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Widcombe House 3

A 1 bed in Widcombe House 3 costs a median AED 845,800 and returns 10.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of Widcombe House 3, Motor City, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

1 bed · typical price

845,800AED

AED 803/sqft · -12.5% on a year

vs Motor City
34% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 901,594
Price
AED 845,800
DLD fee 4%
AED 33,832
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 17,762
Trustee
AED 4,200

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

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Is Widcombe House 3 a good investment?Prices are slipping and 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?1 bed: AED 918/sqft a year ago, 803 now-12.5%Watch
  4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 55,794 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 55,794
  5. Can I sell easily?11 sales in 12 months (12 the year before)11
  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 21% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+21.0%Context

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

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Widcombe House 3 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 845,800

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
1 bedAED 845,800803/sqftnot yet letnot yet let-12.5%6
2 bedAED 1.49M1,060/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year4
3 bedAED 2.60M1,286/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year1
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
-34.2%
Rank by price per sqft
42nd of 48

Short-term income

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

Median nightly rate
AED 494
Net revenue
AED 88,984/yr
Listings seen
13+

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

Chart data, 1 bed: Jul 2009, AED 1,194,500; latest, Jul 2026, AED 970,000; peak, Sep 2010, AED 1,199,000.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 921 · before fees

5 years ago
761
+21%
3 years ago
673
+37%
Previous 12 months
935
−1%
Last 12 months
921
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.

11 resales in the last 12 months, against 8 a year on average over 2023–2025.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
7 Jul 20261 bed1,053AED 970,000921
29 Jun 20262 bed1,342AED 1,450,0001,080
20 May 20261 bed1,055AED 850,000806
19 May 20261 bed1,053AED 813,996773
14 May 20261 bed1,052AED 841,600800
30 Mar 20262 bed1,458AED 1,675,0001,149
2 Mar 20261 bed1,052AED 841,600800
13 Feb 20261 bed1,024AED 1,013,580990
22 Dec 20252 bed671AED 510,000760
22 Oct 20253 bed2,021AED 2,600,0001,286

11 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Widcombe House 3

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
1 bed500 m cluster · 13+ listings seen4940.47/sqftAED 88,984——10.5%

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 3 places 52nd of 65; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
48Regent House 2AED 650,000943+2.3%——4
49Dickens Circus 1AED 950,000941+2.1%—+7.2%15
50Barton House 1AED 683,269928+0.7%—-1.4%71
51Barton House 2AED 965,000925+0.4%——3
52Widcombe House 3 · this buildingAED 970,000921—-1.5%11
53Newbridge Hill 3AED 1.52M896-2.7%——4
54Eden ApartmentsCompleted 2019AED 1.15M890-3.4%7.0%-1.1%103
55Abbey Crescent 2AED 1.82M877-4.8%——31
56Newbridge Hill 1AED 1.85M871-5.4%—+27.0%13

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Widcombe House 3 (AED 921/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Widcombe House 3 has registered sale prices 34% below the Motor City median price per square foot of 1,221 AED, across 48 eligible buildings. It ranks 42nd 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.

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 Widcombe House 3

Widcombe House 3 is an apartment building in Motor City. 60 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
24 min · 22 km
DXB Airport
25 min · 31 km
DIFC
21 min · 26 km
Dubai Marina
19 min · 17 km
Palm Jumeirah
25 min · 21 km

Nearest, as registered

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

Widcombe House 3: AED 921 per sq ft, 13% 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. Widcombe House 3AED 921
  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 Widcombe House 3, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 50 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Widcombe House 3 is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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4.5% over 25 years
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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Widcombe House 3?
No gross yield is published for Widcombe House 3 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 6.6% gross.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Widcombe House 3 cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 845,800 (803 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 Widcombe House 3 selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Widcombe House 3 over the last 12 months have a median of 803 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 Widcombe House 3 risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved -12.5% 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 Widcombe House 3 earn more short-term than long-let?
A night asks a median of AED 494, which models to 10.5% 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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Widcombe House 3 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/widcombe-house-3
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Widcombe House 3 sale prices and yield.” Motor City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/motor-city/widcombe-house-3

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