What is the rental yield in Lake City Tower?

Lake City Tower returns 7.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 75,000 a year (95 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.04M (median of 20 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Lake City Tower cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.04M (1,283 AED/sqft), from 20 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Lake City Tower selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Lake City Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 1,283 AED/sqft, across 20 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 Lake City Tower risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved 0.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 20 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Lake City Tower compare with Jumeirah Lake Towers?

Its 7.2% gross yield sits +0.4 pts against the Jumeirah Lake Towers median of 6.8%, 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.

Lake City Tower

Completed 2008
422 units
36 floors
5 lifts
131 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Tiger Properties

A 1 bed in Lake City Tower costs a median AED 1.04M, rents long-let for AED 75,000/yr (7.2% gross), and returns 14.0% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

1.04MAED

AED 1,283/sqft · 0.0% on a year

Rent a year: AED 75,000
Yield after service charge: 6.0%
vs Jumeirah Lake Towers: 17% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.11M

Price: AED 1.04M
DLD fee 4%: AED 41,589
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 21,834
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent13 months

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Is Lake City Tower a good investment?Rents rising, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?7.2% gross, 6.0% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.2%Fair
Is it easy to let?53% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Jumeirah Lake Towers building manages 38%53%Fair
Jumeirah Lake Towers median 38% · top tenth from 69%Lake City Tower · 53%
Across 30 Jumeirah Lake Towers buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 38% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 69% or more; Lake City Tower is at 53%.
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 72,399 a year ago, AED 75,000 now+3.6%Strength
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,283/sqft a year ago, 1,283 now0.0%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 67,623 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?29 sales in 12 months, 7% of the tower (49 the year before)29Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?2,387 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Lake Towers from 2026 to 2028, equal to 28% of the 8,448 homes let there today. A further 5,571 are past their planned date. Jumeirah Lake Towers supply by year →28%Fair
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 87% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+87.1%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Lake City Tower prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.04M and rents for about AED 75,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio65 units · 409 sqft	AED 710,0001,735/sqft	7.8%+0.5 pts	AED 55,50026 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
1 bed292 units · 734 sqft	AED 1.04M1,283/sqft	7.2%+0.4 pts	AED 75,00095 contracts	0.0%	20
2 bed65 units · 1,245 sqft	AED 1.50M1,202/sqft	7.3%+1.1 pts	AED 110,00017 contracts	+6.8%	5

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

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Jumeirah Lake Towers · area median AED 1,544/sqft

12-month change: 0.0%
3 years: +26.5% · +8.1%/yr
5 years: +87.0% · +13.3%/yr
vs area median: -16.9%
Rank by price per sqft: 45th of 57

Rental income

1 bed · Jumeirah Lake Towers

Gross yield: 7.2%
Median new rent: AED 75,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.4 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.4 pts
Yield rank: 9th of 30
Renewal rent: AED 70,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (67 renewals): +7.1%

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 14.0%
Median nightly rate: AED 738
Net revenue: AED 145,742/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.9×
Listings seen: 4+

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, 1 bed, 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 1,302 · before fees

5 years ago: 696; +87%; 24 sales
3 years ago: 1,016; +28%; 44 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,295; +1%; 49 sales
Last 12 months: 1,302; today; 29 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.

29 resales in the last 12 months, against 49 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
10 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,245	AED 1,400,000	1,124
5 Aug 2026	1 bed	860	AED 1,280,000	1,489
8 Jun 2026	1 bed	840	AED 985,000	1,173
4 Jun 2026	1 bed	730	AED 950,000	1,302
22 May 2026	1 bed	840	AED 979,082	1,166
22 May 2026	1 bed	840	AED 1,044,426	1,244
19 May 2026	1 bed	860	AED 1,035,000	1,204
18 May 2026	1 bed	840	AED 1,075,000	1,280
11 May 2026	1 bed	840	AED 1,150,000	1,370
7 Apr 2026	2 bed	1,245	AED 1,660,000	1,333

29 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Lake City Tower

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
Studio500 m cluster · 6+ listings seen	5011.22/sqft	AED 101,301	AED 55,500	1.8×	14.3%
1 bed4+ listings seen	7380.91/sqft	AED 145,742	AED 75,000	1.9×	14.0%
2 bed500 m cluster · 6+ listings seen	9690.78/sqft	AED 188,280	AED 110,000	1.7×	12.6%

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 Jumeirah Lake Towers

Every Jumeirah Lake Towers building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Lake City Tower places 55th of 67; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
51	New Dubai Gate 2Completed 2018 · off-plan 942/sqft	AED 1.10M	1,364+4.7%	6.9%	+0.6%	31
52	Madina TowerCompleted 2007	AED 1.40M	1,359+4.4%	9.8%	+5.8%	9
53	Dubai Gate OneCompleted 2010	AED 870,000	1,343+3.1%	6.9%	+1.4%	23
54	V3 TowerCompleted 2009	AED 1.25M	1,309+0.6%	6.8%	+5.9%	14
55	Lake City Tower · this buildingCompleted 2008	AED 1.03M	1,302	7.0%	+0.5%	29
56	Icon 2	AED 1.25M	1,300-0.2%	—	+14.6%	21
57	Concorde Tower 1Completed 2008 · off-plan 637/sqft	AED 1.08M	1,254-3.7%	6.7%	+5.7%	34
58	Seven City JLT28% · Q4 2025 · off-plan 1,032/sqft	AED 589,000	1,249-4.1%	—	-17.0%	114
59	Icon 1	AED 1.38M	1,206-7.4%	—	+6.7%	27

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Lake City Tower (AED 1,302/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Lake City Tower has registered sale prices 17% below the Jumeirah Lake Towers median price per square foot of 1,544 AED, across 57 eligible buildings. It ranks 45th of 57 by price per square foot and 9th of 30 by gross yield in Jumeirah Lake Towers.

Market context in Jumeirah Lake Towers

Registered sales activity

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

+2.9% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 885 current and 1,483 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

1,600 known registered units across 3 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

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

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

2,387 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Lake Towers from 2026 to 2028, equal to 28% of the 8,448 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 25% of 68 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Jumeirah Lake Towers with sales in both years; the typical one moved +4.7%.

New-lease rents fell in 65% of 55 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −3.5%.

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 Lake City Tower

Lake City Tower is an apartment building completed in 2008 by Tiger Properties in Jumeirah Lake Towers with 422 registered units. 378 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 15.51/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 36
Lifts: 5
Parking bays: 131
Pools: 1
Master developer: Tiger Properties

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 22 min · 22 km
DXB Airport: 26 min · 36 km
DIFC: 18 min · 25 km
Dubai Marina: 11 min · 6.3 km
Palm Jumeirah: 18 min · 13 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Jumeirah Lakes Towers
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

Lake City Tower: AED 1,302 per sq ft, 15% below the median Jumeirah Lake Towers building, and a 7.0% 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

Lake City TowerAED 1,302
Jumeirah Lake Towers, readyAED 1,443
Jumeirah Lake Towers, off-planAED 2,940
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

Lake City TowerJumeirah Lake Towers median building

Jumeirah Lake Towers7.0% vs 6.5%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 35 buildings in Jumeirah Lake Towers. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Jumeirah Lake Towers, by handover quarter

Nearby in Jumeirah Lake Towers

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Prices per sq ft around Lake City Tower, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 59 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Lake City Tower is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Uh East by Ellington

Jumeirah Lake Towers · 57 sales, 12 months

1.76M

AED, resale median · 1,905/sqft

Uh West by Ellington

Jumeirah Lake Towers · 55 sales, 12 months

1.88M

AED, resale median · 1,923/sqft

MBL Royal

Jumeirah Lake Towers · 39 sales, 12 months

2.00M

AED, resale median · 1,954/sqft

Concorde Tower 1

Jumeirah Lake Towers · 34 sales, 12 months

1.08M

AED, resale median · 1,254/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 · 1 bed
20 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
95 new and 67 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 15.51/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.0% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Lake City Tower: recorded complete 2008-09-23 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Tiger Properties · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 4 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
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 1 bed 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 Lake City Tower’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: 4,623AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 6,250AED; AED 75,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 288,963AED; 20% down plus AED 81,020 in fees

Owning costs AED 282,256 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 Lake City Tower?: Lake City Tower returns 7.2% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 75,000 a year (95 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.04M (median of 20 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Lake City Tower cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.04M (1,283 AED/sqft), from 20 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Lake City Tower selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Lake City Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 1,283 AED/sqft, across 20 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 Lake City Tower risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved 0.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 20 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Lake City Tower compare with Jumeirah Lake Towers?: Its 7.2% gross yield sits +0.4 pts against the Jumeirah Lake Towers median of 6.8%, 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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