What is the rental yield in Widcombe House 1?

No gross yield is published for Widcombe House 1 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 Motor City median is 6.6% gross.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Widcombe House 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 950,000 (962 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Does Widcombe House 1 earn more short-term than long-let?

A night asks a median of AED 429, which models to 8.0% 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.

How many apartments change hands in Widcombe House 1?

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 Widcombe House 1?

Sharaf Dg Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Mall of the Emirates.

Widcombe House 1

A 1 bed in Widcombe House 1 costs a median AED 950,000 and returns 8.0% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

950,000AED

AED 962/sqft

vs Motor City: 21% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.01M

Price: AED 950,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 38,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 19,950
Trustee: AED 4,200

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Is Widcombe House 1 a good investment?Prices rising; lots of new supply is coming; 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 902/sqft a year ago, 985 now+9.2%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 62,150 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 62,150
Can I sell easily?5 sales in 12 months (7 the year before)5
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 29% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+29.4%Context

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

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Widcombe House 1 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 950,000

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio	AED 725,000985/sqft		not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	1
1 bed	AED 950,000962/sqft		not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	4

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

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Motor City · area median AED 1,221/sqft

vs area median: -21.2%
Rank by price per sqft: 36th of 48

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 8.0%
Median nightly rate: AED 429
Net revenue: AED 76,051/yr
Listings seen: 1+

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.
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 985 · before fees

5 years ago: 761; +29%; 5 sales
3 years ago: 691; +42%; 8 sales
Previous 12 months: 902; +9%; 7 sales
Last 12 months: 985; today; 5 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.

5 resales in the last 12 months, against 7 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
28 Sept 2026	1 bed	930	AED 940,000	1,011
3 Jun 2026	1 bed	1,052	AED 900,000	856
9 Apr 2026	1 bed	1,052	AED 960,000	913
2 Apr 2026	Studio	736	AED 725,000	985
10 Feb 2026	1 bed	943	AED 1,000,000	1,060

5 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Widcombe House 1

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
Studio500 m cluster · 4+ listings seen	4590.62/sqft	AED 86,752	—	—	—
1 bed1+ listings seen	4290.43/sqft	AED 76,051	—	—	8.0%

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. Widcombe House 1 places 43rd of 65; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
39	Sherlock House 2	AED 1.01M	1,022+3.7%	—	+2.4%	13
40	Claverton House 2	AED 1.23M	1,016+3.2%	—	+12.0%	8
41	Sherlock House 1	AED 1.00M	1,011+2.6%	—	+3.0%	7
42	Bennett House 1	AED 990,000	1,002+1.8%	—	—	4
43	Widcombe House 1 · this building	AED 940,000	985	—	+9.2%	5
44	Shakespeare Sircus 1	AED 950,000	977-0.8%	—	+4.2%	16
45	Regent House 1	AED 720,000	973-1.2%	—	+11.4%	5
46	Widcombe House 2	AED 900,000	971-1.4%	—	—	3
47	Sherlock Circus 1	AED 737,500	955-3.0%	—	+4.8%	10

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Widcombe House 1 (AED 985/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Widcombe House 1 has registered sale prices 21% below the Motor City median price per square foot of 1,221 AED, across 48 eligible buildings. It ranks 36th of 48 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.

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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 Widcombe House 1

Widcombe House 1 is an apartment building in Motor City. 55 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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Drive times · typical

Downtown: 23 min · 23 km
DXB Airport: 25 min · 31 km
DIFC: 20 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina: 19 min · 19 km
Palm Jumeirah: 25 min · 23 km

Nearest, as registered

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

Widcombe House 1: AED 985 per sq ft, 7% 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

Widcombe House 1AED 985
Motor City, readyAED 1,004
Motor City, off-planAED 1,880
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

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Prices per sq ft around Widcombe House 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 50 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Widcombe House 1 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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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 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
Read with care
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 1 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 Widcombe House 1?: No gross yield is published for Widcombe House 1 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 Motor City median is 6.6% gross.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Widcombe House 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 950,000 (962 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Does Widcombe House 1 earn more short-term than long-let?: A night asks a median of AED 429, which models to 8.0% 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.
How many apartments change hands in Widcombe House 1?: 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 Widcombe House 1?: Sharaf Dg Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Mall of the Emirates.

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Widcombe House 1 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; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/motor-city/widcombe-house-1
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Widcombe House 1 sale prices and yield.” Motor City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/motor-city/widcombe-house-1

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