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Apartments for rent in Dubai Waterfront: what tenants really pay
A 1-bed in Dubai Waterfront rents for AED 45,061 a year. This is the median of 44 new Ejari leases signed 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. A studio is AED 36,750. A 2-bed is AED 70,000. Renewing tenants pay AED 39,500.
Updated 21 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department Ejari leases and listing-site adverts · Method
Median 1-bed rent in Dubai Waterfront: AED 45,061 a year (44 new leases, Ejari, 12 months to 15 Oct 2026).
Median studio rent in Dubai Waterfront: AED 36,750 a year (16 new leases, Ejari, 12 months to 15 Oct 2026).
Median 2-bed rent in Dubai Waterfront: AED 70,000 a year (19 new leases, Ejari, 12 months to 15 Oct 2026).
Signed rents, not adverts: medians of new Ejari leases (new tenant, a lease of six months to a year, one home). How we count.
“In Dubai Waterfront, renewal costs less. A new tenant pays 12% more for the same 1-bed. Already here? Renew. ”
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What tenants here really pay, building by building, from Ejari leases. Then negotiate.
Rent in Dubai Waterfront by bedrooms
AED a year, medians. Signed: Ejari leases starting 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Asking: adverts on 16 Oct 2026.
| Home | Signed, new lease | Renewal | Asking now | Typical size, sq ft | AED / sq ft (new) | Leases, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 36,750 | 32,025 | – | 512 | 72 | 78 |
| 1 bed | 45,061 | 39,500 | – | 711 | 63 | 149 |
| 2 bed | 70,000 | 52,000 | – | 1,016 | 54 | 80 |
| 3 bed | 79,000 | 74,000 | – | 1,874 | 46 | 51 |
| Villa / townhouse | 97,250 | 115,000 | – | 3,875 | 76 | 234 |
| 2-bed villa | 79,000 | 67,725 | – | 1,037 | 76 | 48 |
| 3-bed villa | 100,000 | 90,000 | – | 1,028 | 90 | 100 |
| 4-bed villa | 227,500 | 179,500 | – | 8,662 | 24 | 84 |
What the leases say about Dubai Waterfront
592 Ejari leases 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026, and 18 adverts. Each finding has its chart below.
- Renewing a 1-bed is cheaper than moving. We compare a 1-bed in the same building with a size within 15%. A new tenant pays a median 12% more than a tenant who renews. That is about AED 5,000 a year on a typical renewal rent of AED 40,000.
- Nowhere within 10 km is cheaper for the same size. No community within 10 km has a lower median new-lease rent for a studio, 1-bed or 2-bed of similar size.
Finding
In Dubai Waterfront a new tenant pays 12% more than a renewing one for the same 1-bed.
New lease over renewal, same building, bedrooms and size band, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026
- 1 bed: new tenants pay 12% more (AED 5,000 a year)
Landlord asks more than new tenants pay? The new leases are your evidence. Renew or move, every community →
7 matched groups, 220 renewals. Each group is one named building with 5+ new and 5+ renewed leases. The bedroom table above mixes buildings, so it can point the other way.
Every building in Dubai Waterfront with 10+ leases
Median rent, AED a year, all signed leases 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026 (a bed figure needs 10+ leases). For rent now: adverts on 16 Oct 2026 matched to the building by name, duplicates removed, so it is approximate. 42% of leases here carry no building name and are not in this table.
| Building | Leases | Studio | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | AED / sq ft, all homes | For rent now | 1-bed asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badra Phase 1 | 344 | 56 | – | – |
Cheaper areas near Dubai Waterfront, same size of home
Communities within 10 km (centre to centre) where the median new lease is lower and the median size within 15% of Dubai Waterfront's. New leases 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026, 30+ of the home type. Every community on the heat map →
None: Dubai Waterfront is already the cheapest place within 10 km for a home of its size.
Inside this area: sub-communities with their own figures
Rent in this area by home and by building
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Questions
What is the average rent in Dubai Waterfront?
Median rent a year for a new lease in Dubai Waterfront: studio AED 36,750, 1-bed AED 45,061, 2-bed AED 70,000, 3-bed AED 79,000, villa AED 97,250. This is from 139 new Ejari leases, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026.
How much is a studio in Dubai Waterfront?
A new studio lease costs AED 36,750 a year (AED 3,062 a month). This is the median of 16 new leases, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Renewing tenants pay AED 32,025.
How much is a 1-bed in Dubai Waterfront?
A new 1-bed lease costs AED 45,061 a year (AED 3,755 a month). This is the median of 44 new leases, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Renewing tenants pay AED 39,500.
How much is a 2-bed in Dubai Waterfront?
A new 2-bed lease costs AED 70,000 a year (AED 5,833 a month). This is the median of 19 new leases, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Renewing tenants pay AED 52,000.
How we worked it out, and the limits
Updated 21 Oct 2026. Leases to 15 Oct 2026; adverts of 16 Oct 2026.
Leases. Source: Dubai Land Department Ejari rent contracts. We use homes only, one unit for each contract, starting 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. There are 592 in Dubai Waterfront, and 139 of them are new. Bedrooms come from the Ejari unit type. "3 bed" means 3 or more. Every rent is a median: half the leases are above it.
New and renewal. "New" is a new tenant or a new contract. "Renewal" is the same contract, renewed. Renewals are often registered weeks late. Thus the latest month shows too few renewals. Like for like means the same building, the same bedrooms and a size band 15% wide. Leases with no building name are left out of this test. A group needs 5 or more of each: new leases and renewals.
Adverts. We use active yearly rent adverts from listing sites on 16 Oct 2026. We put each advert in Dubai Waterfront by the building or community name in the advert. There are 18 adverts after we remove repeats. A repeat has the same building, bedrooms, size and price. One home can still show more than once. Thus "for rent now" is approximate. Adverts are matched to a building by name.
Not used. The Ejari nearest-metro field names a station but no distance, so we do not compare metro and non-metro homes here. Floor, view, parking and furnishing are not in the lease record.
The full method, and twenty Dubai-wide comparisons: What the leases say →. Checking a rent rise? Rent increase calculator →
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