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Dubai real estate · Official DLD data · Updated 15 Oct 2026

Understand Dubai’s property market in seconds.

Prices, trends and top projects for 122 areas, plus a machine-learning price estimator, all built on 105,986 real sales registered with the Dubai Land Department in 2026.

Total sales value

AED 197.8B

105,986 residential sales

Typical apartment

AED 1.23M

AED 1,722 per sq ft

Typical villa

AED 3.42M

AED 1,772 per sq ft

Bought off-plan

76%

sold before the building was finished

Sales per month

The latest month is partial.

Median price per sq ft

AED, all areas together.

Areas

Where the market is moving

Areas with at least 300 sales this year. Tap any area for its full picture.

Busiest

  1. 1Madinat Al Mataar12,227
  2. 2Jumeirah Village Circle7,620
  3. 3Dubai Land Residence Complex4,888
  4. 4Majan4,141
  5. 5Business Bay3,618
  6. 6Al Yelayiss 13,497

Number of sales

Most expensive

  1. 1Business Park3,547
  2. 2Palm Jabal Ali3,517
  3. 3Al Wasl3,327
  4. 4Dubai Maritime City3,242
  5. 5Zaabeel Second3,154
  6. 6Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah2,902

Median AED per sq ft

Most affordable

  1. 1International City Ph 1723
  2. 2Discovery Gardens961
  3. 3Liwan1,106
  4. 4International City Ph 2 & 31,204
  5. 5Dubai South1,252
  6. 6Dubai Sports City1,297

Median AED per sq ft

Rising fastest

  1. 1Down Town Jabal Ali+27.2%
  2. 2Al Yufrah 1+26.9%
  3. 3Living Legends+23.1%
  4. 4Damac Hills+16.3%
  5. 5Jabal Ali First+11.2%
  6. 6International City Ph 2 & 3+10.3%

Median AED per sq ft, Q1 vs Q3. Partly reflects which projects sold.

Compare all 122 areas

Budgets

What a home typically costs

Median sale price by number of bedrooms, across Dubai.

Apartments

  • StudioAED 678K
  • 1 BRAED 1.25M
  • 2 BRAED 2.21M
  • 3 BRAED 3.80M
  • 4 BRAED 8.03M

Villas & townhouses

  • 2 BRAED 2.35M
  • 3 BRAED 3.15M
  • 4 BRAED 2.98M
  • 5 BRAED 4.52M

Insights

Are Dubai prices really falling?

The simple median says apartments are -6.3% since January. Comparing like with like, the change is only -2.1%. Read five questions answered with the data.

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Price estimator

A machine-learning model estimates a fair price from area, type, bedrooms, size and status. Median error 8.3% on unseen sales.

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Which areas give the best rent for the price? Combining DLD rent contracts with sale prices.

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