What is the rental yield in J8?

J8 returns 7.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 101,170 a year (20 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.31M (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in J8 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.31M (1,566 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in J8 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in J8 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,566 AED/sqft, across 7 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.

Have prices in J8 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +8.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does J8 compare with Sufouh Gardens?

Its 7.7% gross yield sits +0.1 pts against the Sufouh Gardens median of 7.7%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.

J8

Completed 2016
92 units
8 floors
3 lifts
127 parking bays
1 pool

A 1 bed in J8 costs a median AED 1.31M, rents long-let for AED 101,170/yr (7.7% gross), and returns 5.4% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of J8, Sufouh Gardens, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps. — Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Satellite view of the Sufouh Gardens district around J8, with roads and landmarks named. Apple Maps.

Street map around J8, Sufouh Gardens, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

1 bed · typical price

1.31MAED

AED 1,566/sqft · +8.4% on a year

Rent a year: AED 101,170
Gross yield: 7.7%
vs Sufouh Gardens: 2% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.39M

Price: AED 1.31M
DLD fee 4%: AED 52,400
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 27,510
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent10 months

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Is J8 a good investment?Easy to let, rents rising and prices rising, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?7.7% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)7.7%Fair
Is it easy to let?59 yearly leases, new and renewed, across 92 units in 12 months64%Strength
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 95,871 a year ago, AED 101,170 now+5.5%Strength
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,445/sqft a year ago, 1,566 now+8.4%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 84,110 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrs
Can I sell easily?9 sales in 12 months, 10% of the tower (13 the year before)9Fair
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 38% for buyers 5 years ago; up 10% for launch buyers, before fees+38.3%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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J8 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.31M and rents for about AED 101,170 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed56 units · 826 sqft	AED 1.31M1,566/sqftlaunch 1,387 +12.9%		7.7%+0.1 pts	AED 101,17020 contracts	+8.4%	7
2 bed32 units · 1,367 sqft	AED 1.64M1,267/sqft		under 3 sales	not published	under 5 sales in a year	2

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Sufouh Gardens · area median AED 1,606/sqft

12-month change: +8.4%
3 years: +37.2% · +11.1%/yr
vs area median: -2.4%
Off-plan price gain, 2016–2017: +12.9% · +1.3%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Sufouh Gardens

Gross yield: 7.7%
Median new rent: AED 101,170/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.1 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.0 pts
Renewal rent: AED 92,621/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (18 renewals): +9.2%

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 5.4%
Median nightly rate: AED 393
Net revenue: AED 70,820/yr
vs long-let rent: 0.7×
Listings seen: 6+

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,521 · before fees

Launch, 2016–17: 1,386; +10%; 35 sales
5 years ago: 1,100; +38%; 11 sales
3 years ago: 1,081; +41%; 20 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,445; +5%; 13 sales
Last 12 months: 1,521; today; 9 sales

The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.

9 resales in the last 12 months, against 16 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
28 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,400	AED 1,675,000	1,196
26 Jun 2026	2 bed	1,196	AED 1,600,000	1,338
3 Jun 2026	1 bed	849	AED 1,200,000	1,413
9 Mar 2026	1 bed	819	AED 1,350,000	1,649
2 Mar 2026	1 bed	862	AED 1,350,000	1,566
23 Dec 2025	1 bed	845	AED 1,400,000	1,658
8 Dec 2025	1 bed	841	AED 1,280,000	1,521
26 Nov 2025	1 bed	827	AED 1,310,000	1,585
23 Oct 2025	1 bed	820	AED 1,210,000	1,476

9 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around J8

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

Occupancy assumption70%

Type	Nightly, AED	Net revenue at 70%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield
1 bed500 m cluster · 6+ listings seen	3930.47/sqft	AED 70,820	AED 101,170	0.7×	5.4%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Market context in Sufouh Gardens

Registered sales activity

56 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+7.6% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 56 current and 98 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

1 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

0 apartments are planned in Sufouh Gardens from 2026 to 2028, equal to 0% of the 434 homes let there today.

How these are counted

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Direct locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.

About J8

J8 is an apartment building completed in 2016 in Sufouh Gardens with 92 registered units. 141 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Floors: 8
Lifts: 3
Parking bays: 127
Pools: 1

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 21 min · 17 km
DXB Airport: 25 min · 31 km
DIFC: 17 min · 20 km
Dubai Marina: 13 min · 9.3 km
Palm Jumeirah: 19 min · 12 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Dubai Internet City
Mall: Mall of the Emirates
Landmark: Burj Al Arab

J8: AED 1,521 per sq ft, 8% below the median Sufouh Gardens building, and a 7.5% gross yield, in the bottom tenth of the area

The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.

Price per sq ft

Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months

J8AED 1,521
Sufouh Gardens, readyAED 1,612
Sufouh Gardens, off-planAED 2,515
Dubai, readyAED 1,421

Dark: this building. Grey: the area's ready and off-plan medians, and Dubai's ready median. Source: DLD registered sales.

Gross yield against the area's buildings

Axis: gross yield, % of price

J8Sufouh Gardens median building

Sufouh Gardens7.5% vs 8.3%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 3 buildings in Sufouh Gardens. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

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Prices per sq ft around J8, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 4 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · J8 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Hilliana Tower

Sufouh Gardens · 7 sales, 12 months

850,000

AED, resale median · 1,599/sqft

Satellite view of J5, Sufouh Gardens, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

J5

Sufouh Gardens · 5 sales, 12 months

1.28M

AED, resale median · 1,606/sqft

Biltmore Sufouh

Sufouh Gardens · 92 sales, 12 months

2.92M

AED, resale median · 2,593/sqft

113 Residences

Sufouh Gardens · 50 sales, 12 months

2.80M

AED, resale median · 2,480/sqft

Before you decide

The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

Sales and rents to
2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
On record
Sales evidence · 1 bed
7 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
20 new and 18 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
J8: recorded complete 2016-09-01 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 6 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
On record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

Rent or buy

What owning a 1 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate

Prefilled from J8’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

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Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

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Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

The site does not hold this building’s service charge; type yours to include it. Residency sets the default down payment: typical bank floor, not a rule.

Monthly mortgage: 5,825AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 8,431AED; AED 101,170 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 362,210AED; 20% down plus AED 100,210 in fees

Owning costs AED 392,932 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 2.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in J8?: J8 returns 7.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 101,170 a year (20 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.31M (median of 7 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in J8 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.31M (1,566 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in J8 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in J8 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,566 AED/sqft, across 7 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
Have prices in J8 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +8.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does J8 compare with Sufouh Gardens?: Its 7.7% gross yield sits +0.1 pts against the Sufouh Gardens median of 7.7%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.

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J8 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 7 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/al-sufouh-gardens/j8
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “J8 sale prices and yield.” Sufouh Gardens, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/al-sufouh-gardens/j8

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