Classic Apartment
- Completed 2010
- 140 units
- 11 floors
A 1 bed in Classic Apartment costs a median AED 597,500 and rents long-let for AED 47,367/yr (7.9% gross).
1 bed · typical price
597,500AED
AED 592/sqft · +14.4% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 47,367
- Yield after service charge
- 5.9%
- vs International City
- 4% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 638,148
- Price
- AED 597,500
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 23,900
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 12,548
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by net rent14 months
Is Classic Apartment a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, prices rising, easy to sell and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch
- Does it pay a good rent?7.9% gross, 5.9% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.9%Strength
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 47,000 a year ago, AED 47,367 now (pooled across the project)+0.8%
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 517/sqft a year ago, 592 now+14.4%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 40,648 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrsFair
- Can I sell easily?26 sales in 12 months, 19% of the tower (21 the year before)26Strength
- Is a lot being built nearby?459 apartments are planned in International City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 2% of the 24,476 homes let there today. A further 55 are past their planned date. International City supply by year →2%Strength
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 48% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 11% down, before fees+48.3%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Classic Apartment prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 597,500 and rents for about AED 47,367 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 · International City · area median AED 617/sqft
- 12-month change
- +14.4%
- 3 years
- +51.6% · +14.9%/yr
- 5 years
- +48.4% · +8.2%/yr
- vs area median
- -4.1%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 56th of 83
- Off-plan price gain, 2009–2010
- -11.0% · -0.7%/yr
Rental income
1 bed · International City
- Gross yield
- 7.9%
- Median new rent
- AED 47,367/yr
- Yield vs area median
- -0.1 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +1.2 pts
- Yield rank
- 18th of 27
- Renewal rent
- AED 46,625/yr
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole Classic Apartments project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, 1 bed: Oct 2009, AED 666,600; latest, Sep 2026, AED 600,000; peak, Feb 2016, AED 1,010,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 592 · before fees
- Launch, 2009–10
- 665
- −11%
- 62 sales
- 5 years ago
- 399
- +48%
- 9 sales
- 3 years ago
- 390
- +52%
- 18 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 517
- +14%
- 21 sales
- Last 12 months
- 592
- today
- 26 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.
26 resales in the last 12 months, against 23 a year on average over 2023–2025.
26 resales in the last 12 months.
Comparables in International City
Every International City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Classic Apartment places 167th of 197; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Classic Apartment (AED 592/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, Classic Apartment has registered sale prices 4% below the International City median price per square foot of 617 AED, across 83 eligible buildings. It ranks 56th of 83 by price per square foot and 18th of 27 by gross yield in International City.
Market context in International City
Registered sales activity
1,261 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+4.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,261 current and 1,792 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
102 known registered units across 1 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
1 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
459 apartments are planned in International City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 2% of the 24,476 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 5% of 39 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in International City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.3%.
The pooled median moved +4.3%: 3.0 points less than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 8% of 26 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +3.6%.
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 Classic Apartment
Classic Apartment is an apartment building completed in 2010 in International City with 140 registered units. 206 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 12.00/sqft a year · 2026 budget
- Floors
- 11
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 24 min · 21 km
- DXB Airport
- 18 min · 19 km
- DIFC
- 20 min · 24 km
- Dubai Marina
- 32 min · 41 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 38 min · 46 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Rashidiya Metro Station
- Mall
- City Centre Mirdif
Classic Apartment: AED 592 per sq ft, 9% below the median International City building, and a 8.0% 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
- Classic ApartmentAED 592
- International City, readyAED 654
- International City, off-planAED 1,242
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Classic ApartmentInternational City median building
- International City8.0% vs 8.6%
Nearby in International City
Prices per sq ft around Classic Apartment, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Classic Apartment, on the map
Ryze by AUM
International City · 60 sales, 12 months
700,055
AED, resale median · 1,243/sqft
Crystal Tower by VHS
International City · 23 sales, 12 months
698,249
AED, resale median · 1,200/sqft
Lawnz by Danube Block 4
International City · 18 sales, 12 months
522,500
AED, resale median · 1,198/sqft
Lawnz by Danube Block 2
International City · 17 sales, 12 months
500,000
AED, resale median · 1,186/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 chargeAED 12.00/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.9% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- Building recordOn record
- 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 Classic Apartment’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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- Monthly mortgage
- 2,657AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 3,947AED
- AED 47,367 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 169,123AED
- 20% down plus AED 49,623 in fees
Owning costs AED 181,795 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 Classic Apartment?
- Classic Apartment returns 7.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 47,367 a year (40 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 597,500 (median of 26 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in Classic Apartment cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 597,500 (592 AED/sqft), from 26 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Classic Apartment selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Classic Apartment over the last 12 months have a median of 592 AED/sqft, across 26 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 Classic Apartment risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +14.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 26 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does Classic Apartment compare with International City?
- Its 7.9% gross yield sits -0.1 pts against the International City median of 8.1%, 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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Classic Apartment sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 26 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/classic-apartment
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Classic Apartment sale prices and yield.” International City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/international-city/classic-apartment
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