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    "name": "Dubai Property Between AED 3M and 10M: 22,776 Registered Deals in a Year (DLD Data)",
    "url": "https://continentalclub.ae/dubai-property-aed-3-to-10-million-dld-registry/",
    "language": "en",
    "description": "The AED 3-10M segment by DLD registry: median 4.06M, 72% off-plan, led by Dubai Islands and Creek Harbour. Districts, projects and unit mix from 12 months of real deals.",
    "published_at": "2026-09-24T05:00:25+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-25T13:26:43+00:00",
    "publisher": {
        "name": "Continental Club Property LLC",
        "orn": "31933",
        "url": "https://continentalclub.ae/"
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    "faq": [
        {
            "question": "What does AED 5 million actually buy?",
            "answer": "A 2–3 bedroom apartment in Marina, Downtown, Creek Harbour or Dubai Islands — or a 4-bedroom villa in The Valley, Dubai South or DIP. On Palm Jumeirah, AED 5M buys a one-to-two-bedroom apartment; the district median in this segment is [ccp_lux k=\"l3.areamed.Palm Jumeirah\" f=\"m1\"]5.1[/ccp_lux]M."
        },
        {
            "question": "Is this segment \"luxury\"?",
            "answer": "By registry standards, no: the luxury threshold starts at AED 10M, where the median deal is [ccp_lux k=\"l10.median\" f=\"m1\"]15.4[/ccp_lux]M. That segment is covered in our analysis of deals above AED 10 million ."
        },
        {
            "question": "What yields does this segment produce?",
            "answer": "Lower than the budget segment: waterfront districts show median gross 1BR yields of 4.6–5.6%, and larger units and villas usually less. The 46-district table is in our real yields analysis . See also: the new projects catalogue with a price filter. Data: DLD transaction registry. Analysis by Continental Club, 25 September 2026."
        }
    ],
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    "content_md": "**Over 12 months (to 9 November 2026), Dubai registered 22,776 residential sales between AED 3 million and 10 million — median price AED 4,075,000.** This segment is 11 times the size of the luxury market: it is where family-sized waterfront apartments and villas in new communities change hands. 68% of deals are off-plan, and on average ready stock costs about 4% more than under-construction stock (AED 4.64M vs 4.46M). All figures come from the Dubai Land Department (DLD) registry, not listings or estimates.\n\n## Where AED 3–10M buyers go: districts\n\nTop 15 districts by deal count over 12 months (registry names, market names in brackets):\n\n| District (DLD registry) | Deals | Median, AED |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Palm Deira (Dubai Islands) | 1,922 | 4,018,774 |\n| Al Khairan First (Dubai Creek Harbour) | 1,619 | 3,551,888 |\n| Al Yelayiss 1 (The Valley) | 1,579 | 4,100,000 |\n| Dubai Investment Park Second | 1,244 | 3,720,388 |\n| Marsa Dubai (Dubai Marina) | 1,220 | 4,500,000 |\n| Business Bay | 1,165 | 3,804,039 |\n| Madinat Al Mataar (Dubai South) | 1,080 | 4,560,000 |\n| Burj Khalifa (Downtown) | 979 | 4,000,000 |\n| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah (Maritime City) | 968 | 4,053,960 |\n| Wadi Al Safa 5 (Dubailand) | 802 | 3,554,100 |\n| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid (Dubai Hills) | 689 | 4,280,000 |\n| Palm Jumeirah | 598 | 5,225,000 |\n| Al Wasl (City Walk) | 595 | 4,702,000 |\n| Al Yufrah 1 | 564 | 3,814,944 |\n| Al Thanyah Fifth | 555 | 3,733,828 |\n\nThe top three by deal count: Palm Deira / Dubai Islands, Al Khairan First / Dubai Creek Harbour, Al Yelayiss 1 / The Valley.\n\n## What sells: projects\n\n| Project | Deals | Median, AED |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Grand Polo - Equiterra | 511 | 3,644,888 |\n| Grand Polo - Equiterra 2 | 380 | 3,574,888 |\n| Creek Bay | 378 | 4,309,888 |\n| The Meriva Collection | 361 | 4,510,828 |\n| Lunaya | 340 | 6,475,000 |\n| Hado By Beyond | 314 | 4,443,000 |\n| Grand Polo - Equestra | 309 | 3,928,710 |\n| Ellington Sands II | 238 | 3,793,328 |\n| Ellington Sands I | 235 | 3,781,828 |\n| Creek Haven | 211 | 3,571,888 |\n\n## The typical deal: 2–3 bedrooms, apartment or villa\n\nThe core formats are **2-bedroom (8,497 deals)** and **3-bedroom (6,849)**, then 4 B/R (3,503) and 5 B/R (1,809). At AED 3–10M a large waterfront apartment and a villa are equally realistic: the AED 2–5M villa bucket alone had 10,256 sales in the year (median 3.36M — details in the [villas in Dubai](/villas-in-dubai/) guide).\n\n**Off-plan vs ready: 15,587 vs 7,189.** Average prices: AED 4.46M off-plan, 4.64M ready.\n\n## Methodology\n\nRegistered sales only, residential use per the registry (`property_usage = Residential`) — apartments and villas priced from AED 3,000,000 to 9,999,999; land, offices, shops and hotel units excluded, as are records with a price per m² outside AED 3,000–200,000. Window: 10 November 2025 – 9 November 2026. The rule is set out in our [methodology](/methodology/#luxury). Medians unless marked “average”. Source: the open DLD transaction registry. Data as of 9 November 2026; the figures are recalculated automatically (last run: 10 November 2026).\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n### What does AED 5 million actually buy?\n\nA 2–3 bedroom apartment in Marina, Downtown, Creek Harbour or Dubai Islands — or a 4-bedroom villa in The Valley, Dubai South or DIP. On Palm Jumeirah, AED 5M buys a one-to-two-bedroom apartment; the district median in this segment is 5.2M.\n\n### Is this segment “luxury”?\n\nBy registry standards, no: the luxury threshold starts at AED 10M, where the median deal is 15.2M. That segment is covered in our analysis of [deals above AED 10 million](/dubai-property-deals-above-aed-10-million-dld-registry/).\n\n### What yields does this segment produce?\n\nLower than the budget segment: waterfront districts show median gross 1BR yields of 4.6–5.6%, and larger units and villas usually less. The 46-district table is in our [real yields analysis](/real-rental-yields-in-dubai-dld-registry-data/).\n\nSee also: the [new projects catalogue](/project/) with a price filter.\n\n*Data: DLD transaction registry. Analysis by Continental Club, 25 September 2026.*",
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