Median registered annual rent in International City Phase 1 by bedroom, from Ejari rent contracts registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months: what tenants actually signed for, not asking rents. Gross yield is that median against the median registered sale price of the same bedroom count over the same months.

Apartments: median AED 36,000 a year across 17,740 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 30,000

new AED 31,200 · renewal AED 28,000

+1.9% vs a year ago · new lettings +2.3%

AED 27,000 – AED 32,000

middle half · 7,864 contracts

9.1%

1 bed

AED 40,000

new AED 43,000 · renewal AED 39,000

±0.0% vs a year ago · new lettings +2.4%

AED 36,686 – AED 44,050

middle half · 7,795 contracts

8.9%

2 bed

AED 54,805

new AED 58,000 · renewal AED 52,555

+2.3% vs a year ago · new lettings +2.7%

AED 50,000 – AED 58,000

middle half · 1,884 contracts

7.6%

3 bed

AED 105,000

new AED 105,000 · renewal AED 86,000

AED 75,000 – AED 110,000

middle half · 191 contracts

6.8%

62% of these contracts are renewals; 97% run the standard 12 months.

Villas: median AED 115,000 a year across 314 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 115,000

new AED 120,000 · renewal AED 110,000

±0.0% vs a year ago

AED 107,000 – AED 120,000

middle half · 313 contracts

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46% of these contracts are renewals; 95% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 1-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 450,000, which is 11.3 years of the median registered rent (AED 40,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 108,000 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 2.7 years of that rent.

Medians of different homes, not one flat priced both ways. Leaves out mortgage interest, service charges, agency fees and price changes. Run your own numbers →

Registered = DLD/Ejari rent contracts (single-property, ≤ AED 2M a year); a figure needs at least 20 contracts, and a yield at least 20 registered sales too. Gross = before service charges, fees and vacancy. How we read rents →

Getting around

Stations and malls around homes in International City Phase 1

The nearest open Metro station (and Tram stop, where one is close), shopping mall and landmark, under their current names, measured on the map as a straight line; the route on foot or by road is longer. The parking share is the Dubai Land Department's own record.

Nearest Metro

Centrepoint

Red Line · formerly Rashidiya · 9.2 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

Nad Al Sheba Mall

3.0 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

Dubai Safari Park

6.5 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

16%

of 36,899 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

Median off-plan launch price vs ready resale price in International City Phase 1, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 1,221/sqft vs resale AED 670/sqft (+82%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,084/sqft vs resale AED 582/sqft (+86%)
2 bed: launch AED 932/sqft vs resale AED 688/sqft (+35%)

All off-plan projects in International City Phase 1 →

All 7 buildings in International City Phase 1 with registered sales →