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Universal Apartment

A 1 bed in Universal Apartment costs a median AED 516,205 and returns 4.59% short-let at the assumed 80% occupancy — from 12 sales and 0 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months through 26 Aug 2026.

Registered data
Sales · 1 bed
4 in 12 months
Rental contracts · 1 bed
0 in 12 months
Buy
516,205AED
AED 606/sqft
Short-let
4.59%
AED 154/night · 0.18/sqft
AED/yr/sqft
Sales
12
Rental contracts
0
Short-let listings seen
3+
12 months
+13.1%
3 years
+39.1%+11.6%/yr
5 years
+77.7%+12.2%/yr

Based on 12 sales and 0 rental contracts in the last 24 months.

Universal Apartment is an apartment building in International City, Dubai. The closest metro station is Rashidiya Metro Station and the nearest mall City Centre Mirdif. Land Department records for it run from 2015 to 2026, 228 registered sales in all — the 12 in the last 24 months are what every median above is computed from.

Yield by bedroom type

TypeMedian priceAED/sqftYield12moSales
StudioAED 380,000595+34.0%7
1 bedAED 516,205606+13.1%12
2 bedAED 700,000491-24.1%3
3 bedAED 960,0005241

Deltas compare each yield with the International City median for the same unit type. How these yields are computed

How these yields are computed
Each yield divides the median rent by the median of the last 3 months of sales — or of the last 5 sales where the last 3 months hold fewer than three. Off-plan and ready sales count alike, and each bedroom type is priced off its own sales.

    Short-let rates around Universal Apartment

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

    How short-let rates are measured
    Rates are sampled for every month of the coming year, so the figure carries the full season rather than a winter or summer slice. Listing counts are what those searches returned on the first page — a floor on what the building actually lists, not a count of it. Airbnb publishes approximate coordinates, so even the tightest set — listings within 50 metres — is the building and its immediate neighbours. Where that set is too small to measure a bedroom type, the row widens to the surrounding 500-metre cluster and is marked “500m”.
    TypeNightly (AED)AED/night/sqftNet revenue at 80%Long-let rentUpliftShort-let yieldListings seen
    1 bed500m1540.18AED 23,7094.59%3+

    Net revenue assumes 80% occupancy — an assumption, not a measurement.

    What the net revenue deducts
    Occupancy is an assumption because no Dubai source publishes it per building — at half the occupancy, halve the revenue and the yield. From the nightly rate a guest sees, net revenue deducts Airbnb's 15.5% fee, then cleaning at 2 turnovers a month and utilities, both scaled to the unit's measured floor area. Service charge and mortgage are deliberately not deducted: neither comes out of the long-let rent beside it, and a service charge is owed whichever way the unit is let, so taking it off one side only would break the comparison. Neither figure is net of income tax or furnishing. Rows marked 500m widen to the surrounding cluster, because Universal Apartment itself had too few listings of that type to measure.

    Recent transactions

    As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-08-26.

    9 resales in the last 12 months, against 16 a year on average over 2023–2025.

    Sales

    Nothing registered in the last 3 months. Try a wider window.

    Rental contracts

    Nothing registered in the last 3 months. Try a wider window.

    Nearby

    Metro
    Rashidiya Metro Station
    Mall
    City Centre Mirdif

    Compare with nearby buildings

    The most-traded buildings in International City, on the same figures over the same window.

    Common questions

    How much does a 1 bedroom in Universal Apartment cost?
    The median registered sale price is AED 516,205 (606 AED/sqft), from 12 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
    Have prices in Universal Apartment risen or fallen?
    Median price per square foot moved +13.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 12 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
    Does Universal Apartment earn more short-let than long-let?
    A night asks a median of AED 154, which models to 4.59% net at an assumed 80% 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.
    How many apartments change hands in Universal Apartment?
    12 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 24 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
    Which metro station is closest to Universal Apartment?
    Rashidiya Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is City Centre Mirdif.

    Source: Dubai Land Department open data — sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts. Data as of 2026-08-26. Short-let rates are collected separately from public Airbnb search results.

    Gross yield divides median annual rent from new contracts by the median resale price for the same bedroom type over the last 24 months. Off-plan sales are included in price and trend figures but excluded from the yield denominator.

    Universal Apartment sale record

    Record type
    Building-level property market record
    Data date
    Evidence base
    12 registered sales in the trailing 24 months for the default unit type
    Sources
    Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
    Canonical record
    /sale/apartments/dubai/international-city/universal-apartment
    Method
    Definitions and calculations

    Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Universal Apartment sale prices and yield.” International City, Dubai. Data to 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/international-city/universal-apartment.

    Stable dataJSON

    Where this data stops

    Service charges are not in DLD's open data, so the yield above is gross. Net return needs this building's charge per sqft.