Median registered annual rent in The Lakes 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 170,000 a year across 236 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

1 bed

AED 120,000

new AED 120,000 · renewal AED 112,000

±0.0% vs a year ago · new lettings −4.0%

AED 105,000 – AED 130,000

middle half · 67 contracts

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2 bed

AED 170,000

new AED 170,000 · renewal AED 168,000

±0.0% vs a year ago · new lettings −5.6%

AED 153,095 – AED 189,000

middle half · 98 contracts

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3 bed

AED 255,000

new AED 245,000 · renewal AED 256,125

−2.9% vs a year ago · new lettings −10.9%

AED 235,938 – AED 276,225

middle half · 68 contracts

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52% of these contracts are renewals; 90% run the standard 12 months.

Villas: median AED 310,000 a year across 378 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 280,000

new AED 305,000 · renewal AED 263,883

+5.7% vs a year ago · new lettings +1.7%

AED 244,250 – AED 325,000

middle half · 250 contracts

4.1%

4+ bed

AED 385,875

new AED 475,000 · renewal AED 381,150

+9.4% vs a year ago · new lettings −5.0%

AED 346,500 – AED 500,000

middle half · 121 contracts

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67% of these contracts are renewals; 87% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 3-bed villas: the median registered sale price is AED 6,900,000, which is 24.6 years of the median registered rent (AED 280,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 1,656,000 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 5.9 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 The Lakes

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

Al Fardan Exchange

Red Line · formerly Al Khail · 2.0 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

The Springs Souk

2.3 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

Topgolf Dubai

1.5 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

of 2,433 registered sales came with parking

All 6 buildings in The Lakes with registered sales

The Lakes - Deema 1 The Lakes Deema 2 The Lakes Deema 3 The Lakes Deema 4 The Lakes Ghadeer The Lakes Zulal

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