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A 1 bed in Royal Residences costs a median AED 525,000 and returns 3.7% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of Royal Residences, International City, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
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1 bed · typical price

525,000AED

AED 629/sqft · +3.2% on a year

vs International City
2% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 561,225
Price
AED 525,000
DLD fee 4%
AED 21,000
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 11,025
Trustee
AED 4,200

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

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Is Royal Residences a good investment?Prices rising and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch; no record of the yield and the rent trend

  1. Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
  2. Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
  3. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 610/sqft a year ago, 629 now+3.2%Strength
  4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 36,225 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 36,225
  5. Can I sell easily?8 sales in 12 months (14 the year before)8
  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 41% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+40.7%Context

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

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Royal Residences prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 525,000

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
1 bedAED 525,000629/sqftnot yet letnot yet let+3.2%7
2 bedAED 800,000711/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year1
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
+22.2% · +6.9%/yr
vs area median
+1.9%
Rank by price per sqft
36th of 83

Short-term income

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

Median nightly rate
AED 154
Net revenue
AED 19,249/yr
Listings seen
3+

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.

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 2008, AED 674,500; latest, Sep 2026, AED 565,000; peak, Oct 2008, AED 674,500.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 641 · before fees

5 years ago
456
+41%
3 years ago
543
+18%
Previous 12 months
628
+2%
Last 12 months
641
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.

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

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
7 Sept 20261 bed846AED 565,000668
18 May 20261 bed814AED 510,000627
14 May 20261 bed849AED 488,367575
6 May 20261 bed849AED 534,000629
26 Mar 20261 bed846AED 450,000532
27 Jan 20261 bed803AED 680,000847
23 Dec 20251 bed803AED 525,000654
13 Nov 20252 bed1,125AED 800,000711

8 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Royal Residences

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

70%
TypeNightly, AEDNet revenue at 70%Long-let rentUpliftNet yield
1 bed500 m cluster · 3+ listings seen1540.18/sqftAED 19,249——3.7%

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

Comparables in International City

Every International City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Royal Residences places 107th of 197; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
103Greece Cluster Building K-08AED 350,000646+0.8%—+15.2%7
104Persia Cluster Building N-04AED 305,000644+0.4%—+10.8%5
105Universal ApartmentAED 550,000643+0.3%—+20.4%6
106Persia Cluster Building N-08AED 370,000643+0.2%——4
107Royal Residences · this buildingAED 529,500641—+2.1%8
108Emirates Cluster Building EMR-20Completed 2011 · off-plan 843/sqftAED 364,9266410.0%9.9%—5
109Greece Cluster Building K-07AED 332,5006410.0%—+10.0%6
110Italy Cluster Building U-18AED 360,000640-0.2%——5
111Souk Al Warsan Townhouses-AAED 1.52M640-0.3%——3

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Royal Residences (AED 641/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Royal Residences has registered sale prices 2% above the International City median price per square foot of 617 AED, across 83 eligible buildings. It ranks 36th of 83 by price per square foot 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.

Explore planned supply

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 Royal Residences

Royal Residences is an apartment building in International City. 87 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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

Drive times · typical

Downtown
24 min · 21 km
DXB Airport
18 min · 18 km
DIFC
20 min · 24 km
Dubai Marina
32 min · 39 km
Palm Jumeirah
38 min · 43 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Rashidiya Metro Station
Mall
City Centre Mirdif

Royal Residences: AED 641 per sq ft, 1% below the median International City 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. Royal ResidencesAED 641
  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.

Upcoming supply in International City, by handover quarter

Nearby in International City

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

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Monthly mortgage
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4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent
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Cash needed at purchase
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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Royal Residences?
No gross yield is published for Royal Residences as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 7 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The International City median is 8.1% gross.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Royal Residences cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 525,000 (629 AED/sqft), from 7 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Royal Residences selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Royal Residences over the last 12 months have a median of 629 AED/sqft, across 7 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 Royal Residences risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved +3.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 7 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
Does Royal Residences earn more short-term than long-let?
A night asks a median of AED 154, which models to 3.7% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.

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Royal Residences sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
7 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/royal-residences
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Royal Residences sale prices and yield.” International City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/international-city/royal-residences

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