Sunlight Homes
- Under construction · 0% built · handover Q3 2027
- 8 floors
- 2 lifts
- 63 parking bays
A 3 bed in Sunlight Homes costs a median AED 1.30M.
3 bed · typical price
1.30MAED
AED 1,104/sqft · +1.9% on a year
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.38M
- Price
- AED 1.30M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 52,000
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 27,300
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Sunlight Homes a good investment?Easy to sell and little new supply nearby; few units are let; no record of the yield and the rent trend
- Does it pay a good rent?Too few leases or sales to divide one by the otherNo record
- Is it easy to let?23% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical International City Phase 2 building manages 52%23%Watch
International City Phase 2 median 52% · top tenth from 100%Sunlight Homes · 23% Across 30 International City Phase 2 buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 52% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 100% or more; Sunlight Homes is at 23%.
- Are rents going up?Too few new leases on both sides of the year to measure a changeNo record
- Are prices going up?3 bed: AED 1,083/sqft a year ago, 1,104 now+1.9%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 83,500 in fees to buy a 3 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 83,500
- Can I sell easily?15 sales in 12 months, 50% of the tower (6 the year before)15Strength
- Is a lot being built nearby?1,581 apartments are planned in International City Phase 2 from 2026 to 2028, equal to 16% of the 9,675 homes let there today. A further 520 are past their planned date. International City Phase 2 supply by year →16%Strength
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 0% for launch buyers, before fees+0.4%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 3 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Sunlight Homes prices and rents by unit typeA three-bed costs about AED 1.30M
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
3 bed · price per sqft · International City Phase 2
- 12-month change
- +1.9%
Read with care
- No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 3 bed: 2025, AED 1,300,000; latest, 2026, AED 1,300,000; peak, 2025, AED 1,300,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,104 · before fees
- Launch, 2025–26
- 1,099
- 0%
- 17 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,083
- +2%
- 6 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,104
- today
- 15 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.
Comparables in International City Phase 2
Every International City Phase 2 building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Sunlight Homes places 22nd of 56; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Sunlight Homes (AED 1,104/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
Market context in International City Phase 2
Registered sales activity
416 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+2.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 416 current and 734 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
1,161 known registered units across 11 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
6 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
1,581 apartments are planned in International City Phase 2 from 2026 to 2028, equal to 16% of the 9,675 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 19% of 16 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in International City Phase 2 with sales in both years; the typical one moved +9.9%.
The pooled median moved +2.3%: 7.6 points less than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 13% of 38 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +8.1%.
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 Sunlight Homes
Sunlight Homes is an under-construction (0% built) apartment building in International City Phase 2. 21 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 8
- Lifts
- 2
- Parking bays
- 63
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 22 min · 22 km
- DXB Airport
- 16 min · 19 km
- DIFC
- 19 min · 25 km
- Dubai Marina
- 31 min · 40 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 37 min · 44 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Rashidiya Metro Station
- Mall
- City Centre Mirdif
Sunlight Homes: AED 1,104 per sq ft, 4% above the median International City Phase 2 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
- Sunlight HomesAED 1,104
- International City Phase 2, readyAED 891
- International City Phase 2, off-planAED 1,200
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in International City Phase 2
Prices per sq ft around Sunlight Homes, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Sunlight Homes, on the map
Zenith Residences
International City Phase 2 · 112 sales, 12 months
850,160
AED, resale median · 1,055/sqft
Equiti Tower
International City Phase 2 · 71 sales, 12 months
796,122
AED, resale median · 1,078/sqft
Nest
International City Phase 2 · 68 sales, 12 months
718,204
AED, resale median · 1,054/sqft
Chapter 01 By Newbury Developments
International City Phase 2 · 67 sales, 12 months
770,000
AED, resale median · 1,170/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 · 3 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 3 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
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Sunlight Homes?
- No gross yield is published for Sunlight Homes as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 15 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales.
- How much does a 3 bedroom in Sunlight Homes cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 1.30M (1,104 AED/sqft), from 15 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- Have prices in Sunlight Homes risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +1.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 15 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How many apartments change hands in Sunlight Homes?
- 15 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to Sunlight Homes?
- Rashidiya Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is City Centre Mirdif.
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Sunlight Homes sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 15 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/international-city-phase-2/sunlight-homes
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Sunlight Homes sale prices and yield.” International City Phase 2, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/international-city-phase-2/sunlight-homes
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