Apartment prices, rental yield and trends from 18,739 Dubai Land Department sales.
🗓️ Data through September 2026 · DLD
✦ Market intelligence
DLD: ready apartments averaged AED 1,053/sqft (AED 11,334/m²) over the 12 months to Sep 2026, at a 6.8% gross yield (5.1% net). AVENEW and KORA unveiled O1NE District, an AED 6bn business hub beside Dubai Autodrome with six office towers, retail and healthcare, adding a local jobs anchor (Gulf News, Jul 2026).
Median apartment price
AED 1.32M
Ready · last 12 months
Avg price / sqft · m²
AED 1,053 /sqft
AED 11,334 /m²
Ready apartments · last 12 months
Gross rental yield
6.8%
5.1% net
5-year price growth
+17%
Ready resale
Residential service charges here typically run AED 15.71/sqft (AED 169/m²) a year (AED 5.93–68.12/sqft, or AED 64–733/m², across 58 tracked buildings) — third-party snapshot from DXB Interact, not DLD. See fees by building →
That’s +17% nominal — about -4% real after +21% Dubai inflation over the same 5 years (official CPI, 2021→2026).
Live listings · homes here take a median 48 days on market. Sellers cut asking prices 6.2× more often than they raise them (avg −6%) — buyers have room to negotiate. Live listings feed · 1,406 sale listings.
Construction activity · 30 new buildings recorded, 9 with permits delivered (13 certified green buildings) in this area.Dubai Municipality · sample data, not a complete count.
Off-plan vs ready
Apartment price per sqft & m² · last 12 months
Ready
AED 1,053 /sqft
AED 11,334 /m²
Median AED 1.32M
812 sales
Off-plan
AED 1,876 /sqft
AED 20,193 /m²
Median AED 1.44M
3,308 sales
Median price by bedroom
Ready apartments · last 12 months
StudioAED 625,551
1 B/RAED 929,809
2 B/RAED 1.50M
3 B/RAED 2.34M
What sells in Motor City
Ready · last 12 months
Type
Sales
Median
AED/sqftAED/m²
Unit
812
AED 1.32M
1,05311,334
Villa
32
AED 7.22M
1,45915,705
Land
2
AED 542.50M
1,91920,656
Building
1
AED 182.10M
1,25013,455
Resale & flips in Motor City
Unit-level ownership changes, 2018–2023
Units resold
60
of 1,994 tracked
% of units resold
3.0%
changed hands 2+×
Avg resale gain
+20%
first → latest sale
Most-resold buildings
The Community Motor City · 19Claverton House 2 · 1Dickens Circus 2 · 1Norton Court 1 · 1
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
Buyer financing, nationality mix and residents
Cash vs mortgage (2026)
13%87%
13% mortgaged · 87% cash (by number of sales)
Top buyer nationalities · 17,144 residents (AL HEBIAH FIRST)
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.
Figures on this page are computed from official Dubai Land Department sale registrations for Motor City, residential transactions only. Off-plan and ready properties are reported separately and never blended into one figure. Sales priced outside AED 50–25,000/sqft, or AED 538–269,098/m² are excluded as data-entry errors. Prices cover the last 12 months of sales to September 2026 (the last 3 years, or all years, where a community has too few recent sales). Rental yield combines DLD sale prices with Ejari-registered rents for the same segment. Data through September 2026. Mortgage financing, gifts, and non-residential usage are excluded throughout.
Motor City — frequently asked
What is the average apartment price in Motor City?
The median ready apartment in Motor City sold for about AED 1.32M, roughly AED 1,053/sqft (AED 11,334/m²), over the last 12 months of official Dubai Land Department sales.
What rental yield can I expect in Motor City?
Apartments in Motor City yield about 6.8% gross, or roughly 5.1% net after service charges.
Is Motor City better for off-plan or ready property?
Ready apartments trade around AED 1,053/sqft (AED 11,334/m²); off-plan around AED 1,876/sqft (AED 20,193/m²). Ask dxbpropy.ai to compare the two for your budget and bedroom count.
How has Motor City appreciated over time?
Motor City is up about 17% over 5 years on resale prices, roughly -4% in real terms after 21% Dubai inflation over the same period, based on official Dubai Land Department resale transactions.
What's the most common property type in Motor City?
Unit is the most-sold property type in Motor City, with 812 registered sales at a median of AED 1.32M (AED 1,053/sqft (AED 11,334/m²)).
What's the service charge for a building in Motor City?
Residential service charges in Motor City run around AED 15.71/sqft (AED 169/m²) a year (AED 5.93–68.12/sqft, or AED 64–733/m², across 58 tracked buildings), per an independent third-party source. Confirm the exact current rate with the building's owners association before buying.