What is the rental yield in Universal Apartment?

No gross yield is published for Universal Apartment as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 4 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 Universal Apartment cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 550,000 (643 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Does Universal Apartment earn more short-term than long-let?

A night asks a median of AED 154, which models to 3.4% 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.

How many apartments change hands in Universal Apartment?

4 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 Universal Apartment?

Rashidiya Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is City Centre Mirdif.

Universal Apartment

A 1 bed in Universal Apartment costs a median AED 550,000 and returns 3.4% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

550,000AED

AED 643/sqft

vs International City: 4% above the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 587,750

Price: AED 550,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 22,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 11,550
Trustee: AED 4,200

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

Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
Are prices going up?All types: AED 534/sqft a year ago, 643 now+20.4%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 37,750 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 37,750
Can I sell easily?6 sales in 12 months (17 the year before)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
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 72% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+71.8%Context

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

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Universal Apartment prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 550,000

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio	AED 435,000664/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	1
1 bed	AED 550,000643/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	4
2 bed	AED 750,000491/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	1

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

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

vs area median: +4.3%
Rank by price per sqft: 34th of 83

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 3.4%
Median nightly rate: AED 154
Net revenue: AED 18,910/yr
Listings seen: 3+

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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.
Thin sample — 4 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.

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.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 643 · before fees

5 years ago: 374; +72%; 14 sales
3 years ago: 439; +46%; 16 sales
Previous 12 months: 534; +20%; 17 sales
Last 12 months: 643; today; 6 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.

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

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
9 Oct 2026	1 bed	876	AED 550,000	628
23 Apr 2026	1 bed	876	AED 550,000	628
9 Mar 2026	Studio	655	AED 435,000	664
21 Nov 2025	1 bed	812	AED 535,000	659
18 Nov 2025	1 bed	876	AED 580,000	662
10 Nov 2025	2 bed	1,529	AED 750,000	491

6 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Universal Apartment

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

Occupancy assumption70%

Type	Nightly, AED	Net revenue at 70%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield
1 bed500 m cluster · 3+ listings seen	1540.18/sqft	AED 18,910	—	—	3.4%

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. Universal Apartment places 105th of 197; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
101	Spain Cluster Building T-05	AED 455,000	648+0.7%	—	—	3
102	Emirates Cluster Building EMR-08Completed 2011 · off-plan 887/sqft	AED 397,500	647+0.6%	9.1%	—	4
103	Greece Cluster Building K-08	AED 350,000	646+0.5%	—	+15.2%	7
104	Persia Cluster Building N-04	AED 305,000	644+0.1%	—	+10.8%	5
105	Universal Apartment · this building	AED 550,000	643	—	+20.4%	6
106	Persia Cluster Building N-08	AED 370,000	643-0.1%	—	—	4
107	Royal Residences	AED 529,500	641-0.3%	—	+2.1%	8
108	Emirates Cluster Building EMR-20Completed 2011 · off-plan 843/sqft	AED 364,926	641-0.3%	9.9%	—	5
109	Greece Cluster Building K-07	AED 332,500	641-0.3%	—	+10.0%	6

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Universal Apartment (AED 643/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Universal Apartment has registered sale prices 4% above the International City median price per square foot of 617 AED, across 83 eligible buildings. It ranks 34th 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.

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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 Universal Apartment

Universal Apartment is an apartment building in International City. 116 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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Drive times · typical

Downtown: 23 min · 21 km
DXB Airport: 17 min · 18 km
DIFC: 20 min · 24 km
Dubai Marina: 31 min · 39 km
Palm Jumeirah: 37 min · 43 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Rashidiya Metro Station
Mall: City Centre Mirdif

Universal Apartment: AED 643 per sq ft, level with 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

Universal ApartmentAED 643
International City, readyAED 654
International City, off-planAED 1,242
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

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Prices per sq ft around Universal Apartment, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 159 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Universal Apartment is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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International City · 60 sales, 12 months

700,055

AED, resale median · 1,243/sqft

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International City · 26 sales, 12 months

597,500

AED, resale median · 592/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

Before you decide

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

Sales and rents to
2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
On record
Sales evidence · 1 bed
4 registered sales in 12 months; thin, a single deal moves the median
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Rental evidence · 1 bed
No Ejari contract registered: not yet let
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Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
No project number on this building's record, so completion status and developer cannot be joined.
Not on record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 3 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

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What is the rental yield in Universal Apartment?: No gross yield is published for Universal Apartment as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 4 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 Universal Apartment cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 550,000 (643 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Does Universal Apartment earn more short-term than long-let?: A night asks a median of AED 154, which models to 3.4% 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.
How many apartments change hands in Universal Apartment?: 4 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 Universal Apartment?: Rashidiya Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is City Centre Mirdif.

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Universal Apartment sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 4 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/universal-apartment
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Universal Apartment sale prices and yield.” International City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/international-city/universal-apartment

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