Market trends
Dubai · last 6 months (04/01–09/29) vs the same dates a year earlier · DLD sales to 2026-09-29Sales−30.3%60,425 vs 86,689
Off-plan sales−28.2%46,324 vs 64,516
Ready sales−36.4%14,101 vs 22,173
Value traded−39.9%AED 101.6 bn vs 169.0 bn
Off-plan AED/sq ft−5.9%median 1,746 vs 1,855
Ready AED/sq ft+2.8%median 1,378 vs 1,340
Same buildings, AED/sq ft−0.8%978 buildings · 54% cheaper
Off-plan share77%vs 74% 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 | 9,083 | 2,642 | +244% | +259% | −100% | +2.0% | — | +2.6% | area → |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 4,328 | 9,843 | −56% | −66% | −30% | +3.2% | −1.5% | −4.2% | area → |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | 2,598 | 3,496 | −26% | −26% | −27% | +0.3% | +11.5% | −1.6% | area → |
| City of Arabia | 2,353 | 327 | +620% | +619% | +700% | +14.1% | — | +2.0% | area → |
| Majan | 2,277 | 1,500 | +52% | +48% | +114% | +1.1% | +7.4% | +1.5% | area → |
| Business Bay | 1,837 | 6,644 | −72% | −84% | −35% | −4.1% | +0.5% | −3.6% | area → |
| Palm Deira | 1,642 | 2,129 | −23% | −23% | — | +20.8% | — | +1.5% | area → |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,636 | 999 | +64% | +101% | −88% | +27.7% | +45.6% | +1.4% | area → |
| Arjan | 1,509 | 1,702 | −11% | −8% | −17% | +16.5% | +6.3% | +2.4% | area → |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,439 | 354 | +306% | +306% | — | +5.7% | — | −2.4% | area → |
| Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 1,301 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Dubai Production City | 1,211 | 3,337 | −64% | −69% | −38% | +4.0% | −1.0% | +2.0% | area → |
| Al Khairan First | 1,120 | 1,290 | −13% | −13% | — | +6.3% | — | −7.5% | area → |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 1,059 | 97 | +992% | +2255% | −57% | +6.9% | +25.4% | — | area → |
| Dubai Sports City | 1,021 | 1,545 | −34% | −23% | −45% | −3.7% | +8.7% | +0.2% | area → |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle | 1,016 | 2,130 | −52% | −52% | −52% | +12.9% | +10.0% | +3.1% | area → |
| Dubai South | 895 | 764 | +17% | +21% | +11% | +2.2% | +2.8% | +1.4% | area → |
| Dubai Marina | 892 | 2,356 | −62% | −94% | −45% | −21.3% | +6.6% | −4.2% | area → |
| International City Ph 2 & 3 | 860 | 920 | −7% | +20% | −42% | +12.1% | +10.9% | +5.3% | area → |
| Burj Khalifa | 825 | 1,619 | −49% | −58% | −45% | +20.3% | +0.2% | −2.3% | area → |
| Down Town Jabal Ali | 771 | 382 | +102% | +162% | −56% | +28.0% | +9.1% | +9.2% | area → |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 765 | 60 | +1175% | +1175% | — | −0.2% | — | — | area → |
| Al Satwa | 704 | 740 | −5% | −9% | +136% | +10.1% | +5.2% | −1.8% | area → |
| Al Furjan | 678 | 1,716 | −60% | −62% | −59% | +3.0% | +20.7% | +1.7% | area → |
| Silicon Oasis | 675 | 2,144 | −69% | −84% | −36% | −13.8% | +10.4% | +3.4% | area → |
| International City Ph 1 | 652 | 838 | −22% | — | −43% | — | +2.9% | +5.4% | area → |
| Motor City | 643 | 3,309 | −81% | −85% | −57% | −7.5% | +1.4% | +1.5% | area → |
| Meydan One | 632 | 826 | −23% | +188% | −53% | +0.9% | −6.0% | −5.2% | area → |
| Horizon | 627 | 396 | +58% | +58% | — | +11.3% | — | +2.9% | area → |
| Jumeirah Lakes Towers | 609 | 1,527 | −60% | −67% | −52% | −5.0% | −1.5% | −3.2% | area → |
| Damac Hills | 608 | 610 | −0% | +137% | −59% | +8.9% | +6.0% | −1.0% | area → |
| Dubai Science Park | 586 | 2,996 | −80% | −82% | −44% | +5.5% | −9.4% | +0.5% | area → |
| Business Park | 570 | 75 | +660% | +660% | — | +42.1% | — | — | area → |
| Dubai Studio City | 565 | 716 | −21% | −34% | +81% | +7.2% | +17.0% | +1.4% | area → |
| Dubai Creek Harbour | 543 | 890 | −39% | −65% | −33% | +2.0% | +0.9% | −1.7% | area → |
| Al Hebiah First | 524 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 474 | 1,053 | −55% | −55% | — | −8.8% | — | +2.0% | area → |
| Sobha Heartland | 440 | 627 | −30% | −80% | −16% | −0.6% | −7.1% | −4.5% | area → |
| Discovery Gardens | 437 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Dubai Hills | 433 | 562 | −23% | −56% | −9% | −3.3% | −9.2% | −8.1% | area → |
| Zaabeel Second | 428 | 402 | +6% | +19% | −40% | +12.0% | −7.5% | −7.9% | area → |
| Sama Al Jadaf | 410 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Dubai Industrial City | 407 | 685 | −41% | −35% | −85% | −5.7% | +3.8% | — | area → |
| Bukadra | 402 | 2,427 | −83% | −83% | — | +7.9% | — | +3.8% | area → |
| Palm Jumeirah | 390 | 632 | −38% | −30% | −42% | +47.0% | −3.3% | −1.9% | area → |
| Dubai Maritime City | 382 | 1,099 | −65% | −65% | −81% | +11.0% | +2.1% | +2.7% | area → |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 340 | 768 | −56% | −66% | +129% | +7.4% | +1.7% | +3.6% | area → |
| Dubai Healthcare City - Phase 2 | 334 | 403 | −17% | −34% | +15% | −8.1% | +14.4% | −4.6% | area → |
| Al Wasl | 307 | 1,073 | −71% | −73% | +9% | +1.9% | −1.2% | −1.8% | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 292 | 450 | −35% | +23% | −90% | +8.2% | +17.7% | +0.4% | area → |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 289 | 1,667 | −83% | −85% | −60% | −3.6% | +22.9% | −0.4% | area → |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 287 | 1,291 | −78% | −78% | — | −5.4% | — | −2.2% | area → |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 283 | 2,770 | −90% | −92% | −40% | −2.6% | +0.0% | −1.8% | area → |
| Warsan First | 282 | 46 | +513% | +1124% | +0% | +14.3% | +5.4% | — | area → |
| Liwan | 276 | 613 | −55% | −70% | −38% | +3.6% | −2.6% | +3.9% | area → |
| Living Legends | 276 | 91 | +203% | +205% | +193% | +34.6% | +27.2% | +30.8% | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 259 | 299 | −13% | +127% | −100% | +15.4% | — | — | area → |
| Town Square | 250 | 419 | −40% | +55% | −48% | +9.0% | −1.2% | +3.4% | area → |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 224 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| DMCC-Ez2 | 206 | 588 | −65% | −65% | — | +0.9% | — | — | area → |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 197 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Jumeirah Beach Residence | 183 | 35 | +423% | — | +423% | — | −61.4% | — | area → |
| Falcon City of Wonders | 180 | 483 | −63% | −63% | — | +0.3% | — | — | area → |
| The Greens | 169 | 30 | +463% | — | +463% | — | −9.1% | — | area → |
| Al Kifaf | 158 | 508 | −69% | −74% | −43% | +1.1% | −8.5% | +0.2% | area → |
| Dubai Harbour | 156 | 289 | −46% | −60% | −36% | +15.4% | −7.8% | −1.8% | area → |
| Marsa Dubai | 153 | 502 | −70% | −71% | −54% | +13.3% | −13.3% | −2.5% | area → |
| Ras Al Khor Industrial First | 136 | 452 | −70% | −70% | — | +3.2% | — | — | area → |
| Jaddaf Waterfront | 132 | 568 | −77% | −84% | −20% | +3.0% | +27.4% | +3.0% | area → |
| City Walk | 126 | 103 | +22% | −86% | +78% | −1.7% | −0.7% | — | area → |
| Meydan Avenue | 109 | 76 | +43% | — | +37% | — | +9.1% | — | area → |
| Tecom Site A | 93 | 100 | −7% | −51% | +111% | +4.5% | −8.8% | +6.1% | area → |
| Remraam | 82 | 257 | −68% | — | −68% | — | +7.1% | — | area → |
| Dubai Water Canal | 77 | 231 | −67% | −51% | −75% | +5.8% | −2.1% | +0.3% | area → |
| Um Suqaim Third | 75 | 130 | −42% | −69% | +36% | −0.7% | −10.2% | −0.8% | area → |
| Trade Center First | 60 | 322 | −81% | −81% | −86% | −6.0% | — | — | area → |
| Mirdif | 58 | 110 | −47% | −40% | −51% | +0.0% | −5.4% | −2.1% | area → |
| Al Jadaf | 54 | 520 | −90% | −89% | −100% | −7.1% | — | — | area → |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 52 | 111 | −53% | −51% | −55% | +3.1% | −4.0% | +4.3% | area → |
| Barsha Heights | 44 | 127 | −65% | −100% | −25% | — | +16.8% | — | area → |
| Jumeirah Heights | 38 | 330 | −88% | −90% | −50% | −2.5% | +14.7% | — | area → |
| Jumeirah Second | 38 | 116 | −67% | −67% | −67% | +91.1% | — | — | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 27 | 154 | −82% | — | −82% | — | +5.3% | — | area → |
| Trade Center Second | 10 | 477 | −98% | −99% | −82% | — | +0.0% | — | area → |
| Tecom Site D | 1 | 208 | −100% | −100% | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Al Thanyah Third | 0 | 289 | −100% | — | −100% | — | — | — | area → |