Over the trailing 12 months the median registered sale price was: Dubai South Residential District — AED 1 631/sqft, 4.7% gross yield; Jumeirah Village Circle — AED 1 404/sqft, 6.5% gross yield; Business Bay — AED 2 308/sqft, 4.9% gross yield; DubaiLand Residence Complex — AED 1 427/sqft, 4.8% gross yield. Across the compared areas the registry recorded 51 517 transactions in that window. These are registered Dubai Land Department transactions, not asking prices from listings.
| Metric | Dubai South Residential District | Jumeirah Village Circle | Business Bay | DubaiLand Residence Complex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per sqft | AED 1 631 | AED 1 404 | AED 2 308 | AED 1 427 |
| Year-on-year change | +7.5% | +3.8% | -0.3% | +9.8% |
| Transactions, 12 months | 16 504 | 15 037 | 10 086 | 9 890 |
| Sales volume, 12 months | AED 23.3B | AED 17.5B | AED 33.5B | AED 14.4B |
| Median transaction price | AED 1.1M | AED 1M | AED 1.9M | AED 1M |
| Median rent per sqft per year | AED 76 | AED 92 | AED 112 | AED 68 |
| Gross rental yield | 4.7% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
The highlight marks the literally better value in each row: lower price, stronger momentum, more transactions, higher yield. It is not a buy recommendation.
What this comparison does not show: build quality, the managing company, the view, the condition of a specific apartment or the terms of a deal. A higher-yield area is not automatically the better buy — gross yield ignores service charges and vacancy between tenants.
Data: the Dubai Land Department transaction registry and registered Ejari tenancy contracts. Sample: 51 517 registered transactions in the selected areas over 12 months. Medians, not averages; areas carry their market names but are computed on the registry cadastral id. Updated 2026-09-08. Free to reuse with attribution to Continental Club Property (CC BY 4.0). Methodology ↗