The historic west bank of the Creek — Al Fahidi, the textile souk and the older apartment districts of Mankhool, Karama and Oud Metha — plus the newer Creek-side towers at Al Jaddaf. Most of old Bur Dubai is leasehold or locals-only, so foreign buyers are effectively confined to the designated freehold projects; prices are the lowest in the central city and the guest is a budget or regional traveller.
Listing-weighted across Jul 2026–Sep 2026 · DNA bucket: Bur Dubai · USD
57
Tracked Listings
34%
Occupancy
$273
Median ADR
$2,983
Revenue / Month
Occupancy and ADR are observed from live Airbnb calendars across Mar 2026–Jan 2027 (110 listings tracked, counted over Dec 2026's calendars, the best-covered month), shown in USD. ADR reflects asking prices; upcoming months show booking pace to date and typically rise as the month approaches.
Over Jul 2026–Sep 2026, the 57 tracked Airbnb listings in Bur Dubai ran 34% occupancy, 1 point below the 35% Old Dubai-wide weighted mean over the same months. The listing-weighted median nightly rate was $273, 1.02× the $268 Old Dubai figure; 1-bedroom units, the largest tracked size band at 33 listings, averaged $146 at 31% occupancy. Tracked supply moved from 9 listings in Mar 2026 to 57 in Sep 2026, up 533%. 6 apartments are listed for sale in Bur Dubai, median asking $680,735, median gross yield on all-in cost 8.8% over 6 listings with an estimate.
Complete calendar months only — Mar 2026 to Sep 2026. Occupancy is the listing-weighted share of nights booked; ADR is the listing-weighted median asking rate.
| Month | Occupancy | ADR | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 35% | $123 | 9 |
| Apr 2026 | 37% | $178 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 32% | $174 | 14 |
| Jun 2026 | 27% | $181 | 14 |
| Jul 2026 | 26% | $306 | 24 |
| Aug 2026 | 32% | $286 | 43 |
| Sep 2026 | 39% | $250 | 57 |
Booking pace already on the calendar: Oct 2026 39% (74 listings) · Nov 2026 19% (87 listings) · Dec 2026 12% (89 listings) · Jan 2027 12% (4 listings). Forward months fill further as dates approach and are excluded from every figure above.
Weighted over Jul 2026–Sep 2026; listing counts are the latest complete month.
| Size | Listings | Occupancy | ADR | RevPAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 2 | 5% | $178 | $9 |
| 1-bedroom | 33 | 31% | $146 | $46 |
| 2-bedroom | 18 | 42% | $386 | $161 |
| 3-bedroom | 3 | 29% | $505 | $146 |
| 5-bedroom+ | 1 | 44% | $1,104 | $487 |
Short-term letting in Dubai requires a Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) holiday-home permit per unit. Those permits sit in an operator portal with no public register, so Brixfox never states that a listing is licensed for short lets — the permit numbers portals print are brokerage and advertising permits, not letting authorisation.
Some communities and towers restrict or forbid short-term letting under their owners’ association rules. Where a community is known to, the catalog carries a restriction warning on the listing; the absence of one is not a clearance.
Listing coordinates are tower or project centroids and Airbnb pins are jittered by design, so every proximity figure on Brixfox is a vicinity measure, not a building match.
Matched on the listing's stated community; a apartment described as two communities can appear under both. Prices in USD as listed.
4.6%
Median Net Yield
6
Listings
$680,735
Median Asking
$6,375/m²
Median $/m² Built
8.8%
Median Gross Yield
Net yield is the median fully-managed after-tax net on all-in cost across 6 listings with a net figure; with fewer than 30 scored listings Bur Dubai is not cut into a top-scored cohort. $/m² over 6 listings with a stated building size; gross yield is projected STR revenue over true all-in acquisition cost, over 6 listings with an estimate. Net yield after management and tax is on each property page.
Bur Dubai
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai