Market trends
Dubai · last 12 months (09/30–09/29) vs the same dates a year earlier · DLD sales to 2026-09-29Sales−8.9%143,780 vs 157,879
Off-plan sales−4.8%108,066 vs 113,508
Ready sales−19.5%35,714 vs 44,371
Value traded−10.7%AED 267.3 bn vs 299.5 bn
Off-plan AED/sq ft−1.2%median 1,793 vs 1,815
Ready AED/sq ft+4.7%median 1,388 vs 1,326
Same buildings, AED/sq ft+2.4%1,547 buildings · 35% cheaper
Off-plan share75%vs 72% a year earlier
Median prices move when a different mix of buildings sells. "Same buildings" compares each building with itself (off-plan and ready apart, 5+ sales in both periods) and takes the middle change — the fairer price signal.
Off-plan sales per month
Ready sales per month
Off-plan AED/sq ft
Ready AED/sq ft
Month by month vs the same month a year earlier
| Month | Sales | vs year before | Off-plan | vs year before | Ready | vs year before | Off-plan AED/sq ft | vs year before | Ready AED/sq ft | vs year before | Same buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 days 1–29 | 8,215 | −49% | 5,933 | −54% | 2,282 | −30% | 1,728 | −5.0% | 1,382 | +3.9% | −0.4% |
| Aug 2026 | 9,726 | −36% | 7,217 | −41% | 2,509 | −20% | 1,739 | −9.5% | 1,370 | +3.6% | −0.9% |
| Jul 2026 | 11,691 | −26% | 8,800 | −26% | 2,891 | −28% | 1,736 | −7.7% | 1,321 | +1.3% | −2.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 11,138 | −11% | 8,805 | −3% | 2,333 | −33% | 1,729 | −8.0% | 1,401 | +2.8% | +0.1% |
| May 2026 | 8,470 | −38% | 6,622 | −30% | 1,848 | −56% | 1,685 | −9.3% | 1,342 | −0.4% | +1.5% |
| Apr 2026 | 11,185 | −16% | 8,947 | −3% | 2,238 | −45% | 1,911 | +7.7% | 1,452 | +5.6% | +3.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 10,520 | −8% | 8,151 | +4% | 2,369 | −34% | 1,854 | −0.6% | 1,350 | −2.1% | +4.4% |
| Feb 2026 | 12,736 | +16% | 8,895 | +22% | 3,841 | +3% | 1,841 | +3.8% | 1,484 | +11.9% | +4.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 12,503 | +29% | 8,978 | +39% | 3,525 | +9% | 1,866 | +2.1% | 1,389 | +4.6% | +4.4% |
| Dec 2025 | 15,421 | +31% | 11,709 | +39% | 3,712 | +11% | 1,858 | +6.1% | 1,416 | +7.1% | +7.1% |
| Nov 2025 | 15,421 | +39% | 11,546 | +58% | 3,875 | +2% | 1,912 | +13.9% | 1,398 | +12.1% | +4.5% |
| Oct 2025 | 15,875 | +4% | 11,760 | +7% | 4,115 | −3% | 1,790 | +0.6% | 1,332 | +3.8% | +5.2% |
Rents, AED per sq ft a year
By area
| Area | Sales | Year before | Sales change | Off-plan change | Ready change | Off-plan AED/sq ft | Ready AED/sq ft | Same buildings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 12,913 | 5,212 | +148% | +151% | +23% | +2.3% | −6.0% | +1.9% | area → |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 11,692 | 17,693 | −34% | −41% | −18% | +6.0% | +4.3% | +0.2% | area → |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | 6,916 | 6,804 | +2% | +4% | −18% | +7.5% | +9.3% | +0.2% | area → |
| Business Bay | 6,413 | 11,834 | −46% | −54% | −22% | +4.0% | +2.0% | +0.5% | area → |
| Majan | 5,872 | 2,298 | +156% | +139% | +415% | +8.6% | −15.4% | +0.5% | area → |
| Palm Deira | 4,689 | 3,332 | +41% | +41% | — | +18.2% | — | +1.8% | area → |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle | 4,370 | 3,947 | +11% | +13% | −7% | +13.8% | +17.1% | +1.7% | area → |
| Arjan | 3,714 | 3,487 | +7% | +5% | +10% | +16.5% | +9.7% | +4.7% | area → |
| Dubai Production City | 3,320 | 5,054 | −34% | −37% | −26% | +3.7% | +7.0% | +3.5% | area → |
| Motor City | 3,204 | 5,571 | −42% | −48% | −17% | −0.6% | +11.8% | +1.2% | area → |
| Dubai Sports City | 2,892 | 2,905 | −0% | +23% | −22% | +1.8% | +10.0% | +5.9% | area → |
| Dubai Science Park | 2,868 | 4,474 | −36% | −37% | −23% | +8.2% | −9.6% | +3.4% | area → |
| Jabal Ali First | 2,855 | 2,292 | +25% | +50% | −69% | +22.3% | +39.0% | +3.4% | area → |
| City of Arabia | 2,811 | 393 | +615% | +616% | +550% | +11.7% | — | +1.3% | area → |
| Burj Khalifa | 2,610 | 3,675 | −29% | −13% | −37% | +32.2% | +3.0% | +0.1% | area → |
| Al Khairan First | 2,563 | 1,661 | +54% | +54% | — | +5.3% | — | +1.4% | area → |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 2,328 | 2,854 | −18% | −21% | +12% | −2.0% | +17.0% | +0.1% | area → |
| Dubai Maritime City | 2,322 | 1,779 | +31% | +32% | −28% | +21.1% | +0.8% | +2.0% | area → |
| Dubai Marina | 2,222 | 5,428 | −59% | −90% | −41% | −4.5% | +10.0% | +2.0% | area → |
| Silicon Oasis | 2,127 | 3,733 | −43% | −58% | −17% | −7.2% | +12.1% | +9.1% | area → |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,835 | 1,062 | +73% | +73% | — | +5.8% | — | +4.9% | area → |
| Al Furjan | 1,716 | 3,200 | −46% | −51% | −40% | +6.5% | +19.0% | +3.5% | area → |
| Jumeirah Lakes Towers | 1,679 | 3,641 | −54% | −64% | −40% | −2.8% | +2.5% | +2.9% | area → |
| Dubai South | 1,672 | 1,971 | −15% | −29% | +19% | −31.0% | +8.8% | +4.8% | area → |
| Business Park | 1,628 | 82 | +1885% | +1885% | — | +42.9% | — | — | area → |
| Al Satwa | 1,521 | 1,114 | +37% | +31% | +241% | +14.7% | +1.9% | +1.2% | area → |
| International City Ph 1 | 1,512 | 1,784 | −15% | — | −32% | — | +4.3% | +11.0% | area → |
| Dubai Studio City | 1,501 | 1,181 | +27% | −1% | +171% | +6.3% | +14.3% | +1.0% | area → |
| International City Ph 2 & 3 | 1,490 | 1,493 | −0% | +47% | −45% | +5.1% | +3.9% | +2.9% | area → |
| Damac Hills | 1,439 | 1,035 | +39% | +238% | −36% | +10.9% | +7.1% | +3.5% | area → |
| Dubai Creek Harbour | 1,414 | 1,799 | −21% | −68% | −4% | +2.2% | +3.6% | +3.7% | area → |
| Bukadra | 1,409 | 4,296 | −67% | −67% | — | +6.3% | — | +2.5% | area → |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1,344 | 3,766 | −64% | −65% | −52% | −0.2% | +18.8% | +1.2% | area → |
| DMCC-Ez2 | 1,311 | 601 | +118% | +123% | −100% | +3.0% | — | — | area → |
| Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 1,301 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Horizon | 1,298 | 802 | +62% | +62% | — | +13.6% | — | +0.6% | area → |
| Meydan One | 1,273 | 2,080 | −39% | −46% | −35% | −4.9% | +4.5% | +2.5% | area → |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 1,257 | 2,608 | −52% | −52% | — | +0.7% | — | +0.3% | area → |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 1,236 | 1,368 | −10% | −22% | +385% | +17.1% | +4.2% | +5.3% | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 1,184 | 2,132 | −44% | −44% | — | +1.9% | — | +3.0% | area → |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 1,170 | 185 | +532% | +950% | −28% | +6.3% | +19.8% | +0.5% | area → |
| Sobha Heartland | 1,118 | 1,174 | −5% | −57% | +16% | +2.0% | −2.3% | +0.7% | area → |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1,117 | 1,304 | −14% | +37% | −30% | +39.0% | +6.0% | +3.3% | area → |
| Dubai Hills | 1,041 | 1,212 | −14% | −47% | +1% | +0.0% | −1.4% | +0.1% | area → |
| Al Wasl | 1,035 | 1,246 | −17% | −19% | +27% | +1.9% | +9.9% | +1.5% | area → |
| Liwan | 1,028 | 1,034 | −1% | +14% | −14% | +28.0% | +17.0% | +8.4% | area → |
| Down Town Jabal Ali | 994 | 824 | +21% | +34% | −22% | +25.0% | +10.6% | +13.9% | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 973 | 1,554 | −37% | −4% | −92% | +16.2% | +2.3% | — | area → |
| Dubai Industrial City | 872 | 766 | +14% | +27% | −36% | −1.3% | +2.0% | +0.3% | area → |
| Zaabeel Second | 795 | 547 | +45% | +114% | −47% | +11.8% | −2.5% | −1.0% | area → |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 793 | 247 | +221% | +221% | — | +0.5% | — | — | area → |
| Sama Al Jadaf | 779 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Discovery Gardens | 770 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Dubai Healthcare City - Phase 2 | 745 | 604 | +23% | +16% | +32% | +1.2% | +18.6% | +5.2% | area → |
| Jaddaf Waterfront | 679 | 1,018 | −33% | −35% | −22% | +9.1% | +16.9% | −0.1% | area → |
| Al Hebiah First | 630 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 607 | 712 | −15% | +9% | −40% | +11.1% | −6.7% | +4.3% | area → |
| Town Square | 592 | 844 | −30% | +11% | −34% | +7.9% | +6.4% | +9.1% | area → |
| Marsa Dubai | 543 | 1,103 | −51% | −54% | −12% | +8.5% | −5.5% | +1.9% | area → |
| Living Legends | 460 | 112 | +311% | +277% | +550% | +28.6% | +24.6% | +23.2% | area → |
| Al Jadaf | 452 | 846 | −47% | −52% | +89% | +14.7% | +33.3% | — | area → |
| Falcon City of Wonders | 440 | 483 | −9% | −9% | — | +1.1% | — | — | area → |
| Tecom Site A | 418 | 238 | +76% | −36% | +528% | +6.2% | −57.8% | +8.3% | area → |
| Dubai Harbour | 417 | 643 | −35% | −63% | −10% | +11.3% | −2.6% | +4.0% | area → |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 409 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Um Suqaim Third | 404 | 270 | +50% | +31% | +171% | +4.0% | −6.8% | +4.5% | area → |
| Jumeirah Heights | 369 | 348 | +6% | +11% | −45% | −1.1% | +17.9% | — | area → |
| Warsan First | 354 | 100 | +254% | +746% | −11% | +14.3% | +8.6% | — | area → |
| Trade Center Second | 337 | 497 | −32% | −31% | −40% | +1.0% | +2.7% | — | area → |
| Ras Al Khor Industrial First | 335 | 804 | −58% | −58% | — | +7.1% | — | — | area → |
| Al Kifaf | 333 | 1,035 | −68% | −74% | −37% | +6.5% | −5.1% | +1.7% | area → |
| The Greens | 313 | 69 | +354% | — | +354% | — | −3.0% | +8.7% | area → |
| Jumeirah Beach Residence | 307 | 88 | +249% | — | +249% | — | −58.9% | — | area → |
| Remraam | 287 | 563 | −49% | — | −49% | — | +8.6% | — | area → |
| Al Barari | 253 | 61 | +315% | — | +113% | — | −3.6% | — | area → |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 224 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| City Walk | 214 | 230 | −7% | −73% | +27% | +2.1% | +4.9% | +7.4% | area → |
| Dubai Water Canal | 212 | 499 | −58% | −40% | −67% | +16.4% | +11.6% | +4.6% | area → |
| Meydan Avenue | 184 | 191 | −4% | — | −13% | — | +9.2% | +6.4% | area → |
| Mirdif | 169 | 187 | −10% | +109% | −37% | +0.0% | −4.7% | −3.9% | area → |
| Mbr District 1 | 157 | 187 | −16% | −100% | −13% | — | −12.3% | −7.5% | area → |
| Trade Center First | 149 | 322 | −54% | −55% | −14% | −2.7% | +1.1% | — | area → |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 149 | 126 | +18% | +103% | −75% | +19.3% | +15.0% | — | area → |
| La Mer | 146 | 191 | −24% | +3900% | −44% | — | −0.2% | −1.2% | area → |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 144 | 972 | −85% | −93% | −32% | +3.7% | +8.1% | +8.8% | area → |
| Al Thanyah Third | 137 | 582 | −76% | — | −76% | — | +6.8% | — | area → |
| Jumeirah First | 129 | 64 | +102% | +59% | — | +124.9% | — | — | area → |
| Al Merkadh | 126 | 165 | −24% | −8% | −88% | +0.0% | — | — | area → |
| Al Khail Heights | 121 | 159 | −24% | — | −24% | — | +13.2% | — | area → |
| Emaar South | 112 | 245 | −54% | −71% | −40% | +0.2% | +6.3% | +1.7% | area → |
| Al Barsha First | 110 | 84 | +31% | +30% | +33% | +5.1% | −3.2% | — | area → |
| Nad Al Sheba Gardens | 103 | 73 | +41% | +32% | — | +9.7% | — | −1.3% | area → |
| Zaabeel First | 102 | 123 | −17% | −16% | −21% | +1.5% | +1.1% | — | area → |
| Sufouh Gardens | 100 | 96 | +4% | — | −40% | — | +9.3% | — | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 95 | 359 | −74% | −100% | −72% | — | +14.0% | — | area → |
| Jumeirah Second | 94 | 122 | −23% | −22% | −33% | +99.9% | — | — | area → |
| Barsha Heights | 86 | 166 | −48% | −93% | −17% | +40.1% | +7.5% | +4.6% | area → |
| Mbr District 7 | 72 | 189 | −62% | −100% | −61% | — | +2.6% | — | area → |
| Al Kheeran | 37 | 107 | −65% | — | −65% | — | −10.6% | — | area → |
| Tecom Site D | 17 | 735 | −98% | −98% | — | −2.1% | — | — | area → |