Motor City property prices & market data
Apartment prices, rental yield and trends from 18,159 Dubai Land Department sales.
AED 1,000–1,231/sqft at 6.7–8% yields; an established mid-market family area, with Union Properties' AED 2bn Mirdad adding new supply.
That’s +-20% nominal — about -41% real after +21% Dubai inflation over the same 5 years (official CPI, 2021→2026).
Off-plan vs ready
Median price by bedroom
What sells in Motor City
| Type | Sales | Median | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | 17,234 | AED 1.23M | 1,303 |
| Villa | 925 | AED 4.31M | 864 |
| Land | 57 | AED 65.43M | 552 |
| Building | 22 | AED 36.13M | 514 |
Resale & flips in Motor City
Most-resold buildings
From per-unit DLD records (2018–2023, the years with a unit identity). "Resold" = a unit with 2+ genuine ownership changes; avg gain = mean first→last price change of those units.
Who's buying in Motor City, and how
Cash vs mortgage (2026)
11% mortgaged · 90% cash (by number of sales)
Top buyer nationalities · 11,279 residents
Financing from DLD mortgage vs sale registrations. Buyer nationality/residents from official buyer & owner records & Dubai Statistics Center — richer than a simple buyer-type tag, but a proxy for who lives there.
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