A 2 bed in Al Waha 26 costs a median AED 4.34M.
2 bed · typical price
4.34MAED
AED 2,566/sqft
- vs Expo City
- 20% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 4.61M
- Price
- AED 4.34M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 173,760
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 91,224
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Al Waha 26 a good investment?Lots of new supply is coming; 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
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 269,184 in fees to buy a 2 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 269,184
- Can I sell easily?9 sales in 12 months (0 the year before)9
- Is a lot being built nearby?981 apartments are planned in Expo City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 55% of the 1,787 homes let there today. A further 450 are past their planned date. Expo City supply by year →55%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 0% for launch buyers, before fees0.0%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Al Waha 26 prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 4.34M
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
2 bed · price per sqft · Expo City · area median AED 2,144/sqft
- vs area median
- +19.6%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 1st of 20
Read with care
- 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.
Chart data, 2 bed: 2025, AED 4,344,000; latest, 2025, AED 4,344,000; peak, 2025, AED 4,344,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,566 · before fees
- Launch, 2025
- 2,566
- 0%
- 9 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,566
- today
- 9 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.
No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.
Comparables in Expo City
Every Expo City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Al Waha 26 places 1st of 24; the nearest 4 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Al Waha 26 (AED 2,566/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 2 bed, Al Waha 26 has registered sale prices 20% above the Expo City median price per square foot of 2,144 AED, across 20 eligible buildings. It ranks 1st of 20 by price per square foot in Expo City.
Market context in Expo City
Planned apartment projects
560 known registered units across 2 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
1 projects had already passed their planned date; 1 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
981 apartments are planned in Expo City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 55% of the 1,787 homes let there today.
How these are countedDirect 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.
The Expo City Al Waha Residences 02 towers
21 towers in Expo City Al Waha Residences 02, at the bedroom type above.
Expo City: every development at this typeExpo City: every development at this type
Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at 2 bed. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.
About Al Waha 26
Al Waha 26 is an under-construction (48% built) apartment building in Expo City. 9 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
Nearest, as registered
Al Waha 26: AED 2,566 per sq ft, 22% above the median Expo City 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
- Al Waha 26AED 2,566
- Expo City, off-planAED 2,149
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in Expo City
Al Waha 42
Expo City · 9 sales, 12 months
3.56M
AED, resale median · 2,565/sqft
Al Waha 28
Expo City · 6 sales, 12 months
3.88M
AED, resale median · 2,551/sqft
Al Waha 39
Expo City · 4 sales, 12 months
4.91M
AED, resale median · 2,563/sqft
Al Waha 29
Expo City · 3 sales, 12 months
3.62M
AED, resale median · 2,550/sqft
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · 2 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 2 bedRead with care
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Al Waha 26?
- No gross yield is published for Al Waha 26 as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 7 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales.
- How much does a 2 bedroom in Al Waha 26 cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 4.34M (2,566 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- How many apartments change hands in Al Waha 26?
- 7 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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Al Waha 26 sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 7 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/expo-city/al-waha-26
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Al Waha 26 sale prices and yield.” Expo City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/expo-city/al-waha-26
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