What is the rental yield in The Waves A?

No gross yield is published for The Waves A as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 5 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Dubai Marina median is 5.2% gross.

How much does a 3 bedroom in The Waves A cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 3.40M (1,627 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 The Waves A selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in The Waves A over the last 12 months have a median of 1,627 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.

Does The Waves A earn more short-term than long-let?

A night asks a median of AED 1,074, which models to 5.8% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.

How many apartments change hands in The Waves A?

5 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

The Waves A

A 3 bed in The Waves A costs a median AED 3.40M and returns 5.8% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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3 bed · typical price

3.40MAED

AED 1,627/sqft

vs Dubai Marina: 13% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 3.61M

Price: AED 3.40M
DLD fee 4%: AED 136,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 71,400
Trustee: AED 4,200

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Is The Waves A a good investment?Prices rising and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch; no record of the yield and the rent trend

Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
Are prices going up?All types: AED 1,396/sqft a year ago, 1,481 now+6.1%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 211,600 in fees to buy a 3 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 211,600
Can I sell easily?13 sales in 12 months (15 the year before)13
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 72% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+71.6%Context

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

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The Waves A prices and rents by unit typeA three-bed costs about AED 3.40M

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed	AED 1.34M1,332/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	4
2 bed	AED 1.87M1,459/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	4
3 bed	AED 3.40M1,627/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	no prior year	5

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

Appreciation

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

vs area median: -13.0%
Rank by price per sqft: 29th of 44

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 5.8%
Median nightly rate: AED 1,074
Net revenue: AED 196,714/yr
Listings seen: 6+

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No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.

Price history and sales

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

Median price paid, 3 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,481 · before fees

5 years ago: 863; +72%; 10 sales
3 years ago: 1,222; +21%; 17 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,396; +6%; 15 sales
Last 12 months: 1,481; today; 13 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.

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

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
23 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,370	AED 1,900,000	1,387
1 Sept 2026	1 bed	971	AED 1,150,000	1,184
4 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,211	AED 1,700,000	1,404
17 Jul 2026	3 bed	1,982	AED 3,400,000	1,715
25 Mar 2026	1 bed	911	AED 1,550,000	1,702
16 Feb 2026	2 bed	1,369	AED 2,325,000	1,698
4 Feb 2026	2 bed	1,218	AED 1,845,000	1,515
19 Jan 2026	1 bed	1,030	AED 1,525,000	1,481
18 Dec 2025	3 bed	2,034	AED 2,900,000	1,426
28 Nov 2025	3 bed	1,844	AED 3,000,000	1,627

13 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around The Waves A

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 bed4+ listings seen	6940.69/sqft	AED 132,889	—	—	9.9%
2 bed500 m cluster · 12+ listings seen	7430.58/sqft	AED 138,889	—	—	7.4%
3 bed500 m cluster · 6+ listings seen	1,0740.51/sqft	AED 196,714	—	—	5.8%

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. The Waves A places 98th of 134; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
94	Dec Towers T3	AED 800,000	1,492+0.8%	—	—	4
95	Dorra Bay	AED 2.17M	1,488+0.5%	—	+3.1%	17
96	Torch TowerCompleted 2011 · off-plan 1,160/sqft	AED 1.82M	1,488+0.5%	5.8%	+9.9%	44
97	Marina Crown Tower	AED 1.68M	1,485+0.3%	—	+7.5%	27
98	The Waves A · this building	AED 1.90M	1,481	—	+6.1%	13
99	The Waves B	AED 2.00M	1,471-0.7%	—	+13.9%	5
100	Dec Towers T1	AED 1.06M	1,461-1.3%	—	+4.6%	12
101	Al Seef 1Completed 2005	AED 5.17M	1,456-1.6%	3.9%	+12.5%	6
102	Marina Heights 1	AED 1.95M	1,444-2.4%	—	-0.4%	15

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Waves A (AED 1,481/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 3 bed, The Waves A has registered sale prices 13% below the Dubai Marina median price per square foot of 1,871 AED, across 44 eligible buildings. It ranks 29th of 44 by price per square foot 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 The Waves A

The Waves A is an apartment building in Dubai Marina. 134 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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Drive times · typical

Downtown: 22 min · 24 km
DXB Airport: 27 min · 37 km
DIFC: 18 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina: 8 min · 2.7 km
Palm Jumeirah: 18 min · 14 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Jumeirah Beach Residency
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

The Waves A: AED 1,481 per sq ft, 22% below the median Dubai Marina 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

The Waves AAED 1,481
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.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Marina, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around The Waves A, on the map

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

DAMAC Heights

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

2.86M

AED, resale median · 2,048/sqft

Torch Tower

Dubai Marina · 44 sales, 12 months

1.82M

AED, resale median · 1,488/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
No Ejari contract registered: not yet let
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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
No project number on this building's record, so completion status and developer cannot be joined.
Not 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
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Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in The Waves A?: No gross yield is published for The Waves A as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 5 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Dubai Marina median is 5.2% gross.
How much does a 3 bedroom in The Waves A cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 3.40M (1,627 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 The Waves A selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in The Waves A over the last 12 months have a median of 1,627 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.
Does The Waves A earn more short-term than long-let?: A night asks a median of AED 1,074, which models to 5.8% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.
How many apartments change hands in The Waves A?: 5 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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The Waves A sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 5 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-marina/the-waves-a
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Waves A sale prices and yield.” Dubai Marina, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-marina/the-waves-a

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