Property for Sale in Town Square Dubai: Prices and Yields
Town Square is Nshama's answer to a simple question: what does a family community cost if you move it far enough from the centre? The answer is a three-bedroom townhouse from about AED 1.23 million and apartments from AED 630,000.
It is one of the few places in Dubai where a family can buy a house rather than an apartment without spending several million dirhams, and the numbers behave accordingly.
Key Takeaways
- Entry: apartments from about AED 630,000; townhouses from roughly AED 1.23 million.
- Yield: around 7.45% gross on apartments, and 5-7% on the villas and townhouses.
- Service charge: AED 10-14 per sq ft for apartments; townhouses far less, on the community rate.
- Location: Al Qudra Road, roughly 30-35 minutes from Downtown, next to Dubailand.
- The community is built and used — a large central park, retail, a cinema, schools nearby.
- The catch: distance, and a lot of similar stock inside the same community.
What Town Square is
A master-planned community on Al Qudra Road built around a genuine town park — not a landscaped strip, but a park with running tracks, courts, a skate park and a plaza with cafés and a cinema. Around it sit low-rise apartment buildings and rows of townhouses, with schools and clinics inside or immediately adjacent.
The people who live here are families and couples who decided a 30-minute commute was worth having a park at the end of the street and a spare bedroom. That is a very different tenant from a Business Bay studio, and it changes the investment case.
What it costs
| Type | Typical price | Typical rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 620,000-750,000 | AED 42,000-55,000 | 7-7.5% |
| 1 bedroom | AED 750,000-1,000,000 | AED 55,000-72,000 | 7-7.4% |
| 2 bedroom | AED 1,000,000-1,500,000 | AED 75,000-105,000 | 7% |
| 3-4 bed townhouse | AED 1,230,000-2,000,000 | AED 110,000-150,000 | 5.5-7% |
From our Dubai project list: The Regent Residences from about AED 630,890, Diplomat Residences from AED 649,890, Berkshire Park from AED 925,890, Alton from AED 1.19 million, Naseem Townhouses from AED 1.23 million and Maha Townhouses from AED 1.78 million. Added to the list since: Augusta Apartments from AED 1.51 M. Every Town Square project we track is on the Town Square listing page, with prices and handover dates.
Why the townhouses are the interesting part
An apartment here yields about 7.45% gross, which is strong. A townhouse yields less on paper — 5.5-7% — and often more in your pocket, because the service charge on a townhouse is a community rate rather than a building rate.
Take a AED 1.4 million three-bedroom townhouse letting at AED 120,000:
- Gross yield: 8.6% at the top of the rent range, more typically 7-8%
- Community service charge: a few thousand dirhams rather than tens of thousands
- Vacancy and management at 8% — families move less: AED 9,600
- Your own maintenance: AC servicing, garden, general upkeep, budget AED 8,000-15,000
The tenant profile is the other half of it. A family with children in a nearby school renews for three or four years. Every avoided turnover saves a commission, a void and a repaint — which is why our villa and townhouse guide argues that gross yield understates this product.
The five-year view
Town Square is largely built, which is its main protection. The park is open, the retail is trading, the schools are full. A buyer today is not betting on a masterplan being completed — the way a buyer in a newer outer community still is.
What it cannot escape is location. Thirty to thirty-five minutes from Downtown means the tenant pool is people who have chosen the trade deliberately, and that pool is smaller than a central district's. It also means Town Square competes directly with the newer communities pushing further out at similar prices — and every new master plan on Al Qudra Road adds to that competition. The communities that hold up in that fight are the ones that are finished, and this one is.
Run it on your own numbers. Set the price, the rent and the service charge and the calculator gives you the fees, the cash you need on day one and what the rent leaves after costs — in your own currency.
Dubai property calculator — costs, cash needed and net rent
Works from any country: pick your currency, or type your own rate. Fees follow the DLD schedule; rent figures are yours to set.
| Charge | AED | Your currency |
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Fee basis: DLD transfer 4% of price, plus a DLD admin fee of AED 580 on a ready unit and AED 40 at Oqood on an off-plan one; registration trustee AED 4,000 below AED 500,000 and AED 4,200 above, plus 5% VAT; title deed and map about AED 500; agency 2% plus 5% VAT where used; mortgage registration 0.25% of the loan plus AED 290. Rates shown are indicative, read on 9 September 2026, and the pegged ones (USD and the GCC currencies) do not move — edit the rate box for anything else. This is an estimate to plan with, not a quotation, and it does not cover tax in your own country.
What to check before you buy
- Walking distance to the park and the plaza. This is a walkable community, and proximity shows up in rent.
- Which phase. Earlier phases are finished and landscaped; later ones may still have construction alongside.
- How many identical units are in your row or building — it decides your negotiating position at renewal.
- The service charge basis for a townhouse — what the community rate covers, and what you maintain yourself.
- School commutes for the tenant you expect, since that is what drives demand here.
Who it suits
Investors who want a low-turnover family tenant rather than the highest headline yield, and buyers who want a house at an apartment price. It suits you poorly if you want a central address, a short commute or the resale liquidity of a big investor district — for those, Business Bay or JVC are the comparison.
What ownership costs each year
Town Square splits sharply by property type, and the difference is the reason to think carefully about which you buy.
An apartment pays roughly AED 10-14 per sq ft, so about AED 9,000-12,600 a year on a 900 sq ft two-bedroom. That covers the building, its facilities and the common areas.
A townhouse pays a community rate — a fraction of a tower's per-square-foot charge — covering the park, the roads, security and landscaping outside your plot. On a 2,000 sq ft home that is usually a few thousand dirhams rather than tens of thousands. What it does not cover is your own AC servicing, garden and general upkeep, so budget AED 8,000-15,000 a year for that.
Net it out and the townhouse holds more of its rent, which is why the family product here performs better than its headline yield suggests. Add management at 5-8% if you are overseas, and a realistic void allowance — 8% is reasonable for a family let, against 10-12% for a studio, because families move less often.
The number that surprises new landlords is turnover cost. Every tenant change is an agency commission, a new Ejari, a void of a few weeks and usually some repainting. A three-year tenant is worth more than a slightly higher rent from a one-year one.
The commute, honestly
Thirty to thirty-five minutes to Downtown is the figure quoted, and it is accurate outside peak hours. At 8am on a weekday, Al Qudra Road and the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed interchange add meaningfully to that, and there is no metro to fall back on.
That is the honest trade for the price, and it is why the tenant here is someone who has already accepted it — usually a family whose priority is space and a school run inside the community. Before you buy, drive the route your expected tenant would drive, at the time they would drive it. It is a better predictor of how quickly the property lets than any yield table.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a property in Town Square Dubai?
Apartments start around AED 630,000 for a studio and run to about AED 1.5 million for a two-bedroom. Three and four-bedroom townhouses start near AED 1.23 million.
What rental yield does Town Square give?
About 7.45% gross on apartments and 5-7% on villas and townhouses, with the townhouse net holding up well because the community service charge is much lower than a tower's.
Is Town Square good for families?
It is built for them: a large central park, retail and a cinema in the plaza, schools inside and beside the community, and townhouses at prices most family buyers can reach.
How far is Town Square from Downtown Dubai?
Roughly 30-35 minutes by car outside peak hours, on Al Qudra Road. There is no metro, so a car is assumed.
Can foreigners buy in Town Square?
Yes, it is freehold and open to all nationalities. Larger townhouses can clear the AED 2 million valuation needed for a ten-year golden visa.
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