Motor City
الحبيه الاولىofficially Al Hebiah First
Dubai Land Department data shows the typical sale price (the median, ready and off-plan homes together) in Motor City was AED 1,615/sqft over the 30 days to 7 October 2026, from 341 sales recorded so far.
AED 1,615/sqft
30 days to 7 October 2026 · 341 sales
+34.3%
+2%
79%
12 months to 7 October 2026 · 3,877 sales
7.5%
Ready homes, 12 months to 7 October 2026 · 796 sales · 1,061 new lets
54
All years, 2009–2026 · 9,888 resales
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
A typical residential sale here was AED 1,106,086 for about 732 sqft in the 12 months to 7 October 2026 (3,877 sales); across all 18,293 recorded sales the typical price is AED 1,130,000.
Ready-home prices here have moved +34.3% across the 210 months (Apr 2009 – Oct 2026) of Land Department records we hold. That is a pace of +2% a year if it kept going.
That is all 210 months of records for this area, shown as a yearly pace. It averages over every rise and fall in that time, so it describes the long run rather than the market today. Treat it as history, not a forecast.
Off-plan and ready are different markets
Off-plan
AED 1,887/sqft
3,081 sales, 12 months to 7 October 2026
AED 1,910/sqft
8,410 sales since 2009
Ready
AED 1,011/sqft
796 sales, 12 months to 7 October 2026
AED 780/sqft
9,883 sales since 2009
In the 12 months to 7 October 2026, across 3,877 sales (3,081 off-plan, 796 completed homes), off-plan sold 87% above completed homes here.
Across every recorded sale since 2009, off-plan sold 145% above completed homes here.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
What each size costs in Motor City
Typical size and price for every bedroom count. A size with at least 15 recorded sales is well evidenced; a size with fewer is still shown, with a red (i) and the number of sales behind it. The Dubai Land Department records the number of bedrooms on nearly every sale, so these figures come from real sales, not estimates. The main price is for the last 12 months. The typical price across every sale on record sits under it.
Rent: the typical rent on new lets, matched by bedrooms or by size.
Apartments
| Size | Typical floor area | Price, last 12 months · ready and off-plan | Per sqft, all years | Typical rent | Sales, all years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 434 sqft | AED 804,499 1,120 sales all years AED 679,538 | AED 1,317/sqft | AED 53,000/yr 110 rent contracts | 2,340 |
| 1 bed | 706 sqft | AED 1,145,577 1,811 sales all years AED 1,081,179 | AED 1,820/sqft | AED 75,000/yr 517 rent contracts | 9,535 |
| 2 beds | 1,471 sqft | AED 1,918,745 686 sales all years AED 1,445,750 | AED 875/sqft | AED 120,000/yr 297 rent contracts | 3,766 |
| 3 beds | 2,403 sqft | AED 2,550,000 103 sales all years AED 1,984,150 | AED 750/sqft | AED 168,000/yr 85 rent contracts | 1,549 |
| 4 beds | 3,586 sqft | AED 4,187,216 36 sales all years AED 3,799,432 | AED 1,051/sqft | — | 84 |
| 5 beds | 8,892 sqft | AED 10.78M 1 sale all years AED 10.65M | AED 1,198/sqft | — | 4 |
Villas and townhouses, as the Land Department records them
| Size | Typical floor area | Price, last 12 months · ready and off-plan | Per sqft, all years | Typical rent | Sales, all years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 beds | 4,306 sqft | AED 5,850,000 12 sales all years AED 3,600,000 | AED 859/sqft | AED 250,000/yr 29 rent contracts | 476 |
| 4 beds | 8,411 sqft | AED 9,000,000 17 sales all years AED 4,000,000 | AED 648/sqft | AED 315,000/yr 20 rent contracts | 496 |
| 5 beds | 4,870 sqft | AED 8,925,000 1 sale all years AED 5,842,374 | AED 1,170/sqft | — | 43 |
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
What exists here, and who may own it
Most figures on this page are about sales and rents. This one counts what exists, not what sold: the units on the Land Department’s register.
Units on record
16,388
In Motor City, from the Land Department's register of flats.
Freehold
100%
Every unit in Motor City with a recorded type is freehold, so foreign ownership is permitted throughout.
Typical size
747 sqft
Typical size of the 16,388 units that record one.
By size of home
No villas in this register.
Dubai Land Department · unit register The Land Department's unit register · counts, not valuations. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 9 Oct 2026.
Villas on the Land Department's register in Al Hebiah First
The Land Department files these villas under its area Al Hebiah First, which this page covers as Motor City. Every villa record in that Land Department area is counted.
The Land Department's buildings file lists 582 villas in Al Hebiah First; 0 of them stand alone on a plot in the land register with both sizes recorded, which is fewer than the 30 needed, so no plot band is shown.
In the Land Department's buildings file dated 5 Oct 2026 and in the Land Department's land register dated 10 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · building register The Land Department's buildings file · each villa record's built-up area and bedrooms, as recorded. File dated 5 Oct 2026 · synced 5 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · land register The Land Department's land register · the plot a villa stands alone on, as the Municipality measures it · no owner. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Rental market
From 1,997 Ejari rent contracts , last 12 months. These are the rents tenants agreed to pay, not advertised rents.
Typical yearly rent
AED 80,000/yr
for ~1,179 sqft
Rent per sqft
AED 72/sqft
per year
Renewals
47%
of contracts
Contracts
1,997
last 12 months
What it costs to rent here
Typical yearly rent, by size of home. Each group's bars are measured against its own largest rent.
Apartments
- StudioAED 53,000/yr
- 1 bedAED 75,000/yr
- 2 bedsAED 120,000/yr
- 3 bedsAED 168,000/yr
Villas and townhouses, as the Land Department records them
- 3 bedsAED 250,000/yr
- 4 bedsAED 315,000/yr
Matched by number of bedrooms where Ejari records one (most contracts do), and by floor area where it does not. The table below says which for each row. Renewing tenants pay about 10% less per sqft than someone signing a new lease here.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
What it returns
A year of rent compared with what completed homes of that size actually sold for in Motor City over the same twelve months. Rents come from Ejari rent contracts and prices from recorded sales. Off-plan sales are left out of the price, because rent is paid on built homes and off-plan sells at a premium.
Apartments
| Size | Price now, ready homes | Rents for | Yield before costs | Ready sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 635.77K | AED 53,000/yrby bedroom · 110 new lets | 8.3% | 78 |
| 1 bed | AED 930.97K | AED 75,000/yrby bedroom · 517 new lets | 8.1% | 386 |
| 2 beds | AED 1.46M | AED 120,000/yrby bedroom · 297 new lets | 8.2% | 209 |
| 3 beds | AED 2.31M | AED 168,000/yrby bedroom · 85 new lets | 7.3% | 64 |
Villas and townhouses, as the Land Department records them
| Size | Price now, ready homes | Rents for | Yield before costs | Ready sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 beds | AED 5.85M | AED 250,000/yrby bedroom · 29 new lets | 4.3% | 12 |
| 4 beds | AED 9M | AED 315,000/yrby bedroom · 20 new lets | 3.5% | 17 |
The highest yield before costs here is on a studio at 8.3%. Studio apartments here yield more than 3-bedroom apartments: 8.3% against 7.3%.
Why this is lower than yields quoted elsewhere
The usual shortcut divides today’s rent by an average price. In a market that has risen as far as Dubai’s, the average is a historical price. Worked out with the typical price across every sale on record (AED 1.98M), a 3 beds here reads 8.5% instead of 7.3%. The yield in the table above uses the AED 2.31M a completed one costs today. Every figure above uses the same twelve months, and completed homes only, on both sides.
What it returns after service charges
Starting from the typical owners’ association budget in this area — AED 6/sqft across 3 projects, recorded for 2021–2026 (1 for 2026). Charges have risen since then, so replace it with your own invoice if you have one. How to check it.
| Size | Charge / year | Rent after it | Yield before costs | Yield after service charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartments | ||||
| Studio | AED 2,602 | AED 50,398 | 8.3% | 7.9% |
| 1 bed | AED 4,237 | AED 70,763 | 8.1% | 7.6% |
| 2 beds | AED 8,826 | AED 111,174 | 8.2% | 7.6% |
| 3 beds | AED 14,418 | AED 153,582 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| Villas and townhouses, as the Land Department records them | ||||
| 3 beds | AED 25,833 | AED 224,167 | 4.3% | 3.8% |
| 4 beds | AED 50,466 | AED 264,534 | 3.5% | 2.9% |
Only the service charge is taken off.
A separate reserve-fund line appears in 3 of the 3 project budgets counted together here; the middle of those is AED 0.3/sqft.
Yield before costs: a year of rent as a share of the price.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · association budgets Owners' association budgets, as recorded · a budget figure, not a price. File dated 22 Sep 2026 · synced 24 Sep 2026.
Common questions about Motor City
How much is rent in Motor City?
The typical rent (the median: half of the rent contracts were above this, half below) in Motor City is AED 53,000/yr for a studio, AED 75,000/yr for a 1-bedroom, AED 120,000/yr for a 2-bedroom and AED 168,000/yr for a 3-bedroom. These rents come from the rent contracts recorded in Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) in Motor City over the last twelve months. They are what tenants agreed to pay, not advertised asking rents. Each rent is matched to homes by bedroom count where Ejari records one, which most contracts do, and by floor area where it does not. Each row on this page says which.
How much do properties cost in Motor City?
The typical price (the median: half sold for more than this, half for less) for residential sales in Motor City was AED 1,615/sqft over the 30 days to 7 October 2026, from the 341 sales recorded so far for those days. Late records are still arriving, so that count can grow. Over the 12 months to 7 October 2026, homes here typically sold for about AED 1.11M and measured about 732 sqft (3,877 sales). These come from sales recorded by the Dubai Land Department. They are what buyers paid, not asking prices.
What rental yield does Motor City give?
The yield before costs on ready homes in Motor City is about 8.3% on a studio apartment, 8.1% on a 1-bedroom apartment, 8.2% on a 2-bedroom apartment and 7.3% on a 3-bedroom apartment. That is a year of rent divided by what completed homes of that size sold for over the same twelve months. Studio apartments here yield more than 3-bedroom apartments: 8.3% against 7.3%. Service charges, agency commission and empty periods are not taken off, and in Dubai the service charge alone commonly takes a fifth to a third of the rent.
Is Motor City freehold?
Yes. Every unit in Motor City whose ownership type is recorded in the Land Department's register is freehold, so foreign nationals may own property here outright. The register holds 16,388 units for the area.
How have property prices in Motor City changed over the last two years?
The typical price (the median: half sold for more than this, half for less) of ready homes in Motor City was AED 1,052/sqft in Q3 2026 (100 sales), against AED 703/sqft in Q4 2024 (297 sales). That is a change of +49.5% across those quarters. By quarter, the typical price of ready homes was AED 703/sqft in Q4 2024, AED 915/sqft in Q1 2025, AED 960/sqft in Q2 2025, AED 1,018/sqft in Q3 2025, AED 1,000/sqft in Q4 2025, AED 1,047/sqft in Q1 2026, AED 995/sqft in Q2 2026 and AED 1,052/sqft in Q3 2026. Off-plan sales had a typical price of AED 1,823/sqft in Q3 2026 (571 sales) and are never counted together with ready homes here. These are typical prices of recorded sales, not a price index: a quarter's move against the one before it partly reflects which homes sold, and sales for Q3 2026 are still being recorded.
Is Motor City mostly off-plan or completed homes?
79% of the 3,877 sales recorded in Motor City in the 12 months to 7 October 2026 were off-plan, and the rest were recorded as existing property rather than off-plan. The two sell at different prices, so one price per square foot for both together would describe neither.
Prices by quarter, Q4 2024 to Q3 2026
Typical sale price per sqft in Motor City, by calendar quarter of the sale date, with ready homes and off-plan sales kept apart. Only complete quarters are shown. A quarter with 60 or more sales is well evidenced; one with fewer is still shown, with a red (i) and the number of sales, and no change against a year earlier is worked out from it.
| Quarter | Ready homes · typical price per sqft | vs a year earlier | Off-plan · typical price per sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | AED 703/sqft297 sales | -5.8% | AED 1,885/sqft1,123 registrations |
| Q1 2025 | AED 915/sqft191 sales | +19.9% | AED 1,894/sqft645 registrations |
| Q2 2025 | AED 960/sqft216 sales | +16.9% | AED 1,950/sqft1,380 registrations |
| Q3 2025 | AED 1,018/sqft312 sales | +33.3% | AED 1,975/sqft1,454 registrations |
| Q4 2025 | AED 1,000/sqft395 sales | +42.2% | AED 1,980/sqft1,255 registrations |
| Q1 2026 | AED 1,047/sqft197 sales | +14.5% | AED 1,838/sqft800 registrations |
| Q2 2026 | AED 995/sqft135 sales | +3.7% | AED 1,811/sqft392 registrations |
| Q3 2026still being recorded | AED 1,052/sqft100 sales | +3.4% | AED 1,823/sqft571 registrations |
Ready-home typical price +49.5% from Q4 2024 (AED 703/sqft, 297 sales) to Q3 2026 (AED 1,052/sqft, 100 sales).
Q3 2026 holds 100 ready sales against about 242 in each of the three quarters before it: sales for it are still being recorded, and its typical price will settle in later months.
The typical price moves with the mix of homes that sold, not only with prices.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Typical price per sqft, month by month
Ready and off-plan together · the newest month is still filling up.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Mortgage registrations in Motor City
There were 603 mortgage registrations here in the 12 months to 7 October 2026. That is the date of the newest mortgage registration in our Dubai-wide records. These count registrations, not buyers. The register records each loan on its own and does not link it to a sale, so we cannot tell you what share of purchases were paid for with a mortgage.
- 558 new registrations
- 15 modifications
- 5 lease finance
- 4 portfolio registrations
- 21 other types
A modification or a transfer is not a new purchase.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Valuations recorded here
Counted from the Land Department's valuations file dated 10 Oct 2026, over the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026.
- Fewer than 20 valuations of flats were recorded in Motor City in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026, so Keyva shows no count.
- Fewer than 20 valuations of villas were recorded in Motor City in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026, so Keyva shows no count.
A valuation here is an appraisal recorded with the Land Department. It is not a price anyone paid, and the file does not say why each one was recorded. Keyva shows the count and no value.
Dubai Land Department · valuation records Land Department valuations counted as recorded, per property sub-type, in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026, with a count shown only from 20 valuations · counts, never a price. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Areas at a similar price
Closest to Motor City on typical price per sqft, each over the same 30 days.
Emirate Living
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 21 sales
AED 1,625/sqft
+1%
Jumeirah Village Triangle
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 167 sales
AED 1,625/sqft
+1%
Dubai South
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 734 sales
AED 1,600/sqft
-1%
Dubai Production City
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 314 sales
AED 1,681/sqft
+4%
Al Furjan
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 467 sales
AED 1,702/sqft
+5%
Wadi Al Safa 4
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 292 sales
AED 1,710/sqft
+6%
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · area codes The Land Department's own area names and codes. File dated 2 Oct 2026 · synced 3 Oct 2026.
Buildings in Motor City
Each has at least twenty sales on record, so its own typical price means something. Ordered by how many sales each has had, most first.
Dubai Land Department · building register The Land Department's building register. File dated 5 Oct 2026 · synced 5 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Projects in Motor City
15 Cascade
Iman Developers L.L.C
AED 1,892/sqft
Jul 2026 · 6 home sales
Ananda Residences
Tiger Properties
AED 1,740/sqft
Jun 2026 · 7 home sales
Apex Atrium
ASWAN DEVELOPERS INC
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Beverly Grande
H M B HOMES REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
AED 1,597/sqft
Jul 2026 · 5 home sales
Binghatti Skyterraces
Binghatti
AED 1,501/sqft
1–7 Oct 2026 · 108 home sales
Casa Flores And Eden Apartments
National Properties Owned By National Bonds Corporation Sole Proprietorship Psc Sole Proprietorship L.L.C
AED 900/sqft
Feb 2026 · 7 home sales
Daytona House
AL TAMIMI INVESTMENTS LIMITED
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Detroit House
AL TAMIMI INVESTMENTS LIMITED
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Green Community Motor City, Phase II - Casa Familia
National Properties Owned By National Bonds Corporation Sole Proprietorship Psc Sole Proprietorship L.L.C
AED 1,896/sqft
Aug 2026 · 2 home sales
Mirdad
Unknown developer
AED 1,880/sqft
Sep 2026 · 9 home sales
Monarch
ZANE DEVELOPMENTS L.L.C
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Oia Residence
UNION PROPERTIES (P.J.S.C)
AED 1,156/sqft
Aug 2026 · 6 home sales
One Mansory
Divine At 311 Developers L.L.C
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Sierra By Iman
Iman Developers L.L.C
AED 1,879/sqft
1–7 Oct 2026 · 6 home sales
Sobha Orbis
Sobha Realty
AED 1,905/sqft
Sep 2026 · 5 home sales
Sobha Solis
Sobha Realty
AED 2,028/sqft
Sep 2026 · 6 home sales
Takaya
TAKAYA REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
AED 1,932/sqft
Sep 2026 · 16 home sales
The Community Motor City
Aqua Properties FZ -LLC
AED 1,386/sqft
Feb 2026 · 8 home sales
Velos Residence
CITY VIEW URBAN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
AED 1,763/sqft
Sep 2026 · 7 home sales
Dubai Land Department · project register The Land Department's project register · the status as the developer recorded it. File dated 15 Jun 2026 · synced 26 Sep 2026. The file date is the date carried on the rows themselves; the sync is when Keyva last loaded that file.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
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