Median registered annual rent in Living Legends 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 73,000 a year across 328 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 46,000

new AED 48,000 · renewal AED 36,000

AED 42,000 – AED 52,000

middle half · 69 contracts

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1 bed

AED 70,000

new AED 70,000 · renewal AED 60,000

+16.7% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 64,000 – AED 75,000

middle half · 133 contracts

9.2%

2 bed

AED 100,000

new AED 105,000 · renewal AED 78,000

+14.3% vs a year ago · new lettings +16.7%

AED 90,000 – AED 110,000

middle half · 89 contracts

8.1%

3 bed

AED 130,000

new AED 142,500 · renewal AED 100,000

AED 110,000 – AED 150,000

middle half · 37 contracts

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16% of these contracts are renewals; 92% run the standard 12 months.

Villas: median AED 200,000 a year across 142 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 160,000

new AED 165,000 · renewal AED 155,000

AED 150,000 – AED 165,000

middle half · 27 contracts

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4+ bed

AED 215,000

new AED 220,000 · renewal AED 210,000

+2.4% vs a year ago · new lettings ±0.0%

AED 196,698 – AED 240,000

middle half · 108 contracts

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52% of these contracts are renewals; 93% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 1-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 764,631, which is 10.9 years of the median registered rent (AED 70,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 183,511 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 2.6 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 Living Legends

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

Equiti

Red Line · formerly First Abu Dhabi Bank · 10.3 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

Cityland Mall

2.7 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

IMG Worlds of Adventure

1.9 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

42%

of 737 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

Studio: launch AED 1,430/sqft vs resale AED 928/sqft (+54%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,100/sqft vs resale AED 825/sqft (+33%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,110/sqft vs resale AED 805/sqft (+38%)
3 bed: launch AED 1,117/sqft vs resale AED 980/sqft (+14%)

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