Community Intelligence
Motor City
Registered by the Dubai Land Department in Al Hebiah First
Homes in Motor City sold for a median of AED 1,736 per square foot over the last 12 months, across 3,703 registered home sales. The typical gross rental yield is 4.9%.
Updated daily from the Dubai Land Department register. Figures current to 19 October 2026.
18,394 DLD-registered home sales on record in Motor City, 3,703 of them in the trailing 12 months. Every figure below is computed from those registered transactions - nothing estimated.
- Median price (12m)
- 1,736 AED/sqft
- $473/sqft
- Registered sales (12m)
- 3,703
- Off-plan share (12m)
- 79.6%
Ready or off-plan? They are not the same price
Off-plan in Motor City register about 85% above ready, per square foot. Most places publish one blended figure, which is nobody’s actual market.
Ready
AED 1,012/sqft
Median AED 1.09M · 782 registered sales
Off-plan
AED 1,877/sqft
Median AED 1.1M · 3,058 registered sales
Blended, the way it is usually published: AED 1,737/sqft across all 3,840 registered sales. Useful for a trend, misleading for a purchase.
We measured this across every community busy enough to test: off-plan versus ready in Dubai, and which actually costs more.
A gap does not mean one is overpriced. Off-plan stock skews towards newer developments and a payment plan has its own value. These are two markets, priced differently.
Apartment or villa? They are not the same price
Villas and townhouses in Motor City register about 10% below apartments, per square foot. Most places publish one blended figure, which is nobody’s actual market.
Apartments
AED 1,739/sqft
Median AED 1.1M · 3,809 registered sales
Villas and townhouses
AED 1,559/sqft
Median AED 7.08M · 31 registered sales
Blended, the way it is usually published: AED 1,737/sqft across all 3,840 registered sales. Useful for a trend, misleading for a purchase.
Price per square foot is not the whole story between the two: a villa buys land and a flat buys a share of a building, so the same rate buys very different things.
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Ready homes, price per sqft
+9.2%
Last 12 months against the 12 before, from 754 registered sales.
Off-plan, price per sqft
-2.9%
Last 12 months against the 12 before, from 2,948 registered sales.
Source: Dubai Land Department (CC BY 4.0). Homes only: land plots, whole buildings, offices, shops and hotel units are excluded. Median from priced, sized units over the trailing 12 months.
Rents & Rental Yield in Motor City
Typical gross yield 4.9%
From 4,556 registered Ejari rent contracts, set against registered sale prices, so the yield is the honest return an owner actually earns, not an advertised one.
| Unit | Median annual rent | Typical sale price | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 37,963 | AED 806,999 | 4.7% |
| 1 Bedroom | AED 60,000 | AED 1,141,278 | 5.3% |
| 2 Bedroom | AED 80,000 | AED 1,913,703 | 4.2% |
| 3 Bedroom | AED 136,000 | AED 2,550,000 | 5.3% |
Source: Dubai Land Department (CC BY 4.0). Registered Ejari rents (trailing 24 months) and registered sales (trailing 12 months); gross yield = median annual rent ÷ median sale price. Rent split by unit size, sales by DLD's room count.
Buildings in Motor City With Their Own Report
19 buildings in Motor City have enough registered sales for its own report. Open any one for its real sold prices, registered rents and gross yield.
Motor City: common questions
What is the average price per square foot in Motor City?+
Over the last 12 months the median registered sale price in Motor City was 1,736 AED per square foot, across 3,703 registered sales. That is the median of completed transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department, not asking prices, so it reflects what buyers actually paid.
What is the rental yield in Motor City?+
Motor City shows a gross rental yield of about 4.9%, calculated from 4,556 registered Ejari rent contracts set against registered sale prices for the same area. That figure is gross, so service charges, management fees and any vacancy still come out of it, commonly one to two percentage points.
How much is rent in Motor City?+
The median registered annual rent in Motor City is AED 75,710. By unit type the medians are: Studio AED 37,963, 1 Bedroom AED 60,000, 2 Bedroom AED 80,000, 3 Bedroom AED 136,000. These come from registered Ejari tenancy contracts, the official record, rather than advertised asking rents.
Is Motor City mostly off-plan or ready property?+
Off-plan made up about 79.6% of registered sales in Motor City over the last 12 months, with the remaining 20.400000000000006% being ready property. A high off-plan share usually means active new launches and staged payment plans. It also means more supply arriving later, which is worth weighing if you are buying to rent out.
Is Motor City a good place to invest?+
We do not give investment advice and we will not guess. Here is what the register shows for Motor City. 3,703 registered sales in the last 12 months, out of 18,394 on file, at a median of 1,736 AED per square foot. The gross yield is roughly 4.9%. Transaction volume matters as much as price, because it tells you how easily you could sell again. Compare those figures against other communities, and check the service charge for the specific building, since it comes straight off your yield.
How do I check what a specific property in Motor City sold for?+
Every sale in Motor City is registered with the Dubai Land Department. Open any building in the area on this site for its own registered sale prices and rents. Or send a listing link to Chat DLD on WhatsApp, and it compares the asking price against the registered record for that exact building in seconds, free.
Latest registered sales
39 sales registered in Motor City in the last 7 days
Individual transactions as recorded by the Dubai Land Department. Not asking prices.
| Date | Building | Type | Size | Price | Per sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct | Terrace Apartment 2 | 3 bed Flat | 405 sqm | 4.8M | 1,100 |
| 19 Oct | Sobha Solis Tower BOff-plan | 2 bed Flat | 105 sqm | 2.2M | 1,995 |
| 19 Oct | Binghatti SkyterracesOff-plan | 2 bed Flat | 119 sqm | 1.7M | 1,331 |
| 19 Oct | Binghatti SkyterracesOff-plan | 1 bed Flat | 72 sqm | 1.1M | 1,410 |
| 19 Oct | Binghatti SkyterracesOff-plan | 1 bed Flat | 73 sqm | 1.1M | 1,400 |
| 19 Oct | Binghatti SkyterracesOff-plan | 1 bed Flat | 69 sqm | 1.1M | 1,472 |
| 19 Oct | Binghatti SkyterracesOff-plan | 1 bed Flat | 69 sqm | 1.1M | 1,472 |
| 19 Oct | Binghatti SkyterracesOff-plan | 1 bed Flat | 68 sqm | 1.1M | 1,503 |
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