The Community Motor City
- Under construction · 50% built · handover Q4 2025, overdue
- 8 floors
- 6 lifts
- 489 parking bays
- 1 pool
A studio in The Community Motor City costs a median AED 620,000 and rents long-let for AED 51,500/yr (8.3% gross).
Studio · typical price
620,000AED
AED 1,456/sqft · +5.8% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 51,500
- Gross yield
- 8.3%
- vs Motor City
- 4% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 662,020
- Price
- AED 620,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 24,800
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 13,020
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent10 months
Is The Community Motor City a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, rents rising and prices rising; few units are let and lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?8.3% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)8.3%Strength
- Is it easy to let?61 yearly leases, new and renewed, across 414 units in 12 months15%Watch
- Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 50,000 a year ago, AED 51,500 now+3.0%Strength
- Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,376/sqft a year ago, 1,456 now+5.8%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 42,020 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrs
- Can I sell easily?39 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (45 the year before)39Fair
- 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
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 24% for launch buyers, before fees+24.1%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
The Community Motor City prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 620,000 and rents for about AED 51,500 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Motor City · area median AED 1,396/sqft
- 12-month change
- +5.8%
- 3 years
- +23.4% · +7.2%/yr
- vs area median
- +4.3%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 9th of 18
Rental income
Studio · Motor City
- Gross yield
- 8.3%
- Median new rent
- AED 51,500/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.6 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +1.5 pts
- Renewal rent
- AED 50,000/yr
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)
Chart data, Studio: Mar 2023, AED 504,638; latest, Jun 2026, AED 723,000; peak, Jun 2026, AED 723,000. Rent on new leases: Jan 2013, AED 40,000 a year; latest, Oct 2026, AED 51,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,386 · before fees
- Launch, 2023–26
- 1,117
- +24%
- 357 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,117
- +24%
- 347 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,273
- +9%
- 45 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,386
- today
- 39 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.
No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.
Comparables in Motor City
Every Motor City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. The Community Motor City places 22nd of 65; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Community Motor City (AED 1,386/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, The Community Motor City has registered sale prices 4% above the Motor City median price per square foot of 1,396 AED, across 18 eligible buildings. It ranks 9th 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.
Explore sales activityPlanned 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 supplySupply 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 countedDirect 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 The Community Motor City
The Community Motor City is an under-construction (50% built) apartment building in Motor City. 478 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 8
- Lifts
- 6
- Parking bays
- 489
- Pools
- 1
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 23 min · 22 km
- DXB Airport
- 25 min · 31 km
- DIFC
- 20 min · 26 km
- Dubai Marina
- 19 min · 16 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 25 min · 21 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Dubai Internet City
- Mall
- Mall of the Emirates
- Landmark
- Motor City
The Community Motor City: AED 1,386 per sq ft, 31% above the median Motor City building, and a 9.0% gross yield, in the top tenth of the area
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
- The Community Motor CityAED 1,386
- Motor City, readyAED 1,004
- Motor City, off-planAED 1,880
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
The Community Motor CityMotor City median building
- Motor City9.0% vs 6.5%
Nearby in Motor City
Prices per sq ft around The Community Motor City, on the mapPrices per sq ft around The Community Motor City, on the map
Sierra by Iman
Motor City · 535 sales, 12 months
1.31M
AED, resale median · 1,680/sqft
15 Cascade
Motor City · 153 sales, 12 months
1.56M
AED, resale median · 1,867/sqft
Beverly Grande By HMB Homes
Motor City · 144 sales, 12 months
1.15M
AED, resale median · 1,556/sqft
Eden Apartments
Motor City · 103 sales, 12 months
1.15M
AED, resale median · 890/sqft
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · StudioOn record
- Rental evidence · StudioOn record
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a studio here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.
Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
Prefilled from The Community Motor City’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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- Monthly mortgage
- 2,757AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 4,292AED
- AED 51,500 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 175,220AED
- 20% down plus AED 51,220 in fees
Owning costs AED 201,385 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 2.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in The Community Motor City?
- The Community Motor City returns 8.3% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 51,500 a year (10 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 620,000 (median of 23 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a studio in The Community Motor City cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 620,000 (1,456 AED/sqft), from 23 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- Have prices in The Community Motor City risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +5.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 23 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does The Community Motor City compare with Motor City?
- Its 8.3% gross yield sits +0.6 pts against the Motor City median of 7.7%, 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.
- What is the registered annual rent for a studio in The Community Motor City?
- The median new annual rent is AED 51,500, from 10 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
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The Community Motor City sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 23 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/motor-city/the-community-motor-city
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Community Motor City sale prices and yield.” Motor City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/motor-city/the-community-motor-city
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