Median registered annual rent in La Mer 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 150,000 a year across 667 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

1 bed

AED 120,000

new AED 120,000 · renewal AED 120,000

−4.0% vs a year ago · new lettings −4.0%

AED 110,000 – AED 135,000

middle half · 340 contracts

5.2%

2 bed

AED 200,000

new AED 200,000 · renewal AED 198,936

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

AED 175,000 – AED 220,000

middle half · 273 contracts

5.2%

3 bed

AED 376,500

new AED 380,000 · renewal AED 342,873

+1.8% vs a year ago · new lettings −2.6%

AED 333,214 – AED 450,000

middle half · 44 contracts

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35% of these contracts are renewals; 88% run the standard 12 months.

Villas: median AED 650,000 a year across 47 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

4+ bed

AED 742,500

new AED 925,000 · renewal AED 717,500

AED 650,000 – AED 1,100,000

middle half · 28 contracts

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36% of these contracts are renewals; 86% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 1-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 2,300,000, which is 19.2 years of the median registered rent (AED 120,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 552,000 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 4.6 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 La Mer

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

Emirates Towers

Red Line · 2.7 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

Mercato Shopping Mall

1.8 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

La Mer

0.6 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

93%

of 664 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

1 bed: launch AED 2,871/sqft vs resale AED 2,822/sqft (+2%)
2 bed: launch AED 3,495/sqft vs resale AED 2,985/sqft (+17%)
3 bed: launch AED 6,892/sqft vs resale AED 3,649/sqft (+89%)
4+ bed: launch AED 7,306/sqft vs resale AED 3,597/sqft (+103%)

All off-plan projects in La Mer →