What does a villa in The Lakes rent for?

The median registered rent is AED 315,000 a year, across 120 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.

What is the rental yield in The Lakes?

As of 2026-10-12, villas in The Lakes return 3.9% gross, -0.9 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 120 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.

What does a villa in The Lakes cost per square foot?

The median is 91 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.

Are villa rents in The Lakes rising?

The median moved -1.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, per square foot.

Why is there no page for a specific villa in The Lakes?

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 The Lakes

A villa in The Lakes rents for a median AED 315,000 a year and yields 3.9% gross — -0.9 pts vs the Dubai villa median, across 120 registered contracts in the last 12 months.

Median rent: AED 315,000
Median AED/yr/sqft: 91AED/yr/sqft
Gross yield: 3.9%; ≈ 26 yrs gross payback
12-month rent change: -1.6%; Median building

120 registered rental contracts, last 12 monthsRent is from 120 registered contracts matched to The Lakes by project name — the Land Department left the community blank on them.

Registered by the Land Department as Lakes - Forat, Lakes - Hattan I, Lakes - Hattan II, Lakes - Hattan III, Lakes - Maeen, inside The Greens. 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 The Lakes

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median

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

Rents by bedroom count in The Lakes

Medians per bedroom count. The headline above covers every registered rental contract in The Lakes, including the ones the Land Department filed without a bedroom count, so the rows below do not sum to it.

Bedrooms	Median rent	AED/yr/sqft	Yield	12-month change	Rentals
3 bed	AED 310,000	95	4.4%+0.5 pts	+3.3%	90
4 bed	AED 475,000	82	—	+6.4%	21
5 bed	AED 475,000	89	—	-2.1%	6

Yield deltas are vs the The Lakes median (3.9%).

Where The Lakes is

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As registered in The Lakes

What the Land Department’s building register holds for The Lakes: 1,158 villa plots, of which 1,158 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	16	1%
3 bed	796	69%
4 bed	256	22%
5 bed	90	8%

Built-up area, sqft

Smaller quarter: 2,657
Median: 3,045
Larger quarter: 3,789

1,158 of 1,158 plots carry a built-up area.

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Common questions

What does a villa in The Lakes rent for?: The median registered rent is AED 315,000 a year, across 120 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.
What is the rental yield in The Lakes?: As of 2026-10-12, villas in The Lakes return 3.9% gross, -0.9 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 120 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.
What does a villa in The Lakes cost per square foot?: The median is 91 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.
Are villa rents in The Lakes rising?: The median moved -1.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, per square foot.
Why is there no page for a specific villa in The Lakes?: 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 The Lakes

Record type: Community-level villa market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 120 registered rental contracts in the last 12 months
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/villas/dubai/the-lakes
Method: Definitions and calculations

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

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.