What is the rental yield in Saba 3?

Saba 3 returns 6.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 120,000 a year (30 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.74M (median of 8 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 2 bedroom in Saba 3 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.74M (1,388 AED/sqft), from 8 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Saba 3 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Saba 3 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,388 AED/sqft, across 8 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 Saba 3 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +2.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 8 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Saba 3 compare with Jumeirah Lake Towers?

Its 6.9% gross yield sits +0.6 pts against the Jumeirah Lake Towers median of 6.3%, 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.

Saba 3

Completed 2008
347 units
37 floors

A 2 bed in Saba 3 costs a median AED 1.74M, rents long-let for AED 120,000/yr (6.9% gross), and returns 8.3% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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2 bed · typical price

1.74MAED

AED 1,388/sqft · +2.2% on a year

Rent a year: AED 120,000
Yield after service charge: 5.6%
vs Jumeirah Lake Towers: 8% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.85M

Price: AED 1.74M
DLD fee 4%: AED 69,540
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 36,509
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent13 months

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Is Saba 3 a good investment?Fair on every measure with a record

Does it pay a good rent?6.9% gross, 5.6% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)6.9%Fair
Are rents going up?New 2 bed leases: AED 126,000 a year ago, AED 120,000 now (pooled across the project)-4.8%
Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 1,358/sqft a year ago, 1,388 now+2.2%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 110,249 in fees to buy a 2 bed; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?22 sales in 12 months, 6% of the tower (40 the year before)22Fair
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 79% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+79.0%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Saba 3 prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 1.74M and rents for about AED 120,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio83 units · 457 sqft	AED 780,0001,643/sqft	7.4%+0.0 pts	AED 57,50030 contracts	-2.4%	7
1 bed113 units · 794 sqft	AED 1.20M1,412/sqft	7.1%+0.3 pts	AED 85,00041 contracts	-2.9%	7
2 bed138 units · 1,229 sqft	AED 1.74M1,388/sqft	6.9%+0.6 pts	AED 120,00030 contracts	+2.2%	8

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

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Jumeirah Lake Towers · area median AED 1,512/sqft

12-month change: +2.2%
3 years: +31.0% · +9.4%/yr
5 years: +66.8% · +10.8%/yr
vs area median: -8.2%
Rank by price per sqft: 38th of 54

Rental income

2 bed · Jumeirah Lake Towers

Gross yield: 6.9%
Median new rent: AED 120,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.6 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.1 pts
Yield rank: 7th of 25
Renewal rent: AED 118,800/yr

Short-term income

2 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 8.3%
Median nightly rate: AED 764
Net revenue: AED 143,933/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.2×
Listings seen: 2+

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Rental data covers the whole Saba Tower 3 project, not this tower alone.

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, 2 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 1,524 · before fees

5 years ago: 851; +79%; 17 sales
3 years ago: 1,158; +32%; 36 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,397; +9%; 40 sales
Last 12 months: 1,524; today; 22 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.

22 resales in the last 12 months, against 38 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
21 Sept 2026	Studio	533	AED 840,000	1,577
7 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,106	AED 1,800,000	1,628
7 Sept 2026	Studio	456	AED 750,000	1,643
2 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,379	AED 1,850,000	1,342
30 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,455	AED 1,750,000	1,203
29 Jun 2026	1 bed	987	AED 1,225,000	1,242
25 Jun 2026	Studio	457	AED 620,000	1,356
19 Jun 2026	2 bed	1,103	AED 1,727,000	1,565
15 Jun 2026	1 bed	708	AED 1,050,000	1,483
3 Jun 2026	1 bed	934	AED 1,200,000	1,285

22 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Saba 3

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	5131.08/sqft	AED 102,794	AED 57,500	1.8×	13.2%
1 bed500 m cluster · 26+ listings seen	4660.55/sqft	AED 86,357	AED 85,000	1.0×	7.2%
2 bed500 m cluster · 2+ listings seen	7640.61/sqft	AED 143,933	AED 120,000	1.2×	8.3%

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. Saba 3 places 34th of 67; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
30	Green Lakes S1	AED 1.52M	1,533+0.6%	—	+6.3%	15
31	Indigo TowerCompleted 2008	AED 1.26M	1,532+0.5%	6.3%	+0.3%	20
32	Green Lakes S3	AED 2.43M	1,531+0.5%	—	+7.1%	16
33	LakesideCompleted 2012	AED 1.75M	1,526+0.1%	5.1%	+4.9%	21
34	Saba 3 · this buildingCompleted 2008	AED 1.21M	1,524	6.8%	+9.1%	22
35	Green Lakes S2	AED 2.05M	1,508-1.0%	—	+1.3%	13
36	Al Seef 2Completed 2008 · off-plan 675/sqft	AED 2.69M	1,481-2.8%	5.9%	+1.5%	10
37	PalladiumCompleted 2007 · off-plan 585/sqft	AED 1.71M	1,481-2.8%	6.8%	+4.6%	12
38	Tamweel Tower	AED 2.92M	1,481-2.8%	—	+7.9%	12

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Saba 3 (AED 1,524/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 2 bed, Saba 3 has registered sale prices 8% below the Jumeirah Lake Towers median price per square foot of 1,512 AED, across 54 eligible buildings. It ranks 38th of 54 by price per square foot and 7th of 25 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 Saba 3

Saba 3 is an apartment building completed in 2008 in Jumeirah Lake Towers with 347 registered units. 312 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 17.54/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 37

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 24 min · 24 km
DXB Airport: 29 min · 37 km
DIFC: 20 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina: 14 min · 8.0 km
Palm Jumeirah: 20 min · 14 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Marina Mall Metro Station
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Burj Al Arab

Saba 3: AED 1,524 per sq ft, level with the median Jumeirah Lake Towers building, and a 6.8% 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

Saba 3AED 1,524
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

Saba 3Jumeirah Lake Towers median building

Jumeirah Lake Towers6.8% 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 Saba 3, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 59 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Saba 3 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 · 2 bed
8 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 2 bed
30 new and 38 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
Read with care
Service charge
AED 17.54/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.6% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Saba Tower 3: recorded complete 2008-01-26 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 2 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 2 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 Saba 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: 7,731AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 10,000AED; AED 120,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 478,334AED; 20% down plus AED 130,634 in fees

Owning costs AED 448,097 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 Saba 3?: Saba 3 returns 6.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 120,000 a year (30 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.74M (median of 8 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 2 bedroom in Saba 3 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.74M (1,388 AED/sqft), from 8 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Saba 3 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Saba 3 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,388 AED/sqft, across 8 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 Saba 3 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +2.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 8 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Saba 3 compare with Jumeirah Lake Towers?: Its 6.9% gross yield sits +0.6 pts against the Jumeirah Lake Towers median of 6.3%, 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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Saba 3 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 8 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
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/jumeirah-lake-towers/saba-3
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Saba 3 sale prices and yield.” Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/jumeirah-lake-towers/saba-3

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