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Motor City Uptown Motor City · Dubai · property prices and rents
In the 12 months to 4 November 2026, the ready price per sq ft of the same home types rose 9.8% (Dubai +6.4%), and registered sales fell 37% to 3,455.
In DLD records: Al Hebiah First
- Median ready pricePer sq ft
- AED 1,011
- Ready price, 1-year changeSame home types, n ≥ 5 · 98% of ready sales
- +9.8% Dubai +6.4%
- Ready price, 3-year changeSame home types, n ≥ 5 · 100% of ready sales
- +53.3% Dubai +31.6%
- Registered salesLast 12 months
- 3,455
Data to 4 November 2026
In the last 12 months, Dubai Land Department registered 3,455 sales in Motor City, worth AED 4.6B in total. The number of sales was 37% lower than in the 12 months before. The median price was 1,854 AED/sqft off-plan and 1,011 AED/sqft for ready homes.
Source: Dubai Land Department open data, published on Dubai Data under the Dubai Data Open Data Licence: registered sales and new rent contracts. Medians use at least 5 transactions. Asking prices are aggregates of property portal listings.
Uptown Motor City prices, over time.
Median registered price, AED per sq ft
- Ready (registered sales)
- Off-plan (registered sales)
Show the figures
| Month | Ready (registered sales) | Off-plan (registered sales) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2023 | 763 AED/sqft 23 sales | 1,228 AED/sqft 9 sales |
| Dec 2023 | 688 AED/sqft 24 sales | — 1 sale |
| Jan 2024 | 713 AED/sqft 14 sales | 975 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| Feb 2024 | 743 AED/sqft 18 sales | — 4 sales |
| Mar 2024 | 763 AED/sqft 39 sales | 1,001 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| Apr 2024 | 826 AED/sqft 29 sales | — 4 sales |
| May 2024 | 767 AED/sqft 55 sales | 1,324 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| Jun 2024 | 812 AED/sqft 59 sales | — 3 sales |
| Jul 2024 | 832 AED/sqft 43 sales | 1,181 AED/sqft 5 sales |
| Aug 2024 | 824 AED/sqft 51 sales | 1,886 AED/sqft 44 sales |
| Sep 2024 | 501 AED/sqft 109 sales | 1,889 AED/sqft 195 sales |
| Oct 2024 | 836 AED/sqft 53 sales | 1,891 AED/sqft 767 sales |
| Nov 2024 | 703 AED/sqft 189 sales | 1,880 AED/sqft 208 sales |
| Dec 2024 | 755 AED/sqft 39 sales | 1,881 AED/sqft 147 sales |
| Jan 2025 | 900 AED/sqft 49 sales | 1,896 AED/sqft 65 sales |
| Feb 2025 | 900 AED/sqft 63 sales | 1,889 AED/sqft 224 sales |
| Mar 2025 | 951 AED/sqft 64 sales | 1,895 AED/sqft 356 sales |
| Apr 2025 | 950 AED/sqft 85 sales | 1,895 AED/sqft 193 sales |
| May 2025 | 984 AED/sqft 63 sales | 1,946 AED/sqft 515 sales |
| Jun 2025 | 932 AED/sqft 55 sales | 1,965 AED/sqft 672 sales |
| Jul 2025 | 1,000 AED/sqft 49 sales | 1,964 AED/sqft 597 sales |
| Aug 2025 | 1,059 AED/sqft 89 sales | 1,982 AED/sqft 420 sales |
| Sep 2025 | 984 AED/sqft 158 sales | 1,977 AED/sqft 437 sales |
| Oct 2025 | 1,049 AED/sqft 156 sales | 1,944 AED/sqft 490 sales |
| Nov 2025 | 944 AED/sqft 148 sales | 1,998 AED/sqft 486 sales |
| Dec 2025 | 985 AED/sqft 85 sales | 1,999 AED/sqft 279 sales |
| Jan 2026 | 1,052 AED/sqft 51 sales | 1,891 AED/sqft 141 sales |
| Feb 2026 | 1,035 AED/sqft 93 sales | 1,764 AED/sqft 329 sales |
| Mar 2026 | 1,050 AED/sqft 48 sales | 1,834 AED/sqft 330 sales |
| Apr 2026 | 1,000 AED/sqft 37 sales | 1,781 AED/sqft 173 sales |
| May 2026 | 920 AED/sqft 52 sales | 1,799 AED/sqft 70 sales |
| Jun 2026 | 1,003 AED/sqft 41 sales | 1,823 AED/sqft 149 sales |
| Jul 2026 | 988 AED/sqft 28 sales | 1,883 AED/sqft 125 sales |
| Aug 2026 | 1,139 AED/sqft 31 sales | 1,744 AED/sqft 137 sales |
| Sep 2026 | 978 AED/sqft 27 sales | 1,823 AED/sqft 309 sales |
| Oct 2026 | 973 AED/sqft 36 sales | 1,503 AED/sqft 246 sales |
Where the change in sales came from.
Registered sales in the last 12 months against the 12 months before, by DLD registration type, beside all of Dubai.
- Off-plan-36.8%Off-plan sales fell by 36.8%, from 4,361 to 2,754.Dubai: -10.3%
- Ready-37.5%Ready sales fell by 37.5%, from 1,122 to 701.Dubai: -27.8%
The projects whose number of sales moved most
- Sobha Orbis163 sales, against 1,732
- Sobha Solis375 sales, against 1,768
- Binghatti Skyterraces883 sales, against 0
Counts of registered sales, not prices: a project’s count follows its launches and how many homes it has left to sell.
What does each home type sell and rent for in Uptown Motor City?
Apartment · Studio
- Ready median price
- AED 649.7K
- Median yearly rent
- AED 52K
- Gross yield
- 8%
Apartment · 1 bed
- Ready median price
- AED 940K
- Median yearly rent
- AED 73K
- Gross yield
- 7.8%
Apartment · 2 beds
- Ready median price
- AED 1.5M
- Median yearly rent
- AED 117K
- Gross yield
- 8%
Apartment · 3 beds
- Ready median price
- AED 2.3M
- Median yearly rent
- AED 165K
- Gross yield
- 7.2%
Apartment · 4 beds
- Ready median price
- AED 2.9M
- Median yearly rent
- —
- Gross yield
- —
Villa or townhouse · 3 beds
- Ready median price
- AED 6.5M
- Median yearly rent
- AED 250K
- Gross yield
- 3.8%
Villa or townhouse · 4 beds
- Ready median price
- AED 9M
- Median yearly rent
- AED 310K
- Gross yield
- 3.4%
Villa or townhouse · 5 beds
- Ready median price
- —
- Median yearly rent
- AED 450K
- Gross yield
- Rent only
Last 12 months. Medians of at least 5 registered sales or new rent contracts; the median price of all sales mixes ready and off-plan. Gross yield is the median new yearly rent over the ready median price, shown where a home type has at least 10 ready sales and 5 new rents (“rent only” otherwise), before service charges and other costs.
- Median service charge
- 16.23 AED/sqftA year · median of 54 developments’ owners’ association budgets, 2026Apartment buildings’ budgets; villa and townhouse budgets are left out.
After service charges
Net yield, Apartment · 1 bed: 6.1% after the area’s median service charge (AED 16.23 per sq ft a year, 2026, budgets of 54 developments). Gross yield: 7.8%.
Net yield takes the service charge off the rent. It is still before vacancy, maintenance, agency and DLD fees and mortgage costs, and an owners’ association budget is not any one owner’s bill. How net yield is worked out
Net yield for every home type and every project is in the area reportOff-plan or ready.
Off-plan premium, same home type
Apartment · 1 bed: off-plan homes sold at 80.6% above ready ones per sq ft in the last 12 months (1,813 AED/sqft against 1,004 AED/sqft, medians of 1,279 and 342 sales).
Same home type, not the same buildings: off-plan stock is often newer, so the gap is not a forecast of resale prices. Not investment advice.
The middle half of prices
Middle half of Apartment · 1 bed · Off-plan sales: AED 1,528–1,998 per sq ft (AED 1,100,000–1,356,000), 1,279 sales in the last 12 months. The full spread by home type is in the area report.
A quarter of these sales were below the band and a quarter above it. Registered sales, not a valuation.
Future supply
12,759
Homes under construction or planned, in 14 projects
- Finished906 homes6 projects
- Under construction10,506 homes11 projects
- Planned or on hold2,253 homes3 projects
- Pipeline per finished home
- —Not shown: most of the area’s ready sales are in buildings older than the DLD project register, so the register counts only part of its finished homes
- Homes due in the next 24 months
- 5,143Under construction or planned, with a DLD end date in that time
2 projects (480 homes) are past their DLD end date.
The project-by-project handover calendar is in the area reportFrom the DLD project register for this area, counting apartments and villas. Records still not finished more than 5 years after their DLD end date are left out as stale.
Sales of AED 2M or more.
12.1%
12.1% of the area’s home sales in the last 12 months were for AED 2M or more (417 of 3,455). Dubai: 32.9%.
AED 2M is the minimum total property value for the UAE’s 10-year Golden Residence (golden visa) for real-estate investors, according to ICP and GDRFA Dubai (rules checked on 5 November 2026). This count shows registered sale prices only; the authorities decide each application on their own conditions, such as the owner’s share, how the value is certified and how the home is financed.
- ICP: UAE Golden Residency, conditions for real-estate investors
- GDRFA Dubai: golden residence permit for investors
Home sales of the last 12 months, every home type together. The area report has every price band, by home type.
Projects in Uptown Motor City
Browse all projects- Sobha Solis2,143 sales in 24 monthsView project
- Sobha Orbis1,911 sales in 24 monthsView project
- Binghatti Skyterraces883 sales in 24 monthsView project
- Sierra by Iman544 sales in 24 monthsView project
- Takaya484 sales in 24 monthsView project
- 15 Cascade409 sales in 24 monthsView project
- Ananda Residences278 sales in 24 monthsView project
- Casa Flores and Eden Apartments182 sales in 24 monthsView project
The latest registered sales in Uptown Motor City.
| Date | Project | Unit | Size | Price | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · 1 bed · Off-plan | 747 sqft | AED 1,100,000 | 1,473 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · 1 bed · Off-plan | 783 sqft | AED 1,100,000 | 1,405 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · 1 bed · Off-plan | 745 sqft | AED 1,025,000 | 1,376 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · Studio · Off-plan | 414 sqft | AED 872,999 | 2,109 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · Studio · Off-plan | 500 sqft | AED 856,999 | 1,714 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · Studio · Off-plan | 508 sqft | AED 849,999 | 1,673 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · Studio · Off-plan | 391 sqft | AED 807,999 | 2,066 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Beverly Grande | Apartment · Studio · Off-plan | 453 sqft | AED 750,000 | 1,656 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | SHERLOCK CIRCUS 2 | Apartment · 2 beds · Ready | 1,915 sqft | AED 1,775,000 | 927 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Binghatti Skyterraces | Apartment · 2 beds · Off-plan | 1,093 sqft | AED 1,700,000 | 1,555 |
4 Nov 2026
Apartment1 bedOff-plan747 sqft
AED 1,100,0001,473 AED/sqft
4 Nov 2026
Apartment1 bedOff-plan783 sqft
AED 1,100,0001,405 AED/sqft
4 Nov 2026
Apartment1 bedOff-plan745 sqft
AED 1,025,0001,376 AED/sqft
4 Nov 2026
ApartmentStudioOff-plan414 sqft
AED 872,9992,109 AED/sqft
4 Nov 2026
ApartmentStudioOff-plan500 sqft
AED 856,9991,714 AED/sqft
4 Nov 2026
ApartmentStudioOff-plan508 sqft
AED 849,9991,673 AED/sqft
4 Nov 2026
ApartmentStudioOff-plan391 sqft
AED 807,9992,066 AED/sqft
4 Nov 2026
ApartmentStudioOff-plan453 sqft
AED 750,0001,656 AED/sqft
3 Nov 2026
SHERLOCK CIRCUS 2
Apartment2 bedsReady1,915 sqft
AED 1,775,000927 AED/sqft
3 Nov 2026
Apartment2 bedsOff-plan1,093 sqft
AED 1,700,0001,555 AED/sqft
Asking prices against sales
- Property portal asking prices13.5%above registered sale pricesMedian gap across 3 segments
Property portal asking prices are compared with registered sales per segment (same market, property type and bedrooms), only where there are at least 10 listings and 10 sales. No individual listing is shown.
Questions about Motor City
What is the price per sq ft in Motor City?
In the 12 months to 4 November 2026, the median registered sale price was 1,011 AED/sqft for ready homes and 1,854 AED/sqft off-plan. The two medians mix different home types.
How did prices and sales in Motor City change over the last year?
In the 12 months to 4 November 2026, the ready price per sq ft of the same home types rose 9.8% (Dubai +6.4%), and registered sales fell 37% to 3,455.
What is the rental yield in Motor City?
Net yield, Apartment · 1 bed: 6.1% after the area’s median service charge (AED 16.23 per sq ft a year, 2026, budgets of 54 developments). Gross yield: 7.8%. Rents and prices from the 12 months to 4 November 2026. Net yield takes the service charge off the rent. It is still before vacancy, maintenance, agency and DLD fees and mortgage costs, and an owners’ association budget is not any one owner’s bill.
What are the service charges in Motor City?
The area’s median service charge in 2026 is AED 16.23 per sq ft a year, across the owners’ association budgets of 54 developments. Apartment buildings’ budgets; villa and townhouse budgets are left out.
How many homes are under construction or planned in Motor City?
As of 4 November 2026, the DLD project register lists 12,759 homes under construction or planned in Motor City, 5,143 of them in projects with a DLD end date in the next 24 months. An end date is the date in the DLD register, not a handover forecast.
Where do these figures come from?
From Dubai Land Department open data, published on Dubai Data, to 4 November 2026: registered sales, new rent contracts and the project register. They are registered sales, not a valuation, and not investment advice.
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