Market trends
Dubai · year to date (01/01–09/29) vs the same dates a year earlier · DLD sales to 2026-09-29Sales−19.1%96,184 vs 118,828
Off-plan sales−16.0%72,348 vs 86,090
Ready sales−27.2%23,836 vs 32,738
Value traded−23.7%AED 175.2 bn vs 229.6 bn
Off-plan AED/sq ft−4.1%median 1,771 vs 1,846
Ready AED/sq ft+3.7%median 1,391 vs 1,342
Same buildings, AED/sq ft+1.6%1,362 buildings · 41% 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 | 11,232 | 3,805 | +195% | +205% | −100% | +1.4% | — | +2.9% | area → |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 7,269 | 13,161 | −45% | −54% | −23% | +2.4% | +0.7% | −1.4% | area → |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | 4,763 | 5,207 | −9% | −7% | −18% | +4.3% | +11.4% | −1.5% | area → |
| Majan | 3,899 | 1,950 | +100% | +77% | +507% | +3.8% | −23.1% | +1.5% | area → |
| Business Bay | 3,575 | 8,939 | −60% | −71% | −29% | +3.8% | +1.5% | +0.6% | area → |
| Palm Deira | 3,287 | 2,818 | +17% | +17% | — | +19.8% | — | +0.3% | area → |
| City of Arabia | 2,519 | 390 | +546% | +546% | +525% | +12.4% | — | +1.5% | area → |
| Arjan | 2,426 | 2,434 | −0% | +1% | −3% | +17.4% | +8.3% | +4.5% | area → |
| Dubai Production City | 2,309 | 4,375 | −47% | −50% | −37% | +3.6% | +4.9% | +3.7% | area → |
| Jabal Ali First | 2,297 | 1,627 | +41% | +73% | −87% | +26.3% | +45.7% | +5.1% | area → |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle | 2,029 | 2,615 | −22% | −21% | −30% | +12.8% | +17.0% | +1.2% | area → |
| Al Khairan First | 1,919 | 1,350 | +42% | +42% | — | +5.7% | — | −3.8% | area → |
| Dubai Sports City | 1,822 | 2,214 | −18% | −3% | −33% | −2.7% | +11.9% | +3.7% | area → |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,698 | 549 | +209% | +209% | — | +6.8% | — | +3.4% | area → |
| Business Park | 1,574 | 82 | +1820% | +1820% | — | +43.5% | — | — | area → |
| Motor City | 1,535 | 4,130 | −63% | −67% | −40% | −6.5% | +5.9% | +1.6% | area → |
| Dubai Marina | 1,413 | 3,909 | −64% | −93% | −46% | −16.6% | +6.8% | −0.8% | area → |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,410 | 2,602 | −46% | −50% | −44% | +14.7% | +1.1% | −2.6% | area → |
| Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 1,301 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Dubai South | 1,297 | 1,724 | −25% | −42% | +29% | −31.1% | +6.5% | +4.6% | area → |
| Al Satwa | 1,175 | 945 | +24% | +19% | +243% | +10.4% | +1.1% | −0.6% | area → |
| Silicon Oasis | 1,161 | 3,058 | −62% | −79% | −29% | −12.6% | +10.1% | +7.9% | area → |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 1,125 | 125 | +800% | +1685% | −44% | +6.3% | +20.7% | +1.1% | area → |
| International City Ph 2 & 3 | 1,102 | 1,232 | −11% | +19% | −45% | +8.8% | +1.7% | +3.4% | area → |
| International City Ph 1 | 1,088 | 1,359 | −20% | — | −41% | — | +3.8% | +13.9% | area → |
| Al Furjan | 1,058 | 2,432 | −56% | −58% | −54% | +5.6% | +22.6% | +3.7% | area → |
| Jumeirah Lakes Towers | 1,032 | 2,493 | −59% | −69% | −47% | −4.7% | +0.8% | +2.0% | area → |
| Dubai Science Park | 1,025 | 3,578 | −71% | −73% | −29% | +6.6% | −7.1% | +3.9% | area → |
| Dubai Studio City | 974 | 878 | +11% | −10% | +150% | +7.2% | +27.9% | +1.5% | area → |
| Dubai Creek Harbour | 947 | 1,365 | −31% | −67% | −20% | +2.1% | +2.9% | +1.2% | area → |
| Horizon | 932 | 621 | +50% | +50% | — | +14.4% | — | +1.8% | area → |
| Dubai Maritime City | 925 | 1,553 | −40% | −40% | −61% | +18.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% | area → |
| Meydan One | 921 | 1,208 | −24% | +73% | −42% | −1.9% | +1.0% | −1.4% | area → |
| Down Town Jabal Ali | 881 | 601 | +47% | +77% | −42% | +26.7% | +14.7% | +10.2% | area → |
| Damac Hills | 861 | 814 | +6% | +139% | −47% | +10.5% | +6.5% | +3.2% | area → |
| Bukadra | 840 | 3,066 | −73% | −73% | — | +17.9% | — | +3.8% | area → |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 808 | 1,097 | −26% | −39% | +298% | +16.3% | +4.2% | +2.2% | area → |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 799 | 2,345 | −66% | −66% | −66% | −2.7% | +23.8% | +0.8% | area → |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 779 | 126 | +518% | +518% | — | −0.2% | — | — | area → |
| Sama Al Jadaf | 779 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 774 | 2,815 | −73% | −77% | +14% | −2.0% | +9.1% | +0.8% | area → |
| Sobha Heartland | 773 | 893 | −13% | −69% | +5% | +0.6% | −5.1% | −0.3% | area → |
| Discovery Gardens | 770 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 750 | 1,404 | −47% | −47% | — | −4.6% | — | +4.5% | area → |
| Dubai Hills | 736 | 873 | −16% | −44% | −3% | −0.7% | −4.9% | −1.4% | area → |
| Al Wasl | 725 | 1,166 | −38% | −39% | +3% | +3.2% | +12.1% | +1.9% | area → |
| Palm Jumeirah | 721 | 944 | −24% | +6% | −34% | +51.2% | +6.1% | +1.6% | area → |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 721 | 1,948 | −63% | −63% | — | −3.3% | — | −1.0% | area → |
| Zaabeel Second | 660 | 462 | +43% | +84% | −45% | +10.0% | −3.9% | −3.6% | area → |
| Al Hebiah First | 630 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Dubai Industrial City | 582 | 703 | −17% | −7% | −82% | −3.4% | +7.1% | +4.3% | area → |
| Liwan | 575 | 795 | −28% | −40% | −16% | +13.0% | +15.1% | +6.2% | area → |
| Dubai Healthcare City - Phase 2 | 519 | 506 | +3% | −25% | +42% | −5.0% | +23.7% | +0.1% | area → |
| Town Square | 407 | 621 | −34% | +32% | −41% | +7.2% | +3.8% | +6.3% | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 405 | 767 | −47% | +6% | −100% | +16.8% | — | — | area → |
| DMCC-Ez2 | 392 | 588 | −33% | −33% | — | +1.8% | — | — | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 364 | 602 | −40% | +5% | −87% | +8.2% | +9.9% | +3.9% | area → |
| Living Legends | 346 | 106 | +226% | +213% | +314% | +32.5% | +26.9% | +27.6% | area → |
| Warsan First | 338 | 70 | +383% | +1027% | +2% | +14.5% | +4.9% | — | area → |
| Marsa Dubai | 330 | 722 | −54% | −56% | −30% | +9.5% | −7.6% | +2.1% | area → |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 323 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Um Suqaim Third | 317 | 187 | +70% | +60% | +111% | +4.6% | −8.6% | +3.9% | area → |
| Falcon City of Wonders | 302 | 483 | −37% | −37% | — | +1.2% | — | — | area → |
| The Greens | 296 | 53 | +458% | — | +458% | — | −4.6% | +3.9% | area → |
| Jumeirah Beach Residence | 286 | 63 | +354% | — | +354% | — | −58.8% | — | area → |
| Dubai Harbour | 279 | 492 | −43% | −65% | −24% | +21.8% | −5.4% | +2.1% | area → |
| Jaddaf Waterfront | 275 | 820 | −66% | −73% | −16% | +6.4% | +21.8% | +4.9% | area → |
| Al Barari | 239 | 39 | +513% | — | +197% | — | −4.9% | — | area → |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 224 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | area → |
| Al Kifaf | 209 | 651 | −68% | −75% | −36% | +2.8% | −5.9% | +1.3% | area → |
| Ras Al Khor Industrial First | 208 | 585 | −64% | −64% | — | +4.3% | — | — | area → |
| Remraam | 170 | 360 | −53% | — | −53% | — | +8.5% | — | area → |
| City Walk | 170 | 165 | +3% | −83% | +51% | +8.1% | +1.2% | +3.1% | area → |
| Dubai Water Canal | 150 | 354 | −58% | −42% | −67% | +6.3% | +6.7% | +2.9% | area → |
| Tecom Site A | 147 | 199 | −26% | −58% | +100% | +9.9% | −3.8% | +7.9% | area → |
| Meydan Avenue | 143 | 116 | +23% | — | +16% | — | +4.5% | −1.3% | area → |
| Jumeirah Heights | 115 | 340 | −66% | −67% | −48% | −1.7% | +14.6% | — | area → |
| Mbr District 1 | 114 | 135 | −16% | −100% | −12% | — | −17.1% | −9.9% | area → |
| Trade Center First | 105 | 322 | −67% | −68% | −57% | −4.2% | — | — | area → |
| Mirdif | 102 | 134 | −24% | +17% | −38% | +0.0% | −3.3% | −3.0% | area → |
| Al Merkadh | 96 | 100 | −4% | +25% | −92% | +4.1% | — | — | area → |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 95 | 243 | −61% | −71% | −44% | +2.3% | −1.9% | +5.2% | area → |
| Al Jadaf | 95 | 596 | −84% | −83% | −100% | −0.6% | — | — | area → |
| La Mer | 79 | 143 | −45% | — | −57% | — | −1.9% | −3.2% | area → |
| Al Khail Heights | 76 | 117 | −35% | — | −35% | — | +16.9% | — | area → |
| Emaar South | 69 | 133 | −48% | −55% | −44% | −0.1% | +2.8% | +4.8% | area → |
| Trade Center Second | 59 | 487 | −88% | −91% | −56% | +19.5% | +0.4% | — | area → |
| Barsha Heights | 56 | 148 | −62% | −100% | −30% | — | +16.6% | +5.2% | area → |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 53 | 250 | −79% | −100% | −78% | — | +11.9% | — | area → |
| Jumeirah Second | 53 | 122 | −57% | −55% | −83% | +99.9% | — | — | area → |
| Mbr District 7 | 47 | 135 | −65% | — | −65% | — | −3.7% | — | area → |
| Tecom Site D | 7 | 596 | −99% | −99% | — | −8.8% | — | — | area → |
| Al Thanyah Third | 0 | 433 | −100% | — | −100% | — | — | — | area → |