What is the rental yield in Al Seef 1?

Al Seef 1 returns 4.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 233,000 a year (12 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 4.75M (median of 5 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 3 bedroom in Al Seef 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 4.75M (1,337 AED/sqft), from 5 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Al Seef 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Al Seef 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,337 AED/sqft, across 5 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 Al Seef 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -0.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 5 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Al Seef 1 compare with Dubai Marina?

Its 4.9% gross yield sits -0.3 pts against the Dubai Marina median of 5.2%, 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.

Al Seef 1

Completed 2005
158 units
41 floors
Master developer Deyaar Development

A 3 bed in Al Seef 1 costs a median AED 4.75M, rents long-let for AED 233,000/yr (4.9% gross), and returns 5.1% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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3 bed · typical price

4.75MAED

AED 1,337/sqft · -0.9% on a year

Rent a year: AED 233,000
Gross yield: 4.9%
vs Dubai Marina: 29% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 5.04M

Price: AED 4.75M
DLD fee 4%: AED 190,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 99,750
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent15 months

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Is Al Seef 1 a good investment?Little new supply nearby; the rent pays below the Dubai median, few units are let, rents are slipping and few units change hands

Does it pay a good rent?4.9% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)4.9%Watch
Is it easy to let?20% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai Marina building manages 39%20%Watch
Dubai Marina median 39% · top tenth from 63%Al Seef 1 · 20%
Across 43 Dubai Marina buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 39% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 63% or more; Al Seef 1 is at 20%.
Are rents going up?New 3 bed leases: AED 265,000 a year ago, AED 233,000 now-12.1%Watch
Are prices going up?3 bed: AED 1,348/sqft a year ago, 1,337 now-0.9%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 293,950 in fees to buy a 3 bed; rent covers it in 1.3 years1.3 yrs
Can I sell easily?6 sales in 12 months, 4% of the tower (15 the year before)6Watch
Is a lot being built nearby?2,685 apartments are planned in Dubai Marina from 2026 to 2028, equal to 19% of the 14,287 homes let there today. A further 693 are past their planned date. Dubai Marina supply by year →19%Strength
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 73% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+72.5%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 3 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Al Seef 1 prices and rents by unit typeA three-bed costs about AED 4.75M and rents for about AED 233,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
3 bed96 units · 3,554 sqft	AED 4.75M1,337/sqft		4.9%-0.3 pts	AED 233,00012 contracts	-0.9%	5
4+ bed15 units · 7,606 sqft	AED 13.90M1,828/sqft		under 5 contracts	under 5 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	1

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

Appreciation

3 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Marina · area median AED 1,871/sqft

12-month change: -0.9%
3 years: +26.7% · +8.2%/yr
5 years: +58.3% · +9.6%/yr
vs area median: -28.5%
Rank by price per sqft: 40th of 44

Rental income

3 bed · Dubai Marina

Gross yield: 4.9%
Median new rent: AED 233,000/yr
Yield vs area median: -0.3 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): -1.9 pts
Yield rank: 17th of 22
Renewal rent: AED 238,125/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (6 renewals): -2.1%

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 5.1%
Median nightly rate: AED 1,405
Net revenue: AED 243,623/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.0×
Listings seen: 10+

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, 3 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 1,456 · before fees

5 years ago: 844; +73%; 11 sales
3 years ago: 1,113; +31%; 9 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,294; +13%; 15 sales
Last 12 months: 1,456; today; 6 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.

6 resales in the last 12 months, against 14 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
9 Oct 2026	3 bed	3,554	AED 4,557,616	1,282
24 Aug 2026	3 bed	3,554	AED 4,300,000	1,210
5 Feb 2026	3 bed	3,554	AED 5,600,000	1,576
29 Dec 2025	3 bed	3,554	AED 4,750,000	1,337
11 Dec 2025	3 bed	3,554	AED 6,500,000	1,829
30 Oct 2025	4+ bed	7,606	AED 13,900,000	1,828

6 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Al Seef 1

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
3 bed500 m cluster · 10+ listings seen	1,4050.40/sqft	AED 243,623	AED 233,000	1.0×	5.1%
4+ bed500 m cluster · 3+ listings seen	1,6680.22/sqft	AED 232,547	AED 435,000	0.5×	—

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 Dubai Marina

Every Dubai Marina building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Al Seef 1 places 101st of 134; the nearest 8 are shown.

Highest rental yields in Dubai Marina →

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
97	Marina Crown Tower	AED 1.68M	1,485+2.0%	—	+7.5%	27
98	The Waves A	AED 1.90M	1,481+1.7%	—	+6.1%	13
99	The Waves B	AED 2.00M	1,471+1.0%	—	+13.9%	5
100	Dec Towers T1	AED 1.06M	1,461+0.3%	—	+4.6%	12
101	Al Seef 1 · this buildingCompleted 2005	AED 5.17M	1,456	3.9%	+12.5%	6
102	Marina Heights 1	AED 1.95M	1,444-0.8%	—	-0.4%	15
103	Manchester Tower	AED 860,000	1,444-0.9%	—	+13.3%	23
104	Marina Diamond-3	AED 815,000	1,442-1.0%	—	-2.8%	17
105	Marina Sail	AED 2.38M	1,438-1.2%	—	+3.8%	6

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Al Seef 1 (AED 1,456/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 3 bed, Al Seef 1 has registered sale prices 29% below the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 1,871 AED, across 44 eligible buildings. It ranks 40th of 44 by price per square foot and 17th of 22 by gross yield in Dubai Marina.

Market context in Dubai Marina

Registered sales activity

2,029 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+14.7% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 2,029 current and 2,897 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

2,006 known registered units across 4 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

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

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

2,685 apartments are planned in Dubai Marina from 2026 to 2028, equal to 19% of the 14,287 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 37% of 122 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai Marina with sales in both years; the typical one moved +2.4%.

The pooled median moved +14.7%: 12.4 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 88% of 84 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −8.3%.

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 Al Seef 1

Al Seef 1 is an apartment building completed in 2005 by Deyaar Development in Dubai Marina with 158 registered units. 97 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Floors: 41
Master developer: Deyaar Development

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 20 min · 21 km
DXB Airport: 24 min · 34 km
DIFC: 16 min · 23 km
Dubai Marina: 10 min · 5.7 km
Palm Jumeirah: 16 min · 11 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Mina Seyahi
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Burj Al Arab

Al Seef 1: AED 1,456 per sq ft, 23% below the median Dubai Marina building, and a 3.9% 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

Al Seef 1AED 1,456
Dubai Marina, readyAED 2,011
Dubai Marina, off-planAED 3,049
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

Al Seef 1Dubai Marina median building

Dubai Marina3.9% vs 5.4%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 62 buildings in Dubai Marina. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Marina, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Al Seef 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 177 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Al Seef 1 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Torch Tower

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

1.82M

AED, resale median · 1,488/sqft

DAMAC Heights

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

2.86M

AED, resale median · 2,048/sqft

Elite Residence

Dubai Marina · 43 sales, 12 months

1.80M

AED, resale median · 1,406/sqft

LIV Marina

Dubai Marina · 41 sales, 12 months

3.00M

AED, resale median · 3,304/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 · 3 bed
5 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 3 bed
12 new and 6 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
Alseef I: recorded complete 2005-04-13 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Deyaar Development · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 10 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 3 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 Al Seef 1’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

More assumptions

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: 21,122AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 19,417AED; AED 233,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 1,294,450AED; 20% down plus AED 344,450 in fees

Owning costs AED 733,104 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 3.

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 Al Seef 1?: Al Seef 1 returns 4.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 233,000 a year (12 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 4.75M (median of 5 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 3 bedroom in Al Seef 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 4.75M (1,337 AED/sqft), from 5 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Al Seef 1 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Al Seef 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,337 AED/sqft, across 5 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 Al Seef 1 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -0.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 5 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Al Seef 1 compare with Dubai Marina?: Its 4.9% gross yield sits -0.3 pts against the Dubai Marina median of 5.2%, 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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