What is the rental yield in Shams?

Shams returns 8.73% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 23 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Shams cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 530,000 (689 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Have prices in Shams risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +35.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

Do new tenants in Shams pay more than sitting ones?

A new tenant pays +20.8% against a renewing one, across 18 renewal contracts in the last 24 months. Renewals are capped by RERA and sit below market, so a wide gap means rent that is below market until the unit changes hands.

Did off-plan buyers in Shams make money?

Units bought off-plan between 2009 and 2009 later resold +0.2% against their launch median. Only units that actually resold can appear, so this figure skews toward the ones that performed.

Shams — rental prices & yield

Buy: 530,000AED; AED 689/sqft
Long-let: 48,000AED; AED 67/sqft · 8.73%

Priced off the last 5 sales — most recent May 2026.

Yield spread: +0.0 pts; vs the Liwan median for this unit type
Turnover upside: +20.8%; new tenants pay more than sitting ones — 18 renewals
AED/yr/sqft: AED 67
Sales: 7
Rental contracts: 23
Renewal rent: AED 39,724/yr

12 months: +14.6%
3 years: +57.1%+16.3%/yr

Based on 7 sales and 23 rental contracts in the last 24 months. Rental data covers the whole Qpoint Liwan-R019 project, not this tower alone.

Shams is an apartment building in Liwan, Dubai, one of the towers in the Qpoint Liwan-R019 development. The nearest landmark IMG World Adventures. Land Department records for it run from 2015 to 2026, 118 registered sales in all — the 7 in the last 24 months are what every median above is computed from.

Rent history

Median annual rent per sqft registered in Shams, by year.

Monthly median AED per sqft per year, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Rents by bedroom type

Type	Median rent	AED/yr/sqft	Yield	Contracts
1 bed	AED 48,000	67	8.73% +0.0 pts	23
2 bed	AED 71,000	54	7.47% -0.4 pts	8
3 bed	AED 86,875	51	—	2

Deltas compare each yield with the Liwan median for the same unit type. How these yields are computed

How these yields are computed

Each yield divides the median rent by the median of the last 3 months of sales — or of the last 5 sales where the last 3 months hold fewer than three. Off-plan and ready sales count alike, and each bedroom type is priced off its own sales.

Recent transactions

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-08-26.

6 resales in the last 12 months, against 6 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Sales

Nothing registered in the last 3 months. Try a wider window.

Rental contracts

The rent figures on this page are pooled from this building’s project, so no individual contract can be attributed to this tower.

As registered

The building's record in the Dubai Land Department register, as of September 2026. Counts are as registered, not as built or as operated.

Floors: 6
Flats: 60

Nearby

Landmark: IMG World Adventures

Compare with nearby buildings

The most-traded buildings in Liwan, on the same figures over the same window.

Highest rental yields in Liwan · Shams places 20th of 41

Wavez Residence · 8.81%
Gate Zone
Mazaya 10 - B · 6.38%
Mazaya 10 - A · 9.11%
Mazaya 5 · 5.52%
Symbolic Alpha · 6.14%
Mazaya 25 · 8.81%
Mazaya 6 · 10.00%

Common questions

What is the rental yield in Shams?: Shams returns 8.73% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 23 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Shams cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 530,000 (689 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Have prices in Shams risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +35.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
Do new tenants in Shams pay more than sitting ones?: A new tenant pays +20.8% against a renewing one, across 18 renewal contracts in the last 24 months. Renewals are capped by RERA and sit below market, so a wide gap means rent that is below market until the unit changes hands.
Did off-plan buyers in Shams make money?: Units bought off-plan between 2009 and 2009 later resold +0.2% against their launch median. Only units that actually resold can appear, so this figure skews toward the ones that performed.

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