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

Motor City

48 buildings with sales · 1,810 sales and 520 new leases in 12 months · 5,903 homes planned to 2028

The typical Motor City 1 bed yields 6.6% gross at AED 1.08M (AED 1,221/sqft), 0.4 points below Dubai. The pipeline equals 6.8 times the homes let today.

As of 2026-10-12, Motor City's median gross yield for 1 bedroom apartments is 6.6% across 48 buildings (DLD + Ejari).

1 bedroom apartments · typical price

1.08MAED

AED 1,221/sqft · +1.8% on a year

Gross yield
6.6%
Rent a year, typical
AED 72,500
Sales, 12 months
1,810

Leaders

Highest yield
Eden Apartments· 7.7%
Lowest AED/sqft
Fox Hill 1· 644
Most traded
Binghatti Skyterraces· 275
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Is a 1 bed in Motor City a good investment?Yields 0.4 points below Dubai; lots of new supply is coming

  1. Does it pay a good rent?6.6% gross at the typical 1 bed, against 7.0% across Dubai6.6%Fair
  2. Are rents going up?September’s new leases at AED 75/sqft a year, 78 a year earlier-4.4%Context
  3. Are prices going up?The typical 1 bed is up 1.8% on a year; 31% of 13 buildings sold lower, counted by unit type+1.8%Fair
  4. Can I sell easily?1,810 sales in 12 months, 7th of 88 Dubai areas1,810Context
  5. Is a lot being built?5,903 homes planned 2026–28, equal to 6.8 times the 871 let today; 160 more are past their date678%Watch
  6. Does the building matter?1 bed yields run from 4.8% to 7.7% across 6 buildings: which tower matters as much as the area2.9 ptsContext

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed medians across buildings · data to 12 Oct 2026

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Which Motor City building?39 buildings with 5+ sales, ranked

#BuildingGross yieldPrice12-month changeSales
1Eden ApartmentsRent from the wider project7.7%AED 945,429AED 890/sqft0.0%55
2The Community Motor City7.6%AED 892,444AED 1,305/sqft+5.1%14
3Oia Residence7.2%AED 1.11MAED 1,241/sqft+18.7%8
4Beverly Grande By HMB Homes5.9%AED 1.25MAED 1,480/sqftno prior year51
5Velos Residence5.1%AED 1.28MAED 1,831/sqft-4.3%42
615 Cascade4.6%AED 1.58MAED 1,867/sqft-2.0%96
7Binghatti Skyterracesnot yet letAED 1.10MAED 1,500/sqftno prior year275
8Sierra by Imannot yet letAED 1.31MAED 1,640/sqftno prior year181
9Sobha Solis Tower Bnot yet letAED 1.10MAED 2,015/sqft+0.3%176
10Sobha Solis Tower Cnot yet letAED 1.10MAED 2,015/sqft+0.8%150
11Rabdannot yet letAED 901,173AED 1,167/sqft+6.1%143
12Mirdad 1not yet letAED 1.44MAED 1,878/sqftno prior year78
13Sobha Solis Tower Dnot yet letAED 1.15MAED 2,110/sqft+1.7%60
14Sobha Solis Tower Anot yet letAED 1.09MAED 1,980/sqft+1.3%54
15Sobha Orbis Tower Dnot yet letAED 1.26MAED 1,980/sqft+0.3%52
16Barton House 1not yet letAED 889,920AED 900/sqft+2.0%29
17Ananda Residences-Anot yet letAED 921,625AED 1,248/sqftno prior year28
18Takaya - Tower Cnot yet letAED 1.53MAED 1,736/sqft+10.9%28
19Sobha Orbis Tower Gnot yet letAED 1.22MAED 1,930/sqft+1.9%27
20Ananda Residences-Bnot yet letAED 882,923AED 1,182/sqftno prior year22
21Sobha Orbis Tower Anot yet letAED 1.04MAED 1,880/sqft0.0%20
22Weston Court 1not yet letAED 1.26MAED 1,200/sqft+70.6%19
23Sobha Orbis Tower Fnot yet letAED 1.22MAED 1,930/sqft+1.1%16
24Sobha Orbis Tower Enot yet letAED 1.13MAED 1,970/sqft+4.0%15
25Shakespeare Sircus 1not yet letAED 950,000AED 977/sqft+3.4%14
26Sobha Orbis Tower Bnot yet letAED 1.06MAED 1,880/sqft0.0%13
27Sobha Orbis Tower Cnot yet letAED 1.67MAED 2,010/sqft+6.1%13
28Weston Court 2not yet letAED 1.21MAED 1,200/sqft+70.6%13
29Takaya - Tower Bnot yet letAED 1.66MAED 1,983/sqft+0.8%13
30Takaya - Tower Anot yet letAED 1.48MAED 1,761/sqft+13.8%11
31Sherlock House 2not yet letAED 985,000AED 1,012/sqft+15.3%10
32Dickens Circus 1not yet letAED 985,000AED 941/sqft+9.9%9
33Fox Hill 3not yet letAED 1.02MAED 667/sqft-0.1%8
34Fox Hill 4not yet letAED 1.00MAED 699/sqftno prior year7
35Widcombe House 3not yet letAED 845,800AED 803/sqft-12.5%6
36Fox Hill 2not yet letAED 975,000AED 650/sqft-6.9%6
37Sherlock House 1not yet letAED 975,000AED 1,009/sqft+6.2%6
38Fox Hill 1not yet letAED 912,500AED 644/sqftno prior year6
39Mirdad 2not yet letAED 1.44MAED 1,999/sqftno prior year5
40Sherlock Circus 1not yet letAED 997,500AED 917/sqftunder 5 sales in a year4
41Fox Hill 6not yet letAED 1.10MAED 694/sqftunder 5 sales in a year4
42Widcombe House 1not yet letAED 950,000AED 962/sqftunder 5 sales in a year4
43Bennett House 1not yet letAED 990,000AED 1,002/sqftunder 5 sales in a year4
44Claverton House 2not yet letAED 1.00MAED 1,021/sqftunder 5 sales in a year3
45Norton Court 3not yet letAED 1.02MAED 1,038/sqftunder 5 sales in a year3
46Newbridge Hill 1not yet letAED 1.20MAED 669/sqftunder 5 sales in a year3
47Widcombe House 2not yet letAED 900,000AED 971/sqftunder 5 sales in a year3
48Marlowe House 1not yet letAED 888,000AED 846/sqftunder 5 sales in a year3
Showing 10 of 48 · fewer than 5 sales rank last

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Developments compared

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

DevelopmentRent a yearPriceAED/sqftGross yield
Ananda Residences2 towers—noneAED 891,56850 sales1,207—
Mirdad3 towers—noneAED 1.44M83 sales1,878—
Sobha Orbis7 towers—noneAED 1.23M156 sales1,945—
Sobha Solis4 towers—noneAED 1.11M440 sales2,015—
Takaya4 towers—noneAED 1.55M52 sales1,757—
All of Motor Cityevery building, in a project or notAED 73,000210 contractsAED 1.14M1,830 sales1,7396.4%

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 Motor City, 1 bed

Latest sales

  • Norton Court 412 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 927 sqftAED 1.01M1,090/sqft
  • Barton House 112 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 1,006 sqftAED 1.07M1,069/sqft
  • Dickens Circus 112 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 1,044 sqftAED 1.00M958/sqft
  • Binghatti Skyterraces12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 706 sqft · off-planAED 1.69M2,390/sqft
  • Binghatti Skyterraces12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 732 sqft · off-planAED 1.10M1,502/sqft
  • Binghatti Skyterraces12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 732 sqft · off-planAED 1.00M1,366/sqft
  • Binghatti Skyterraces12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 747 sqft · off-planAED 1.00M1,338/sqft
  • Binghatti Skyterraces12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 745 sqft · off-planAED 1.10M1,477/sqft

Latest new leases

  • Beverly Grande By HMB Homes11 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 983 sqftAED 66,000 /yr67/sqft
  • Beverly Grande By HMB Homes10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 776 sqftAED 55,000 /yr71/sqft
  • Oia Residence10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 930 sqftAED 65,000 /yr70/sqft
  • The Community Motor City8 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 768 sqftAED 62,000 /yr81/sqft
  • Velos Residence7 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 777 sqftAED 58,000 /yr75/sqft
  • Velos Residence5 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 777 sqftAED 50,000 /yr64/sqft
  • Velos Residence3 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 773 sqftAED 58,000 /yr75/sqft
  • Velos Residence2 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 772 sqftAED 68,000 /yr88/sqft

Motor City prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.08M and rents for about AED 72,500 a year

TypeMedian priceRent a yearGross yield12-month changeSales
Studio18 buildingsAED 726,5651,396/sqftAED 53,2507.7%+4.5%1,116
1 bed48 buildings · this pageAED 1.08M1,221/sqftAED 72,5006.6%+1.8%1,810
2 bed33 buildingsAED 1.95M1,613/sqftAED 115,0006.3%+3.2%654
3 bed10 buildingsAED 2.74M1,243/sqftAED 175,0007.5%-5.9%84
4+ bed4 buildingsAED 4.61M1,088/sqftAED 222,500——35

Medians across buildings with sales in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026 · rent is the typical building’s registered annual rent

What is coming, and what is movingOne-beds face the most new supply: 5,903 planned against 871 let today

TypePlanned 2026–28 against homes letPrices fell inRents fell in
Studio490% · 862––
1 bed678% · 5,90331% of 13–
2 bed219% · 1,203––
3 bed106% · 176––

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

Motor City supply by year →

How these are counted

8,216 apartments are planned in Motor City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 4.6 times the 1,767 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 35% of 23 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Motor City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +5.1%.

The pooled median moved +11.1%: 6.1 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 55% of 11 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −2.0%.

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 −4.4% per sq ft on a year; studio homes yield 7.7% gross at the median building

New-lease rents, month by month

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

6570758085Sep 24Feb 25Jul 25Dec 25May 26Sep 26New leases, Sep 24: 70New leases, Oct 24: 75New leases, Nov 24: 69New leases, Dec 24: 71New leases, Jan 25: 75New leases, Feb 25: 71New leases, Mar 25: 70New leases, Apr 25: 75New leases, May 25: 73New leases, Jun 25: 72New leases, Jul 25: 76New leases, Aug 25: 73New leases, Sep 25: 78New leases, Oct 25: 76New leases, Nov 25: 78New leases, Dec 25: 76New leases, Jan 26: 80New leases, Feb 26: 79New leases, Mar 26: 78New leases, Apr 26: 69New leases, May 26: 73New leases, Jun 26: 78New leases, Jul 26: 73New leases, Aug 26: 74New leases, Sep 26: 7575
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

  1. Studio7.7% (7.6–8.2)
  2. 1 bed6.6% (4.8–7.7)
  3. 2 bed6.3% (5.5–7.6)
Dot: the median building. Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Prices in Motor City, month by month · all apartmentsMonthly median price per sqft

AED/sqft, rolling 3-month median
Median price per sqft across every registered apartment sale in Motor 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 Motor City, as filed. Off-plan sales are flagged.

Latest registered sales

DateBuildingTypeSize, sqftPrice, AEDAED/sqft
12 Oct 2026Abbey Crescent 23 bed2,078AED 2.20M1,059
12 Oct 2026Norton Court 41 bed927AED 1.01M1,090
12 Oct 2026Barton House 11 bed1,006AED 1.07M1,069
12 Oct 2026Dickens Circus 11 bed1,044AED 1.00M958
12 Oct 2026Binghatti Skyterracesoff-plan1 bed706AED 1.69M2,390

Latest registered rental contracts

StartsBuildingTypeSize, sqftRent, AED/yrAED/yr/sqft
11 Oct 2026Beverly Grande By HMB Homes1 bed983AED 66,00067
10 Oct 2026The Community Motor CityStudio661AED 50,00076
10 Oct 2026Beverly Grande By HMB Homes1 bed776AED 55,00071
10 Oct 2026Oia Residence1 bed930AED 65,00070
9 Oct 2026Eden Apartments2 bed1,452AED 110,00076

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 Motor City figures

This record covers the 48 Motor City buildings with enough registered sales for a median to mean anything; 1 more has recorded activity but too little to report. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.6% to 7.7%, so the 6.6% median says much less about any one building than the building table does. The Dubai Land Department registers Motor City as Al Hebiah 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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Where Motor City is

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Common questions

What is the rental yield for 1 bedroom apartments in Motor City?
As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in Motor City returns 6.6% gross on 1 bedroom apartments, -0.4 pts against the Dubai median of 7.0%, across 48 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (1,810 registered sales in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.
What does an apartment in Motor City cost per square foot?
The median is 1,221 AED/sqft, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.
Are prices in Motor City rising?
The median building moved +1.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 48 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Motor City yields most?
Eden Apartments, at 7.7% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.
How many buildings in Motor City does this record cover?
48. 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 sale record for Motor City

Record type
Area-level property market record
Data date
Evidence base
1,810 registered sales represented across 48 directly located eligible buildings; headline scope 48 buildings including child localities
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/sale/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/motor-city
Method
Definitions and calculations

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

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