WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA
- Completed 2026
- 11 floors
- 2 lifts
- 85 parking bays
- 1 pool
- Master developer Alyakka
A 1 bed in WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA costs a median AED 1.57M, rents long-let for AED 83,000/yr (5.3% gross), and returns 3.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
1.57MAED
AED 1,889/sqft · +1.1% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 83,000
- Gross yield
- 5.3%
- vs Jumeirah Garden City
- 11% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.67M
- Price
- AED 1.57M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 62,909
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 33,027
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent14 months
Is WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA a good investment?Easy to let and easy to sell; the rent pays below the Dubai median
- Does it pay a good rent?5.3% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)5.3%Watch
- Is it easy to let?93% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Jumeirah Garden City building manages 35%93%Strength
Jumeirah Garden City median 35% · top tenth from 83%WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA · 93% Across 27 Jumeirah Garden City buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 35% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 83% or more; WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA is at 93%.
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 82,250 a year ago, AED 83,000 now+0.9%Fair
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,886/sqft a year ago, 1,906 now+1.1%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 100,136 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrs
- Can I sell easily?32 sales in 12 months, 45% of the tower (26 the year before)32Strength
- Is a lot being built nearby?2,156 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Garden City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 39% of the 5,588 homes let there today. A further 698 are past their planned date. Jumeirah Garden City supply by year →39%Fair
- Did earlier buyers gain?Launch buyers still 2% down, before fees-2.1%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.57M and rents for about AED 83,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
1 bed · price per sqft · Jumeirah Garden City · area median AED 2,138/sqft
- 12-month change
- +1.1%
Rental income
1 bed · Jumeirah Garden City
- Gross yield
- 5.3%
- Median new rent
- AED 83,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.0 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- -1.5 pts
- Yield rank
- 8th of 18
- Renewal rent
- AED 80,386/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (20 renewals)
- +3.3%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 351
- Net revenue
- AED 61,942/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 0.7×
- Listings seen
- 7+
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)
Chart data, 1 bed: Jul 2025, AED 1,383,210; latest, Sep 2026, AED 1,588,650; peak, Jul 2026, AED 1,666,680. Rent on new leases: Jan 2012, AED 28,000 a year; latest, Oct 2026, AED 73,250.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,978 · before fees
- Launch, 2025–26
- 2,021
- −2%
- 47 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,203
- −10%
- 26 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,978
- today
- 32 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.
11 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly rate through the year
Comparables in Jumeirah Garden City
Every Jumeirah Garden City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA places 29th of 37; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA (AED 1,978/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA has registered sale prices 11% below the Jumeirah Garden City median price per square foot of 2,138 AED, across 33 eligible buildings. It ranks 27th of 33 by price per square foot and 8th of 18 by gross yield in Jumeirah Garden City.
Market context in Jumeirah Garden City
Registered sales activity
100 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+2.1% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 100 current and 30 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
1,282 known registered units across 13 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
6 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
2,156 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Garden City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 39% of the 5,588 homes let there today.
New-lease rents fell in 48% of 25 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved 0.0%.
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.
About WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA
WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA is an apartment building completed in 2026 by Alyakka in Jumeirah Garden City. 58 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 11
- Lifts
- 2
- Parking bays
- 85
- Pools
- 1
- Master developer
- Alyakka
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 13 min · 6.7 km
- DXB Airport
- 12 min · 12 km
- DIFC
- 7 min · 4.0 km
- Dubai Marina
- 20 min · 24 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 27 min · 29 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Trade Centre Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Burj Khalifa
WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA: AED 1,978 per sq ft, 10% below the median Jumeirah Garden City building, and a 5.0% gross yield, below 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
- WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKAAED 1,978
- Jumeirah Garden City, readyAED 1,738
- Jumeirah Garden City, off-planAED 2,329
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKAJumeirah Garden City median building
- Jumeirah Garden City5.0% vs 5.1%
Nearby in Jumeirah Garden City
Prices per sq ft around WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA, on the mapPrices per sq ft around WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA, on the map
Enso Jade
Jumeirah Garden City · 105 sales, 12 months
1.62M
AED, resale median · 2,153/sqft
The Elysian
Jumeirah Garden City · 49 sales, 12 months
1.57M
AED, resale median · 2,243/sqft
Elmora
Jumeirah Garden City · 48 sales, 12 months
1.29M
AED, resale median · 2,795/sqft
Enso Amber
Jumeirah Garden City · 37 sales, 12 months
1.51M
AED, resale median · 2,161/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 · 1 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 1 bedOn record
- 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
- DeveloperOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a 1 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.
Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
Prefilled from WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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- Monthly mortgage
- 6,993AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 6,917AED
- AED 83,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 433,407AED
- 20% down plus AED 118,863 in fees
Owning costs AED 268,990 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 2.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA?
- WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA returns 5.3% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 83,000 a year (39 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.57M (median of 22 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 1.57M (1,906 AED/sqft), from 22 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA over the last 12 months have a median of 1,889 AED/sqft, across 6 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 WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +1.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 22 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA?
- The median new annual rent is AED 83,000, from 39 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
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WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 22 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
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “WAHA LIVING by AL YAKKA sale prices and yield.” Jumeirah Garden City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/jumeirah-garden-city/waha-living-by-al-yakka
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