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Umm Suqeim

Umm Suqeim is the beach district between Jumeirah and the Marina, the one with the sail-shaped hotel and the kite beach, and most of it is villas that only citizens may own. Every figure is McCone Properties’ own count from the Dubai Land Department’s registers: sales through October 2026, rents through October 2026.

What Umm Suqeim actually sells for — every building, ranked by recorded price →

What Umm Suqeim rents for — recorded tenancies by layout, and the yield →

Schools near Umm Suqeim — KHDA ratings, curriculum and fees →

Median resale price
AED 3.00M
150 completed homes · the last 12 months
Mean AED 3.64M
Median per sq ft
AED 2,771
-4% on the year before
Mean AED 2,854
Median rent, 1 B/R
AED 118,400
a year · 404 tenancies in twelve months
Mean AED 118,894
Gross yield, 1 B/R
5.3%
recorded rent over recorded resale price
Jadeel 3, Umm Suqeim, Dubai
Jadeel 3, Umm Suqeim — on the market with McCone

At a glance

Umm Suqeim in numbers

Made of
38 buildings with a recorded sale history
Sales on record
4,146 since 2018 — the latest registered 16 Oct 2026
Tenancies
969 registered with Ejari in the last twelve months — 61% new leases, 39% renewals
On the market
2 for sale · 12 for rent with McCone today
Metro
Equiti Red Line
The name
“Mother of the little sickness” — the story is bad water; no record says — what Dubai’s area names mean
Across Dubai
Freehold areas — part freehold, 65% of homes let
Most expensive areas — one-bed rents AED 118,400 a year, 3rd dearest of 66
Best areas to live — by the metro, by the sea
2 bedroom apartments — two-beds rent for AED 190,000 a year, median
Pet-friendly apartments for rent — landlords said yes on 7% of our listings here
1 bedroom apartments — one-beds rent for AED 120,000 a year, median
3 bedroom apartments — three-beds resell for AED 5,450,000, median
Villas in Dubai — a villa rents for AED 275,418 a year, median
Best residential buildings — Lamtara 1 resells at AED 3,457 per sqft, 9th dearest district of 67
New buildings — 4 towers handed over in 2026, 3 in 2025; 17 still off-plan
Cheapest buildings — Rahaal 2 resells for AED 2,150,000, median, the cheapest of 3 ranked towers here
Rental yields — a one-bed returns 5.6% gross on AED 120,000 a year, 38th of 46
Dubai rent prices — one-bed rents AED 118,400, −5% on the year
Best schools in Dubai — 7 private schools, 1 rated Outstanding by KHDA
Who works it
Taylor Davis — Leasing

The guide

Living in Umm Suqeim

Umm Suqeim is the beach district between Jumeirah and the Marina, the one with the sail-shaped hotel and the kite beach, and most of it is villas that only citizens may own. But a developer-built quarter beside the district's great resort has opened it to everyone, a set of low-rise buildings in the resort's Arabian style around courtyards and canals, and it trades as one of the most sought-after addresses on the coast. The name means "mother of the little sickness", umm being how Arabic names a place by what marks it, and the story told for it is bad water or a fever in the old village, though no record says.

The place

The district lies along Jumeirah Beach Road between Jumeirah and Al Sufouh, with the beach and the sail-shaped hotel on its seaward side, Al Wasl Road behind and the Mall of the Emirates a short drive. Its villa streets are the district's fabric and its citizens' homes; the developer quarter sits beside the resort, low-rise, shaded and walkable, with the resort's souk, restaurants and waterways at its door and the beach a short walk.

What you get

Apartments in the developer quarter, from one-bedroom flats to large layouts, in low-rise buildings in the resort's style with pools and courtyards; and villas on the district's streets, most of which are not for sale to most buyers. The quarter is the district's freehold market.

Who it suits

Buyers who want to live beside the beach and the resort in a low-rise, walkable quarter at the top of the coast's market. Owners who intend to let, because the quarter's furnished and short-stay market is deep. Families who want the beach and the schools of Jumeirah.

It suits people less well who want space for the money, a tower, or a quiet distance from the resort's crowds.

Buying and renting here

The developer quarter trades as one market and the register's tables on this page show what its layouts actually fetched, with every building's own page beneath. Off-plan resales in the quarter's later phases are kept apart from finished sales. For tenants, the official index caps a renewal while a new lease follows the market.

What it costs to buy

What Umm Suqeim sells for

Completed resales over the last three years, by layout — the registered price and the registered floor area. Off-plan launches are counted separately and never folded in.

LayoutTypical sizeMedian priceMean pricePer sq ftSales
1 B/R775 sqft2,200,0002,198,5132,742205
2 B/R1,330 sqft3,650,0003,688,7472,865123
3 B/R2,066 sqft5,950,0006,518,7673,05932
4 B/R2,816 sqft10,700,00011,217,1413,73621

Over the last 12 months, 150 completed homes changed hands in Umm Suqeim at a median of AED 3,000,000 — AED 2,771 a square foot, down 4% on the year before. Off-plan launches sit beside that figure, not inside it: 301 in the last year at AED 2,806 a square foot.

Every Umm Suqeim building ranked by recorded price, and every sale as registered →

What it costs to rent

What Umm Suqeim rents for

Every residential tenancy registered with Ejari in Umm Suqeim in the last twelve months. Annual rents, medians. A renewal is capped by the RERA index; a new lease is the market.

LayoutTypical sizeMedian rentNew leaseRenewalContracts
1 B/R783 sqft118,400115,000120,000404
2 B/R1,341 sqft190,000190,000190,000259
3 B/R2,675 sqft250,000270,000209,36694
4 B/R4,219 sqft286,000340,000276,118147
5 B/R5,199 sqft290,000350,000275,00055

969 tenancies were registered in Umm Suqeim in the last twelve months, 61% of them new leases. A one-bedroom let for a median AED 118,400 a year — AED 115,000 on a new lease against AED 120,000 on a renewal.

The full rental report — rent per square foot and contracts, year by year →

What it returns

Gross yield in Umm Suqeim, by layout

Recorded rent per square foot a year over what the same layouts sold for, in the same twelve months. Gross — before service charges and empty months.

LayoutRent per sq ft, a yearResale per sq ftGross yieldTenanciesSales
1 B/R1452,7095.3%40469
3 B/R952,7543.4%9415
2 B/R1432,8305.0%25956
4 B/R663,6711.8%14710

A one-bedroom in Umm Suqeim returns a gross 5.3% on the two registers — what tenants paid over what buyers paid, for the same layouts in the same year.

Where the market is moving

The busiest buildings in Umm Suqeim

Over the ninety days to 19 October, by McCone Properties' count of the Land Department register, Al Jazi 1 and Lamaa Building 4 accounted for 12 of the 42 completed homes sold in Umm Suqeim, Al Jazi 1 above its usual pace and Lamaa Building 4 new to resale.

#BuildingSales, 90 daysAgainst its usual paceMedian per sq ft
1Al Jazi 162.4×2,670
2Lamaa Building 46New to resale, 20262,664
3Jadeel 252.9×2,706

Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer — the ninety days to 19 Oct 2026. Pace is this window against the building’s own average ninety days over the year before. Buildings with fewer than five sales in the window are left out. 38 buildings in Umm Suqeim carry a recorded history, and each has its own page. Every one ranked by recorded price →

Every building

All 38 buildings in Umm Suqeim

Every building with a page of its own, alphabetically — its registered prices, sizes and the year it was handed over wherever the Dubai Land Department has a sale on record, and our homes in it where it has none yet.

New buildings in Umm Suqeim — 4 handed over in 2026, 3 in 2025, with what their first resales fetched against the off-plan price →

Al Jazi 1 · Al Jazi 2 · Al Jazi 3 · Al Jazi 4 · Asayel · Asayel 1 · Asayel 2 · Asayel 3 · Elara 1 · Elara 2 · Elara 3 · Jadeel · Jadeel 1 · Jadeel 2 · Jadeel 3 · Jomana 1 · Jomana 2 · Jomana 3 · Jomana 4 · Jomana 5 · Jomana 6 · Jomana 7 · Jomana 8 · Lamaa Building 1 · Lamaa Building 2 · Lamaa Building 3 · Lamaa Building 4 · Lamtara 1 · Lamtara 2 · Lamtara 3 · Nourelle Building 1 · Nourelle Building 2 · Nourelle Building 3 · Rahaal 1 · Rahaal 2 · Riwa Building 1 · Riwa Building 2 · Riwa Building 3

Taylor Davis

Who to ask

Taylor Davis

Leasing

Taylor holds 9 of the 14 homes McCone is marketing in Umm Suqeim today, and hears about the rest before they reach a portal. Ask for Taylor at the desk.

More about Taylor →

Questions people ask

Umm Suqeim, answered

Where is Umm Suqeim?

Umm Suqeim lies along Jumeirah Beach Road between Jumeirah and Al Sufouh, with the beach and the sail-shaped hotel on its seaward side, Al Wasl Road behind and the Mall of the Emirates a short drive.

What is the nearest Metro station to Umm Suqeim?

The Metro station for Umm Suqeim is Equiti on the Red Line.

How much does it cost to buy in Umm Suqeim?

By McCone Properties' count of the Dubai Land Department register, 150 completed homes changed hands in Umm Suqeim over the last 12 months at a median of AED 3,000,000 — AED 2,771 a square foot, down 4% on the year before. Off-plan launches are counted separately: 301 in the last year at a median AED 2,806 a square foot. Every figure is a registered transfer, not an asking price.

How much is a one-bedroom in Umm Suqeim?

On McCone Properties' reading of the Land Department's sales register, completed one-bedroom homes in Umm Suqeim sold for a median AED 2,200,000 over the last three years — typically 775 sq ft, or AED 2,742 a square foot — across 205 recorded sales.

What does a one-bedroom rent for in Umm Suqeim?

McCone Properties' count of Ejari contracts puts a one-bedroom in Umm Suqeim at a median AED 118,400 a year, across 404 registered in the last twelve months — AED 115,000 on a new lease against AED 120,000 on a renewal, which the RERA index caps.

What is the rental yield in Umm Suqeim?

McCone Properties' sum of the two registers puts the gross yield on a one-bedroom in Umm Suqeim at 5.3% — AED 145 of rent per square foot a year over the AED 2,709 a square foot the same layouts sold for, before service charges and empty months. It is measured on 404 tenancies and 69 sales, both registered at the DLD.

How many buildings are there in Umm Suqeim?

McCone Properties counts 38 buildings in Umm Suqeim with a sale history on the Land Department register. Each has its own page with every registered price, and 16 of them have enough recent resales to be ranked by price per square foot.

Is Umm Suqeim still being built?

Of the 343 sales the Land Department registered in Umm Suqeim in 2025, McCone Properties counts 217 off-plan purchases from a developer and 126 resales of finished homes — a community still being built out. The register has 4,146 sales for Umm Suqeim since 2018.

Which buildings in Umm Suqeim are selling right now?

Over the ninety days to 19 October, by McCone Properties' count of the Land Department register, Al Jazi 1 and Lamaa Building 4 accounted for 12 of the 42 completed homes sold in Umm Suqeim, Al Jazi 1 above its usual pace and Lamaa Building 4 new to resale.

New to renting or buying here? Ejari, the RERA rental index and the cost of buying, explained.

Where these numbers come from. Sale prices are the Dubai Land Department’s transaction register, read from the Dubai Data Exchange — what buyers actually paid, recorded at transfer. Mortgage registrations, gifts and developers’ own filings are excluded, and medians are used so one unusual sale cannot move the number. Rents are Ejari contracts from the same department, read from the community’s DLD area, new leases and renewals never blended. Sales through 19 Oct 2026 · Rents through 21 Oct 2026.