What is the rental yield in Manara 3?

No gross yield is published for Manara 3 as of 2026-10-12: its Ejari contracts are registered at project level, not for this tower. In the last 12 months it had 2 registered sales and 18 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales.

How much does a studio in Manara 3 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 420,000 (819 AED/sqft), from 2 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Manara 3?

The median new annual rent is AED 36,250, from 18 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.

Have registered rents in Manara 3 risen or fallen?

The median new annual rent changed +3.6% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 18 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.

Do new tenants in Manara 3 pay more than sitting ones?

A new tenant pays +13.2% against a renewing one, across 61 renewal contracts in the last 12 months. This compares different new and renewal contract groups, not the same tenancy before and after a move. It is not a permitted rent increase or a guaranteed gain.

Manara 3

Completed 2014

A studio in Manara 3 costs a median AED 420,000 and rents long-let for AED 36,250/yr.

Satellite view of Manara 3, Dubai Waterfront, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps. — Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Satellite view of the Dubai Waterfront district around Manara 3, with roads and landmarks named. Apple Maps.

Street map around Manara 3, Dubai Waterfront, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

Studio · typical price

420,000AED

AED 819/sqft

Rent a year: AED 36,250

Cost to buy, all inAED 447,720

Price: AED 420,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 16,800
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 8,820
Trustee: AED 2,100

Fees repaid by rent9 months

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Is Manara 3 a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?9.2% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)9.2%Strength
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 35,000 a year ago, AED 36,250 now (pooled across the project)+3.6%
How fast do fees pay back?AED 27,720 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrs
Can I sell easily?4 sales in 12 months (2 the year before)4
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 159% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 35% down, before fees+159.0%Context

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

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Manara 3 prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 420,000 and rents for about AED 36,250 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio	AED 420,000819/sqft		pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	2
1 bed	AED 607,500722/sqft		pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	2

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

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Dubai Waterfront

Off-plan price gain, 2010–2016: -36.5% · -3.4%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Dubai Waterfront

Median new rent: AED 36,250/yr
Renewal rent: AED 32,025/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (61 renewals): +13.2%

Read with care

Rental data covers the whole Badra Phase 1 project, not this tower alone.
Thin sample — 2 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.

Price history and sales

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

Median price paid, Studio, 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 818 · before fees

Launch, 2010–16: 1,264; −35%; 37 sales
5 years ago: 316; +159%; 1 sale
3 years ago: 500; +64%; 4 sales
Previous 12 months: 654; +25%; 2 sales
Last 12 months: 818; today; 4 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.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
8 Jul 2026	1 bed	1,029	AED 615,000	597
27 Feb 2026	Studio	518	AED 440,000	850
12 Feb 2026	1 bed	708	AED 600,000	847
22 Jan 2026	Studio	507	AED 400,000	788

4 resales in the last 12 months.

The Badra Phase 1 towers

8 towers in Badra Phase 1, at the bedroom type above.

Badra Phase 1, every type →

Tower	Price	AED/sqft	Rent a year	Gross yield
Manara 1	—none	—	AED 36,250project pool	—
Manara 2	—none	—	—none	—
Manara 3 · this building	—2 sales, too few	—	AED 36,250project pool	—
Manara 4	—none	—	AED 36,250project pool	—
Manara 5	—none	—	—none	—
Manara 6	—none	—	AED 36,250project pool	—
Manara 7	—none	—	—none	—
Manara 8	—none	—	—none	—

Ejari files Badra Phase 1’s leases under the project, not a tower, so 4 towers share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.

Dubai Waterfront: every development at this type

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
Badra Phase 1 · this development8 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 36,25018 contracts	—2 sales, too few	—	—
All of Dubai Waterfrontevery building, in a project or not	AED 36,25018 contracts	—2 sales, too few	—	—

Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at studio. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.

Market context in Dubai Waterfront

Registered sales activity

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

+9.6% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 19 current and 24 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.

0 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 Dubai Waterfront from 2026 to 2028, equal to 0% of the 363 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 Manara 3

Manara 3 is an apartment building completed in 2014 in Dubai Waterfront. 33 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 35 min · 43 km
DXB Airport: 39 min · 56 km
DIFC: 31 min · 46 km
Dubai Marina: 23 min · 24 km
Palm Jumeirah: 31 min · 34 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: UAE Exchange Metro Station
Landmark: Dubai Parks and Resorts

Manara 3: AED 818 per sq ft, 9% above Dubai Waterfront's ready median, and a 9.2% gross yield, in the top 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

Manara 3AED 818
Dubai Waterfront, readyAED 748
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

Manara 3Dubai Waterfront median building

Dubai Waterfront9.2% vs 6.8%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 4 buildings in Dubai Waterfront. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

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Prices per sq ft around Manara 3, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 2 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Manara 3 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Manara 2

Dubai Waterfront · 4 sales, 12 months

905,000

AED, resale median · 768/sqft

Manara 5

Dubai Waterfront · 4 sales, 12 months

980,000

AED, resale median · 735/sqft

Manara 6

Dubai Waterfront · 3 sales, 12 months

580,000

AED, resale median · 799/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 · Studio
2 registered sales in 12 months; thin, a single deal moves the median
Read with care
Rental evidence · Studio
18 new and 61 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
Read with care
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
Badra Phase 1: recorded complete 2014-07-30 · 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

Rent or buy

What owning a studio 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 Manara 3’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: 1,868AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 3,021AED; AED 36,250 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 118,920AED; 20% down plus AED 34,920 in fees

Owning costs AED 143,437 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 Manara 3?: No gross yield is published for Manara 3 as of 2026-10-12: its Ejari contracts are registered at project level, not for this tower. In the last 12 months it had 2 registered sales and 18 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales.
How much does a studio in Manara 3 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 420,000 (819 AED/sqft), from 2 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Manara 3?: The median new annual rent is AED 36,250, from 18 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
Have registered rents in Manara 3 risen or fallen?: The median new annual rent changed +3.6% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 18 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
Do new tenants in Manara 3 pay more than sitting ones?: A new tenant pays +13.2% against a renewing one, across 61 renewal contracts in the last 12 months. This compares different new and renewal contract groups, not the same tenancy before and after a move. It is not a permitted rent increase or a guaranteed gain.

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Manara 3 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 2 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/dubai-waterfront/manara-3
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Manara 3 sale prices and yield.” Dubai Waterfront, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-waterfront/manara-3

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