barsha Heights since 2009
- 1 year
- Up 10.1%
- 5 years
- Down 43.6%
- Since 2010
- Up 93.3%
- 1 year
- Up 3.8%
- 5 years
- Up 65.9%
- Since 2012
- Up 46.3%
Barsha Heights's first registered sales, in 2009, were at about AED 870 per sqft. They peaked at about AED 3,700 in 2020 and stand at AED 1,832 today, 56% below the peak. The steepest recent climb was in 2025, when the annual median rose 43%. Year on year the annual median has gone up 3% in 2023, up 22% in 2024 and up 43% in 2025. The busiest month of the last year was November 2025, with 14 sales registered. On the monthly median of every registered sale, prices are up 11.4% over the last 12 months, down 45.4% over five years and up 95.6% on the 2010 level. Rents are up 3.8% over the last 12 months, up 66.7% over five years and up 46.2% since 2012, so rents now rise more slowly than prices and gross yields are easing.
Nothing is under construction in Barsha Heights today, so the stock is what it is: 14 buildings and about 1,817 homes. One of them handed over in the last five years, so the newest stock is still settling into the rental market. The figures on this page refresh monthly as new sales and contracts are registered.
The line is the monthly median of every sale and rental contract, smoothed over three months; a month with fewer than ten records sits between its neighbours, and the latest such months are read together. The changes compare 12-month medians: the last 12 months against the 12 before. Source: YallaValue analysis of Dubai Land Department records.
Price history in Barsha Heights
Every registered sale in Barsha Heights in the last 12 months; the dashed line is the trend within those 12 months, grey dots are flagged outliers left out of it.
Transaction history in Barsha Heights
- Studio · 296 sqftCompletedSky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham) 09 Nov 2026AED 1,120,0003,774 /sqft
- 2-bed · 1,396 sqftCompletedAl Fahad Tower 2 06 Nov 2026AED 1,275,000913 /sqft
- 1-bed · 733 sqftCompletedMadison Residency Barsha Heights 06 Nov 2026AED 850,0001,159 /sqft
- 2-bed · 1,344 sqftCompletedAl Fahad Tower 2 03 Nov 2026AED 1,350,0001,004 /sqft
- 2-bed · 1,450 sqftCompletedAl Fahad Tower 2 02 Nov 2026AED 1,200,000827 /sqft
- 2-bed · 1,307 sqftCompletedMadison Residency Barsha Heights 22 Oct 2026AED 1,560,0001,193 /sqft
- Studio · 295 sqftCompletedSky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham) 20 Oct 2026AED 776,0062,628 /sqft
- 2-bed · 1,184 sqftCompletedAl Fahad Tower 2 20 Oct 2026AED 1,220,0001,030 /sqft
- Studio · 296 sqftCompletedSky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham) 20 Oct 2026AED 780,2642,628 /sqft
- 2-bed · 1,550 sqftCompletedTwo Towers A 20 Oct 2026AED 2,173,6301,402 /sqft
Over the last 12 months Barsha Heights recorded 94 sales; typical homes sold for around AED 1.14M (about AED 1,811 per sqft); with a median size of 622 sqft; most were studios; from roughly AED 500K to AED 18M.
Buildings in Barsha Heights
14 completed| Sky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham)Building | 2016 | 672 | AED 3,196 | Up 0.4% | 35 | ||
| Madison Residency Barsha HeightsBuilding | 2009 | 310 | AED 1,186 | Down 1.8% | AED 96 | 8.1% | 18 |
| Al Fahad Tower 2Building | 2016 | 224 | AED 937 | Up 7.0% | AED 86 | 9.2% | 12 |
| Grand Midwest Reve (Grand Central Hotel)Building | 2012 | 184 | AED 1,999 | Up 16.5% | 10 | ||
| Two Towers ABuilding | 2009 | 138 | AED 1,290 | AED 80 | 6.2% | 7 | |
| Two Towers BBuilding | 2009 | 138 | AED 1,177 | AED 80 | 6.8% | 6 | |
| Boutique 7Building | 2024 | 79 | AED 1,625 | AED 113 | 7.0% | 4 | |
| The Chedi Private ResidencesBuilding | 70 | AED 2,917 | 1 | ||||
| The One TowerBuilding | 2014 | 2 | AED 2,434 | AED 187 | 7.7% | 1 | |
| Damac Executive HeightsBuilding | 2008 | Few sales | 0 |
The eight busiest buildings account for 94 of Barsha Heights's 95 sales in the last 12 months: Sky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham), Madison Residency Barsha Heights, Al Fahad Tower 2, Grand Midwest Reve (Grand Central Hotel) and Two Towers A and three more. Buildings completed from 2012 onwards trade at AED 946 to 3,196 per sqft; the 2009 to 2011 stock at AED 1,161 to 1,290. Gross yields run from 6.2% to 9.1% across the buildings with enough sales and lets to measure. The newest are Boutique 7 (2024) and Sky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham) (2016); the oldest, Damac Executive Heights, handed over in 2008. Every building links to its own page with each unit's sales and rents.
Every building in Barsha Heights, A to Z
- Al Fahad Tower 2 AED 937
- Boutique 7 AED 1,625
- Damac Executive Heights
- Grand Midwest Reve (Grand Central Hotel) AED 1,999
- i-Rise
- Icon Tower
- Madison Residency Barsha Heights AED 1,186
- Sky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham) AED 3,196
- Smart Heights Tower
- The Chedi Private Residences AED 2,917
- The One by Prestige One
- The One Tower AED 2,434
- Two Towers A AED 1,290
- Two Towers B AED 1,177
Rents and yields in Barsha Heights
Last 12 months| Studio | AED 60,000 | AED 101 | AED 950K | 3.8% | 151 |
| 1-bed | AED 86,000 | AED 86 | AED 978K | 5.9% | 147 |
| 2-bed | AED 115,000 | AED 83 | AED 1.53M | 7.3% | 207 |
| 3-bed | AED 155,000 | AED 96 | AED 16.6M | 4.0% | 31 |
| 4-bed+ | AED 230,000 | AED 127 | AED 2.5M | 9.2% | 3 |
- New contract vs renewal
- +12%
- Renewals
- 46% of 540
532 rental contracts were registered in Barsha Heights in the last 12 months, 45% of them renewals. New contracts were signed about 12% above renewals of the same size per sqft, so a tenant renewing is still paying below the market rate. Gross yields run from 7.3% on two-beds to 3.8% on three-beds, before service charges of AED 17 to 21 per sqft a year.
Ejari registrations via Dubai Land Department; yields use the same 12 months of sales.
Who builds in Barsha Heights
9 developers- DAMAC2 buildingsFew sales
- Rashed Darwish Al Ketbi Real Estate Development2 buildingsAED 1,234 /sqft
- TFG Real Estate2 buildingsAED 2,598 /sqft
- Al Jawi Investment1 buildingFew sales
- Alfahad Holding Real Estates Inviestments1 buildingAED 937 /sqft
- 4 others4 buildings between themAED 1,625 /sqft
DAMAC is the biggest builder in Barsha Heights with two of the 14 completed buildings; Rashed Darwish Al Ketbi Real Estate Development and TFG Real Estate follow, and 6 other developers share the rest.
Buying or renting in Barsha Heights
Buying
Expect a 20% deposit as a UAE resident or 25% as a non-resident on a home under AED 5M, plus the 4% Dubai Land Department transfer fee and about AED 5,000 of registration and trustee costs. On a typical one-bed at AED 1M, that is AED 208,000 down and AED 42,000 in transfer fee. Before offering, check the service charge per sqft on the building page (AED 17 to 21 across Barsha Heights), the registered size against the marketed one, and whether the unit has sold before and at what price.
Renting
A typical one-bed rents for AED 87,500 a year, a studio AED 60,000 and a two-bed AED 115,000. New contracts run about 12% above renewals, and increases on renewal are capped by the RERA rental index. Landlords in Dubai usually take one to four cheques and a 5% security deposit, and every contract is registered on Ejari, which is where the figures on this page come from.
Living in Barsha Heights
Most of Barsha Heights's buildings are mid-sized, with a typical 138 homes each; one of the 14 were completed in the last five years. Service charges run from AED 17 to 21 per sqft a year, set building by building and listed on each building page.
Nearby areas compared
All Dubai areas →| Area | Sale /sqft | 12-mo change | Typical rent | Yield | Buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barsha Heights | AED 1,811 | Up 10.1% | AED 94K | 4.9% | 14 |
| The Greens | AED 1,714 | Up 7.4% | AED 95K | 6.1% | 39 |
| The Views | AED 2,016 | Up 4.7% | AED 120K | 5.8% | 21 |
| Dubai Internet City | AED 3,708 | Up 9.5% | AED 780K | 4.2% | 2 |
| Dubai Media City | AED 2,835 | Up 4.0% | 2 | ||
| The Lakes | AED 2,774 | Up 20.3% | AED 290K | 3.7% | 0 |
| Al Barsha First | AED 1,260 | Down 22.8% | AED 72K | 7.0% | 2 |
Barsha Heights is about 7% dearer per square foot than The Greens, its nearest neighbour, at AED 1,832 against AED 1,713. Dubai Internet City is the most expensive of the areas around it at AED 3,708 per sqft, twice the price. Al Barsha First is the cheapest nearby at AED 1,260. Its closest comparable on price is The Views.
Barsha Heights in numbers
- Across 95 DLD sales in the 12 months to 9 November 2026, the median price in Barsha Heights was AED 1,832 per sqft and the typical apartment sold for about AED 1.1M.
- Prices are up 11.4% on the year, 45.4% over five years and 95.6% since 2010; rents up 3.8% and 66.7% over the same periods.
- 14 completed buildings from 9 developers; about 1,817 homes, 70% of the apartments studios and one-beds.
- Gross yields of 3.9% on studios, 5.8% on one-beds, 7.3% on two-beds and 3.8% on three-beds, before service charges of AED 17 to 21 per sqft.
Source: YallaValue analysis of Dubai Land Department records. Updated 11 November 2026.
Questions about Barsha Heights
How much does an apartment in Barsha Heights cost?
Over the 12 months to 9 November 2026 the median was AED 1,832 per sqft, and studios sold for around AED 947,000, one-beds sold for around AED 1M, two-beds sold for around AED 1.6M and three-beds sold for around AED 15.7M.
Have prices in Barsha Heights gone up?
Yes: up 11.4% in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 and down 45.4% over five years, on the monthly median of every registered sale. Over the whole record they are 95.6% above the 2010 level.
What is the rental yield in Barsha Heights?
About 4.9% gross across all types at today's prices: 3.9% on studios, 5.8% on one-beds, 7.3% on two-beds and 3.8% on three-beds, before service charges of AED 17 to 21 per sqft a year.
Which are the most traded buildings in Barsha Heights?
Sky Central Hotel (TRYP by Wyndham) (35 sales), Madison Residency Barsha Heights (18 sales), Al Fahad Tower 2 (11 sales), Grand Midwest Reve (Grand Central Hotel) (10 sales) and Two Towers A (7 sales) in the last 12 months.
What is the service charge in Barsha Heights?
Between AED 17 and AED 21 per sqft a year, set building by building; Two Towers A is AED 16.93. Each building page lists its own.
How many buildings are there in Barsha Heights?
14 completed apartment buildings, with about 1,817 homes between them. Every one has its own page here.
What does it cost to rent in Barsha Heights?
The median contract in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 was AED 95,000 a year: AED 60,000 for studios, AED 87,500 for one-beds, AED 115,000 for two-beds, AED 157,500 for three-beds and AED 230,000 for four-beds and larger, across 532 Ejari registrations.
What is my home in Barsha Heights worth?
YallaValue keeps an estimate for the homes in Barsha Heights, home by home, updated daily. It is free: find the building in the list in this guide, choose the home and verify once by WhatsApp, email or Google. For a guide before that: the median across 94 sales in Barsha Heights over the last 12 months was AED 1,811 per sqft.
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