Sharjah real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend

• Gross rental yield: 5.23%
• Net rental yield: 5.23%
• Transaction cost: 6.5%
• Price basis: local-market average

Sharjah is one of the 314 property markets Glopra tracks.

What a buyer pays in Sharjah

Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 6.5% of the price here. That is below the 9.6% median across the set, which shortens the time it takes for a purchase to break even.

What it earns

The typical home here lets for about $1,230 a month against a purchase price of $282,400, which is 5.2% gross before tax. Neither figure is quoted per square metre in this market, but both come from the same source, so the ratio between them holds. It ranks 131st of 311 markets by gross yield. Rental income is not taxed, so the net yield is the same 5.2% — a rarity in this set, and a large part of why the market draws foreign money.

How the tax works. 0%: the UAE has no personal income tax, and under Cabinet Decision 49/2023 an individual's real-estate investment, including long-term letting, sits outside corporate tax as long as it needs no licence. Short-term or holiday-home letting requires a licence and falls outside this exemption. Source: tax.gov.ae.

Who can buy in Sharjah

Freehold in designated zones only; usufruct elsewhere. That is the rule a foreign buyer meets first, not legal advice — check the current position locally before you commit.

How this figure is built

The price figure for Sharjah is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-17. We rate our confidence in this market’s data medium: the series is usable, but thinner or less current than our best-covered markets. We recompute every market the same way, which is what lets Sharjah be compared with a country average or another city.

Sources: Global Property Guide UAE rental yields (Sharjah all locations, 2-bedroom, May 2026 update) · globalpropertyguide.com. Snapshot: 2026-10-17.