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A 1 bed in Classic Apartment costs a median AED 597,500 and rents long-let for AED 47,367/yr (7.9% gross).

Satellite view of Classic Apartment, International City, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

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

Against this building’s registered sales of the same type.

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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

  1. Does it pay a good rent?7.9% gross, 5.9% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.9%Strength
  2. Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 47,000 a year ago, AED 47,367 now (pooled across the project)+0.8%
  3. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 517/sqft a year ago, 592 now+14.4%Strength
  4. 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
  5. Can I sell easily?26 sales in 12 months, 19% of the tower (21 the year before)26Strength
  6. 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
  7. 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

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Classic Apartment prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 597,500 and rents for about AED 47,367 a year

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
1 bed140 units · 1,044 sqftAED 597,500592/sqftlaunch 665 -11.0%7.9%-0.1 ptsAED 47,36740 contracts+14.4%26
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · International City · area median AED 617/sqft

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

Rental income

1 bed · International City

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

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  • 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.

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

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%
5 years ago
399
+48%
3 years ago
390
+52%
Previous 12 months
517
+14%
Last 12 months
592
today

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.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
8 Sept 20261 bed1,063AED 620,000583
13 Aug 20261 bed1,037AED 580,000559
23 Jun 20261 bed1,052AED 570,000542
14 May 20261 bed977AED 620,000635
17 Mar 20261 bed877AED 550,000627
12 Mar 20261 bed929AED 595,000640
11 Mar 20261 bed1,071AED 620,000579
9 Mar 20261 bed1,359AED 670,000493
9 Mar 20261 bed1,177AED 620,000527
4 Mar 20261 bed1,071AED 640,000598

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.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
163Morocco Cluster Building J-02AED 290,000598+1.1%——3
164Spain Cluster Building S-02AED 450,000597+0.9%—-4.6%5
165Spain Cluster Building S-11AED 415,000597+0.8%——5
166Greece Cluster Building K-03AED 355,000593+0.2%——4
167Classic Apartment · this buildingCompleted 2010 · off-plan 665/sqftAED 597,5005928.0%+14.4%26
168Persia Cluster Building O-01AED 310,129590-0.4%—+0.3%8
169England Cluster Building Z-02AED 425,000589-0.5%——7
170France Cluster Building P-24AED 430,000587-0.8%——5
171Spain Cluster Building S-05AED 705,000587-0.8%——4

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.

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Planned 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.

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Supply 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 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 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.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

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

  1. Classic ApartmentAED 592
  2. International City, readyAED 654
  3. International City, off-planAED 1,242
  4. 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

Classic ApartmentInternational City median building

  1. International City8.0% vs 8.6%
Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 42 buildings in International City. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in International City, by handover quarter

Nearby in International City

Prices per sq ft around Classic Apartment, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 159 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Classic Apartment is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Before you decide

The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

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 Classic Apartment’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.

Residency
More assumptions

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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.

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 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
Method
Definitions and calculations

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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