Scarcity is the story: MJL is effectively the only freehold apartment stock in a district that cannot add more beachside land, and its resale premiums have behaved accordingly. Much of wider Umm Suqeim is not open to foreign ownership, so confirm title on anything outside the masterplan. A blue-chip long hold rather than a yield play. , Equity Edge analyst note
Where Umm Suqeim sits
Umm Suqeim is the beachside stretch of old Jumeirah around the Burj Al Arab, long an Emirati villa heartland. For buyers, the door in is Madinat Jumeirah Living, the freehold apartment district walkable to the Madinat and the beach, whose resales anchor the registered numbers here.
AED 5.3M11%below the registered medianbelow the 3 bed apartment median
Registered10 August 2026
What sold3 bed apartment in Um Suqaim Third
Like-for-like medianAED 5.9Mevery 3 bed apartment registered in Um Suqaim Third, 12 months
Drawn from87 salesmedian AED 2,870/sqft
All apartmentsAED 3.5Macross every layout, 462 sales
DLD registered transactions for Umm Suqeim, trailing 12 months. The registry publishes no project name against a sale, so like-for-like here means the same area, the same property type and the same number of bedrooms. Methodology
The buildings of Umm Suqeim, by the registered numbers
GEMS Wellington International School - Dubai Branch
UK/IB · Al Safouh First · ~11 min · avg AED 52k/yr
OUTSTANDING
GEMS Dubai American Academy - Dubai Branch
American · Al Barsha South First · ~13 min · avg AED 87k/yr
OUTSTANDING
Latest published inspection ratings, KHDA (Dubai) and ADEK (Abu Dhabi): verify at the source. Drive times approximate.
Questions buyers ask about Umm Suqeim
What does an apartment cost in Umm Suqeim in 2026?
The median registered sale price for a Umm Suqeim apartment is AED 3.5M (462 DLD-registered sales, 12 months to Aug 2026), or AED 2,803/sqft. The median 1-bedroom sold for AED 2.3M.
What rent does an apartment achieve in Umm Suqeim?
The median registered rent is AED 150K/year across 703 Ejari contracts (12 months to Aug 2026). These are registered contracts, not asking prices.
What gross yield do Umm Suqeim apartments deliver?
4.3% gross, median registered rent divided by median registered sale price, both from the trailing 12 months. Asking-price yields quoted elsewhere usually flatter; this is the registered number.
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