What is the rental yield in Tala 1?

Tala 1 returns 11.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 95,000 a year (9 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 835,000 (median of 6 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 2 bedroom in Tala 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 835,000 (586 AED/sqft), from 6 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Tala 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Tala 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 586 AED/sqft, across 6 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.

How does Tala 1 compare with Liwan?

Its 11.4% gross yield sits +3.2 pts against the Liwan median of 8.2%, 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.

What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in Tala 1?

The median new annual rent is AED 95,000, from 9 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.

Tala 1

Completed 2014
63 units
8 floors

A 2 bed in Tala 1 costs a median AED 835,000, rents long-let for AED 95,000/yr (11.4% gross), and returns 12.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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2 bed · typical price

835,000AED

AED 586/sqft

Rent a year: AED 95,000
Yield after service charge: 9.5%
vs Liwan: 28% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 890,135

Price: AED 835,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 33,400
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 17,535
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent8 months

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Is Tala 1 a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, prices rising, fees repaid within a year and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?11.4% gross, 9.5% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)11.4%Strength
Are rents going up?New 2 bed leases: AED 65,000 a year ago, AED 95,000 now (pooled across the project)+46.1%
Are prices going up?All types: AED 541/sqft a year ago, 586 now+8.3%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 55,135 in fees to buy a 2 bed; net rent covers it in 0.7 years0.7 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?6 sales in 12 months, 10% of the tower (12 the year before)6Fair
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
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 43% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 16% down, before fees+42.5%Context

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

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Tala 1 prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 835,000 and rents for about AED 95,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
2 bed29 units · 1,461 sqft	AED 835,000586/sqftlaunch 735 -20.3%		11.4%+3.2 pts	AED 95,0009 contracts	no prior year	6

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Liwan · area median AED 812/sqft

5 years: +41.6% · +7.2%/yr
vs area median: -27.8%
Rank by price per sqft: 19th of 21
Off-plan price gain, 2009–2009: -20.3% · -1.3%/yr

Rental income

2 bed · Liwan

Gross yield: 11.4%
Median new rent: AED 95,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +3.2 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +4.6 pts
Yield rank: 1st of 10
Renewal rent: AED 65,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (5 renewals): +46.1%

Short-term income

2 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 12.9%
Median nightly rate: AED 611
Net revenue: AED 107,889/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.1×
Listings seen: 1+

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Rental data covers the whole Qpoint Liwan-Plotr001 project, not this tower alone.

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, 2 bed, 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 586 · before fees

Launch, 2009–12: 694; −16%; 41 sales
5 years ago: 411; +43%; 12 sales
3 years ago: 433; +35%; 3 sales
Previous 12 months: 541; +8%; 12 sales
Last 12 months: 586; today; 6 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.

6 resales in the last 12 months, against 8 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
11 Jun 2026	2 bed	1,410	AED 860,000	610
11 Mar 2026	2 bed	1,386	AED 850,000	613
3 Mar 2026	2 bed	1,576	AED 1,020,000	647
5 Feb 2026	2 bed	1,461	AED 820,000	561
27 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,461	AED 780,000	534
27 Nov 2025	2 bed	1,461	AED 800,000	548

6 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Tala 1

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
2 bed500 m cluster · 1+ listings seen	6110.43/sqft	AED 107,889	AED 95,000	1.1×	12.9%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Comparables in Liwan

Every Liwan building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Tala 1 places 47th of 49; the nearest 6 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
43	Tala 2Completed 2014 · off-plan 663/sqft	AED 760,000	704+20.3%	7.6%	—	9
44	Mazaya 28Completed 2013 · off-plan 693/sqft	AED 750,000	676+15.4%	6.7%	+2.5%	5
45	Mazaya 30Completed 2013 · off-plan 785/sqft	AED 575,000	647+10.5%	8.3%	—	3
46	Mazaya 27Completed 2013 · off-plan 662/sqft	AED 580,000	630+7.6%	9.5%	-12.0%	6
47	Tala 1 · this buildingCompleted 2014 · off-plan 693/sqft	AED 835,000	586	10.2%	+8.3%	6
48	Mazaya 3Completed 2014 · off-plan 670/sqft	AED 515,000	571-2.4%	9.7%	+23.2%	11
49	Mazaya 4Completed 2014 · off-plan 685/sqft	AED 410,000	554-5.3%	15.8%	+0.8%	23

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Tala 1 (AED 586/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 2 bed, Tala 1 has registered sale prices 28% below the Liwan median price per square foot of 812 AED, across 21 eligible buildings. It ranks 19th of 21 by price per square foot and 1st of 10 by gross yield in Liwan.

Market context in Liwan

Registered sales activity

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

+15.8% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 464 current and 545 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

306 known registered units across 2 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

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

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

940 apartments are planned in Liwan from 2026 to 2028, equal to 21% of the 4,584 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 27% of 15 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Liwan with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.3%.

The pooled median moved +15.8%: 8.4 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 45% of 11 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved 0.0%.

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.

About Tala 1

Tala 1 is an apartment building completed in 2014 in Liwan with 63 registered units. 79 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 11.04/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 8

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 21 min · 18 km
DXB Airport: 18 min · 22 km
DIFC: 17 min · 19 km
Dubai Marina: 27 min · 33 km
Palm Jumeirah: 33 min · 37 km

Nearest, as registered

Landmark: IMG World Adventures

Tala 1: AED 586 per sq ft, 27% below the median Liwan building, and a 10.2% 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

Tala 1AED 586
Liwan, readyAED 945
Liwan, off-planAED 1,438
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

Tala 1Liwan median building

Liwan10.2% vs 8.6%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 38 buildings in Liwan. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Liwan, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Tala 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 43 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Tala 1 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Celine By Vision

Liwan · 39 sales, 12 months

910,000

AED, resale median · 1,226/sqft

Wavez Residence

Liwan · 35 sales, 12 months

525,000

AED, resale median · 1,240/sqft

Mazaya 4

Liwan · 23 sales, 12 months

410,000

AED, resale median · 554/sqft

Mazaya 1

Liwan · 13 sales, 12 months

520,000

AED, resale median · 743/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 · 2 bed
6 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 2 bed
9 new and 5 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
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Service charge
AED 11.04/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 9.5% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Qpoint Liwan-Plotr001: recorded complete 2014-01-19 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 1 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
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

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 Tala 1’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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Annual rent, AED

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: 3,713AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 7,917AED; AED 95,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 233,485AED; 20% down plus AED 66,485 in fees

Owning costs AED 409,849 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 1.

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 Tala 1?: Tala 1 returns 11.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 95,000 a year (9 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 835,000 (median of 6 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 2 bedroom in Tala 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 835,000 (586 AED/sqft), from 6 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Tala 1 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Tala 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 586 AED/sqft, across 6 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.
How does Tala 1 compare with Liwan?: Its 11.4% gross yield sits +3.2 pts against the Liwan median of 8.2%, 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.
What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in Tala 1?: The median new annual rent is AED 95,000, from 9 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.

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Tala 1 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 6 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/liwan/tala-1
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Tala 1 sale prices and yield.” Liwan, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/liwan/tala-1

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