The Pulse Residence Icon
- Completed 2020
- 15 floors
- 3 lifts
- 112 parking bays
- 1 pool
- Master developer Dubai South
A 2 bed in The Pulse Residence Icon costs a median AED 1.09M and rents long-let for AED 80,000/yr (7.3% gross).
2 bed · typical price
1.09MAED
AED 904/sqft
- Rent a year
- AED 80,000
- Gross yield
- 7.3%
- vs Dubai South
- 33% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.16M
- Price
- AED 1.09M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 43,600
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 22,890
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent11 months
Is The Pulse Residence Icon a good investment?Easy to let and prices rising; lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?7.3% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)7.3%Fair
- Is it easy to let?61% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai South building manages 0%61%Strength
Dubai South median 0% · top tenth from 61%The Pulse Residence Icon · 61% Across 45 Dubai South buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 0% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 61% or more; The Pulse Residence Icon is at 61%.
- Are rents going up?New 2 bed leases: AED 80,000 a year ago, AED 80,000 now0.0%Fair
- Are prices going up?All types: AED 933/sqft a year ago, 962 now+3.0%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 70,690 in fees to buy a 2 bed; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
- Can I sell easily?7 sales in 12 months, 7% of the tower (10 the year before)7Fair
- Is a lot being built nearby?14,194 apartments are planned in Dubai South from 2026 to 2028, equal to 3.0 times the 4,798 homes let there today. A further 7,808 are past their planned date. Dubai South supply by year →296%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 76% for buyers 5 years ago; up 23% for launch buyers, before fees+75.9%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
The Pulse Residence Icon prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 1.09M and rents for about AED 80,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
2 bed · price per sqft · Dubai South · area median AED 1,350/sqft
- vs area median
- -33.0%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 104th of 108
- Off-plan price gain, 2017–2018
- +23.0% · +2.5%/yr
Rental income
2 bed · Dubai South
- Gross yield
- 7.3%
- Median new rent
- AED 80,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.7 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +0.6 pts
- Yield rank
- 3rd of 16
- Renewal rent
- AED 80,000/yr
Read with care
- Thin sample — 4 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)
Chart data, 2 bed: May 2017, AED 838,202; latest, Sep 2026, AED 1,120,000; peak, Oct 2021, AED 1,227,000. Rent on new leases: Jan 2021, AED 63,000 a year; latest, Oct 2026, AED 76,500.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 962 · before fees
- Launch, 2017–20
- 779
- +23%
- 75 sales
- 5 years ago
- 547
- +76%
- 4 sales
- 3 years ago
- 709
- +36%
- 20 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 933
- +3%
- 10 sales
- Last 12 months
- 962
- today
- 7 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.
7 resales in the last 12 months, against 14 a year on average over 2023–2025.
7 resales in the last 12 months.
Comparables in Dubai South
Every Dubai South building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. The Pulse Residence Icon places 150th of 157; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Pulse Residence Icon (AED 962/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 2 bed, The Pulse Residence Icon has registered sale prices 33% below the Dubai South median price per square foot of 1,350 AED, across 108 eligible buildings. It ranks 104th of 108 by price per square foot and 3rd of 16 by gross yield in Dubai South.
Market context in Dubai South
Registered sales activity
888 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+7.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 888 current and 844 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
4,261 known registered units across 20 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
10 projects had already passed their planned date; 3 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
14,194 apartments are planned in Dubai South from 2026 to 2028, equal to 3.0 times the 4,798 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 9% of 22 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai South with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.7%.
New-lease rents fell in 6% of 17 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +1.7%.
How these are countedDirect 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 The Pulse Residence Icon
The Pulse Residence Icon is an apartment building completed in 2020 by Dubai South in Dubai South. 136 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 15
- Lifts
- 3
- Parking bays
- 112
- Pools
- 1
- Master developer
- Dubai South
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 35 min · 43 km
- DXB Airport
- 36 min · 52 km
- DIFC
- 32 min · 46 km
- Dubai Marina
- 30 min · 38 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 37 min · 37 km
Nearest, as registered
- Landmark
- Expo 2020 Site
The Pulse Residence Icon: AED 962 per sq ft, 31% below the median Dubai South building, and a 6.0% gross yield, below the area's median building
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
- The Pulse Residence IconAED 962
- Dubai South, readyAED 1,078
- Dubai South, off-planAED 1,658
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
The Pulse Residence IconDubai South median building
- Dubai South6.0% vs 7.0%
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Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · 2 bedRead with care
- Rental evidence · 2 bedOn record
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerOn record
- DeveloperOn record
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot 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 rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
Prefilled from The Pulse Residence Icon’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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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
- 4,847AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 6,667AED
- AED 80,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 302,590AED
- 20% down plus AED 84,590 in fees
Owning costs AED 303,547 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 2.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in The Pulse Residence Icon?
- The Pulse Residence Icon returns 7.3% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 80,000 a year (13 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.09M (median of 4 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 2 bedroom in The Pulse Residence Icon cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 1.09M (904 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- How does The Pulse Residence Icon compare with Dubai South?
- Its 7.3% gross yield sits +0.7 pts against the Dubai South median of 6.7%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.
- What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in The Pulse Residence Icon?
- The median new annual rent is AED 80,000, from 13 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.
- Have registered rents in The Pulse Residence Icon risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed 0.0% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 13 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
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The Pulse Residence Icon sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 4 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-south/the-pulse-residence-icon
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Pulse Residence Icon sale prices and yield.” Dubai South, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-south/the-pulse-residence-icon
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