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Sherlock Circus 1

A studio in Sherlock Circus 1 costs a median AED 650,000 and returns 13.0% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of Sherlock Circus 1, Motor City, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Studio · typical price

650,000AED

AED 973/sqft · +3.2% on a year

vs Motor City
30% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 693,850
Price
AED 650,000
DLD fee 4%
AED 26,000
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 13,650
Trustee
AED 4,200

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

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Is Sherlock Circus 1 a good investment?Prices rising; lots of new supply is coming; 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?Studio: AED 943/sqft a year ago, 973 now+3.2%Strength
  4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 43,850 in fees to buy a studio: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 43,850
  5. Can I sell easily?10 sales in 12 months (11 the year before)10
  6. Is a lot being built nearby?8,216 apartments are planned in Motor City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 4.6 times the 1,767 homes let there today. A further 414 are past their planned date. Motor City supply by year →465%Watch
  7. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 71% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+70.9%Context

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

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Sherlock Circus 1 prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 650,000

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
StudioAED 650,000973/sqftnot yet letnot yet let+3.2%6
1 bedAED 997,500917/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year4
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Motor City · area median AED 1,396/sqft

vs area median
-30.3%
Rank by price per sqft
15th of 18

Short-term income

Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Median nightly rate
AED 443
Net revenue
AED 84,330/yr
Listings seen
4+

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, Studio, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Chart data, Studio: Jun 2009, AED 536,000; latest, Oct 2026, AED 650,000; peak, Dec 2016, AED 720,231.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 955 · before fees

5 years ago
559
+71%
3 years ago
680
+41%
Previous 12 months
912
+5%
Last 12 months
955
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.

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

Middle 80% of sales: 911 – 1,074 AED per sq ft, 10th to 90th percentile of 10

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
1 Oct 2026Studio668AED 650,000973
18 Sept 20261 bed1,101AED 970,000881
13 Jul 2026Studio668AED 650,000973
19 Jun 2026Studio593AED 635,0001,071
20 May 20261 bed1,053AED 970,000921
6 May 20261 bed1,027AED 1,025,000998
12 Feb 2026Studio588AED 650,0001,105
26 Dec 2025Studio640AED 600,000937
9 Dec 2025Studio883AED 825,000934
23 Oct 20251 bed1,149AED 1,050,000914

10 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Sherlock Circus 1

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
Studio500 m cluster · 4+ listings seen4430.66/sqftAED 84,330——13.0%
1 bed500 m cluster · 12+ listings seen5010.46/sqftAED 89,821——9.0%

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

Nightly rate through the year

Comparables in Motor City

Every Motor City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Sherlock Circus 1 places 47th of 65; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
43Widcombe House 1AED 940,000985+3.1%—+9.2%5
44Shakespeare Sircus 1AED 950,000977+2.3%—+4.2%16
45Regent House 1AED 720,000973+1.9%—+11.4%5
46Widcombe House 2AED 900,000971+1.6%——3
47Sherlock Circus 1 · this buildingAED 737,500955—+4.8%10
48Regent House 2AED 650,000943-1.3%——4
49Dickens Circus 1AED 950,000941-1.5%—+7.2%15
50Barton House 1AED 683,269928-2.9%—-1.4%71
51Barton House 2AED 965,000925-3.2%——3

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Sherlock Circus 1 (AED 955/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Sherlock Circus 1 has registered sale prices 30% below the Motor City median price per square foot of 1,396 AED, across 18 eligible buildings. It ranks 15th of 18 by price per square foot in Motor City.

Market context in Motor City

Registered sales activity

754 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+11.1% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 754 current and 991 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 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

8,216 apartments are planned in Motor City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 4.6 times the 1,767 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 35% of 23 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Motor City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +5.1%.

The pooled median moved +11.1%: 6.1 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 55% of 11 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −2.0%.

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 Sherlock Circus 1

Sherlock Circus 1 is an apartment building in Motor City. 70 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
22 min · 22 km
DXB Airport
23 min · 30 km
DIFC
19 min · 25 km
Dubai Marina
18 min · 17 km
Palm Jumeirah
24 min · 22 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Sharaf Dg Metro Station
Mall
Mall of the Emirates
Landmark
Motor City

Sherlock Circus 1: AED 955 per sq ft, 10% below the median Motor 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. Sherlock Circus 1AED 955
  2. Motor City, readyAED 1,004
  3. Motor City, off-planAED 1,880
  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 Motor City, by handover quarter

Prices per sq ft around Sherlock Circus 1, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 50 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Sherlock Circus 1 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 Sherlock Circus 1?
No gross yield is published for Sherlock Circus 1 as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 6 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Motor City median is 7.7% gross.
How much does a studio in Sherlock Circus 1 cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 650,000 (973 AED/sqft), from 6 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Sherlock Circus 1 selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Sherlock Circus 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 973 AED/sqft, across 6 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 Sherlock Circus 1 risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved +3.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 6 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
Does Sherlock Circus 1 earn more short-term than long-let?
A night asks a median of AED 443, which models to 13.0% 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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Sherlock Circus 1 sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
6 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record
/sale/apartments/dubai/motor-city/sherlock-circus-1
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Sherlock Circus 1 sale prices and yield.” Motor City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/motor-city/sherlock-circus-1

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