Median registered annual rent in Wasl 1 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 137,500 a year across 448 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

1 bed

AED 105,000

new AED 105,000 · renewal AED 104,000

AED 95,000 – AED 115,000

middle half · 181 contracts

5.9%

2 bed

AED 152,250

new AED 155,000 · renewal AED 150,000

AED 141,000 – AED 160,000

middle half · 241 contracts

5.4%

3 bed

AED 230,000

new AED 237,500 · renewal AED 200,000

AED 200,000 – AED 245,000

middle half · 21 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 Wasl 1, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

1 bed: launch AED 2,269/sqft vs resale AED 1,934/sqft (+17%)
2 bed: launch AED 2,045/sqft vs resale AED 1,910/sqft (+7%)
3 bed: launch AED 2,147/sqft vs resale AED 2,465/sqft (-13%)

All off-plan projects in Wasl 1 →

All 6 buildings in Wasl 1 with registered sales →