Median registered annual rent in International City Phase 3 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 45,150 a year across 9,618 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 37,445

new AED 40,000 · renewal AED 34,000

+7.0% vs a year ago · new lettings +8.1%

AED 33,000 – AED 41,000

middle half · 2,928 contracts

8.7%

1 bed

AED 49,000

new AED 56,000 · renewal AED 45,000

+8.9% vs a year ago · new lettings +7.7%

AED 42,238 – AED 56,705

middle half · 5,555 contracts

7.3%

2 bed

AED 61,500

new AED 72,000 · renewal AED 57,500

+6.5% vs a year ago · new lettings +10.8%

AED 55,000 – AED 70,000

middle half · 1,059 contracts

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3 bed

AED 86,750

new AED 100,000 · renewal AED 79,375

+8.4% vs a year ago

AED 75,000 – AED 99,978

middle half · 66 contracts

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58% of these contracts are renewals; 95% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For studio apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 430,000, which is 11.5 years of the median registered rent (AED 37,445 a year). Buying needs about AED 103,200 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 2.8 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 3

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 · 9.0 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 100% of the mapped homes sold here

Nearest mall

Nad Al Sheba Mall

2.8 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 69% of the mapped homes sold here

Nearest landmark

Dubai Safari Park

6.5 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 100% of the mapped homes sold here

Parking

100%

of 2,543 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 3, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 1,251/sqft vs resale AED 986/sqft (+27%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,056/sqft vs resale AED 797/sqft (+32%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,082/sqft vs resale AED 811/sqft (+33%)

All off-plan projects in International City Phase 3 →