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Villas for rent in The Lakes

A villa in The Lakes rents for a median AED 320,000 a year and yields 3.83% gross — -0.8 pts vs the Dubai villa median, across 250 registered contracts in the last 24 months.

Edition DWI-VILLAS-THE-LAKES
Median rent
AED 320,000
Median AED/yr/sqft
91AED/yr/sqft
Gross yield
3.83%
26 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo
-0.7%

250 registered rental contracts, last 24 monthsRent is from 250 registered contracts matched to The Lakes by project name — the Land Department left the community blank on them.

Villa rents in The Lakes

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median
Monthly median rent per sqft per year across every registered new villa rental contract in The Lakes, smoothed over three months. 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.

BedroomsMedian rentAED/yr/sqftYield12moRentals
3 bedAED 305,000974.33%+0.5 pts+5.0%174
4 bedAED 475,0008410.88%+7.1 pts+10.3%47

Yield deltas are vs the The Lakes median (3.83%).

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 2026-09-01.

Bedroom mix, as registered

BedroomsPlotsShare
2 bed161%
3 bed79669%
4 bed25622%
5 bed908%

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.

Common questions

What does a villa in The Lakes rent for?
The median registered rent is AED 320,000 a year, across 250 new Ejari contracts in the last 24 months, to 2026-08-26.
What rental yield do villas in The Lakes return?
3.83% gross, -0.8 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.67%. 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 2026-08-26.
Are villa rents in The Lakes rising?
The median moved -0.7% 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 2026-08-26.

Villa rental record for The Lakes

Record type
Community-level villa market record
Data date
Evidence base
250 registered rental contracts in the last 24 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 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/villas/dubai/the-lakes.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-08-26. 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.