Kensington Manor
A studio in Kensington Manor costs a median AED 420,000, rents long-let for AED 40,000/yr (9.5% gross), and returns 15.8% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
Studio · typical price
420,000AED
AED 1,051/sqft · -3.5% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 40,000
- Yield after service charge
- 8.1%
- vs Jumeirah Village Circle
- 33% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 447,720
- Price
- AED 420,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 16,800
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 8,820
- Trustee
- AED 2,100
Fees repaid by net rent10 months
Is Kensington Manor a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median and fees repaid within a year; prices are slipping and lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?9.5% gross, 8.1% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)9.5%Strength
- Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 40,000 a year ago, AED 40,000 now (pooled across the project)0.0%
- Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,088/sqft a year ago, 1,051 now-3.5%Watch
- 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
- Can I sell easily?17 sales in 12 months (30 the year before)17
- 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
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 62% for buyers 5 years ago; up 4% for launch buyers, before fees+61.8%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Kensington Manor prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 420,000 and rents for about AED 40,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Jumeirah Village Circle · area median AED 1,575/sqft
- 12-month change
- -3.5%
- 3 years
- +42.2% · +12.5%/yr
- 5 years
- +69.8% · +11.2%/yr
- vs area median
- -33.3%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 191st of 214
- Off-plan price gain, 2009–2016
- +13.7% · +1.0%/yr
Rental income
Studio · Jumeirah Village Circle
- Gross yield
- 9.5%
- Median new rent
- AED 40,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +1.5 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +2.8 pts
- Yield rank
- 6th of 104
- Renewal rent
- AED 36,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (25 renewals)
- +11.1%
Short-term income
Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 339
- Net revenue
- AED 66,485/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.7×
- Listings seen
- 7+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole Knight Bridge Court & Kensington Manor project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, Studio: May 2009, AED 350,163; latest, Aug 2026, AED 435,000; peak, Nov 2014, AED 750,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 952 · before fees
- Launch, 2009–16
- 912
- +4%
- 144 sales
- 5 years ago
- 588
- +62%
- 10 sales
- 3 years ago
- 674
- +41%
- 34 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,027
- −7%
- 30 sales
- Last 12 months
- 952
- today
- 17 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.
17 resales in the last 12 months, against 27 a year on average over 2023–2025.
17 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Kensington Manor
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 Village Circle
Every Jumeirah Village Circle building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Kensington Manor places 294th of 352; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Kensington Manor (AED 952/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
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.
Market context in Jumeirah Village Circle
Registered sales activity
4,341 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+4.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 4,341 current and 5,371 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
7,847 known registered units across 37 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
29 projects had already passed their planned date; 16 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 195 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Jumeirah Village Circle with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.2%.
The pooled median moved +4.3%: 4.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 66% of 226 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −3.5%.
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 Knight Bridge Court & Kensington Manor towers
2 towers in Knight Bridge Court & Kensington Manor, at the bedroom type above.
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.
Jumeirah Village Circle: every development at this typeJumeirah Village Circle: 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 studio. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer. Developments sharing a name are grouped under it; DLD itself records no such parent.
About Kensington Manor
Kensington Manor is an apartment building completed in 2015 in Jumeirah Village Circle. 196 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 14.86/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 24 min · 23 km
- DXB Airport
- 25 min · 32 km
- DIFC
- 21 min · 27 km
- Dubai Marina
- 18 min · 15 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 24 min · 20 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Nakheel Metro Station
- Mall
- Marina Mall
- Landmark
- Sports City Swimming Academy
Kensington Manor: AED 952 per sq ft, 30% below the median Jumeirah Village Circle building, and a 10.0% gross yield, in the top tenth of the area
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
- Kensington ManorAED 952
- Jumeirah Village Circle, readyAED 1,300
- Jumeirah Village Circle, off-planAED 1,575
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Kensington ManorJumeirah Village Circle median building
- Jumeirah Village Circle10.0% vs 7.5%
Nearby in Jumeirah Village Circle
Prices per sq ft around Kensington Manor, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Kensington Manor, on the map
Knightsbridge Court
Jumeirah Village Circle · 20 sales, 12 months
605,000
AED, resale median · 844/sqft
Binghatti Apex
Jumeirah Village Circle · 288 sales, 12 months
912,500
AED, resale median · 1,497/sqft
Luma Park Views
Jumeirah Village Circle · 282 sales, 12 months
1.37M
AED, resale median · 1,603/sqft
Binghatti Royale
Jumeirah Village Circle · 135 sales, 12 months
1.97M
AED, resale median · 2,388/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 · StudioOn record
- Rental evidence · StudioRead with care
- Service chargeAED 14.86/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 8.1% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a studio 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 Kensington Manor’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
- 1,868AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 3,333AED
- AED 40,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 118,920AED
- 20% down plus AED 34,920 in fees
Owning costs AED 163,346 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 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.
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Kensington Manor sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 9 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-village-circle/kensington-manor
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Kensington Manor sale prices and yield.” Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/jumeirah-village-circle/kensington-manor
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