What is the rental yield in Blue Wave?

Blue Wave returns 8.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 42,500 a year (142 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 520,000 (median of 35 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Blue Wave cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 520,000 (950 AED/sqft), from 35 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Blue Wave selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Blue Wave over the last 12 months have a median of 950 AED/sqft, across 35 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 Blue Wave risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +4.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 35 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Blue Wave compare with Dubailand Residence Complex?

Its 8.2% gross yield sits -0.7 pts against the Dubailand Residence Complex median of 8.9%, 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.

Blue Wave

Completed 2023
27 floors
11 lifts
648 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Tiger Properties

A studio in Blue Wave costs a median AED 520,000 and rents long-let for AED 42,500/yr (8.2% gross).

Satellite view of Blue Wave, Dubailand Residence Complex, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps. — Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

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Studio · typical price

520,000AED

AED 950/sqft · +4.3% on a year

Rent a year: AED 42,500
Yield after service charge: 6.4%
vs Dubailand Residence Complex: 36% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 555,920

Price: AED 520,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 20,800
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 10,920
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent13 months

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Is Blue Wave a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, easy to let and prices rising; lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?8.2% gross, 6.4% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)8.2%Strength
Is it easy to let?68% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubailand Residence Complex building manages 2%68%Strength
Dubailand Residence Complex median 2% · top tenth from 54%Blue Wave · 68%
Across 73 Dubailand Residence Complex buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 2% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 54% or more; Blue Wave is at 68%.
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 42,373 a year ago, AED 42,500 now+0.3%Fair
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 911/sqft a year ago, 950 now+4.3%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 35,920 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?43 sales in 12 months, 8% of the tower (64 the year before)43Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?14,309 apartments are planned in Dubailand Residence Complex from 2026 to 2028, equal to 190% of the 7,534 homes let there today. A further 424 are past their planned date. Dubailand Residence Complex supply by year →190%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 25% for buyers 5 years ago; up 8% for launch buyers, before fees+25.0%Context

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

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Blue Wave prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 520,000 and rents for about AED 42,500 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio328 units · 537 sqft	AED 520,000950/sqftlaunch 884 +7.5%		8.2%-0.7 pts	AED 42,500142 contracts	+4.3%	35
1 bed196 units · 979 sqft	AED 810,000944/sqftlaunch 825 +14.4%		7.4%-0.4 pts	AED 60,00056 contracts	+7.5%	8

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

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Dubailand Residence Complex · area median AED 1,486/sqft

12-month change: +4.3%
3 years: +18.8% · +5.9%/yr
5 years: +25.0% · +4.6%/yr
vs area median: -36.1%
Rank by price per sqft: 70th of 81
Off-plan price gain, 2019–2023: +18.8% · +3.5%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Dubailand Residence Complex

Gross yield: 8.2%
Median new rent: AED 42,500/yr
Yield vs area median: -0.7 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.4 pts
Yield rank: 12th of 14
Renewal rent: AED 42,000/yr

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, Studio, 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 950 · before fees

Launch, 2019–23: 877; +8%; 106 sales
5 years ago: 760; +25%; 56 sales
3 years ago: 798; +19%; 140 sales
Previous 12 months: 915; +4%; 64 sales
Last 12 months: 950; today; 43 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.

43 resales in the last 12 months, against 93 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
7 Oct 2026	Studio	580	AED 540,000	932
1 Oct 2026	Studio	439	AED 445,000	1,013
24 Sept 2026	Studio	407	AED 460,000	1,130
24 Sept 2026	Studio	440	AED 485,000	1,101
24 Sept 2026	Studio	550	AED 532,000	966
17 Sept 2026	Studio	537	AED 510,000	949
16 Sept 2026	Studio	413	AED 445,000	1,077
10 Sept 2026	Studio	576	AED 490,000	851
7 Sept 2026	1 bed	836	AED 750,000	897
7 Sept 2026	Studio	580	AED 520,000	897

43 resales in the last 12 months.

Comparables in Dubailand Residence Complex

Every Dubailand Residence Complex building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Blue Wave places 98th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
94	Time 287% · Q2 2026 · off-plan 844/sqft	AED 750,000	989+4.1%	—	+3.1%	32
95	Weybridge GardensCompleted 2026 · off-plan 943/sqft	AED 613,913	986+3.8%	—	+3.6%	14
96	Durar 1aCompleted 2013 · off-plan 638/sqft	AED 750,000	972+2.3%	8.7%	+0.1%	17
97	K1Completed 2021 · off-plan 877/sqft	AED 425,000	954+0.4%	9.2%	+2.1%	14
98	Blue Wave · this buildingCompleted 2023 · off-plan 800/sqft	AED 525,000	950	9.0%	+3.9%	43
99	AG Square69% · Q3 2026 · off-plan 868/sqft	AED 490,000	932-1.9%	—	+6.0%	37
100	Durar 1bCompleted 2013	AED 870,000	882-7.1%	7.5%	-7.6%	10
101	AG Central59% · Q4 2026 · off-plan 850/sqft	AED 685,000	852-10.4%	—	—	3
102	Etlalah 1	AED 835,000	851-10.4%	—	+1.9%	42

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Blue Wave (AED 950/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Blue Wave has registered sale prices 36% below the Dubailand Residence Complex median price per square foot of 1,486 AED, across 81 eligible buildings. It ranks 70th of 81 by price per square foot and 12th of 14 by gross yield in Dubailand Residence Complex.

Market context in Dubailand Residence Complex

Registered sales activity

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

+1.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 633 current and 1,336 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

4,146 known registered units across 22 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

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

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

14,309 apartments are planned in Dubailand Residence Complex from 2026 to 2028, equal to 190% of the 7,534 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 14% of 36 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubailand Residence Complex with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.3%.

The pooled median moved +1.3%: 6.0 points less than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 17% of 29 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +0.9%.

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 Blue Wave

Blue Wave is an apartment building completed in 2023 by Tiger Properties in Dubailand Residence Complex. 580 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 16.44/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 27
Lifts: 11
Parking bays: 648
Pools: 1
Master developer: Tiger Properties

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 24 min · 20 km
DXB Airport: 22 min · 25 km
DIFC: 20 min · 22 km
Dubai Marina: 31 min · 35 km
Palm Jumeirah: 37 min · 40 km

Nearest, as registered

Landmark: IMG World Adventures

Blue Wave: AED 950 per sq ft, 28% below the median Dubailand Residence Complex building, and a 9.0% gross yield, above 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

Blue WaveAED 950
Dubailand Residence Complex, readyAED 817
Dubailand Residence Complex, off-planAED 1,485
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

Blue WaveDubailand Residence Complex median building

Dubailand Residence Complex9.0% vs 7.9%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 32 buildings in Dubailand Residence Complex. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubailand Residence Complex, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Blue Wave, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 79 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Blue Wave is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Cove Grand Residence by Imtiaz

Dubailand Residence Complex · 332 sales, 12 months

763,157

AED, resale median · 1,558/sqft

Peace Lagoons by Peace Homes

Dubailand Residence Complex · 200 sales, 12 months

1.02M

AED, resale median · 1,458/sqft

Cove Edition Residence 6 by Imtiaz

Dubailand Residence Complex · 186 sales, 12 months

745,760

AED, resale median · 1,670/sqft

The Corner

Dubailand Residence Complex · 95 sales, 12 months

1.11M

AED, resale median · 1,088/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
35 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · Studio
142 new and 71 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 16.44/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.4% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Blue Wave: recorded complete 2023-01-30 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Tiger Properties · delivery record
On record
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 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 Blue Wave’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.

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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: 2,312AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 3,542AED; AED 42,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 148,120AED; 20% down plus AED 44,120 in fees

Owning costs AED 164,058 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 Blue Wave?: Blue Wave returns 8.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 42,500 a year (142 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 520,000 (median of 35 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Blue Wave cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 520,000 (950 AED/sqft), from 35 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Blue Wave selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Blue Wave over the last 12 months have a median of 950 AED/sqft, across 35 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 Blue Wave risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +4.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 35 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Blue Wave compare with Dubailand Residence Complex?: Its 8.2% gross yield sits -0.7 pts against the Dubailand Residence Complex median of 8.9%, 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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