How it works
You rent for an agreed term with a portion of each payment credited toward the purchase price, then complete at a pre-agreed figure. Schemes appear periodically in Barsha Heights at prices near AED 1,014,000.
The trade-off
Rent-to-own suits buyers who cannot yet get a mortgage, but the effective price is usually above market. Compare it against a standard mortgage at 20% down before committing.
Barsha Heights at a glance
Barsha Heights is a central Tecom district popular with corporate tenants and long-stay guests. Buying sits at AED 1,300 per sqft — roughly AED 1,014,000 for a standard one-bedroom — while long-term tenants pay about AED 70,000 a year. Hosted as a licensed holiday home, the same unit averages AED 403 a night at 70% occupancy, around AED 102,967 gross. Owners on our managed programme average AED 142,094 — a 38% uplift.