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
32%
Occupancy
$272
Median ADR
$3,233
Revenue / Month
Occupancy and ADR are observed from live Airbnb calendars across Mar 2026–Jan 2027 (128 listings tracked, counted over Nov 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 32% occupancy, 1 point below the 34% Old Dubai-wide weighted mean over the same months. The listing-weighted median nightly rate was $272, 1.02× the $267 Old Dubai figure; 1-bedroom units, the largest tracked size band at 32 listings, averaged $145 at 29% occupancy. Tracked supply moved from 9 listings in Mar 2026 to 57 in Sep 2026, up 533%. 8 apartments are listed for sale in Bur Dubai, median asking $673,928, median gross yield on all-in cost 8.4% over 8 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 | 25% | $305 | 25 |
| Aug 2026 | 30% | $278 | 42 |
| Sep 2026 | 37% | $252 | 57 |
Booking pace already on the calendar: Oct 2026 39% (96 listings) · Nov 2026 16% (104 listings) · Dec 2026 11% (99 listings) · Jan 2027 16% (5 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% | $156 | $7 |
| 1-bedroom | 32 | 29% | $145 | $42 |
| 2-bedroom | 19 | 39% | $369 | $144 |
| 3-bedroom | 3 | 29% | $510 | $147 |
| 5-bedroom+ | 1 | 44% | $1,114 | $492 |
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.
4.4%
Median Net Yield
8
Listings
$673,928
Median Asking
$6,327/m²
Median $/m² Built
8.4%
Median Gross Yield
Net yield is the median fully-managed after-tax net on all-in cost across 8 listings with a net figure; with fewer than 30 scored listings Bur Dubai is not cut into a top-scored cohort. $/m² over 8 listings with a stated building size; gross yield is projected STR revenue over true all-in acquisition cost, over 8 listings with an estimate. Net yield after management and tax is on each property page.
Bur Dubai
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf
Bur Dubai · Al Kifaf