SUBURBIA Podium

1. Does it pay a good rent?9.6% gross, 7.3% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)9.6%Strength
2. Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 53,000 a year ago, AED 54,000 now (pooled across the project)+1.9%
3. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 771/sqft a year ago, 757 now-1.8%Fair
4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 38,360 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrsStrength
5. Can I sell easily?17 sales in 12 months (10 the year before)17
6. Is a lot being built nearby?326 apartments are planned in Downtown Jebel Ali from 2026 to 2028, equal to 33% of the 977 homes let there today. Downtown Jebel Ali supply by year →33%Fair
7. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 42% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 15% down, before fees+42.4%Context

17 resales in the last 12 months, against 10 a year on average over 2023–2025.

At 1 bed, SUBURBIA Podium has registered sale prices 45% below the Downtown Jebel Ali median price per square foot of 1,373 AED, across 20 eligible buildings. It ranks 20th of 20 by price per square foot in Downtown Jebel Ali.

Ejari files Suburbia’s leases under the project, not a tower, so every tower share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.

• Sales and rents to
  2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
  On record
• Sales evidence · 1 bed
  11 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · 1 bed
  96 new and 81 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
  Read with care
• Service charge
  AED 17.67/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 7.3% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
  On record
• Project register
  Suburbia: recorded complete 2013-03-12 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Costs not included
  4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
  Not in the yield

What is the rental yield in SUBURBIA Podium?

SUBURBIA Podium returns 9.6% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 54,000 a year (96 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 560,000 (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in SUBURBIA Podium cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 560,000 (757 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in SUBURBIA Podium selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in SUBURBIA Podium over the last 12 months have a median of 757 AED/sqft, across 11 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 SUBURBIA Podium risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -1.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does SUBURBIA Podium compare with Downtown Jebel Ali?

Its 9.6% gross yield sits +1.8 pts against the Downtown Jebel Ali median of 7.8%, 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.