European
A 1 bed in European costs a median AED 780,000, rents long-let for AED 63,000/yr (8.1% gross), and returns 8.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
780,000AED
AED 879/sqft · +4.8% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 63,000
- Gross yield
- 8.1%
- vs Dubai Sports City
- 4% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 831,780
- Price
- AED 780,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 31,200
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 16,380
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent10 months
Is European a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median and prices rising, with nothing to watch
- Does it pay a good rent?8.1% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)8.1%Strength
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 63,250 a year ago, AED 63,000 now (pooled across the project)-0.4%
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 839/sqft a year ago, 879 now+4.8%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 51,780 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrs
- Can I sell easily?13 sales in 12 months (22 the year before)13
- Is a lot being built nearby?2,542 apartments are planned in Dubai Sports City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 30% of the 8,361 homes let there today. A further 2,869 are past their planned date. Dubai Sports City supply by year →30%Fair
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 77% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 7% down, before fees+77.1%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
European prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 780,000 and rents for about AED 63,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
1 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Sports City · area median AED 920/sqft
- 12-month change
- +4.8%
- 3 years
- +26.5% · +8.2%/yr
- 5 years
- +54.0% · +9.0%/yr
- vs area median
- -4.4%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 41st of 68
- Off-plan price gain, 2009–2014
- -3.1% · -0.2%/yr
Rental income
1 bed · Dubai Sports City
- Gross yield
- 8.1%
- Median new rent
- AED 63,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- -0.3 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +1.3 pts
- Yield rank
- 38th of 49
- Renewal rent
- AED 60,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (90 renewals)
- +5.0%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 376
- Net revenue
- AED 66,300/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.1×
- Listings seen
- 25+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole Canal Residence West (Phase 1) project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 1 bed: Jun 2009, AED 783,909; latest, Oct 2026, AED 700,000; peak, Aug 2012, AED 1,061,371.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 879 · before fees
- Launch, 2009–14
- 946
- −7%
- 18 sales
- 5 years ago
- 497
- +77%
- 12 sales
- 3 years ago
- 621
- +42%
- 17 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 824
- +7%
- 22 sales
- Last 12 months
- 879
- today
- 13 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.
13 resales in the last 12 months, against 16 a year on average over 2023–2025.
13 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around European
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly rate through the year
Comparables in Dubai Sports City
Every Dubai Sports City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. European places 54th of 77; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against European (AED 879/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, European has registered sale prices 4% below the Dubai Sports City median price per square foot of 920 AED, across 68 eligible buildings. It ranks 41st of 68 by price per square foot and 38th of 49 by gross yield in Dubai Sports City.
Market context in Dubai Sports City
Registered sales activity
1,150 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+10.0% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,150 current and 1,496 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
415 known registered units across 2 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
6 projects had already passed their planned date; 2 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
2,542 apartments are planned in Dubai Sports City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 30% of the 8,361 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 26% of 73 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai Sports City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +2.5%.
The pooled median moved +10.0%: 7.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 49% of 75 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved 0.0%.
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.
The Canal Residence West (Phase 1) towers
3 towers in Canal Residence West (Phase 1), at the bedroom type above.
Ejari files Canal Residence West (Phase 1)’s leases under the project, not a tower, so every tower share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.
Dubai Sports City: every development at this typeDubai Sports City: every development at this type
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.
About European
European is an apartment building completed in 2015 in Dubai Sports City. 193 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 24 min · 24 km
- DXB Airport
- 26 min · 32 km
- DIFC
- 22 min · 27 km
- Dubai Marina
- 18 min · 16 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 24 min · 20 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Nakheel Metro Station
- Mall
- Marina Mall
- Landmark
- Sports City Swimming Academy
European: AED 879 per sq ft, 10% below the median Dubai Sports City building, and a 7.8% 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
- EuropeanAED 879
- Dubai Sports City, readyAED 946
- Dubai Sports City, off-planAED 1,464
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
EuropeanDubai Sports City median building
- Dubai Sports City7.8% vs 8.3%
Nearby in Dubai Sports City
Prices per sq ft around European, on the mapPrices per sq ft around European, on the map
Venetian
Dubai Sports City · 25 sales, 12 months
750,000
AED, resale median · 867/sqft
Mediterranean
Dubai Sports City · 10 sales, 12 months
790,000
AED, resale median · 916/sqft
Hera Tower
Dubai Sports City · 111 sales, 12 months
642,000
AED, resale median · 976/sqft
Condor Golf Links 18
Dubai Sports City · 78 sales, 12 months
882,350
AED, resale median · 1,876/sqft
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · 1 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 1 bedRead with care
- 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
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a 1 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 European’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
- 3,468AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 5,250AED
- AED 63,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 218,580AED
- 20% down plus AED 62,580 in fees
Owning costs AED 245,705 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 European?
- European returns 8.1% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 63,000 a year (80 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 780,000 (median of 9 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in European cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 780,000 (879 AED/sqft), from 9 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in European selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in European over the last 12 months have a median of 879 AED/sqft, across 9 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
- Have prices in European risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +4.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 9 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does European compare with Dubai Sports City?
- Its 8.1% gross yield sits -0.3 pts against the Dubai Sports City median of 8.4%, 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.
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European sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 9 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/european
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “European sale prices and yield.” Dubai Sports City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/european
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