What is the rental yield in The Roof Residence?

The Roof Residence returns 6.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 120,000 a year (15 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.00M (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 2 bedroom in The Roof Residence cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 2.00M (1,569 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Have prices in The Roof Residence risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -4.8% 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.

What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in The Roof Residence?

The median new annual rent is AED 120,000, from 15 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.

How many apartments change hands in The Roof Residence?

11 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 15 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

The Roof Residence

Completed 2026
10 floors
2 lifts
106 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Soboh

A 2 bed in The Roof Residence costs a median AED 2.00M and rents long-let for AED 120,000/yr (6.0% gross).

Satellite view of The Roof Residence, Nad Al Sheba Gardens, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps. — Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Satellite view of the Nad Al Sheba Gardens district around The Roof Residence, with roads and landmarks named. Apple Maps.

Street map around The Roof Residence, Nad Al Sheba Gardens, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

2 bed · typical price

2.00MAED

AED 1,569/sqft · -4.8% on a year

Rent a year: AED 120,000
Gross yield: 6.0%
vs Nad Al Sheba Gardens: 12% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 2.13M

Price: AED 2.00M
DLD fee 4%: AED 80,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 42,000
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent13 months

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Is The Roof Residence a good investment?Easy to sell; prices are slipping and lots of new supply is coming; no record of the rent trend

Does it pay a good rent?6.0% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)6.0%Fair
Is it easy to let?34 yearly leases, new and renewed, across 58 units in 12 months59%Fair
Are rents going up?Too few new leases on both sides of the year to measure a changeNo record
Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 1,648/sqft a year ago, 1,569 now-4.8%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 126,200 in fees to buy a 2 bed; rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrs
Can I sell easily?18 sales in 12 months, 31% of the tower (27 the year before)18Strength
Is a lot being built nearby?169 apartments are planned in Nad Al Sheba Gardens from 2026 to 2028, equal to 76% of the 222 homes let there today. A further 94 are past their planned date. Nad Al Sheba Gardens supply by year →76%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 0% for launch buyers, before fees0.0%Context

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

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The Roof Residence prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 2.00M and rents for about AED 120,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed24 units · 859 sqft	AED 1.35M1,550/sqft		6.1%+0.0 pts	AED 82,00013 contracts	+3.9%	7
2 bed34 units · 1,347 sqft	AED 2.00M1,569/sqft		6.0%+0.0 pts	AED 120,00015 contracts	-4.8%	11

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

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Nad Al Sheba Gardens · area median AED 1,774/sqft

12-month change: -4.8%
vs area median: -11.6%
Off-plan price gain, 2025–2026: +3.9% · +7.9%/yr

Rental income

2 bed · Nad Al Sheba Gardens

Gross yield: 6.0%
Median new rent: AED 120,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.0 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): -0.8 pts
Renewal rent: AED 170,000/yr

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 1,559 · before fees

Launch, 2025–26: 1,559; 0%; 38 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,570; −1%; 27 sales
Last 12 months: 1,559; today; 18 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.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
9 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,371	AED 2,400,000	1,751
5 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,274	AED 2,304,007	1,808
19 Jun 2026	1 bed	859	AED 1,350,000	1,572
15 Jun 2026	1 bed	859	AED 1,600,000	1,863
1 Apr 2026	1 bed	1,340	AED 1,700,000	1,268
25 Mar 2026	2 bed	1,275	AED 2,008,094	1,575
23 Mar 2026	2 bed	1,371	AED 1,973,779	1,440

7 resales in the last 12 months.

Market context in Nad Al Sheba Gardens

Registered sales activity

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

Price change lacks sufficient evidence in both periods.

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Planned apartment projects

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

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

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

169 apartments are planned in Nad Al Sheba Gardens from 2026 to 2028, equal to 76% of the 222 homes let there today.

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 The Roof Residence

The Roof Residence is an apartment building completed in 2026 by Soboh in Nad Al Sheba Gardens. 45 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Floors: 10
Lifts: 2
Parking bays: 106
Pools: 1
Master developer: Soboh

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 17 min · 12 km
DXB Airport: 18 min · 19 km
DIFC: 15 min · 16 km
Dubai Marina: 23 min · 25 km
Palm Jumeirah: 30 min · 30 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Business Bay Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: IMG World Adventures

The Roof Residence: AED 1,559 per sq ft, 12% below the median Nad Al Sheba Gardens building, and a 5.4% 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

The Roof ResidenceAED 1,559
Nad Al Sheba Gardens, readyAED 1,575
Nad Al Sheba Gardens, off-planAED 1,821
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

The Roof ResidenceNad Al Sheba Gardens median building

Nad Al Sheba Gardens5.4% vs 5.4%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 1 buildings in Nad Al Sheba Gardens. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Nad Al Sheba Gardens, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around The Roof Residence, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 2 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · The Roof Residence is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Ethan

Nad Al Sheba Gardens · 23 sales, 12 months

1.65M

AED, resale median · 1,640/sqft

La Vue Parc

Nad Al Sheba Gardens · 21 sales, 12 months

1.79M

AED, resale median · 2,302/sqft

Celia Gardens

Nad Al Sheba Gardens · 17 sales, 12 months

1.69M

AED, resale median · 1,940/sqft

Queen's Garden

Nad Al Sheba Gardens · 8 sales, 12 months

2.08M

AED, resale median · 1,848/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
11 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 2 bed
15 new and 1 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
The Roof Residence: recorded complete 2026-02-05 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Soboh · 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 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 The Roof 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

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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: 8,893AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 10,000AED; AED 120,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 549,200AED; 20% down plus AED 149,200 in fees

Owning costs AED 420,745 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 The Roof Residence?: The Roof Residence returns 6.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 120,000 a year (15 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.00M (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 2 bedroom in The Roof Residence cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 2.00M (1,569 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Have prices in The Roof Residence risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -4.8% 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.
What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in The Roof Residence?: The median new annual rent is AED 120,000, from 15 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.
How many apartments change hands in The Roof Residence?: 11 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 15 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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The Roof Residence sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 11 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/nad-al-sheba-gardens/the-roof-residence
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Roof Residence sale prices and yield.” Nad Al Sheba Gardens, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/nad-al-sheba-gardens/the-roof-residence

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