What is the rental yield in Serenity Lakes 5?

Serenity Lakes 5 returns 8.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 48,000 a year (45 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 565,000 (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Serenity Lakes 5 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 565,000 (1,300 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Serenity Lakes 5 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Serenity Lakes 5 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,300 AED/sqft, across 11 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 Serenity Lakes 5 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -5.7% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Serenity Lakes 5 compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?

Its 8.5% gross yield sits +0.5 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.

Serenity Lakes 5

Completed 2022
Master developer Gulf Land

A studio in Serenity Lakes 5 costs a median AED 565,000, rents long-let for AED 48,000/yr (8.5% gross), and returns 13.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Studio · typical price

565,000AED

AED 1,300/sqft · -5.7% on a year

Rent a year: AED 48,000
Yield after service charge: 7.2%
vs Jumeirah Village Circle: 17% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 603,665

Price: AED 565,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 22,600
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 11,865
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent11 months

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Is Serenity Lakes 5 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?8.5% gross, 7.2% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)8.5%Strength
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 49,000 a year ago, AED 48,000 now-2.0%Fair
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,378/sqft a year ago, 1,300 now-5.7%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 38,665 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?22 sales in 12 months (26 the year before)22
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 45% for buyers 5 years ago; up 45% for launch buyers, before fees+45.3%Context

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

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Serenity Lakes 5 prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 565,000 and rents for about AED 48,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio	AED 565,0001,300/sqftlaunch 879 +47.8%	8.5%+0.5 pts	AED 48,00045 contracts	-5.7%	11
1 bed	AED 1.06M1,302/sqftlaunch 974 +33.7%	6.9%-0.5 pts	AED 73,0007 contracts	no prior year	10
2 bed	AED 1.12M1,044/sqft	under 5 contracts	under 5 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	1

Appreciation, 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: -5.7%
3 years: +14.0% · +4.5%/yr
5 years: +48.2% · +8.2%/yr
vs area median: -17.5%
Rank by price per sqft: 163rd of 214
Off-plan price gain, 2021–2025: +30.0% · +9.1%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Jumeirah Village Circle

Gross yield: 8.5%
Median new rent: AED 48,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.5 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.7 pts
Yield rank: 31st of 104
Renewal rent: AED 46,000/yr

Short-term income

Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 13.9%
Median nightly rate: AED 398
Net revenue: AED 78,636/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.6×
Listings seen: 5+

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, Studio, 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 1,300 · before fees

Launch, 2021–25: 895; +45%; 69 sales
5 years ago: 895; +45%; 51 sales
3 years ago: 1,100; +18%; 31 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,358; −4%; 26 sales
Last 12 months: 1,300; 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 35 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
22 Sept 2026	1 bed	886	AED 830,000	936
27 Aug 2026	1 bed	796	AED 850,000	1,068
5 Aug 2026	Studio	382	AED 600,000	1,570
8 Jul 2026	Studio	403	AED 430,000	1,067
4 Mar 2026	Studio	381	AED 565,000	1,482
23 Dec 2025	Studio	382	AED 560,000	1,465
8 Dec 2025	1 bed	833	AED 1,086,280	1,305
26 Nov 2025	Studio	382	AED 605,000	1,582
11 Nov 2025	Studio	453	AED 468,449	1,033
16 Oct 2025	Studio	478	AED 626,054	1,308

22 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Serenity Lakes 5

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 · 5+ listings seen	3980.92/sqft	AED 78,636	AED 48,000	1.6×	13.9%
1 bed500 m cluster · 30+ listings seen	4520.55/sqft	AED 83,823	AED 73,000	1.1×	7.9%
2 bed500 m cluster · 8+ listings seen	8420.78/sqft	AED 163,775	AED 79,000	2.1×	—

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 Village Circle

Every Jumeirah Village Circle building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Serenity Lakes 5 places 207th of 352; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
203	Catch Residences by IgoCompleted 2024 · off-plan 1,007/sqft	AED 1.22M	1,310+0.8%	6.1%	+3.5%	12
204	Sapphire 32 By Dar Alkarama62% · Q4 2026 · off-plan 1,273/sqft	AED 1.03M	1,307+0.5%	—	+1.8%	12
205	Living Garden IICompleted 2021 · off-plan 940/sqft	AED 485,000	1,307+0.5%	8.7%	+9.5%	8
206	V1TER ResidenceCompleted 2026 · off-plan 1,337/sqft	AED 875,406	1,302+0.1%	—	-2.4%	33
207	Serenity Lakes 5 · this buildingCompleted 2022 · off-plan 1,000/sqft	AED 741,960	1,300	6.7%	-4.3%	22
208	Ozone 1 Residence39% · off-plan 1,268/sqft	AED 1.00M	1,292-0.6%	—	-1.4%	33
209	Belgravia III BCompleted 2021 · off-plan 974/sqft	AED 1.54M	1,288-0.9%	5.5%	-16.1%	17
210	Lucky Royale Residence59% · Q4 2025 · off-plan 1,168/sqft	AED 879,500	1,286-1.1%	—	—	4
211	Olivo Park Residences by EveraCompleted 2026 · off-plan 1,309/sqft	AED 1.67M	1,284-1.2%	4.5%	-3.5%	44

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Serenity Lakes 5 (AED 1,300/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Serenity Lakes 5 has registered sale prices 17% below the Jumeirah Village Circle median price per square foot of 1,575 AED, across 214 eligible buildings. It ranks 163rd of 214 by price per square foot and 31st 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.

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Planned 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.

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Supply 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 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.

The Serenity Lakes 5 towers

2 towers in Serenity Lakes 5, at the bedroom type above.

Serenity Lakes 5, every type →

Tower	Price	AED/sqft	Rent a year	Gross yield
Serenity Lakes 5 · this building	AED 565,00011 sales	1,300	AED 48,00045 contracts	8.5%
Serenity Lakes 5-Old	—none	—	—none	—

Jumeirah Village Circle: every development at this type

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
Emirates Garden I2 developments, pooled	AED 45,00066 contracts	AED 485,00011 sales	915	9.3%
Gardenia2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 42,00040 contracts	AED 495,0009 sales	915	8.5%
Rose 12 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 45,00026 contracts	—2 sales, too few	—	—
Emirates Garden II2 developments, pooled	AED 44,44060 contracts	AED 470,00019 sales	863	9.5%
Magnolia2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 45,00027 contracts	AED 455,00010 sales	845	9.9%
Maple2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 44,00033 contracts	AED 485,0009 sales	863	9.1%
Tuscan RESIDENCES12 developments, pooled	AED 42,00053 contracts	AED 500,00011 sales	902	8.4%
Arezzo2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 42,96637 contracts	AED 505,0009 sales	891	8.5%
Siena2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 42,00016 contracts	—2 sales, too few	—	—
Belgravia III2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 56,00015 contracts	AED 800,0005 sales	1,569	7.0%
Belgravia Square2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 57,50012 contracts	—none	—	—
Binghatti Galaxy2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 54,00035 contracts	AED 780,0004 sales	1,598	6.9%
Bloom Heights2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 50,000110 contracts	AED 615,00020 sales	1,553	8.1%
Bloom Towers3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 52,000186 contracts	AED 640,00027 sales	1,634	8.1%
Cello Residences2 towers	—none	AED 681,0005 sales	1,543	—
Elitz 2 By Danube2 towers	—none	AED 671,57514 sales	1,755	—
Elitz 3 By Danube2 towers	—none	AED 719,74011 sales	1,782	—
Elitz By Danube2 towers	—none	AED 643,50016 sales	1,443	—
Emirates Garden 1 (Lavender - Gardenia - Rose)2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 45,00025 contracts	—2 sales, too few	—	—
Emirates Garden 2 (Maple- Magnolia - Mulberry)2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 43,10032 contracts	AED 555,0008 sales	931	7.8%
Knight Bridge Court & Kensington Manor2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 40,00098 contracts	AED 420,00015 sales	996	9.5%
Luma222 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 55,000124 contracts	AED 750,0007 sales	1,638	7.3%
Maimoon Gardens2 towers	—none	AED 704,5006 sales	1,724	—
May Residence5 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 43,00049 contracts	AED 500,0009 sales	1,185	8.6%
Oakley Square Residences2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 60,00043 contracts	AED 780,0007 sales	1,582	7.7%
Plaza Residences2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 43,75048 contracts	AED 492,50012 sales	1,170	8.9%
Roxana Residence4 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 48,00048 contracts	AED 550,0005 sales	1,300	8.7%
Sandoval Gardens2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 48,00017 contracts	AED 650,0003 sales	852	7.4%
Serenity Lakes 22 towers	—none	AED 663,6483 sales	1,108	—
Serenity Lakes 5 · this development2 towers	AED 48,00045 contracts	AED 565,00011 sales	1,300	8.5%
Serenz by Danube2 towers	—none	AED 887,880279 sales	2,260	—
Signature Livings2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 50,00089 contracts	AED 700,00018 sales	1,653	7.1%
Skyhills III by HRE2 towers	—none	AED 723,54613 sales	1,777	—
The Autograph2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 55,00063 contracts	AED 790,00014 sales	1,628	7.0%
The Orchard Place2 towers	—none	AED 820,8856 sales	1,562	—
Tuscan Residence 12 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 41,00014 contracts	AED 479,8854 sales	836	8.5%
All of Jumeirah Village Circleevery building, in a project or not	AED 50,0004,555 contracts	AED 709,5023,718 sales	1,727	7.0%

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 Serenity Lakes 5

Serenity Lakes 5 is an apartment building completed in 2022 by Gulf Land in Jumeirah Village Circle. 188 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 16.56/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Master developer: Gulf Land

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 21 min · 21 km
DXB Airport: 23 min · 30 km
DIFC: 19 min · 24 km
Dubai Marina: 18 min · 15 km
Palm Jumeirah: 23 min · 19 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Dubai Internet City
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

Serenity Lakes 5: AED 1,300 per sq ft, 5% below the median Jumeirah Village Circle building, and a 6.7% gross yield, below 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

Serenity Lakes 5AED 1,300
Jumeirah Village Circle, readyAED 1,300
Jumeirah Village Circle, off-planAED 1,575
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

Serenity Lakes 5Jumeirah Village Circle median building

Jumeirah Village Circle6.7% vs 7.5%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 195 buildings in Jumeirah Village Circle. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Jumeirah Village Circle, by handover quarter

Nearby in Jumeirah Village Circle

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Prices per sq ft around Serenity Lakes 5, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 304 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Serenity Lakes 5 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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

Binghatti Azure

Jumeirah Village Circle · 105 sales, 12 months

700,000

AED, resale median · 1,659/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 · Studio
11 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · Studio
45 new and 1 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 16.56/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 7.2% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Serenity Lakes 5: recorded complete 2022-09-20 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Gulf Land · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 5 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

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 rate

Prefilled from Serenity Lakes 5’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.

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Down payment, %

Residency

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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: 2,512AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 4,000AED; AED 48,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 160,315AED; 20% down plus AED 47,315 in fees

Owning costs AED 188,552 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 Serenity Lakes 5?: Serenity Lakes 5 returns 8.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 48,000 a year (45 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 565,000 (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Serenity Lakes 5 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 565,000 (1,300 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Serenity Lakes 5 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Serenity Lakes 5 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,300 AED/sqft, across 11 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 Serenity Lakes 5 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -5.7% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Serenity Lakes 5 compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?: Its 8.5% gross yield sits +0.5 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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