Marina Apartments 1

1. Does it pay a good rent?5.1% gross, 4.2% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)5.1%Watch
2. Are rents going up?New 2 bed leases: AED 200,000 a year ago, AED 195,000 now (pooled across the project)-2.5%
3. Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 1,941/sqft a year ago, 2,177 now+12.1%Strength
4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 239,050 in fees to buy a 2 bed; net rent covers it in 1.5 years1.5 yrsFair
5. Can I sell easily?12 sales in 12 months (14 the year before)12
6. Is a lot being built nearby?1,706 apartments are planned in Palm Jumeirah from 2026 to 2028, equal to 44% of the 3,913 homes let there today. A further 125 are past their planned date. Palm Jumeirah supply by year →44%Fair
7. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 95% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+94.9%Context

12 resales in the last 12 months, against 22 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 2 bed, Marina Apartments 1 has registered sale prices 21% below the Palm Jumeirah median price per square foot of 2,739 AED, across 54 eligible buildings. It ranks 42nd of 54 by price per square foot and 12th of 27 by gross yield in Palm Jumeirah.

Ejari files Marina Residence’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.

• 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
  147 new and 153 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
  Read with care
• Service charge
  AED 18.87/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 4.2% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
  On record
• Project register
  Marina Residence: recorded complete 2009-06-25 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Developer
  The Palm Jumeirah · delivery record
  On record
• Short-term assumption
  Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 11 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
  Read with care
• 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 Marina Apartments 1?

Marina Apartments 1 returns 5.1% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 195,000 a year (147 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 3.85M (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 2 bedroom in Marina Apartments 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 3.85M (2,177 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Marina Apartments 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Marina Apartments 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 2,177 AED/sqft, across 11 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 Marina Apartments 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +12.1% 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.

How does Marina Apartments 1 compare with Palm Jumeirah?

Its 5.1% gross yield sits +0.2 pts against the Palm Jumeirah median of 4.9%, 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.