Over the trailing 12 months the median registered sale price was: Dubai South Residential District — AED 1 634/sqft, 4.6% gross yield; Jumeirah Village Circle — AED 1 386/sqft, 6.5% gross yield; Business Bay — AED 2 254/sqft, 4.9% gross yield; DubaiLand Residence Complex — AED 1 415/sqft, 4.9% gross yield. Across the compared areas the registry recorded 50 325 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 1 634 | AED 1 386 | AED 2 254 | AED 1 415 |
| Year-on-year change | +9.2% | +0.9% | -2.9% | +8.5% |
| Transactions, 12 months | 16 888 | 14 452 | 9 613 | 9 372 |
| Sales volume, 12 months | AED 23.3B | AED 16.7B | AED 32.2B | AED 14.1B |
| Median transaction price | AED 1.1M | AED 991 510 | AED 2M | AED 1.1M |
| Median rent per sqft per year | AED 76 | AED 91 | AED 111 | AED 69 |
| Gross rental yield | 4.6% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
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: 50 325 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 2026-10-16. Free to reuse with attribution to Continental Club Property (CC BY 4.0). Methodology ↗