Community · #86 by 12M value

International City Phase 2 & 3

Median price per sqft · last 3 months

AED 1,236 /sqft

3M like-for-like: up 10.4%
vs 1 year ago: up 19.5%
Sales 30D: 87

Market bulletin · Thu, 22 Oct 2026

International City Phase 2 & 3: median AED 1,236/sqft, up 10.4% over three months on 196 sales

International City Phase 2 & 3 recorded 87 sales worth AED 71.3M in the 30 days to Thu, 22 Oct 2026, up 45.0% on the previous 30 days. Over the last week 28 sales were registered (AED 23.8M), against 20 the week before.

The median sale over the last three months was AED 827K, or AED 1,236/sqft — like-for-like prices per sqft up 10.4% on the previous three months and up 19.5% on a year earlier. Monthly medians over the past year ranged from AED 945/sqft to AED 1,260/sqft.

By market over 12 months: developer off-plan sales 68.9%, off-plan resales 2.3%, secondary (ready) sales 28.8%. Off-plan resales traded at a median 0.8% premium to developer prices per sqft.

Greenfield by Samana was the most active project by value over 12 months (201 sales, AED 201M), and Samana Developers the leading developer with 25.5% of value.

Leases registered in the last three months had a median annual rent of AED 46K; like-for-like rent per sqft is down 5.7% on the previous three months. The best gross yield is on Studio apartments at about 8.9%.

Median AED/sqft

Monthly median of all registered sales

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Median AED/sqft
Date	AED/sqft
Oct 26	AED 1,283
Sept 26	AED 1,173
Aug 26	AED 1,260
Jul 26	AED 1,260
Jun 26	AED 1,163
May 26	AED 945
Apr 26	AED 1,256
Mar 26	AED 1,200
Feb 26	AED 1,124
Jan 26	AED 1,081
Dec 25	AED 1,073
Nov 25	AED 1,067
Oct 25	AED 1,037
Sept 25	AED 1,062
Aug 25	AED 1,019
Jul 25	AED 1,004
Jun 25	AED 792
May 25	AED 964
Apr 25	AED 895
Mar 25	AED 950
Feb 25	AED 1,027
Jan 25	AED 816
Dec 24	AED 824
Nov 24	AED 782

Off-plan vs resale vs secondary

Monthly median AED/sqft by market (months with 10+ sales)

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Off-plan vs resale vs secondary
Date	Off-plan (developer)	Secondary (ready)
Oct 26	AED 1,373	AED 1,056
Sept 26	AED 1,173	AED 1,185
Aug 26	AED 1,281	AED 1,201
Jul 26	AED 1,272	AED 1,235
Jun 26	AED 1,159	—
May 26	AED 1,314	AED 856
Apr 26	AED 1,332	AED 1,036
Mar 26	AED 1,149	AED 1,277
Feb 26	AED 1,150	AED 1,004
Jan 26	AED 1,178	AED 920
Dec 25	AED 1,109	AED 925
Nov 25	AED 1,088	AED 878
Oct 25	AED 1,074	AED 832
Sept 25	AED 1,122	AED 748
Aug 25	AED 1,088	AED 761
Jul 25	AED 1,050	AED 846
Jun 25	AED 1,000	AED 631
May 25	AED 1,000	AED 920
Apr 25	AED 1,273	AED 824
Mar 25	AED 949	AED 966
Feb 25	AED 842	AED 1,079
Jan 25	AED 801	AED 825
Dec 24	AED 821	AED 826
Nov 24	AED 1,154	AED 730

Sales per month

Registered sales by market

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Sales per month
Date	Off-plan (developer)	Off-plan resale	Secondary (ready)
Oct 26	58	1	10
Sept 26	39	1	19
Aug 26	27	2	13
Jul 26	66	3	21
Jun 26	85	5	6
May 26	104	1	116
Apr 26	95	3	12
Mar 26	26	5	10
Feb 26	49	1	21
Jan 26	50	4	34
Dec 25	64	1	29
Nov 25	108	0	27

Period comparison

This market against its own past: each window vs the one before it and vs the same window a year earlier.

Period comparison
Window	Sales	vs prior	vs 1Y ago	Value	vs prior	AED/sqft	vs prior	vs 1Y ago
Last 1 month	87	up 45.0%	down 39.6%	AED 71.3M	up 53.2%	1,200	down 1.5%	up 10.9%
Last 3 months	196	down 51.8%	down 58.8%	AED 161M	down 41.4%	1,236	up 11.7%	up 17.8%
Last 6 months	603	up 12.7%	down 35.5%	AED 436M	up 6.7%	1,167	up 5.8%	up 16.8%
Last 12 months	1,157	down 28.9%	down 28.9%	AED 861M	down 21.7%	1,128	up 18.7%	up 18.7%

Raw medians — the headline change above is like-for-like (same market, type and bedrooms).

Off-plan, resale and secondary (12M)
Market	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Off-plan (developer)	797	69%	AED 841K	1,200	up 13.7%
Off-plan resale	27	2%	AED 756K	1,210	up 43.9%
Secondary (ready)	333	29%	AED 495K	882	up 7.4%

By bedrooms (12M)
Bedrooms	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Studio	436	38%	AED 494K	1,184	up 3.7%
1 bedroom	577	50%	AED 853K	1,111	up 28.6%
2 bedrooms	125	11%	AED 1.26M	1,051	up 11.9%
3 bedrooms	19	2%	AED 1.30M	1,079	up 40.5%

By price band (12M)
Price	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Under AED 2M	1,153	100%	AED 753K	1,128	up 18.7%
AED 2M–10M	4	0%	—	—	—

Rents & yields

Leases registered with Ejari / DLD.

Median annual rent

Monthly median of registered leases (new and renewed)

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Median annual rent
Date	Annual rent
Oct 26	AED 48K
Sept 26	AED 46K
Aug 26	AED 46K
Jul 26	AED 45K
Jun 26	AED 45K
May 26	AED 45K
Apr 26	AED 50K
Mar 26	AED 45K
Feb 26	AED 47K
Jan 26	AED 45K
Dec 25	AED 45K
Nov 25	AED 45K
Oct 25	AED 44K
Sept 25	AED 43K
Aug 25	AED 44K
Jul 25	AED 42K
Jun 25	AED 42K
May 25	AED 43K
Apr 25	AED 41K
Mar 25	AED 40K
Feb 25	AED 41K
Jan 25	AED 42K
Dec 24	AED 40K
Nov 24	AED 40K

Leases (12M): 12,525
New leases: 40.6%
Median rent 3M: AED 46K
Rent/sqft 3M: AED 67

Gross yield
Studio apartments	AED 37K / AED 413K	8.9%
1 BR apartments	AED 46K / AED 663K	7.0%
2 BR apartments	AED 60K / AED 985K	6.1%

Rent by bedrooms (12M)
Bedrooms	Leases	Median rent	New leases	AED/sqft/yr
Studio	1,880	AED 37K	AED 40K	86
1 BR	6,031	AED 46K	AED 55K	66
2 BR	1,138	AED 60K	AED 71K	54
3 BR	51	AED 85K	AED 90K	44
4 BR	10	AED 153K	—	61

Top projects

By sales value, last 12 months

Top projects
Project	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	3M
Greenfield by SamanaInternational City Phase 2 & 3	201	AED 201M	1,432	up 4.5%
Zenith by AmberInternational City Phase 2 & 3	70	AED 59.4M	1,093	—
Equiti TowerInternational City Phase 2 & 3	60	AED 43.8M	—	—
Chapter 01 by NewburyInternational City Phase 2 & 3	52	AED 37.7M	1,150	—
Nest ResidenceInternational City Phase 2 & 3	50	AED 35.4M	1,018	—
08 Life ResidencesInternational City Phase 2 & 3	30	AED 31.6M	—	—
Elevia ResidencesInternational City Phase 2 & 3	48	AED 28.7M	—	—
HZ Residences 5International City Phase 2 & 3	29	AED 28.0M	879	—
Glorious Central ResidencesInternational City Phase 2 & 3	27	AED 25.8M	—	—
Bond BuildingInternational City Phase 2 & 3	101	AED 23.9M	—	—
Silver Park ResidencyInternational City Phase 2 & 3	30	AED 21.2M	—	—
Zyra VistaInternational City Phase 2 & 3	19	AED 17.6M	—	—
Greenfield 2 by SamanaInternational City Phase 2 & 3	16	AED 17.0M	1,477	—
27 East End Garden ResidencesInternational City Phase 2 & 3	26	AED 16.6M	1,174	—
Sunlight HomesInternational City Phase 2 & 3	12	AED 15.4M	—	—

Developers in International City Phase 2 & 3

Their sales here only, last 12 months

Top developers
Developer	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	Share
Samana Developers	217	AED 218M	1,428	25.5%
Private Investor	225	AED 114M	878	13.3%
Amber Developments LLC - Art of Amber Real Estate Development	70	AED 59.4M	1,060	6.9%
B N H Real Estate Developer	82	AED 57.9M	1,050	6.7%
Newbury Real Estate Development	52	AED 37.7M	1,167	4.4%
Andi Real Estate Development	50	AED 35.4M	1,050	4.1%
Dugasta Properties Development	41	AED 35.1M	1,400	4.1%
Deniz Real Estate Development	30	AED 31.6M	1,022	3.7%
Valores Property Development	48	AED 28.7M	1,296	3.3%
Glorious Future Real Estate Development	27	AED 25.8M	1,286	3%

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Name	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	3M
Reportage Hills	219	AED 444M	1,110	down 2.8%
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Rukan	363	AED 429M	1,091	down 3.0%
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Living Legends	466	AED 665M	1,407	down 1.0%
Dubai Silicon Oasis	1,548	AED 1.78B	1,140	down 1.4%
Mirdif	124	AED 293M	1,205	down 7.4%
Liwan	850	AED 836M	1,106	up 5.0%

Biggest sales, last 3 months

Biggest sales in International City Phase 2 & 3
Price	Property	AED/sqft	Market	Date
AED 2.00M	3 BR Apartment · 2,872 sqftSports View Residence 2	696	Off-plan (developer)	28 Jul
AED 1.51M	2 BR Apartment · 1,222 sqftGlorious Central Residences	1,235	Secondary (ready)	27 Jul
AED 1.43M	2 BR Apartment · 1,154 sqftGreenfield by Samana	1,236	Off-plan (developer)	28 Jul
AED 1.39M	2 BR Apartment · 1,154 sqftGreenfield by Samana	1,200	Off-plan resale	11 Aug
AED 1.38M	2 BR Apartment · 1,022 sqftGreenfield 2 by Samana	1,349	Off-plan (developer)	20 Oct
AED 1.38M	2 BR Apartment · 953 sqftGreenfield by Samana	1,446	Off-plan (developer)	20 Oct

Questions about International City Phase 2 & 3

What is the average price per sqft in International City Phase 2 & 3?

The median sale price in International City Phase 2 & 3 over the last three months was AED 1,236 per sqft (median sale AED 827K), based on 196 sales registered with Dubai Land Department.

Are property prices in International City Phase 2 & 3 going up?

Like-for-like prices per sqft are up 19.5% on a year earlier and up 10.4% on the previous three months.

How many properties were sold in International City Phase 2 & 3 in the last year?

1,157 sales worth AED 861M were registered in the last 12 months: 69% developer off-plan, 2% off-plan resales and 29% secondary (ready) sales.

What is the average rent in International City Phase 2 & 3?

The median annual rent on leases registered in the last three months was AED 46K, and the best gross rental yield is about 8.9%.

Source: Dubai Land Department registrations, data through Thu, 22 Oct 2026. Medians need at least five sales; like-for-like changes compare the same market, property type and bedroom count. DLD files townhouses as villas — we split them out where the project or unit name says townhouse.

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