The Waves Tower A, Dubai Marina · by Damac Properties
Tower A, The Waves: a resale 2-bed sells for about AED 1.90m
Median of 5 resale 2-bed sales in the 12 months to 24 Oct 2026 (12 resale sales of all sizes). Last sale in the tower: 14 Oct 2026.
- The market says
- 12 resales of all sizes in 12 months at AED 1,547 per sq ft (+11% in a year); a higher price than 35% of Dubai Marina towers; owners who sold gained 14.6% a year and 0% sold at a loss.
“Owners who sold in The Waves Tower A made 14.6% a year, and none of the 13 on record sold at a loss. A 2-bed gives a gross yield of about 7.6% on the median signed Ejari rent for a 2-bed in Dubai Marina (AED 145,000 a year), against the median sold price. For me that is a strong record for Dubai Marina. Pay for the right view and layout.”
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- Signed rent, 2-bed
- AED 145,000 a year (community median, 3,703 signed Ejari leases, 12 months) · gross yield 7.6% (signed rent)
- Asking rent, 2-bed
- AED 119,994 a year (6 listings)
- Official record
- 369 registered sales since 2008: 369 apartment
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Resale and off-plan prices by bedroom
Resale = a completed home sold on. Off-plan = a home sold before the tower is complete, by the developer or by an earlier buyer (a Land Department "delayed sell"). The two are different markets, so we never mix them in one price. Sold = median price of sales in the 12 months to 24 Oct 2026. Asking and rent = live listings on 7 Oct 2026. Counts are in brackets. A median needs 5 sales or 3 listings.
| Type | Resale: sold | Resale: per sq ft | Rent a year | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-bed | under 5 (3) | – | – (1) | – |
| 2-bed | AED 1,900,000 (5) | 1,515 | AED 119,994 (6) | 6.3% |
| 3-bed | under 5 (4) | – | – (0) | – |
Rents in this table are asking rents (adverts). The yield in the headline is the signed Ejari rent divided by the median resale price, before service charge.
Sales we leave out of every median, count and chart (5 of 86 here): bulk transfers, meaning 5 or more completed homes sold within two days at prices per sq ft within 25% of each other (0); a sale at exactly the same price as that unit's sale before (0); a size more than 1.6 times the usual size for the recorded type, or a "studio" above 750 sq ft (5). They stay in the list below with a label.
Resale price per sq ft rose 11% in a year
Median AED 1,547 per sq ft in the last 12 months (12 resale sales, all sizes) against AED 1,391 in the 12 months before (14 resale sales, all sizes).
Bars: median AED per sq ft by quarter. Blue line and blue numbers under the bars: number of sales in the quarter. Last 16 quarters at most. Grey bars have fewer than 3 sales.
What owners made: +14.6% a year, 0% sold at a loss
13 owners bought a home in The Waves Tower A and sold it again as a completed home 6 months or more later. Half of them held it for 2.4 years or more. A gain is the change in the price for each year held, before fees, service charge and rent.
By unit type, and bought off-plan or completed
| Unit type | Gain a year | Sold at a loss | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-bed | +14.6% | 0% | 5 |
| 2-bed | +8.3% | 0% | 7 |
| Bought as | Gain a year | Sold at a loss | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completed | +14.6% | 0% | 13 |
Round trips: the same unit number sold twice, bulk transfers and same-price transfers out, 5 or more owners for each line. Only owners who sold are counted: an owner who waits for a better price is not here. An owner who bought off-plan paid in stages, so the gain on the cash paid in is higher than the gain on the price. Dubai figures: 55,901 round trips by the same rule, all areas, to 24 Oct 2026.
Every sale since 2020: 86 sales of 63 units
Newest first. Each sale is marked Resale or Off-plan. The last column shows the change from the same unit's sale before.
| Unit | Type | Sq ft | Price | AED per sq ft | Date | Market | Against the sale before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A252 | 2-bed | 1,314 | AED 2,075,000 | 1,579 | 14 Oct 2026 | Resale | +41% from AED 1.48m in 2022 |
| A215 | 2-bed | 1,370 | AED 1,900,000 | 1,387 | 23 Sep 2026 | Resale | |
| A61 | 1-bed | 971 | AED 1,150,000 | 1,184 | 1 Sep 2026 | Resale | +39% from AED 830,000 in 2022 |
| A158 | 2-bed | 1,211 | AED 1,700,000 | 1,404 | 4 Aug 2026 | Resale | |
| A234 | 3-bed | 1,982 | AED 3,400,000 | 1,715 | 16 Jul 2026 | Resale | |
| A163 | 1-bed | 911 | AED 1,550,000 | 1,702 | 25 Mar 2026 | Resale | |
| A157 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 2,325,000 | 1,698 | 13 Feb 2026 | Resale | +94% from AED 1.20m in 2021 |
| A246 | 2-bed | 1,218 | AED 1,845,000 | 1,515 | 4 Feb 2026 | Resale | |
| A161 | 1-bed | 1,030 | AED 1,525,000 | 1,481 | 19 Jan 2026 | Resale | +39% from AED 1.10m in 2023 |
| A106 | 3-bed | 2,034 | AED 2,900,000 | 1,426 | 18 Dec 2025 | Resale | |
| A183 | 3-bed | 1,844 | AED 3,000,000 | 1,627 | 28 Nov 2025 | Resale | |
| A262 | 3-bed | 3,594 | AED 3,900,000 | 1,085 | 20 Nov 2025 | Resale | +28% from AED 3.05m in 2021 size does not fit the recorded type |
| A253 | 3-bed | 1,844 | AED 3,450,000 | 1,871 | 19 Nov 2025 | Resale | +109% from AED 1.65m in 2021 |
| A168 | 2-bed | 1,211 | AED 1,680,000 | 1,387 | 25 Sep 2025 | Resale | +12% from AED 1.50m in 2023 |
| A116 | 3-bed | 2,034 | AED 2,730,000 | 1,342 | 28 Jul 2025 | Resale | |
| A186 | 2-bed | 1,218 | AED 1,700,000 | 1,396 | 9 Jun 2025 | Resale | +13% from AED 1.50m in 2023 |
| A46 | 1-bed | 897 | AED 1,300,000 | 1,449 | 9 May 2025 | Resale | |
| A78 | 2-bed | 1,211 | AED 1,660,000 | 1,371 | 27 Mar 2025 | Resale | |
| A102 | 1-bed | 912 | AED 1,550,000 | 1,700 | 27 Mar 2025 | Resale | +35% from AED 1.15m in 2023 |
| A173 | 1-bed | 911 | AED 1,350,000 | 1,482 | 17 Mar 2025 | Resale | |
| A254 | 3-bed | 1,982 | AED 3,050,000 | 1,539 | 14 Mar 2025 | Resale | +9% from AED 2.80m in 2024 |
| A103 | 1-bed | 911 | AED 1,260,000 | 1,383 | 13 Feb 2025 | Resale | |
| A77 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 2,200,000 | 1,607 | 14 Jan 2025 | Resale | +34% from AED 1.64m in 2023 |
| A251 | 2-bed | 1,636 | AED 2,300,000 | 1,406 | 20 Dec 2024 | Resale | |
| A57 | 2-bed | 1,299 | AED 1,600,000 | 1,232 | 4 Dec 2024 | Resale | |
| A211 | 2-bed | 1,636 | AED 2,100,000 | 1,284 | 18 Nov 2024 | Resale | +5% from AED 2.00m in 2023 |
| A59 | 1-bed | 1,097 | AED 1,450,000 | 1,322 | 14 Nov 2024 | Resale | +21% from AED 1.20m in 2023 |
| A83 | 1-bed | 911 | AED 1,325,000 | 1,455 | 22 Oct 2024 | Resale | |
| A221 | 2-bed | 1,636 | AED 2,060,000 | 1,259 | 19 Sep 2024 | Resale | |
| A254 | 3-bed | 1,982 | AED 2,800,000 | 1,413 | 13 Sep 2024 | Resale | |
| A224 | 3-bed | 1,982 | AED 2,800,000 | 1,413 | 21 Aug 2024 | Resale | |
| A123 | 1-bed | 911 | AED 1,480,000 | 1,625 | 16 Aug 2024 | Resale | |
| A261 | 3-bed | 3,810 | AED 4,325,000 | 1,135 | 18 Jul 2024 | Resale | +21% from AED 3.58m in 2021 size does not fit the recorded type |
| A81 | 1-bed | 1,030 | AED 1,250,000 | 1,214 | 1 Jul 2024 | Resale | +47% from AED 850,000 in 2021 |
| A128 | 2-bed | 1,211 | AED 1,510,000 | 1,247 | 28 Jun 2024 | Resale | +1% from AED 1.50m in 2024 |
| A225 | 2-bed | 1,370 | AED 1,710,000 | 1,248 | 28 May 2024 | Resale | |
| A172 | 1-bed | 912 | AED 1,370,000 | 1,502 | 20 May 2024 | Resale | |
| A181 | 2-bed | 1,636 | AED 2,000,000 | 1,222 | 3 May 2024 | Resale | +28% from AED 1.56m in 2022 |
| A166 | 3-bed | 2,034 | AED 2,455,000 | 1,207 | 11 Mar 2024 | Resale | |
| A128 | 2-bed | 1,211 | AED 1,500,000 | 1,239 | 21 Feb 2024 | Resale | |
| A58 | 1-bed | 878 | AED 1,090,000 | 1,241 | 29 Jan 2024 | Resale | +21% from AED 900,000 in 2023 |
| A124 | 1-bed | 918 | AED 1,125,000 | 1,226 | 28 Dec 2023 | Resale | |
| A77 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 1,640,000 | 1,198 | 11 Dec 2023 | Resale | |
| A59 | 1-bed | 1,097 | AED 1,200,000 | 1,094 | 5 Dec 2023 | Resale | +22% from AED 980,000 in 2022 |
| A184 | 3-bed | 1,982 | AED 2,400,000 | 1,211 | 23 Nov 2023 | Resale | |
| A162 | 1-bed | 912 | AED 1,175,000 | 1,288 | 16 Oct 2023 | Resale | |
| A211 | 2-bed | 1,636 | AED 2,000,000 | 1,222 | 11 Oct 2023 | Resale | |
| A245 | 2-bed | 1,370 | AED 1,550,000 | 1,131 | 19 Sep 2023 | Resale | |
| A193 | 3-bed | 1,844 | AED 2,200,000 | 1,193 | 4 Sep 2023 | Resale | |
| A68 | 1-bed | 878 | AED 1,000,000 | 1,139 | 12 Jul 2023 | Resale | |
| A74 | 1-bed | 918 | AED 1,200,000 | 1,307 | 19 Jun 2023 | Resale | |
| A168 | 2-bed | 1,211 | AED 1,500,000 | 1,239 | 18 May 2023 | Resale | |
| A102 | 1-bed | 912 | AED 1,150,000 | 1,261 | 6 Apr 2023 | Resale | |
| A161 | 1-bed | 1,030 | AED 1,100,000 | 1,068 | 24 Mar 2023 | Resale | |
| A244 | 3-bed | 1,982 | AED 2,600,000 | 1,312 | 7 Mar 2023 | Resale | +44% from AED 1.81m in 2022 |
| A256 | 2-bed | 1,218 | AED 1,500,000 | 1,231 | 9 Feb 2023 | Resale | |
| A58 | 1-bed | 878 | AED 900,000 | 1,025 | 31 Jan 2023 | Resale | |
| A186 | 2-bed | 1,218 | AED 1,500,000 | 1,231 | 18 Jan 2023 | Resale | |
| A231 | 2-bed | 1,636 | AED 1,558,900 | 953 | 28 Nov 2022 | Resale | |
| A126 | 3-bed | 2,034 | AED 2,030,000 | 998 | 22 Nov 2022 | Resale | |
| A235 | 2-bed | 1,370 | AED 1,300,000 | 949 | 14 Sep 2022 | Resale | |
| A244 | 3-bed | 1,982 | AED 1,812,010 | 914 | 13 Sep 2022 | Resale | |
| A181 | 2-bed | 1,636 | AED 1,560,557 | 954 | 19 Aug 2022 | Resale | |
| A63 | 1-bed | 847 | AED 1,075,000 | 1,269 | 19 Jul 2022 | Resale | |
| A252 | 2-bed | 1,314 | AED 1,475,000 | 1,123 | 29 Jun 2022 | Resale | |
| A59 | 1-bed | 1,097 | AED 980,000 | 893 | 9 Jun 2022 | Resale | |
| A143 | 1-bed | 911 | AED 1,200,000 | 1,317 | 20 Apr 2022 | Resale | +36% from AED 885,000 in 2022 |
| A143 | 1-bed | 911 | AED 885,000 | 972 | 14 Feb 2022 | Resale | |
| A167 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 1,150,000 | 840 | 10 Feb 2022 | Resale | |
| A61 | 1-bed | 971 | AED 830,000 | 855 | 19 Jan 2022 | Resale | |
| A127 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 1,300,000 | 950 | 7 Jan 2022 | Resale | |
| A81 | 1-bed | 1,030 | AED 850,000 | 825 | 9 Dec 2021 | Resale | |
| A157 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 1,200,000 | 877 | 11 Nov 2021 | Resale | |
| A261 | 3-bed | 3,810 | AED 3,585,000 | 941 | 11 Oct 2021 | Resale | +67% from AED 2.15m in 2020 size does not fit the recorded type |
| A97 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 1,236,000 | 903 | 26 Sep 2021 | Resale | +36% from AED 910,000 in 2021 |
| A226 | 2-bed | 1,218 | AED 585,000 | 480 | 13 Jul 2021 | Resale | |
| A65 | 1-bed | 846 | AED 700,000 | 827 | 18 May 2021 | Resale | |
| A253 | 3-bed | 1,844 | AED 1,650,000 | 895 | 5 May 2021 | Resale | |
| A121 | 1-bed | 1,030 | AED 685,100 | 665 | 22 Apr 2021 | Resale | |
| A97 | 2-bed | 1,369 | AED 910,000 | 665 | 14 Mar 2021 | Resale | |
| A262 | 3-bed | 3,594 | AED 3,050,000 | 849 | 3 Feb 2021 | Resale | size does not fit the recorded type |
| A223 | 3-bed | 1,844 | AED 1,220,000 | 662 | 18 Nov 2020 | Resale | |
| A222 | 2-bed | 1,314 | AED 900,000 | 685 | 15 Oct 2020 | Resale | |
| A53 | 1-bed | 847 | AED 650,000 | 767 | 13 Oct 2020 | Resale | |
| A261 | 3-bed | 3,810 | AED 2,150,000 | 564 | 20 Sep 2020 | Resale | size does not fit the recorded type |
| A164 | 1-bed | 918 | AED 770,000 | 839 | 22 Jan 2020 | Resale |
Mortgage: what The Waves Tower A costs a month
The numbers start from the median sold price in this tower. Change any of them. The rate starts at 3.99%, the most common 3-year fixed rate in two bank comparison lists dated 5 October 2026. Fixed rates in those lists run from 3.75% to 4.69%. Three-month EIBOR, the base for variable rates, was 4.19% on 9 Oct 2026.
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Buy against rent
Loan limits: Central Bank of the UAE mortgage rules (first home under AED 5 million: 80% for residents, 85% for UAE nationals; AED 5 million and above: 70% and 75%; second home or investment: 60% and 65%; off-plan: 50%; 25 years at most; all your debt payments at most 50% of your income). Banks set their own limit for buyers who do not live in the UAE. Assumptions, the same in every BUY DUBAI calculator: rate 3.99% a year, the most common 3-year fixed rate in two bank comparison lists dated 5 October 2026; repayment loan over 25 years; Land Department fee 4% of the price plus AED 580; trustee office AED 4,200 (AED 2,100 under AED 500,000); agent 2% plus 5% VAT; with a loan: mortgage registration 0.25% of the loan plus AED 290, bank fee 1% of the loan plus VAT (it differs by bank), valuation AED 3,150. Life cover, insurance and service charges are not included. This is an illustration, not an offer of a loan. Rates read on 9 Oct 2026.
Home loans registered on The Waves Tower A
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| Median loan | – | AED 1.48m | AED 976,080 | AED 930,750 | AED 1.05m | AED 1.54m | AED 1.52m | – |
Dubai Land Department register to 12 Feb 2026: mortgage and Islamic home finance registrations on homes in this tower. A loan can be for a purchase or to replace an older loan. Median shown for 3 or more loans.
The official record: 369 registered sales since 2008
Dubai Land Department register for "THE WAVES A", 20 Aug 2008 to 12 Feb 2026: 369 apartment sales, plus 128 mortgages and 16 gifts. This source has every year and every unit type, but no unit numbers.
| Year | Apartments: sales | AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | – |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,426 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,254 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,222 |
| 2022 | 13 | 953 |
| 2021 | 10 | 863 |
| 2020 | 5 | 685 |
| 2019 | 7 | 733 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1,068 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,216 |
| 2016 | 8 | 1,118 |
| 2015 | 9 | 1,424 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2013 | 44 | 996 |
| 2012 | 35 | 755 |
| 2011 | 31 | 659 |
| 2010 | 45 | 651 |
| 2009 | 46 | 625 |
| 2008 | 21 | 670 |
Median AED per sq ft is shown for 3 or more sales in a year. 0 of these sales were off-plan and 369 were of completed units. What our unit list above does not have: sales before 2020; mortgages and gifts. For homes from 2020 to 12 Feb 2026 the register has 80 sales and our unit list has 79.
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Which side faces what
The direction of each landmark from The Waves Tower A, and the towers within 150 m that can stand in the way. What a home really sees depends on its floor and its side of the building. We do not have the unit positions for this tower yet, so we cannot tell you the view of one unit.
| Side | What lies that way |
|---|---|
| North | Ary Marina View Tower, a tower 87 m away |
| North-east | Marina Sail, a tower 128 m away · Dubai Marina skyline 1.2 km · Burj Al Arab and the sea 9.4 km · Jumeirah beach and the sea 18.3 km · Sheikh Zayed Road 18.6 km · Meydan racecourse 19.2 km · Burj Khalifa 19.9 km · Dubai Design District 20.9 km · DIFC 21.4 km · Dubai Creek and Ras Al Khor 24.2 km |
| East | Dream Tower 2, a tower 102 m away · Dream Tower, a tower 130 m away · Dream Towers, a tower 140 m away |
| South-east | Al Zarooni Building Block B, a tower 69 m away · Al Zarooni Building Block A, a tower 139 m away |
| South | Marina Pearl, a tower 125 m away |
| South-west | Zumurud Tower, a tower 89 m away · Westside Marina, a tower 142 m away |
| West | Orra Marina, a tower 140 m away |
| North-west | The Waves Tower B, a tower 78 m away |
The building: 0 of 0 questions answered
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- Completed
- 2006
Sources for figures not in the developer fact file:
- Completed: Completion year from propsearch.ae, read 14 Oct 2026: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/the-waves
Where sources disagree
No conflict found between sources.
Around The Waves Tower A
Price against the nearest towers
| Tower | Distance | AED per sq ft, 12 months (sales) |
|---|---|---|
| The Waves Tower A (this tower) | – | 1,547 (12) |
| The Waves Tower B | 78 m | – (4) |
| Ary Marina View Tower | 87 m | 1,378 (6) |
| Zumurud Tower | 89 m | 1,725 (14) |
| Marina Pearl | 125 m | – (3) |
| Marina Sail | 128 m | 1,413 (7) |
| Orra Marina | 140 m | 1,593 (11) |
| Westside Marina | 142 m | – (2) |
Drive times with no traffic
| To | Time | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dubai Mall | 22 min | 22.8 km |
| DIFC Gate | 22 min | 23.6 km |
| DXB Terminal 3 | 48 min | 40.8 km |
| Dubai Marina Mall | 11 min | 5.4 km |
| Mall of the Emirates | 13 min | 9.8 km |
| Kite Beach | 18 min | 16.9 km |
| DWC airport | 34 min | 32.4 km |
OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap roads. Real times in traffic are longer.
Own a unit here?
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Method, sources and what we did not find
- Sales: unit-level Dubai Land Department sale records, 22 Jan 2020 to 24 Oct 2026, checked by year against Dubai Land Department open data. Our unit list does not hold every sale, so some sales are missing.
- Listings: one snapshot, 7 Oct 2026. Asking prices and asking rents.
- Residents and building facts: Google Maps reviews and guide pages (Building guide from live adverts (facts and resident opinions; rewrite in your own words; cite as "live adverts")., Resident and public material found on the open web (one passage per block; source and date under each)., live adverts: community guide), read by an AI model on 27 Oct 2026 with a fixed question list. A script checks that each answer names its source.
- Nobody visited the tower. Every fact is from a document, a map or a resident's review.
- Checked, not found for this tower: a Google Maps place, resident reviews, guides, a floor plan document, unit positions on a floor, the side and view of each unit, building facts, the developer, a licensed photo.
Corrections
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