What does a villa in Dubai Waterfront rent for?

The median registered rent is AED 97,000 a year, across 48 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.

What is the rental yield in Dubai Waterfront?

As of 2026-10-12, villas in Dubai Waterfront return 6.4% gross, +1.6 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 48 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.

What does a villa in Dubai Waterfront cost per square foot?

The median is 76 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.

Are villa rents in Dubai Waterfront rising?

The median moved -9.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, per square foot.

Why is there no page for a specific villa in Dubai Waterfront?

The Land Department records no building for a villa — every villa sale and lease is filed against the community, so the community is the finest grain any registered figure can carry. Data to 2026-10-12.

Villas for rent in Dubai Waterfront

A villa in Dubai Waterfront rents for a median AED 97,000 a year and yields 6.4% gross — +1.6 pts vs the Dubai villa median, across 48 registered contracts in the last 12 months.

Median rent: AED 97,000
Median AED/yr/sqft: 76AED/yr/sqft
Gross yield: 6.4%; ≈ 16 yrs gross payback
12-month rent change: -9.8%; Median building

48 registered rental contracts, last 12 monthsRent is from 48 registered contracts inside Dubai Waterfront itself.

Registered by the Land Department as Badrah, Veneto, Hessyan, Hessyan First, Hessyan Second. A villa has no building record, so this page reports the community as a whole; the bedroom table below is the finest grain the registry supports.

Villa rents in Dubai Waterfront

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median

Median rent per sqft per year across every registered new villa rental contract in Dubai Waterfront, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Where Dubai Waterfront is

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As registered in Dubai Waterfront

What the Land Department’s building register holds for Dubai Waterfront: 348 villa plots, of which 347 carry a registered title. Counts are plots as registered, not houses as built. Register edition 2026-10-13.

Bedroom mix, as registered

Bedrooms	Plots	Share
2 bed	60	17%
3 bed	122	35%
4 bed	162	47%
5 bed	3	1%

Built-up area, sqft

Smaller quarter: 1,594
Median: 5,166
Larger quarter: 5,500

347 of 348 plots carry a built-up area.

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Common questions

What does a villa in Dubai Waterfront rent for?: The median registered rent is AED 97,000 a year, across 48 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.
What is the rental yield in Dubai Waterfront?: As of 2026-10-12, villas in Dubai Waterfront return 6.4% gross, +1.6 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 48 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.
What does a villa in Dubai Waterfront cost per square foot?: The median is 76 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.
Are villa rents in Dubai Waterfront rising?: The median moved -9.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, per square foot.
Why is there no page for a specific villa in Dubai Waterfront?: The Land Department records no building for a villa — every villa sale and lease is filed against the community, so the community is the finest grain any registered figure can carry. Data to 2026-10-12.

Villa rental record for Dubai Waterfront

Record type: Community-level villa market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 48 registered rental contracts in the last 12 months
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/villas/dubai/dubai-waterfront
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Villas for rent in Dubai Waterfront.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/villas/dubai/dubai-waterfront

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-10-12. Villa figures are medians over the community’s registered rental contracts; the Land Department records no building for a villa, so no finer grain exists.