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 53,000 a year across 3,243 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 40,011

new AED 42,000 · renewal AED 38,000

+1.9% vs a year ago · new lettings ±0.0%

AED 37,000 – AED 44,000

middle half · 451 contracts

7.8%

1 bed

AED 50,000

new AED 55,000 · renewal AED 46,200

+7.6% vs a year ago · new lettings +5.8%

AED 44,467 – AED 58,000

middle half · 1,884 contracts

8.2%

2 bed

AED 71,000

new AED 80,000 · renewal AED 65,000

+11.1% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 63,250 – AED 86,687

middle half · 843 contracts

5.4%

3 bed

AED 92,000

new AED 95,500 · renewal AED 77,000

+10.2% vs a year ago · new lettings +3.8%

AED 81,000 – AED 100,000

middle half · 65 contracts

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52% of these contracts are renewals; 96% run the standard 12 months.

Villas: median AED 200,000 a year across 132 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 100,000

new AED 116,000 · renewal AED 96,600

+1.7% vs a year ago

AED 95,000 – AED 115,000

middle half · 27 contracts

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4+ bed

AED 207,500

new AED 217,500 · renewal AED 200,000

+8.7% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 200,000 – AED 220,000

middle half · 92 contracts

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56% of these contracts are renewals; 69% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 1-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 610,000, which is 12.2 years of the median registered rent (AED 50,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 146,400 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 2.9 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 Liwan

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

Nearest mall

Silicon Central

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

Nearest landmark

IMG Worlds of Adventure

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

Parking

98%

of 3,562 registered sales came with parking

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 1,642/sqft vs resale AED 1,240/sqft (+32%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,185/sqft vs resale AED 792/sqft (+50%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,090/sqft vs resale AED 980/sqft (+11%)
3 bed: launch AED 1,124/sqft vs resale AED 709/sqft (+59%)

All off-plan projects in Liwan →