What is the rental yield in Iconic?

No gross yield is published for Iconic as of 2026-10-12: fewer than 5 new Ejari contracts were registered in the last 12 months. In the last 12 months it had 27 registered sales and 1 new Ejari contract; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales.

How much does a 2 bedroom in Iconic cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 5.92M (3,648 AED/sqft), from 27 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Have prices in Iconic risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +6.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 27 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in Iconic?

The median new annual rent is AED 200,000, from 1 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.

How many apartments change hands in Iconic?

27 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 1 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

Iconic

Under construction · 20% built · handover Q1 2028
66 floors
7 lifts
421 parking bays
1 pool

A 2 bed in Iconic costs a median AED 5.92M and rents long-let for AED 200,000/yr.

2 bed · typical price

5.92MAED

AED 3,648/sqft · +6.4% on a year

Rent a year: AED 200,000
vs Dubai Media City: 38% above the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 6.29M

Price: AED 5.92M
DLD fee 4%: AED 236,822
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 124,332
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent22 months

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Is Iconic a good investment?Prices rising and easy to sell; the rent pays below the Dubai median, few units are let and lots of new supply is coming; no record of the rent trend

Does it pay a good rent?2.8% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)2.8%Watch
Is it easy to let?20 yearly leases, new and renewed, across 310 units in 12 months6%Watch
Are rents going up?Too few new leases on both sides of the year to measure a changeNo record
Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 3,429/sqft a year ago, 3,648 now+6.4%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 365,354 in fees to buy a 2 bed; rent covers it in 1.8 years1.8 yrs
Can I sell easily?50 sales in 12 months, 16% of the tower (116 the year before)50Strength
Is a lot being built nearby?310 apartments are planned in Dubai Media City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 106% of the 292 homes let there today. A further 438 are past their planned date. Dubai Media City supply by year →106%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 9% for launch buyers, before fees+9.2%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Iconic prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 5.92M and rents for about AED 200,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed144 units · 1,071 sqft	AED 4.03M3,743/sqft	3.5%+0.0 pts	AED 140,0005 contracts	+18.5%	18
2 bed124 units · 1,608 sqft	AED 5.92M3,648/sqft	under 5 contracts	under 5 contracts	+6.4%	27
3 bed9 units · 2,305 sqft	AED 8.26M3,584/sqft	under 5 contracts	under 5 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	1
4+ bed33 units · 2,704 sqft	AED 10.66M4,019/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	4

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Media City · area median AED 2,641/sqft

12-month change: +6.4%
vs area median: +38.1%

Rental income

2 bed · Dubai Media City

Median new rent: AED 200,000/yr

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Median price paid, 2 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 3,743 · before fees

Launch, 2024–26: 3,429; +9%; 44 sales
Previous 12 months: 3,356; +12%; 116 sales
Last 12 months: 3,743; today; 50 sales

The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.

No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.

Market context in Dubai Media City

Registered sales activity

292 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

-57.9% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 292 current and 47 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

1 projects had already passed their planned date; 1 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

310 apartments are planned in Dubai Media City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 106% of the 292 homes let there today.

How these are counted

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Direct locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.

About Iconic

Iconic is an under-construction (20% built) apartment building in Dubai Media City. 189 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Floors: 66
Lifts: 7
Parking bays: 421
Pools: 1

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 22 min · 22 km
DXB Airport: 26 min · 36 km
DIFC: 18 min · 25 km
Dubai Marina: 11 min · 6.4 km
Palm Jumeirah: 18 min · 13 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Dubai Internet City
Mall: Mall of the Emirates
Landmark: Burj Al Arab

Iconic: AED 3,743 per sq ft, 30% above the median Dubai Media City building, and a 2.8% gross yield, in the bottom tenth of the area

The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.

Price per sq ft

Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months

IconicAED 3,743
Dubai Media City, readyAED 996
Dubai Media City, off-planAED 3,316
Dubai, readyAED 1,421

Dark: this building. Grey: the area's ready and off-plan medians, and Dubai's ready median. Source: DLD registered sales.

Gross yield against the area's buildings

Axis: gross yield, % of price

IconicDubai Media City median building

Dubai Media City2.8% vs 4.2%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 2 buildings in Dubai Media City. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Media City, by handover quarter

Nearby in Dubai Media City

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Prices per sq ft around Iconic, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 4 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Iconic is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

The S Tower

Dubai Media City · 9 sales, 12 months

14.20M

AED, resale median · 3,123/sqft

Dubai Jewel Tower

Dubai Media City · 218 sales, 12 months

400,000

AED, resale median · 904/sqft

Palm View

Dubai Media City · 65 sales, 12 months

3.49M

AED, resale median · 2,207/sqft

DAMAC Casa

Dubai Media City · 47 sales, 12 months

5.85M

AED, resale median · 3,043/sqft

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The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

Sales and rents to
2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
On record
Sales evidence · 2 bed
27 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 2 bed
1 new and 0 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
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Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
Iconic: not recorded complete, 20% built, planned 2028-02-28 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
On record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

Rent or buy

What owning a 2 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate

Prefilled from Iconic’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

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Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

The site does not hold this building’s service charge; type yours to include it. Residency sets the default down payment: typical bank floor, not a rule.

Monthly mortgage: 23,036AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 16,667AED; AED 200,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 2,196,322AED; 30% down plus AED 420,159 in fees

Owning costs AED 568,454 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 3.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Iconic?: No gross yield is published for Iconic as of 2026-10-12: fewer than 5 new Ejari contracts were registered in the last 12 months. In the last 12 months it had 27 registered sales and 1 new Ejari contract; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales.
How much does a 2 bedroom in Iconic cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 5.92M (3,648 AED/sqft), from 27 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Have prices in Iconic risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +6.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 27 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in Iconic?: The median new annual rent is AED 200,000, from 1 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
How many apartments change hands in Iconic?: 27 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 1 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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Iconic sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 27 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-media-city/iconic
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Iconic sale prices and yield.” Dubai Media City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-media-city/iconic

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