Kensington Manor

1. Does it pay a good rent?9.5% gross, 8.1% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)9.5%Strength
2. Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 40,000 a year ago, AED 40,000 now (pooled across the project)0.0%
3. Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,088/sqft a year ago, 1,051 now-3.5%Watch
4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 27,720 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrsStrength
5. Can I sell easily?17 sales in 12 months (30 the year before)17
6. Is a lot being built nearby?15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today. A further 7,717 are past their planned date. Jumeirah Village Circle supply by year →54%Watch
7. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 62% for buyers 5 years ago; up 4% for launch buyers, before fees+61.8%Context

17 resales in the last 12 months, against 27 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

At studio, Kensington Manor has registered sale prices 33% below the Jumeirah Village Circle median price per square foot of 1,575 AED, across 214 eligible buildings. It ranks 191st of 214 by price per square foot and 6th of 104 by gross yield in Jumeirah Village Circle.

Ejari files Knight Bridge Court & Kensington Manor’s leases under the project, not a tower, so every tower share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.

• Sales and rents to
  2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
  On record
• Sales evidence · Studio
  9 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · Studio
  98 new and 25 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
  Read with care
• Service charge
  AED 14.86/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 8.1% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
  On record
• Project register
  Knight Bridge Court & Kensington Manor: recorded complete 2015-07-12 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Short-term assumption
  Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 7 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
  Read with care
• Costs not included
  4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
  Not in the yield

What is the rental yield in Kensington Manor?

Kensington Manor returns 9.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 40,000 a year (98 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 420,000 (median of 9 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Kensington Manor cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 420,000 (1,051 AED/sqft), from 9 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Kensington Manor selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Kensington Manor over the last 12 months have a median of 1,051 AED/sqft, across 9 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 Kensington Manor risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -3.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 9 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Kensington Manor compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?

Its 9.5% gross yield sits +1.5 pts against the Jumeirah Village Circle median of 8.0%, 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.