Median registered annual rent in Liwan 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 52,877 a year across 2,344 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 40,000

new AED 44,000 · renewal AED 37,500

AED 36,750 – AED 45,000

middle half · 351 contracts

7.8%

1 bed

AED 50,000

new AED 55,000 · renewal AED 46,000

AED 44,000 – AED 58,000

middle half · 1,333 contracts

8.3%

2 bed

AED 70,004

new AED 80,000 · renewal AED 64,000

AED 62,050 – AED 88,000

middle half · 607 contracts

5.2%

3 bed

AED 92,000

new AED 95,500 · renewal AED 83,500

AED 81,900 – AED 100,000

middle half · 53 contracts

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Villas: median AED 200,000 a year across 89 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 98,300

new AED 115,500 · renewal AED 96,150

AED 94,075 – AED 115,000

middle half · 20 contracts

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4+ bed

AED 210,000

new AED 220,000 · renewal AED 200,000

AED 200,000 – AED 220,000

middle half · 60 contracts

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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 →

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

Studio: launch AED 1,634/sqft vs resale AED 1,229/sqft (+33%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,175/sqft vs resale AED 789/sqft (+49%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,090/sqft vs resale AED 980/sqft (+11%)
3 bed: launch AED 1,124/sqft vs resale AED 702/sqft (+60%)

All off-plan projects in Liwan →

All 7 buildings in Liwan with registered sales →