Symbolic Alpha

1. Does it pay a good rent?7.1% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)7.1%Fair
2. Is it easy to let?51% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Liwan building manages 9%51%Fair

   Across 13 Liwan buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 9% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 76% or more; Symbolic Alpha is at 51%.

3. Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 68,000 a year ago, AED 65,000 now-4.4%Watch
4. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,217/sqft a year ago, 1,234 now+1.4%Fair
5. How fast do fees pay back?AED 60,015 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
6. Can I sell easily?11 sales in 12 months, 11% of the tower (28 the year before)11Fair
7. Is a lot being built nearby?940 apartments are planned in Liwan from 2026 to 2028, equal to 21% of the 4,584 homes let there today. A further 78 are past their planned date. Liwan supply by year →21%Strength
8. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 20% for launch buyers, before fees+19.7%Context

11 resales in the last 12 months, against 42 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, Symbolic Alpha has registered sale prices 51% above the Liwan median price per square foot of 819 AED, across 37 eligible buildings. It ranks 5th of 37 by price per square foot and 25th of 25 by gross yield in Liwan.

• Sales and rents to
  2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
  On record
• Sales evidence · 1 bed
  8 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · 1 bed
  23 new and 17 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
  On record
• 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
  Symbolic Alpha: recorded complete 2025-02-24 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Building record
  DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
  On record
• 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 Symbolic Alpha?

Symbolic Alpha returns 7.1% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 65,000 a year (23 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 915,000 (median of 8 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Symbolic Alpha cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 915,000 (1,234 AED/sqft), from 8 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Symbolic Alpha selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Symbolic Alpha over the last 12 months have a median of 1,234 AED/sqft, across 8 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 Symbolic Alpha risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +1.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 8 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Symbolic Alpha compare with Liwan?

Its 7.1% gross yield sits -1.7 pts against the Liwan median of 8.8%, 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.