Median registered annual rent in Jaddaf Waterfront by bedroom, from Ejari rent contracts registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months: what tenants actually signed for, not asking rents. Gross yield is that median against the median registered sale price of the same bedroom count over the same months.

Apartments: median AED 85,000 a year across 1,408 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 57,100

new AED 60,000 · renewal AED 53,000

−0.2% vs a year ago · new lettings ±0.0%

AED 50,555 – AED 64,920

middle half · 178 contracts

5.6%

1 bed

AED 70,000

new AED 75,000 · renewal AED 66,759

+4.5% vs a year ago · new lettings +0.7%

AED 62,914 – AED 80,000

middle half · 488 contracts

6.3%

2 bed

AED 95,550

new AED 106,000 · renewal AED 93,461

+2.7% vs a year ago · new lettings −0.9%

AED 85,000 – AED 110,000

middle half · 545 contracts

4.1%

3 bed

AED 160,000

new AED 190,000 · renewal AED 140,000

+5.3% vs a year ago · new lettings +3.8%

AED 132,188 – AED 198,750

middle half · 178 contracts

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61% of these contracts are renewals; 94% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 2-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 2,325,000, which is 24.3 years of the median registered rent (AED 95,550 a year). Buying needs about AED 558,000 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 5.8 years of that rent.

Medians of different homes, not one flat priced both ways. Leaves out mortgage interest, service charges, agency fees and price changes. Run your own numbers →

Registered = DLD/Ejari rent contracts (single-property, ≤ AED 2M a year); a figure needs at least 20 contracts, and a yield at least 20 registered sales too. Gross = before service charges, fees and vacancy. How we read rents →

Getting around

Stations and malls around homes in Jaddaf Waterfront

The nearest open Metro station (and Tram stop, where one is close), shopping mall and landmark, under their current names, measured on the map as a straight line; the route on foot or by road is longer. The parking share is the Dubai Land Department's own record.

Nearest Metro

Creek

Green Line · 0.6 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 59% of the mapped homes sold here

Nearest mall

Dubai Festival City Mall

1.3 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 94% of the mapped homes sold here

Nearest landmark

Mohammed Bin Rashid Library

0.5 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 100% of the mapped homes sold here

Parking

100%

of 1,175 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

Median off-plan launch price vs ready resale price in Jaddaf Waterfront, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 1,981/sqft vs resale AED 1,610/sqft (+23%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,767/sqft vs resale AED 1,562/sqft (+13%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,825/sqft vs resale AED 1,696/sqft (+8%)
3 bed: launch AED 1,764/sqft vs resale AED 1,597/sqft (+10%)

All off-plan projects in Jaddaf Waterfront →

All 11 buildings in Jaddaf Waterfront with registered sales

Boutique Xii D1 Dubai Wharf Tower 2 Dubai Wharf Tower 3 Iris Amber Manazel al Khor Niloofar Tower Palazzo Versace Riah Towers The Pearl Volna by Kasco

Compare them by price per sqft →