The average apartment rent in Dubai dropped to Dh 125,000 per annum in Q3 2016, a 2 per cent decline from the Q2 2016 average of Dh 128,000. The average yield for the quarter across all apartment categories was calculated at 5.5 per cent. Similarly, despite regional instabilities, the property market of Abu Dhabi managed to ward-off all turbulence and stood strong enough to be a buy-to-let heaven with rental yields averaging at 7 per cent.