Bayut's MyBayut Blog compares average prices, rents and ROI in Dubai's luxury villa communities, from Al Barari to Palm Jumeirah.
According to Bayut — MyBayut Blog, the communities most popular with investors for luxury villas in Dubai are Palm Jumeirah, Al Barari, Dubai Hills Estate and Jumeirah Islands. The guide describes them as clusters that combine premium amenities, large residences and a high level of privacy, and gives average sales prices, rents and ROI for individual sub-communities. In Al Barari, The Residences shows an average sales price of AED 37.5M for a 5-bedroom villa and AED 135M for a 7-bedroom one, with average annual rents of AED 1.3M and AED 5.72M respectively; the stated ROI is 3.59%. The Collection lists 5-bedroom villas at an average of AED 44.4M and 6-bedroom ones at AED 77M, with an ROI of 5.38%. In Dubai Hills Estate, Parkways villas have average asking prices of AED 47.42M (6 bedrooms) and AED 56.80M (7 bedrooms), with an ROI of 3.71% and an average rent of AED 2.25M a year for a 7-bedroom home. In Fairways, 6-bedroom villas average AED 46.62M and 7-bedroom ones AED 68.75M; rents are about AED 2.46M and AED 3.42M a year, and the ROI is 5.21%. Majestic Vistas, with 40 six-bedroom villas, quotes AED 49.70M on average, rent of around AED 2.24M a year and an ROI of 4.61%. On Palm Jumeirah, Garden Homes villas average AED 35.03M (4 bedrooms), AED 53.88M (5 bedrooms) and AED 64.72M (6 bedrooms), with average annual rents from AED 1.38M for a 4-bedroom home to AED 4.5M for a 7-bedroom one, and an ROI of 3.66%. These are average and asking figures reported by the source, not a guarantee of future returns, and actual prices depend on the specific property.