What is the rental yield in Grand Horizon 1?

Grand Horizon 1 returns 8.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 65,000 a year (23 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 765,000 (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Grand Horizon 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 765,000 (796 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Grand Horizon 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Grand Horizon 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 796 AED/sqft, across 11 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 Grand Horizon 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +8.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Grand Horizon 1 compare with Dubai Sports City?

Its 8.5% gross yield sits +0.1 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.

Grand Horizon 1

Completed 2015
126 units
9 floors
165 parking bays

A 1 bed in Grand Horizon 1 costs a median AED 765,000, rents long-let for AED 65,000/yr (8.5% gross), and returns 9.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

765,000AED

AED 796/sqft · +8.9% on a year

Rent a year: AED 65,000
Yield after service charge: 6.8%
vs Dubai Sports City: 13% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 815,865

Price: AED 765,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 30,600
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 16,065
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent12 months

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Is Grand Horizon 1 a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, prices rising and fees repaid within a year, with nothing to watch

Does it pay a good rent?8.5% gross, 6.8% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)8.5%Strength
Is it easy to let?46% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai Sports City building manages 47%46%Fair
Dubai Sports City median 47% · top tenth from 71%Grand Horizon 1 · 46%
Across 49 Dubai Sports City buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 47% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 71% or more; Grand Horizon 1 is at 46%.
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 65,000 a year ago, AED 65,000 now0.0%Fair
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 730/sqft a year ago, 796 now+8.9%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 50,865 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.0 years1.0 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?11 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (13 the year before)11Fair
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 81% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 12% down, before fees+81.2%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Grand Horizon 1 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 765,000 and rents for about AED 65,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed126 units · 955 sqft	AED 765,000796/sqftlaunch 903 -11.9%		8.5%+0.1 pts	AED 65,00023 contracts	+8.9%	11

Appreciation, 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: +8.9%
3 years: +35.6% · +10.7%/yr
vs area median: -13.5%
Rank by price per sqft: 56th of 68
Off-plan price gain, 2015–2015: -11.8% · -1.1%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Dubai Sports City

Gross yield: 8.5%
Median new rent: AED 65,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.1 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.7 pts
Yield rank: 19th of 49
Renewal rent: AED 55,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (35 renewals): +18.2%

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 9.9%
Median nightly rate: AED 425
Net revenue: AED 75,525/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.2×
Listings seen: 16+

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)

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 796 · before fees

Launch, 2015: 903; −12%; 112 sales
5 years ago: 439; +81%; 4 sales
3 years ago: 587; +36%; 9 sales
Previous 12 months: 730; +9%; 13 sales
Last 12 months: 796; today; 11 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.

11 resales in the last 12 months, against 13 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
30 Sept 2026	1 bed	953	AED 835,000	876
18 May 2026	1 bed	953	AED 775,000	813
16 Mar 2026	1 bed	943	AED 765,000	811
12 Mar 2026	1 bed	953	AED 600,000	630
12 Feb 2026	1 bed	811	AED 775,000	956
9 Feb 2026	1 bed	1,067	AED 760,000	712
8 Jan 2026	1 bed	1,018	AED 770,000	756
25 Dec 2025	1 bed	1,048	AED 750,000	715
16 Dec 2025	1 bed	1,018	AED 760,000	746
19 Nov 2025	1 bed	915	AED 740,000	809

11 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Grand Horizon 1

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

Occupancy assumption70%

Type	Nightly, AED	Net revenue at 70%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield
1 bed500 m cluster · 16+ listings seen	4250.44/sqft	AED 75,525	AED 65,000	1.2×	9.9%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Nightly 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. Grand Horizon 1 places 66th of 77; the nearest 8 are shown.

Highest rental yields in Dubai Sports City →

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
62	Golf View ResidenceCompleted 2010	AED 857,500	814+2.3%	9.3%	-1.1%	18
63	Frankfurt Sports TowerCompleted 2016 · off-plan 836/sqft	AED 530,000	813+2.1%	8.3%	+3.8%	19
64	Elite 5 Sports ResidenceCompleted 2014 · off-plan 990/sqft	AED 630,000	805+1.2%	6.7%	-7.9%	13
65	Red ResidenceCompleted 2014 · off-plan 904/sqft	AED 627,500	801+0.6%	9.2%	+7.1%	32
66	Grand Horizon 1 · this buildingCompleted 2015 · off-plan 903/sqft	AED 765,000	796	8.5%	+8.9%	11
67	Golf TowerCompleted 2010	AED 1.12M	794-0.2%	7.6%	—	4
68	Hub Canal 1Completed 2011	AED 710,000	771-3.1%	8.2%	+10.8%	16
69	Olympic Park 2Completed 2013	AED 760,000	770-3.3%	9.5%	+18.1%	9
70	Hamza TowerCompleted 2010 · off-plan 732/sqft	AED 700,000	760-4.5%	7.9%	0.0%	13

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Grand Horizon 1 (AED 796/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Grand Horizon 1 has registered sale prices 13% below the Dubai Sports City median price per square foot of 920 AED, across 68 eligible buildings. It ranks 56th of 68 by price per square foot and 19th 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.

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Planned 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.

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Supply 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 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 Grand Horizon 1

Grand Horizon 1 is an apartment building completed in 2015 in Dubai Sports City with 126 registered units. 219 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 13.58/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 9
Parking bays: 165

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 25 min · 24 km
DXB Airport: 27 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

Grand Horizon 1: AED 796 per sq ft, 19% below the median Dubai Sports City building, and a 8.5% gross yield, above 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

Grand Horizon 1AED 796
Dubai Sports City, readyAED 946
Dubai Sports City, off-planAED 1,464
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

Grand Horizon 1Dubai Sports City median building

Dubai Sports City8.5% vs 8.3%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 55 buildings in Dubai Sports City. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Dubai Sports City, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around Grand Horizon 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 68 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Grand Horizon 1 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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

Amal Tower

Dubai Sports City · 64 sales, 12 months

563,806

AED, resale median · 1,004/sqft

Giovanni Boutique Suites

Dubai Sports City · 45 sales, 12 months

530,000

AED, resale median · 1,206/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 · 1 bed
11 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
23 new and 35 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 13.58/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 6.8% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Grand Horizon 1: recorded complete 2015-07-06 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 16 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
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 1 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 Grand Horizon 1’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

More assumptions

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: 3,402AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 5,417AED; AED 65,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 214,515AED; 20% down plus AED 61,515 in fees

Owning costs AED 257,897 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 2.

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 Grand Horizon 1?: Grand Horizon 1 returns 8.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 65,000 a year (23 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 765,000 (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Grand Horizon 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 765,000 (796 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Grand Horizon 1 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Grand Horizon 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 796 AED/sqft, across 11 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 Grand Horizon 1 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +8.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Grand Horizon 1 compare with Dubai Sports City?: Its 8.5% gross yield sits +0.1 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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Grand Horizon 1 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 11 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/grand-horizon-1
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Grand Horizon 1 sale prices and yield.” Dubai Sports City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/grand-horizon-1

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