The market in numbers: week, month, quarter, year

window ends 9 Oct 2026

Over the last 30 days: 10,214 deals worth AED 21.66 bn — 10% less than the previous 30 days and 50% less than a year ago. The median price per m² is AED 18,056 (1.0% less, 2.3% less over the year). Off-plan accounts for 68% of deals.

Deals10,214▼ -10.0% vs previous▼ -49.5% YoY
Sales volume, AED21.66 bn▼ -2.4% vs previous▼ -50.6% YoY
Median price per m², AED18,056▼ -1.0% vs previous▼ -2.3% YoY
Median deal, AED1.3 m▲ +6.5% vs previous
Off-plan share67.8%▼ -3.7 pp vs previous
Average size105 m²▲ +9.4% vs previous

Period: 10 Sep 2026 — 9 Oct 2026 · previous: 11 Aug 2026 — 9 Sep 2026 · YoY: 15 Sep 2025 — 14 Oct 2025

Windows are rolling and end on the last day available in the DLD registry. Comparisons are against the previous window of the same length and the same window a year earlier. Deals are registered with a 1–3 day lag, so the latest window is still filling in.

Trend by period

■ Off-plan ■ Ready5.1k10.1k15.2k20.2k20.2k14 Oct18k13 Nov16.5k13 Dec16.1k12 Jan17.5k11 Feb14.5k13 Mar12.1k12 Apr12k12 May11.4k11 Jun11.6k11 Jul12.7k10 Aug11.3k9 Sep10.2k9 Oct

The label is the last day of the window; hover a bar for exact dates and figures. Off-plan means Oqood registrations of under-construction units — both developer first sales and assignments; the DLD registry does not separate them. Ready means title-deed transfers.

Most active areas in the window

AreaDealsvs prevVolume, AEDAED/m²
1Jumeirah Village Circle810▲ +3.2%895.7 m15,357
2Dubai South Residential District742▼ -58.9%991.0 m17,454
3Downtown Jebel Ali586▲ +3.5%659.3 m18,987
4Majan568▼ -12.6%806.8 m15,304
5Al Furjan534▲ +21.1%998.4 m17,982
6DubaiLand Residence Complex423▼ -7.0%671.3 m15,070
7Business Bay396▼ -16.5%1.53 bn22,782
8Motor City384▲ +23.9%824.8 m18,305
9Damac Lagoons316▲ +55.7%413.0 m18,282
10Dubai Creek Harbour308▼ -1.3%882.5 m27,197
11Azizi Milan290▼ -58.8%399.5 m18,570
12Dubai Investments Park263▲ +55.6%300.3 m11,172

“vs prev” is the change in deal count against the previous window of the same length. Price is the median for the area.

Best-selling projects in the window

ProjectAreaDealsVolume, AEDAED/m²
1Raw District 2 By ImtiazDowntown Jebel Ali262315.3 m19,639
2Binghatti SkyterracesMotor City234256.3 m16,646
3ValiaDubai Creek Harbour172482.4 m27,647
4Binghatti Skyflame 1Majan154128.9 m15,063
5Arancia Yards 2 By BeyondAzizi Milan131193.2 m19,438
6Damac Lagoons - ValenciaDamac Lagoons128157.5 m17,400
7Damac Lagoons - Lagoon Views 13Damac Lagoons11395.8 m19,689
8Binghatti Skyflame 2Majan9078.5 m15,136
9Damac DistrictDamac Hills8298.7 m19,325
10The WoodsThe Valley7690.8 m20,774
11Greenz By DanubeAl Rowaiyah First75355.7 m28,675
12Sobha Central Phase IAl Furjan74209.5 m30,408

Project as recorded in the DLD registry (project_number). The link opens our project page where we have one.

The long view: years, months, rent

Median price per m², 12 months18,725 AED▲ +5.5% vs previous 12 months≈ $5,099
Median apartment rent, 12 months62,428 AEDper year, Ejari contracts
Gross rental yield4.3%rent per m² ÷ price per m²

Median residential price per m² in Dubai by year, AED

4.7k9.3k14k18.6k10.8k201611.3k201711.6k201810.6k201910.1k202011.1k202114k202215.3k202316.8k202418.3k202518.6k2026*

* current year is incomplete

Residential sales transactions in Dubai by year

48.2k96.4k144.5k192.7k36.3k201641.5k201729.3k201834.8k201930.7k202052.6k202182.8k2022118.1k2023164.8k2024192.7k2025118k2026*

* current year is incomplete

Monthly transactions, last 24 months

4.7k9.5k14.2k18.9k13.4kNov 2413.8k11.7k13.8kFeb 2513.8k15.4k15.7kMay 2514.2k17.8k17kAug 2518.9k18.6k17.5kNov 2518.3k15.3k15.6kFeb 2612.8k13.2k10kMay 2613k13k11.4kAug 2610.7k3.1kOct 26*

* current month is incomplete

Median price per m² by month, AED

5k10k15k20k16.4kNov 2417.2k17.2k16.8kFeb 2517.7k17.5k18kMay 2518.4k18.3k18.7kAug 2518.4k18.4k19kNov 2519.6k19.6k19.2kFeb 2618.8k20k17.8kMay 2618.3k18.4k18.3kAug 2618k18.3kOct 26*

Median annual rent per m² of residential property (Ejari), AED

199398596795508202154620226092023692202476520257952026*

* current year is incomplete; new contracts and renewals

Apartment prices by bedroom count, last 12 months

ApartmentMedian price, AEDUSDAED/м²Deals
Studio689,999187,88318,85543,639
1 bedroom1,253,828341,41017,68458,615
2 bedrooms2,227,999606,67119,32432,237
3 bedrooms3,988,0001,085,90922,8007,687
4 bedrooms10,000,0002,722,94130,839917
5 bedrooms37,414,37310,187,71249,866103

Medians of actual transactions; USD at 3.6725.

Most active areas, last 12 months

AreaDealsAED/м²YoYRent/m²Yield
1Dubai South Residential District15,98417,735▲ +3.8%8164.6%
2Jumeirah Village Circle12,01816,117▲ +4.5%9776.1%
3DubaiLand Residence Complex8,74315,760▲ +8.1%7414.7%
4Majan8,11816,385▲ +3.4%7784.7%
5Business Bay7,88527,150▲ +3.9%1,2004.4%
6Al Furjan7,27116,706▲ +14.9%8174.9%
7Dubai Islands4,82529,680▲ +18.6%——
8Jumeirah Village Triangle4,29117,849▲ +12.9%9415.3%
9Motor City4,03818,944▼ -7.1%7784.1%
10Dubai Creek Harbour3,96627,592▲ +6.3%1,3775.0%
11Azizi Milan3,94918,573▼ -8.0%——
12Arjan3,92216,872▲ +15.1%9245.5%
13Jumeirah Lakes Towers3,79723,403▲ +12.2%1,0454.5%
14Damac Islands3,77819,611▲ +62.7%6533.3%
15Dubai Marina3,74226,865▼ -7.4%1,1564.3%

Top 15 by number of deals; YoY is the change in median price per m² vs the previous 12 months.

Data: Dubai Land Department transaction registry, residential (apartments and villas), excluding land and whole buildings. Prices are medians, not averages. Updated 2026-10-12. Figures and charts are free to reuse with attribution to Continental Club Property (CC BY 4.0). Machine-readable data: JSON. Methodology ↗

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About this data and how to use it

Open market statistics for Dubai residential property, computed directly from the Dubai Land Department transaction registry: median prices per square metre, the number of sales, prices by bedroom count and the most active areas. Figures are medians of actual registered deals, not asking prices and not averages, so a handful of record sales cannot distort them.

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How the numbers are calculated

Source: the public Dubai Land Department registry of sales transactions (over 1.6 million records since 2010), loaded nightly. We keep residential deals only — apartments and villas — and exclude land plots, whole buildings and records with implausible prices (below 3,000 or above 200,000 AED per m²). All prices are medians. The year-on-year change compares the last 12 months with the previous 12 months, so the incomplete current year does not skew the result. Areas are DLD cadastral districts mapped to the community names used on this site; each links to the area page with a full breakdown by building.

Need the same data for a specific area or building? Every area page and project page on this site carries its own block of DLD statistics. For live individual deals see Dubai property transactions.

Frequently asked questions

How many property transactions take place in Dubai?

Dubai property transaction volumes vary by the period measured; see the table above for the latest weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual totals. The figures cover registered residential apartment and villa sales, while excluding land plots, whole buildings and records with implausible prices. The latest figures may change as registrations are recorded with a short lag.