May Residence Tower 5

1. Does it pay a good rent?7.7% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)7.7%Fair
2. Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 62,000 a year ago, AED 60,000 now (pooled across the project)-3.2%
3. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 744/sqft a year ago, 835 now+12.2%Strength
4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 51,475 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
5. Can I sell easily?5 sales in 12 months (16 the year before)5
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 16% for buyers 5 years ago; up 3% for launch buyers, before fees+16.4%Context

5 resales in the last 12 months, against 23 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 1 bed, May Residence Tower 5 has registered sale prices 37% below the Jumeirah Village Circle median price per square foot of 1,332 AED, across 299 eligible buildings. It ranks 270th of 299 by price per square foot and 60th of 162 by gross yield in Jumeirah Village Circle.

Ejari files May Residence’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 · 1 bed
  5 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · 1 bed
  79 new and 41 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
  Read with care
• Service charge
  Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
  Not on record
• Project register
  May Residence: recorded complete 2019-12-29 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Short-term assumption
  Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 38 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 May Residence Tower 5?

May Residence Tower 5 returns 7.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 60,000 a year (79 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 775,000 (median of 5 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in May Residence Tower 5 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 775,000 (835 AED/sqft), from 5 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in May Residence Tower 5 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in May Residence Tower 5 over the last 12 months have a median of 835 AED/sqft, across 5 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 May Residence Tower 5 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +12.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 5 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does May Residence Tower 5 compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?

Its 7.7% gross yield sits +0.3 pts against the Jumeirah Village Circle median of 7.4%, 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.