Area guideDubai · 20 buildings · about 3,074 homes
Jebel Ali First
What apartments in Jebel Ali First cost, how prices and rents have moved since 2019, every building with its figures, and what it is like to live there. All of it from Dubai Land Department records.
Jebel Ali First is a district in Dubai's Jebel Ali area, lying along Sheikh Zayed Road. Much of its housing is in Wasl Gate, a freehold mixed-use development by Wasl just off Sheikh Zayed Road.
The district has 20 buildings with 2,726 apartments, plus 348 villas in 2 villa communities: Gardenia Townhomes I and Gardenia Townhomes II, both at Wasl Gate. All of its homes are recent, with the first and latest completions both in 2022. Wasl and Divine Hills One Real Estate Development are among the main developers. The larger buildings include The Nook 1, The Nook 2 and Sola Residences.
Max Warehouse Jebel Ali is about 700 m away, and Salem ENOC Medical Fitness Center is about 1.1 km away. The nearest metro station is Danube, about 2.6 km away.
Jebel Ali First is an apartment district of about 3,074 apartments, built from 2020 onwards. 20 buildings are complete; the villas sit in two communities. A typical building here has about 93 homes; the tallest, Sola Residences, has 12 floors. The buildings come from two developers, led by Wasl and Divine Hills One Real Estate Development .
Over the last 12 months 435 apartments changed hands in Jebel Ali First at a median of AED 1,410 per sqft, up 5.6% on the year before. The typical sale was AED 1.1M for a 759 sqft apartment. Two-beds are the largest share of the apartments at 47%, followed by one-beds at 26%; studios are 15% and three-beds are 12%. Rents run at AED 99 per sqft a year, a gross yield of 7.0% at today's prices, above the Dubai-wide 6.0%.
529 rental contracts were registered in the same 12 months, 53% of them renewals, and a typical apartment rents for AED 75,000 a year.
In Jebel Ali First, typical sale prices over the last 12 months were around AED 543,000 for studios, AED 1M for one-beds, AED 1.5M for two-beds and AED 2.2M for three-beds. Per square foot the order reverses: studios fetch about AED 1,526 and three-beds AED 1,329, because small units trade at a premium. Villas sold for around AED 4.2M for three-bed villas and AED 5.5M for four-bed villas. Sales ranged from AED 400,000 to AED 5.7M, and 141 of the 435 were studios, the most traded type.
Off-plan sales were 84% of the last 12 months (367 of 435), down from 92% the year before. Off-plan homes went for AED 1,399 per sqft against AED 1,516 for completed ones, 8% less.
Counted from DLD unit records of 20 completed buildings and 2 communities.
Prices and rents in Jebel Ali First since 2019
Sale price per sqft
1 year
▲ Up 6.1%
5 years
▲ Up 52.4%
Since 2019
▲ Up 75.4%
Annual rent per sqft
1 year
▲ Up 0.7%
5 years
▼ Down 42.3%
Since 2023
▲ Up 19.4%
Jebel Ali First's first registered sales, in 2019, were at about AED 790 per sqft. They have risen in most years since, to AED 1,410 over the last 12 months. The steepest recent climb was in 2025, when the annual median rose 10%. Year on year the annual median has gone up 8% in 2024, up 10% in 2025 and up 6% so far in 2026. The busiest month of the last year was June 2026, with 139 sales registered. On the monthly median of every registered sale, prices are up 5.6% over the last 12 months, up 51.6% over five years and up 78.4% on the 2019 level. Rents are up 0.9% over the last 12 months, down 42.3% over five years and up 19.6% since 2023, so rents now rise more slowly than prices and gross yields are easing.
Nothing is under construction in Jebel Ali First today, so the stock is what it is: 20 buildings and about 3,074 homes. Three of them handed over in the last five years, so the newest stock is still settling into the rental market. The figures on this page refresh monthly as new sales and contracts are registered.
The line is the monthly median of every sale and rental contract, smoothed over three months; a month with fewer than ten records sits between its neighbours, and the latest such months are read together. The changes compare 12-month medians: the last 12 months against the 12 before. Source: Dubai Land Department.
Price history in Jebel Ali First
Every registered sale in Jebel Ali First in the last 12 months; the dashed line is the trend within those 12 months, grey dots are flagged outliers left out of it.
Over the last 12 months Jebel Ali First recorded 419 sales; typical homes sold for around AED 1.05M (about AED 1,417 per sqft); with a median size of 757 sqft; most were studios; from roughly AED 400K to AED 5.7M.
The eight busiest buildings account for 378 of Jebel Ali First's 435 sales in the last 12 months: Azizi Jewel, Sola Residences, The Nook 1, South Garden A and South Garden B and three more. Gross yields run from 7.1% to 7.1% across the buildings with enough sales and lets to measure. Every building links to its own page with each unit's sales and rents.
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Every building and community in Jebel Ali First, A to Z
529 rental contracts were registered in Jebel Ali First in the last 12 months, 53% of them renewals. New contracts were signed about 12% above renewals of the same size per sqft, so a tenant renewing is still paying below the market rate. Gross yields run from 9.6% on studios to 7.0% on three-beds, before service charges of AED 20 to 20 per sqft a year.
Ejari registrations via Dubai Land Department; yields use the same 12 months of sales.
Who builds in Jebel Ali First
2 developers
Wasl16 buildingsAED 1,315 /sqft
Divine Hills One Real Estate Development 1 buildingAED 1,488 /sqft
Wasl is the biggest builder in Jebel Ali First with 16 of the 22 completed buildings; Divine Hills One Real Estate Development follows.
Buying or renting in Jebel Ali First
Buying
Expect a 20% deposit as a UAE resident or 25% as a non-resident on a home under AED 5M, plus the 4% Dubai Land Department transfer fee and about AED 5,000 of registration and trustee costs. On a typical one-bed at AED 1M, that is AED 206,000 down and AED 41,000 in transfer fee. Before offering, check the service charge per sqft on the building page (AED 20 to 20 across Jebel Ali First), the registered size against the marketed one, and whether the unit has sold before and at what price.
A typical one-bed rents for AED 60,000 a year, a studio AED 50,000 and a two-bed AED 76,000. New contracts run about 12% above renewals, and increases on renewal are capped by the RERA rental index. Landlords in Dubai usually take one to four cheques and a 5% security deposit, and every contract is registered on Ejari, which is where the figures on this page come from.
Most of Jebel Ali First's buildings are small, with a typical 93 homes each; three of the 20 were completed in the last five years. Service charges run from AED 20 to 20 per sqft a year, set building by building and listed on each building page.
Jebel Ali First costs about the same per square foot as Al Furjan, its nearest neighbour. Expo City is the most expensive of the areas around it at AED 2,020 per sqft, 43% more. Dubai Investment Park First is the cheapest nearby at AED 1,012. Its closest comparable on price is Jebel Ali Industrial Second. At 7.0%, its gross yield is the highest of the group.
Jebel Ali First in numbers
Across 435 DLD sales in the 12 months to 9 November 2026, the median price in Jebel Ali First was AED 1,410 per sqft and the typical apartment sold for about AED 1.1M.
Prices are up 5.6% on the year, 51.6% over five years and 78.4% since 2019; rents up 0.9% and 42.3% over the same periods.
20 completed buildings from 2 developers; about 3,074 homes, 41% of the apartments studios and one-beds.
Gross yields of 9.6% on studios, 7.9% on one-beds, 7.5% on two-beds and 7.0% on three-beds, before service charges of AED 20 to 20 per sqft.
Source: Dubai Land Department. Updated 12 November 2026.
Questions about Jebel Ali First
How much does an apartment in Jebel Ali First cost?
Over the 12 months to 9 November 2026 the median was AED 1,410 per sqft, and studios sold for around AED 543,000, one-beds sold for around AED 1M, two-beds sold for around AED 1.5M and three-beds sold for around AED 2.2M.
Have prices in Jebel Ali First gone up?
Yes: up 5.6% in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 and up 51.6% over five years, on the monthly median of every registered sale. Over the whole record they are 78.4% above the 2019 level.
What is the rental yield in Jebel Ali First?
About 7.0% gross across all types at today's prices: 9.6% on studios, 7.9% on one-beds, 7.5% on two-beds and 7.0% on three-beds, before service charges of AED 20 to 20 per sqft a year.
Which are the most traded buildings in Jebel Ali First?
Between AED 20 and AED 20 per sqft a year, set building by building; The Nook 2 is AED 20.00. Each building page lists its own.
How many buildings are there in Jebel Ali First?
20 completed apartment buildings, plus two villa communities, with about 3,074 homes between them. Every one has its own page here.
What does it cost to rent in Jebel Ali First?
The median contract in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 was AED 75,000 a year: AED 50,000 for studios, AED 60,000 for one-beds, AED 76,000 for two-beds and AED 95,000 for three-beds, across 529 Ejari registrations.
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