What is the rental yield in Wavez Residence?

Wavez Residence returns 8.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 43,000 a year (151 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 512,500 (median of 26 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Wavez Residence cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 512,500 (1,265 AED/sqft), from 26 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Wavez Residence selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Wavez Residence over the last 12 months have a median of 1,265 AED/sqft, across 26 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 Wavez Residence risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +5.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 26 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Wavez Residence?

The median new annual rent is AED 43,000, from 151 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.

Wavez Residence

Completed 2022
13 floors
6 lifts
467 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Danube Properties

A studio in Wavez Residence costs a median AED 512,500 and rents long-let for AED 43,000/yr (8.4% gross).

Satellite view of Wavez Residence, Liwan, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps. — Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Satellite view of the Liwan district around Wavez Residence, with roads and landmarks named. Apple Maps.

Street map around Wavez Residence, Liwan, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

Studio · typical price

512,500AED

AED 1,265/sqft · +5.1% on a year

Rent a year: AED 43,000
Gross yield: 8.4%

Cost to buy, all inAED 547,963

Price: AED 512,500
DLD fee 4%: AED 20,500
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 10,763
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent10 months

Create client report

Ask about Wavez Residence →

Is Wavez Residence a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, easy to let, prices rising and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?8.4% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)8.4%Strength
Is it easy to let?78% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Liwan building manages 9%78%Strength
Liwan median 9% · top tenth from 76%Wavez Residence · 78%
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; Wavez Residence is at 78%.
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 42,000 a year ago, AED 43,000 now+2.4%Fair
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,203/sqft a year ago, 1,265 now+5.1%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 35,463 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrs
Can I sell easily?35 sales in 12 months, 8% of the tower (30 the year before)35Fair
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 39% for buyers 5 years ago; up 44% for launch buyers, before fees+38.6%Context

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

Check an asking price →How each reading works →

Wavez Residence prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 512,500 and rents for about AED 43,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio338 units · 407 sqft	AED 512,5001,265/sqftlaunch 863 +46.6%		8.4%+0.0 pts	AED 43,000151 contracts	+5.1%	26
1 bed76 units · 668 sqft	AED 790,0001,185/sqftlaunch 906 +30.8%		7.6%-1.2 pts	AED 60,00019 contracts	+7.2%	9

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

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Liwan

12-month change: +5.1%
3 years: +39.3% · +11.7%/yr
5 years: +45.3% · +7.8%/yr
Off-plan price gain, 2019–2023: +46.6% · +8.0%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Liwan

Gross yield: 8.4%
Median new rent: AED 43,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.0 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.6 pts
Renewal rent: AED 40,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (124 renewals): +7.5%

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 1,240 · before fees

Launch, 2019–23: 863; +44%; 353 sales
5 years ago: 894; +39%; 44 sales
3 years ago: 916; +35%; 52 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,180; +5%; 30 sales
Last 12 months: 1,240; today; 35 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.

35 resales in the last 12 months, against 43 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
8 Oct 2026	1 bed	668	AED 700,000	1,048
22 Sept 2026	Studio	407	AED 450,000	1,105
9 Sept 2026	Studio	407	AED 505,000	1,240
2 Sept 2026	Studio	407	AED 450,000	1,106
28 Aug 2026	Studio	407	AED 470,000	1,155
30 Jul 2026	1 bed	666	AED 750,000	1,126
24 Jul 2026	Studio	407	AED 400,250	983
21 Jul 2026	Studio	407	AED 540,000	1,326
15 Jul 2026	Studio	403	AED 490,000	1,216
15 Jun 2026	Studio	407	AED 500,000	1,228

35 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Wavez Residence

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
1 bed500 m cluster · 4+ listings seen	6821.02/sqft	AED 136,063	AED 60,000	2.3×	17.2%

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 Liwan

Every Liwan building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Wavez Residence places 6th of 49; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
2	Albero by ORO2418% · off-plan 1,259/sqft	AED 896,000	1,375+11.0%	—	—	4
3	Symbolic Altus0% · Q2 2027 · off-plan 1,282/sqft	AED 1.07M	1,282+3.4%	—	—	46
4	Serra Residence By Wujodoff-plan 1,270/sqft	AED 1.25M	1,270+2.5%	—	—	3
5	Symbolic AlphaCompleted 2025 · off-plan 1,050/sqft	AED 915,000	1,257+1.4%	7.3%	+4.7%	11
6	Wavez Residence · this buildingCompleted 2022 · off-plan 873/sqft	AED 525,000	1,240	8.4%	+5.0%	35
7	Parkgreen Residences by Alishaanoff-plan 1,228/sqft	AED 827,009	1,228-0.9%	—	—	11
8	Celine By VisionCompleted 2026 · off-plan 1,089/sqft	AED 910,000	1,226-1.1%	7.1%	+12.7%	39
9	Alma Gardens50% · Q2 2026 · off-plan 1,163/sqft	AED 1.12M	1,185-4.4%	—	+8.9%	38
10	Karma by VisionCompleted 2025 · off-plan 989/sqft	AED 1.34M	1,143-7.8%	7.3%	+13.6%	5

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Wavez Residence (AED 1,240/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

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.

Explore sales activity

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.

Explore planned supply

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

Find service-charge budget evidence for Wavez Residence

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 Wavez Residence

Wavez Residence is an apartment building completed in 2022 by Danube Properties in Liwan. 564 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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

The building, as registered

Floors: 13
Lifts: 6
Parking bays: 467
Pools: 1
Master developer: Danube Properties

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 24 min · 20 km
DXB Airport: 21 min · 24 km
DIFC: 20 min · 21 km
Dubai Marina: 28 min · 33 km
Palm Jumeirah: 34 min · 37 km

Nearest, as registered

Landmark: IMG World Adventures

Wavez Residence: AED 1,240 per sq ft, 55% above the median Liwan building, and a 8.4% 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

Wavez ResidenceAED 1,240
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

Wavez ResidenceLiwan median building

Liwan8.4% 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

Nearby in Liwan

Every building in Liwan →

Prices per sq ft around Wavez Residence, on the map

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

Celine By Vision

Liwan · 39 sales, 12 months

910,000

AED, resale median · 1,226/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

Symbolic Alpha

Liwan · 11 sales, 12 months

915,000

AED, resale median · 1,257/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
26 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · Studio
151 new and 124 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
Wavez Residence: recorded complete 2022-09-30 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Danube Properties · delivery record
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

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 Wavez Residence’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.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

More assumptions

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: 2,279AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 3,583AED; AED 43,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 146,088AED; 20% down plus AED 43,588 in fees

Owning costs AED 167,498 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.

Ask about Wavez Residence

Looking to buy or rent here? Tell us what you need: unit type, budget, timing.

We reply by phone, WhatsApp or email, and put you in touch with a licensed agent.

Common questions

What is the rental yield in Wavez Residence?: Wavez Residence returns 8.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 43,000 a year (151 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 512,500 (median of 26 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in Wavez Residence cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 512,500 (1,265 AED/sqft), from 26 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Wavez Residence selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Wavez Residence over the last 12 months have a median of 1,265 AED/sqft, across 26 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 Wavez Residence risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +5.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 26 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Wavez Residence?: The median new annual rent is AED 43,000, from 151 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.

For agents

Send this page to a client as a branded report