What is the rental yield for 1 bedroom apartments in International City?

As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in International City returns 8.1% gross on 1 bedroom apartments, +1.1 pts against the Dubai median of 7.0%, across 51 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (8,906 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.

What do apartments in International City rent for per square foot?

The median is 56 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.

Are rents in International City rising?

The median building moved +5.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 51 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.

Which building in International City yields most?

Emirates Cluster Building EMR-09, at 12.7% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.

How many buildings in International City does this record cover?

51. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-10-12.

1 bedroom apartments for rent · DLD + Ejari data to 12 Oct 2026

International City

51 buildings · 8,906 contracts in 12 months

Last 12 months of rental activity across 51 eligible buildings.

As of 2026-10-12, International City's median gross yield for 1 bedroom apartments is 8.1% across 51 buildings (DLD + Ejari).

1 bedroom apartments · typical rent a year

42,000AEDa year

AED 56/sqft a year · +5.0% on a year

Contracts, 12 months: 8,906

Leaders

Highest yield: Emirates Cluster Building EMR-09· 12.7%
Lowest AED/yr/sqft: Lusin Residences by Ermax Development· 48

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Developments compared

What a unit rents for in each International City development, pooled across its towers. Pick a bedroom type to compare like with like.

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
International City Emarati26 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 42,000295 contracts	AED 445,00047 sales	608	9.4%
Lawnz Residence by Danube4 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 56,000111 contracts	AED 740,00025 sales	1,170	7.6%
Longford Residences by Devan Real Estate Development3 towers	—none	AED 853,80764 sales	1,045	—
Olivz Residence3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 56,00046 contracts	AED 750,00017 sales	1,180	7.5%
Petalz By Danube2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 63,00098 contracts	AED 815,50016 sales	1,235	7.7%
All of International Cityevery building, in a project or not	AED 48,0001,008 contracts	AED 500,000850 sales	655	9.6%

Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at 1 bed. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.

Latest in International City, 1 bed

Latest new leases

Belvedere12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 876 sqftAED 43,700 /yr50/sqft
Prime RESIDENCY1Filed for the development · 11 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 638 sqftAED 37,000 /yr58/sqft
International City EmaratiFiled for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 744 sqftAED 42,000 /yr56/sqft
International City EmaratiFiled for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 853 sqftAED 46,500 /yr55/sqft
Trafalgar Central10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 711 sqftAED 45,000 /yr63/sqft
Prime RESIDENCY2Filed for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 621 sqftAED 52,000 /yr84/sqft
Lawnz Residence by DanubeFiled for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 654 sqftAED 58,000 /yr89/sqft
Crystal Tower by VHS10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 691 sqftAED 46,000 /yr67/sqft

Latest sales

Greece Cluster Building L-0912 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 721 sqftAED 450,000624/sqft
Riviera Residence12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 656 sqftAED 450,000685/sqft
Hds Sunstar 212 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 797 sqftAED 630,000791/sqft
Lawnz by Danube Block 312 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 633 sqftAED 600,000947/sqft
Italy Cluster Building U-0812 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 743 sqftAED 430,000579/sqft
Greece Cluster Building K-0812 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 721 sqftAED 425,000589/sqft
England Cluster Building Y-2212 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 732 sqftAED 353,643483/sqft
Universal Apartment9 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 876 sqftAED 550,000628/sqft

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Emirates Cluster Building EMR-09Rent from the wider project	12.7%+4.7 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-08Rent from the wider project	9.9%+1.8 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-06Rent from the wider project	9.9%+1.8 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-01Rent from the wider project	9.7%+1.6 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-13Rent from the wider project	9.7%+1.6 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-16Rent from the wider project	9.6%+1.5 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-18Rent from the wider project	9.1%+1.1 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-19Rent from the wider project	9.1%+1.1 pts	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-21Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-26Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-07Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-04Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-02Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-25Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-12Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-05Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-11Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-14Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-15Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-03Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-17Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-20Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-10Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-23Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-22Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Emirates Cluster Building EMR-24Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 42,000	56	295	+5.0%
Rufi Gardens	9.7%+1.6 pts	AED 43,000	64	20	+2.4%
Lady Ratan Manor	8.4%+0.3 pts	AED 43,500	72	42	+3.6%
Prime Residence 1Rent from the wider project	9.2%+1.1 pts	AED 45,000	71	36	+7.1%
Prime Residence 2Rent from the wider project	9.0%+0.9 pts	AED 45,000	70	36	+12.5%
Trafalgar Central	under 3 sales	AED 45,000	67	35	+4.7%
Classic ApartmentRent from the wider project	7.9%-0.1 pts	AED 47,367	49	40	+0.8%
Global Green View - II	7.4%-0.6 pts	AED 48,000	63	47	0.0%
Ryze by AUM	4.9%-3.1 pts	AED 48,100	54	8	+2.3%
Indigo Spectrum 2	under 3 sales	AED 49,500	62	26	+5.3%
Lusin Residences by Ermax Development	under 3 sales	AED 50,500	48	6	under 5 sales in a year
Dragon View	under 3 sales	AED 51,000	63	14	+2.0%
Indigo Spectrum 1Rent from the wider project	8.0%-0.1 pts	AED 51,500	61	36	+7.3%
Crystal Tower by VHS	8.0%-0.1 pts	AED 53,000	75	16	+15.2%
Belvedere	under 3 sales	AED 55,000	62	62	+7.8%
Hds SunstarRent from the wider project	8.6%+0.5 pts	AED 55,692	67	24	+23.8%
Lawnz by Danube Block 1Rent from the wider project	8.1%+0.0 pts	AED 56,000	89	111	+3.7%
Lawnz by Danube Block 3Rent from the wider project	8.0%-0.1 pts	AED 56,000	89	111	+3.7%
Lawnz by Danube Block 2Rent from the wider project	7.6%-0.5 pts	AED 56,000	89	111	+3.7%
Olivz Residence Block 3Rent from the wider project	7.5%-0.6 pts	AED 56,000	91	46	+1.8%
Lawnz by Danube Block 4Rent from the wider project	7.5%-0.6 pts	AED 56,000	89	111	+3.7%
Olivz Residence Block 1Rent from the wider project	7.5%-0.6 pts	AED 56,000	91	46	+1.8%
Olivz Residence Block 2Rent from the wider project	7.5%-0.6 pts	AED 56,000	91	46	+1.8%
Tabeer 1	under 3 sales	AED 57,500	77	10	+9.0%
Petalz By Danube - 1Rent from the wider project	7.9%-0.2 pts	AED 63,000	94	98	no prior year
Petalz By Danube - 2Rent from the wider project	7.7%-0.3 pts	AED 63,000	94	98	no prior year

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Yield deltas are vs the International City median (8.1%).

Rents by bedroom type in International City

Medians across the buildings above. Open a type to rank those buildings on their own.

Type	Median rent	Gross yield	12-month change	Rentals
Studio	AED 32,000	68	8.5%+0.5 pts	+6.7%	11,015
1 bed	AED 42,000	56	8.1%+0.0 pts	+5.0%	8,906
2 bed	AED 69,000	65	6.7%-1.4 pts	+2.6%	477
3 bed	AED 85,000	60	—	—	8

Yield deltas are vs the International City median (8.1%).

What is coming, and what is movingTwo-beds face the most new supply: 63 planned against 2,726 let today

Type	Planned 2026–28 against homes let	Rents fell in
Studio	2% · 184	7% of 15	–
1 bed	2% · 210	5% of 20	0% of 11
2 bed	2% · 63	–	20% of 10
3 bed	1% · 2	–	–

DLD project register as of 6 Jul 2026 · a planned date is not a delivery forecast

International City supply by year →

How these are counted

459 apartments are planned in International City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 2% of the 24,476 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 5% of 39 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in International City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.3%.

The pooled median moved +4.3%: 3.0 points less than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 8% of 26 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +3.6%.

Planned completions are apartment units in projects the Land Department register lists as neither complete nor cancelled, by the year of the registered completion date. Projects already past that date and projects without one are counted separately, not spread over future years. Leases are every registered new and renewed apartment lease in the area in the last 12 months. A planned date is not a delivery forecast.

Each building counts once per bedroom type when it has at least five ready sales (or five new leases) in both the last 12 months and the 12 before. Its change is its own median price per sqft (or annual rent) now against then, so the mix of buildings that happened to trade cannot move it. Off-plan sales are left out.

Sales and leases to 12 Oct 2026. Neither figure is a forecast, a vacancy rate or a price index. Methodology

Rents from every lease, yields building by buildingNew-lease rents +2.0% per sq ft on a year; studio homes yield 8.5% gross at the median building

New-lease rents, month by month

Median rent of new leases, AED per sq ft per year

All bedroom types; months with fewer than 20 new leases are left off. Source: Ejari.

Gross yield, building by building

Axis: gross yield, % of price

Median building

Studio8.5% (7.9–9.8)
1 bed8.1% (7.5–9.7)
2 bed6.7% (6.0–9.0)

Dot: the median building. Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Rents in International City, month by month · all apartmentsMonthly median rent per sqft

AED/yr/sqft, rolling 3-month median

Median rent per sqft per year across every registered new rental contract in International City, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

The records behind these figures

The latest registered sales and rental contracts in International City, as filed. Off-plan sales are flagged.

Latest registered sales

Date	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Price, AED
12 Oct 2026	Italy Cluster Building U-06	Studio	484	AED 310,000	640
12 Oct 2026	Greece Cluster Building L-09	1 bed	721	AED 450,000	624
12 Oct 2026	Riviera Residence	1 bed	656	AED 450,000	685
12 Oct 2026	England Cluster Building Y-02	Studio	484	AED 330,000	681
12 Oct 2026	Lawnz by Danube Block 3	Studio	405	AED 485,000	1,198

Latest registered rental contracts

Starts	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Rent, AED/yr
12 Oct 2026	Belvedere	1 bed	876	AED 43,700	50
10 Oct 2026	Trafalgar Central	1 bed	711	AED 45,000	63
10 Oct 2026	Lusin Residences by Ermax Development	Studio	479	AED 33,000	69
10 Oct 2026	Lusin Residences by Ermax Development	Studio	479	AED 25,000	52
10 Oct 2026	Crystal Tower by VHS	1 bed	691	AED 46,000	67

New contracts only, so a renewal capped by RERA is not read as the market rate. Sales exclude the outliers the methodology names. A size or a per-square-foot figure the recorded area cannot support is left blank rather than guessed.

About the International City figures

This record covers the 51 International City buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.9% to 12.7%, so the 8.1% median says much less about any one building than the building table does. The Dubai Land Department registers International City as Al Warsan First. The Dubai median for comparison is 7.0%, over the same 12-month window of Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.

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Every building in International City51 buildings with a rental contract, A to Z

51 buildings

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Global Green View - II50k

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Hds Sunstar57k

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Indigo Spectrum 153k
Indigo Spectrum 252k

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Rufi Gardens44k
Ryze by AUM48k

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Tabeer 160k
Trafalgar Central47k

Typical rent a year, AED, 12-month median; AED per sqft where a building has no unit figure

Common questions

What is the rental yield for 1 bedroom apartments in International City?: As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in International City returns 8.1% gross on 1 bedroom apartments, +1.1 pts against the Dubai median of 7.0%, across 51 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (8,906 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.
What do apartments in International City rent for per square foot?: The median is 56 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.
Are rents in International City rising?: The median building moved +5.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 51 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in International City yields most?: Emirates Cluster Building EMR-09, at 12.7% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.
How many buildings in International City does this record cover?: 51. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-10-12.

1 bedroom apartments rental record for International City

Record type: Area-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 8,906 registered rental contracts represented across 51 directly located eligible buildings; headline scope 51 buildings including child localities
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/international-city
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “1 bedroom apartments for rent in International City.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/international-city

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data to 12 Oct 2026. Area figures are medians across the buildings listed above, not a separate calculation.