Over the last 12 months (to 10 November 2026), the Dubai Land Department registry recorded 2,109 residential sales above AED 10 million — AED 46.7 billion in total. The median such deal is AED 15.2M; the largest is AED 550M. 63% of luxury purchases are off-plan, bought during construction. Below are the districts, projects and brands — straight from the transaction registry, no estimates, no advertising.
Where the AED 10M+ deals happen
Top 15 districts by the number of registered sales ≥ AED 10M in 12 months. District names as in the DLD registry, with market names in brackets.
| District (DLD registry) | Deals ≥10M | Median, AED |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 296 | 16,762,500 |
| Marsa Dubai (Dubai Marina) | 255 | 13,652,387 |
| Business Bay | 142 | 16,674,999 |
| Burj Khalifa (Downtown) | 140 | 18,000,000 |
| Jumeirah First | 140 | 27,592,000 |
| Al Wasl (City Walk) | 135 | 14,000,000 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 (Dubailand) | 131 | 15,105,000 |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 102 | 12,850,000 |
| Jumeirah Second | 88 | 31,586,167 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 82 | 12,250,000 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 51 | 17,000,000 |
| Me'Aisem First | 50 | 16,125,000 |
| Palm Deira (Dubai Islands) | 45 | 13,465,000 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid (Dubai Hills) | 43 | 13,400,000 |
| Palm Jabal Ali (Palm Jebel Ali) | 36 | 14,037,000 |
Note the medians: Palm Jumeirah and Marsa Dubai (Dubai Marina) lead on volume, while the highest district medians in the top 15 are Jumeirah Second (median AED 31.6M) and Jumeirah First (27.6M).
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What sells: projects and buildings
Top 15 projects by number of ≥ AED 10M deals in 12 months:
| Project | Deals | Median, AED |
|---|---|---|
| Lunaya | 102 | 12,850,000 |
| Passo By Beyond | 84 | 13,387,000 |
| The Residences at the Dubai Beach Edition | 58 | 13,508,118 |
| Solaya (1,2,3) | 56 | 31,089,000 |
| Bluewaters Residences | 42 | 12,600,000 |
| Solaya (4,6) | 40 | 27,592,000 |
| Bugatti Residences by Binghatti | 34 | 27,100,000 |
| Eden House The Park | 34 | 11,196,248 |
| Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co. Residences | 31 | 11,500,000 |
| Jumeirah Residences Emirates Towers | 31 | 10,785,000 |
| Serenia Living | 31 | 13,300,000 |
| Baccarat Hotel and Residences, Dubai | 29 | 28,300,000 |
| W Residences at Dubai Harbour | 28 | 13,782,000 |
| Numa Reserve | 26 | 13,580,000 |
| The Residences, Al Habtoor Grand | 25 | 11,659,075 |
The profile of a luxury deal: bedrooms and off-plan share
Contrary to the “luxury = penthouse” stereotype, the core of the AED 10M+ segment is large family formats: 633 deals for 3-bedroom units (average AED 18.1M) and 570 for 4-bedroom (average 22.1M). Then 2 B/R — 253 deals, 5 B/R — 168 (average 33.8M), 6 B/R — 57 (average 66.9M). Another 404 sales have no bedroom count in the registry (almost all of them villas). Only 7 deals carry the formal “PENTHOUSE” tag — a registry labelling quirk: most penthouses are registered under regular bedroom counts.
Off-plan vs ready: 1,327 vs 782. 63% of AED 10M+ deals are bought during construction; the average price is AED 23.6M off-plan against 19.7M for ready stock.
Branded residences: real transaction prices
Brands whose registry names match unambiguously (12 months to 21 September 2026, residential units only; this table is refreshed by hand):
| Brand | Deals | Median, AED | Max, AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armani (Beach Residences) | 3 | 89,900,962 | 92,500,000 |
| Como Residences | 9 | 56,500,000 | 71,241,800 |
| Karl Lagerfeld (Villas) | 10 | 36,483,500 | 43,966,000 |
| Bentley Residences | 8 | 34,958,500 | 49,100,000 |
| Dorchester Collection | 4 | 29,250,000 | 40,850,000 |
| Bugatti Residences | 35 | 28,400,000 | 550,000,000 |
| Baccarat Residences | 31 | 27,793,977 | 121,841,000 |
| Six Senses Residences | 35 | 17,640,000 | 56,000,000 |
| Mercedes-Benz Places | 35 | 15,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Eywa | 3 | 12,000,000 | 17,403,846 |
| Jacob & Co (Burj Binghatti) | 46 | 10,900,000 | 36,000,000 |
| W Residences | 150 | 7,675,000 | 62,330,400 |
| Elie Saab | 66 | 4,950,000 | 13,050,000 |
| Kempinski Residences | 48 | 4,305,975 | 22,966,835 |
| Palazzo Versace | 14 | 3,940,000 | 12,800,000 |
| Trump (Estates & Tower) | 76 | 3,823,442 | 11,608,345 |
| St. Regis Residences | 131 | 3,777,888 | 28,500,000 |
| Cavalli (Tower & Estates) | 36 | 3,650,000 | 24,904,000 |
| Missoni (Urban Oasis) | 69 | 2,550,021 | 9,200,000 |
Address, Vida, Ciel, SLS, Ritz, Franck Muller and Jumeirah Living are deliberately excluded: their names collide with common words and unrelated projects, so automated registry matching gets noisy. The takeaway stands regardless: top-brand medians (AED 28–90M) run far above the overall luxury median (15.2M) — the branded premium in Dubai is real and visible right in the registry. Background on how these collaborations work: branded residences in Dubai.
The AED 3–10M segment: expensive, not luxury
One step down, the market is an order of magnitude bigger (full breakdown in our AED 3–10M segment analysis): 22,628 deals in 12 months, median AED 4,075,000. Off-plan vs ready: 15,468 vs 7,160; 2 B/R (8,429 deals) and 3 B/R (6,807) are the main formats. Top 5 districts for AED 3–10M deals: Palm Deira / Dubai Islands (1,913 deals, median 4.02M), Al Khairan First / Dubai Creek Harbour (1,615, 3.55M), Al Yelayiss 1 / The Valley (1,582, 4.10M), Dubai Investment Park Second (1,241, 3.72M), Marsa Dubai / Dubai Marina (1,212, 4.50M).
Villas and townhouses in the registry
Villas are a separate type in the registry: 14,753 sales in 12 months, median AED 3,575,888, 64.8% off-plan. Price distribution:
| Price bucket | Deals | Median, AED |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2M | 1,437 | 1,338,000 |
| 2–5M | 10,211 | 3,365,888 |
| 5–10M | 2,418 | 6,150,000 |
| 10M and above | 687 | 14,500,000 |
The busiest villa districts: Al Yelayiss 1 / The Valley (3,914 deals, median 2.90M), Dubai Investment Park Second (1,375, 3.68M), Madinat Al Mataar / Dubai South (1,117, 4.48M). An honest caveat: the DLD registry has no separate “townhouse” category — nearly all townhouses are recorded as villas, so a clean “townhouse market” cannot be isolated from registry data. More on choosing one in our villas in Dubai guide.
Methodology
Registered sales only, residential use per the registry (property_usage = Residential) — apartments and villas; land, offices, shops, hotel units and whole-building deals excluded, as are records with a price per m² outside AED 3,000–200,000. Window: 11 November 2025 – 10 November 2026. The same definition drives our live most expensive sales report; the rule is set out in our methodology. Medians throughout, except bedroom tables marked “average”. Source: the open Dubai Land Department (DLD) transaction registry; it contains no personal data. Registry data as of 10 November 2026. The figures on this page are recalculated automatically together with that report (last run: 11 November 2026); the brand table is refreshed by hand.
Frequently asked questions
Above AED 10M, do people buy apartments or villas?
Both: of 2,109 deals ≥ AED 10M, 1,422 are apartments in premium towers and 687 are villas. The core format is 3–4 bedrooms.
Is luxury bought off-plan or ready?
63% of AED 10M+ deals are off-plan. Average price: AED 19.7M for ready luxury (782 deals) against 23.6M for under-construction stock.
How much does a Dubai penthouse cost?
The formal “PENTHOUSE” tag is rare in the registry (30 deals in a year, median AED 6.3M) — most real penthouses are registered as ordinary 3–5 bedroom units, so the tag undercounts them. For scale: the year’s largest residential deal was AED 550M (Bugatti Residences by Binghatti).
How much more do branded residences cost?
Top-brand deal medians (Bugatti 28.4M, Baccarat 27.8M, Como 56.5M; 12 months to 21 September 2026) compare with an overall luxury median of 15.2M. At “accessible” brands (Missoni 2.55M, St. Regis 3.78M) the brand premium is far more modest.
See also: real rental yields from the registry and the new projects catalogue.
Data: Dubai Land Department (DLD) transaction registry. Analysis by Continental Club, 25 September 2026.
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