What is the rental yield in Genesis by Meraki?

Genesis by Meraki returns 8.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 95,000 a year (23 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.13M (median of 9 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 2 bedroom in Genesis by Meraki cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.13M (1,112 AED/sqft), from 9 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Genesis by Meraki selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Genesis by Meraki over the last 12 months have a median of 1,112 AED/sqft, across 9 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 Genesis by Meraki risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -1.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 9 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Genesis by Meraki compare with Arjan?

Its 8.4% gross yield sits +1.1 pts against the Arjan median of 7.3%, 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.

Genesis by Meraki

Completed 2020
197 units
11 floors
5 lifts
200 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Meraki

A 2 bed in Genesis by Meraki costs a median AED 1.13M, rents long-let for AED 95,000/yr (8.4% gross), and returns 12.1% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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2 bed · typical price

1.13MAED

AED 1,112/sqft · -1.6% on a year

Rent a year: AED 95,000
Yield after service charge: 7.2%
vs Arjan: 14% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.20M

Price: AED 1.13M
DLD fee 4%: AED 45,200
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 23,730
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent11 months

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Is Genesis by Meraki a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, rents rising and fees repaid within a year, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?8.4% gross, 7.2% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)8.4%Strength
Is it easy to let?57% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Arjan building manages 47%57%Fair
Arjan median 47% · top tenth from 78%Genesis by Meraki · 57%
Across 56 Arjan buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 47% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 78% or more; Genesis by Meraki is at 57%.
Are rents going up?New 2 bed leases: AED 91,250 a year ago, AED 95,000 now+4.1%Strength
Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 1,130/sqft a year ago, 1,112 now-1.6%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 73,130 in fees to buy a 2 bed; net rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?16 sales in 12 months, 8% of the tower (34 the year before)16Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?4,562 apartments are planned in Arjan from 2026 to 2028, equal to 33% of the 13,783 homes let there today. A further 1,697 are past their planned date. Arjan supply by year →33%Fair
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 45% for buyers 5 years ago; up 19% for launch buyers, before fees+44.5%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Genesis by Meraki prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 1.13M and rents for about AED 95,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio40 units · 485 sqft	AED 600,0001,283/sqft	7.5%-0.6 pts	AED 45,0007 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	3
1 bed87 units · 707 sqft	AED 912,5001,158/sqft	7.6%+0.1 pts	AED 69,50024 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
2 bed70 units · 1,020 sqft	AED 1.13M1,112/sqftlaunch 915 +21.5%	8.4%+1.1 pts	AED 95,00023 contracts	-1.6%	9

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

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Arjan · area median AED 1,291/sqft

12-month change: -1.6%
3 years: +49.7% · +14.4%/yr
5 years: +47.7% · +8.1%/yr
vs area median: -13.9%
Rank by price per sqft: 47th of 55
Off-plan price gain, 2019–2020: +23.6% · +3.3%/yr

Rental income

2 bed · Arjan

Gross yield: 8.4%
Median new rent: AED 95,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +1.1 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.6 pts
Yield rank: 2nd of 34
Renewal rent: AED 80,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (25 renewals): +18.8%

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 12.1%
Median nightly rate: AED 711
Net revenue: AED 136,353/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.4×
Listings seen: 2+

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, 2 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 1,120 · before fees

Launch, 2018–20: 945; +19%; 72 sales
5 years ago: 775; +45%; 32 sales
3 years ago: 847; +32%; 32 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,151; −3%; 34 sales
Last 12 months: 1,120; today; 16 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.

16 resales in the last 12 months, against 31 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
26 Aug 2026	1 bed	702	AED 810,000	1,153
19 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,018	AED 1,090,000	1,071
13 Aug 2026	Studio	494	AED 550,000	1,114
13 Feb 2026	2 bed	1,017	AED 1,230,000	1,210
14 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,052	AED 1,170,000	1,112
13 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,015	AED 1,130,000	1,113
12 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,052	AED 1,185,000	1,126
9 Jan 2026	1 bed	800	AED 930,000	1,162
8 Dec 2025	Studio	489	AED 630,000	1,289
4 Dec 2025	2 bed	1,015	AED 1,200,000	1,182

16 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Genesis by Meraki

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
Studio500 m cluster · 10+ listings seen	4300.92/sqft	AED 84,995	AED 45,000	1.9×	14.2%
1 bed500 m cluster · 19+ listings seen	4310.55/sqft	AED 79,832	AED 69,500	1.1×	8.7%
2 bed500 m cluster · 2+ listings seen	7110.70/sqft	AED 136,353	AED 95,000	1.4×	12.1%

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

Nightly rate through the year

Comparables in Arjan

Every Arjan building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Genesis by Meraki places 84th of 100; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
80	Resortz Residence Block 1Completed 2019 · off-plan 1,089/sqft	AED 550,000	1,190+6.2%	8.6%	+9.6%	18
81	Al Madar Siraj TowerCompleted 2014 · off-plan 1,073/sqft	AED 800,000	1,168+4.3%	5.9%	+9.2%	74
82	Green Diamond 1 ACompleted 2018 · off-plan 810/sqft	AED 1.02M	1,153+2.9%	7.8%	+7.3%	7
83	The Wings - CCompleted 2019	AED 900,000	1,145+2.2%	7.2%	+4.1%	13
84	Genesis by Meraki · this buildingCompleted 2020 · off-plan 945/sqft	AED 1.08M	1,120	6.8%	-2.7%	16
85	The Wings - BCompleted 2019	AED 1.39M	1,119-0.1%	4.7%	+1.7%	9
86	Salim 1	AED 818,667	1,100-1.8%	—	—	18
87	Green Diamond 1 BCompleted 2018 · off-plan 789/sqft	AED 952,500	1,087-3.0%	8.4%	+0.3%	10
88	Building 88	AED 940,000	1,083-3.3%	—	—	3

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Genesis by Meraki (AED 1,120/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 2 bed, Genesis by Meraki has registered sale prices 14% below the Arjan median price per square foot of 1,291 AED, across 55 eligible buildings. It ranks 47th of 55 by price per square foot and 2nd of 34 by gross yield in Arjan.

Market context in Arjan

Registered sales activity

1,328 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+9.0% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,328 current and 1,211 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

2,007 known registered units across 5 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

6 projects had already passed their planned date; 3 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

4,562 apartments are planned in Arjan from 2026 to 2028, equal to 33% of the 13,783 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 25% of 52 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Arjan with sales in both years; the typical one moved +4.1%.

The pooled median moved +9.0%: 4.9 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 58% of 64 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −2.0%.

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 Genesis by Meraki

Genesis by Meraki is an apartment building completed in 2020 by Meraki in Arjan with 197 registered units. 328 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 14.01/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 11
Lifts: 5
Parking bays: 200
Pools: 1
Master developer: Meraki

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 23 min · 21 km
DXB Airport: 24 min · 29 km
DIFC: 20 min · 24 km
Dubai Marina: 18 min · 18 km
Palm Jumeirah: 24 min · 22 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: First Abu Dhabi Bank Metro Station
Mall: Mall of the Emirates
Landmark: Motor City

Genesis by Meraki: AED 1,120 per sq ft, 19% below the median Arjan building, and a 6.8% gross yield, below the area's median building

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

Genesis by MerakiAED 1,120
Arjan, readyAED 1,354
Arjan, off-planAED 1,668
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

Genesis by MerakiArjan median building

Arjan6.8% vs 7.9%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 72 buildings in Arjan. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Arjan, by handover quarter

Nearby in Arjan

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Prices per sq ft around Genesis by Meraki, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 82 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Genesis by Meraki is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Samana Imperial Garden

Arjan · 322 sales, 12 months

971,500

AED, resale median · 1,912/sqft

Skyz by Danube

Arjan · 101 sales, 12 months

680,000

AED, resale median · 1,516/sqft

Empire Estates

Arjan · 94 sales, 12 months

1.25M

AED, resale median · 1,716/sqft

Al Madar Siraj Tower

Arjan · 74 sales, 12 months

800,000

AED, resale median · 1,168/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 · 2 bed
9 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 2 bed
23 new and 25 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 14.01/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 7.2% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Genesis: recorded complete 2020-02-25 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Meraki · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 2 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 2 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 Genesis by Meraki’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.

Purchase price, AED

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: 5,025AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 7,917AED; AED 95,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 313,430AED; 20% down plus AED 87,430 in fees

Owning costs AED 379,001 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 Genesis by Meraki?: Genesis by Meraki returns 8.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 95,000 a year (23 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.13M (median of 9 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 2 bedroom in Genesis by Meraki cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.13M (1,112 AED/sqft), from 9 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Genesis by Meraki selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Genesis by Meraki over the last 12 months have a median of 1,112 AED/sqft, across 9 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 Genesis by Meraki risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -1.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 9 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Genesis by Meraki compare with Arjan?: Its 8.4% gross yield sits +1.1 pts against the Arjan median of 7.3%, 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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