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Ali Baba

A 2 bed in Ali Baba costs a median AED 1.13M and rents long-let for AED 112,500/yr.

Satellite view of Ali Baba, Living Legends, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

2 bed · typical price

1.13MAED

AED 792/sqft

Rent a year
AED 112,500
vs Living Legends
28% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.20M
Price
AED 1.13M
DLD fee 4%
AED 45,054
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 23,653
Trustee
AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent8 months

Against this building’s registered sales of the same type.

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Is Ali Baba a good investment?Fair on every measure with a record; no record of the rent trend

  1. Does it pay a good rent?6.6% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)6.6%Fair
  2. Are rents going up?Too few new leases on both sides of the year to measure a changeNo record
  3. How fast do fees pay back?AED 72,907 in fees to buy a 2 bed; rent covers it in 0.6 years0.6 yrs
  4. Can I sell easily?7 sales in 12 months (2 the year before)7
  5. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 2% for launch buyers, before fees+2.3%Context

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

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Ali Baba prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 1.13M and rents for about AED 112,500 a year

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
StudioAED 381,753766/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year1
1 bedAED 807,415525/sqftpooled rent, not per buildingpooled rent, not per buildingunder 5 sales in a year1
2 bedAED 1.13M792/sqftpooled rent, not per buildingpooled rent, not per buildingno prior year5
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Living Legends · area median AED 1,094/sqft

Rental income

2 bed · Living Legends

Read with care

  • Rental data covers the whole Living Legends Phase 4 project, not this tower alone.

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Median price paid by year, 2 bed, with fainter bars resting on fewer sales. Too few monthly records in Ali Baba to draw an honest monthly line.

Chart data, 2 bed: 2015, AED 1,131,384; latest, 2026, AED 1,126,342; peak, 2015, AED 1,131,384.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 789 · before fees

Launch, 2010–26
771
+2%
Previous 12 months
632
+25%
Last 12 months
789
today

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.

No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.

Comparables in Living Legends

Every Living Legends building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Ali Baba places 10th of 10; the nearest 4 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
6Al Ghurair Residence 1Cancelled · off-plan 824/sqftAED 945,210854+8.2%7.7%+3.5%68
7Cleopatra Tower92% · Q3 2021 · off-plan 739/sqftAED 1.17M843+6.8%6.0%+8.8%24
8Hercules Tower92% · Q3 2021 · off-plan 768/sqftAED 992,500836+6.0%7.0%+8.8%16
9Alladin Tower92% · Q3 2021 · off-plan 786/sqftAED 1.43M802+1.7%4.9%—8
10Ali Baba · this buildingCancelled · off-plan 777/sqftAED 1.11M7896.6%—7

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Ali Baba (AED 789/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 2 bed, Ali Baba has registered sale prices 28% below the Living Legends median price per square foot of 1,094 AED, across 9 eligible buildings.

Market context in Living Legends

Registered sales activity

124 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+19.6% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 124 current and 70 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

1 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.

Explore planned supply

Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

0 apartments are planned in Living Legends from 2026 to 2028, equal to 0% of the 328 homes let there today.

How these are counted
Find service-charge budget evidence for Ali Baba

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 Living Legends Phase 4 towers

3 towers in Living Legends Phase 4, at the bedroom type above.

Living Legends Phase 4, every type →
TowerPriceAED/sqftRent a yearGross yield
Al Ghurair Residence 1AED 1.55M19 sales1,194—project pool—
Ali Baba · this buildingAED 1.13M5 sales792—project pool—
Napoleon—none——project pool—

Ejari files Living Legends Phase 4’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.

Living Legends: every development at this type
DevelopmentRent a yearPriceAED/sqftGross yield
Living Legends Phase 4 · this development3 towers · rent filed for the project—2 contracts, too fewAED 1.15M24 sales802—
Living Legends Phase 53 towers · rent filed for the projectAED 105,00048 contractsAED 1.39M29 sales1,3507.6%
Living Legends Phase 63 towers · rent filed for the projectAED 105,0009 contractsAED 1.60M34 sales1,1026.6%
Living Legends Phase 73 towers · rent filed for the projectAED 84,0006 contractsAED 1.23M13 sales8476.9%
All of Living Legendsevery building, in a project or notAED 105,00065 contractsAED 1.46M100 sales1,1047.2%

Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at 2 bed. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.

About Ali Baba

Ali Baba is a cancelled apartment building in Living Legends. 13 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

Drive times · typical

Downtown
17 min · 11 km
DXB Airport
13 min · 13 km
DIFC
13 min · 15 km
Dubai Marina
24 min · 29 km
Palm Jumeirah
30 min · 33 km

Nearest, as registered

Ali Baba: AED 789 per sq ft, 19% below the median Living Legends building, and a 6.6% 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

  1. Ali BabaAED 789
  2. Living Legends, readyAED 957
  3. Living Legends, off-planAED 1,293
  4. 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

Ali BabaLiving Legends median building

  1. Living Legends6.6% vs 6.5%
Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 10 buildings in Living Legends. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Living Legends, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Ali Baba, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 7 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Ali Baba is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Al Ghurair Residence 1

Living Legends · 68 sales, 12 months

945,210

AED, resale median · 854/sqft

Satellite view of Cinderella, Living Legends, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

Cinderella

Living Legends · 179 sales, 12 months

636,437

AED, resale median · 1,448/sqft

Satellite view of Rapunzel, Living Legends, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

Rapunzel

Living Legends · 73 sales, 12 months

1.53M

AED, resale median · 1,100/sqft

Shakespare

Living Legends · 55 sales, 12 months

2.00M

AED, resale median · 1,184/sqft

Before you decide

The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

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 Ali Baba’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
5,008AED
4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent
9,375AED
AED 112,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase
312,439AED
20% down plus AED 87,171 in fees

Owning costs AED 472,287 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 Ali Baba?
No gross yield is published for Ali Baba as of 2026-10-12: its Ejari contracts are registered at project level, not for this tower. In the last 12 months it had 5 registered sales and 2 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Living Legends median is 6.9% gross.
How much does a 2 bedroom in Ali Baba cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 1.13M (792 AED/sqft), from 5 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in Ali Baba?
The median new annual rent is AED 112,500, from 2 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
How many apartments change hands in Ali Baba?
5 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 2 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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Ali Baba sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
5 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/sale/apartments/dubai/living-legends/ali-baba
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Ali Baba sale prices and yield.” Living Legends, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/living-legends/ali-baba

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