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 Dubai Marina at prices near AED 1,872,000.
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.
Dubai Marina at a glance
Dubai Marina is waterfront high-rise living with the strongest short-let performance in the city. Buying sits at AED 2,400 per sqft — roughly AED 1,872,000 for a standard one-bedroom — while long-term tenants pay about AED 115,000 a year. Hosted as a licensed holiday home, the same unit averages AED 662 a night at 84% occupancy, around AED 202,969 gross. Owners on our managed programme average AED 280,097 — a 38% uplift.
