# Business Bay Apartments: Resale Market Report H1 2026

> Business Bay resale apartments, H1 2026: 1,009 DLD deals, median AED 1,862/sq ft, same buildings +1.5% y/y, 6.8% yield. Top buildings, bedrooms, method.

Page: https://continentalclub.ae/resale-market/business-bay-apartments/ · updated 2026-09-30 · Continental Club Property LLC, Dubai real estate brokerage, RERA ORN 31933

In the first half of 2026 (1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026), the Dubai Land Department registered 1,009 resale apartment sales in Business Bay worth AED 1.75 bn. The median price was AED 1,862 per sq ft (AED 20,045 per m²); a typical deal was AED 1.55 m. In the same 75 buildings that also traded a year earlier, the price per sq ft changed by +1.5% versus H1 2025.

Median price, AED per sq ft **1,862** *▲ +1.5%* same buildings vs H1 2025 DLD registry · our calculation

Resale deals **1,009** *▼ −26.9%* vs H1 2025 AED 1.75 bn · DLD registry

Typical deal **AED 1.55 m** median of resale prices · DLD registry

Gross rental yield **6.8%** 3,380 new Ejari leases · our calculation

Source: Dubai Land Department transaction register (resale = “Existing Properties” sales) and Ejari leases; data through 25 Sep 2026.

## Price change: same buildings vs simple median

A simple median moves when the mix of buildings sold changes. The like-for-like figure compares only buildings that traded in both periods (at least 3 sales in each), so it shows the change in price rather than in the mix.

| Comparison | Same buildings | Simple median | Then, AED/sq ft |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vs H1 2025 | *▲ +1.5%* (75 bldg) | *▲ +5.9%* | 1,758 |
| vs H2 2025 | *▲ +0.6%* (79 bldg) | *▲ +1.9%* | 1,828 |

## Month by month

| Month | Resale deals | Median AED/sq ft |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jan 2026 | 249 | 1,854 |
| Feb 2026 | 237 | 2,024 |
| Mar 2026 | 125 | 2,003 |
| Apr 2026 | 134 | 1,816 |
| May 2026 | 104 | 1,779 |
| Jun 2026 | 160 | 1,791 |

## Prices by number of bedrooms

| Type | Deals | Median price | AED/sq ft | Typical size, sq ft |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Studio | 253 | AED 1.05 m | 2,203 | 453 |
| 1 bedroom | 407 | AED 1.49 m | 1,955 | 802 |
| 2 bedrooms | 236 | AED 2.27 m | 1,673 | 1,317 |
| 3 bedrooms | 60 | AED 3.50 m | 1,687 | 2,020 |
| 4 bedrooms | 11 | AED 5.12 m | 1,258 | 4,624 |

## Share of deals by price

AED <1M**16.0%**

AED 1–2M**51.8%**

AED 2–5M**30.0%**

AED 5M+**2.2%**

## Most traded buildings

| Building | Deals | Median price | AED/sq ft |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Peninsula Three](https://continentalclub.ae/project/peninsula-three-peninsula/) | 100 | AED 1.75 m | 2,702 |
| [Zada Tower](https://continentalclub.ae/project/zada-tower-business-bay/) | 28 | AED 1.04 m | 2,195 |
| [Prive By Damac (B)](https://continentalclub.ae/project/prive-by-damac-b-business-bay/) | 25 | AED 1.10 m | 2,228 |
| [Nobles](https://continentalclub.ae/project/nobles-residential-tower-business-bay/) | 23 | AED 1.88 m | 1,696 |
| [Peninsula One](https://continentalclub.ae/project/peninsula-one-peninsula/) | 23 | AED 1.83 m | 2,877 |
| [Upside Living](https://continentalclub.ae/project/upside-living-business-bay/) | 23 | AED 1.68 m | 3,213 |
| Canal Bay | 22 | AED 2.31 m | 2,046 |
| [Bayz Tower](https://continentalclub.ae/project/bayz-101-business-bay/) | 20 | AED 800,000 | 1,840 |
| [Damac Towers By Paramount (A)](https://continentalclub.ae/project/damac-towers-by-paramount-business-bay/) | 20 | AED 2.08 m | 1,500 |
| [Sol Bay](https://continentalclub.ae/project/sol-bay-business-bay/) | 20 | AED 1.90 m | 2,215 |
| Churchill Tower 2-Residential | 19 | AED 1.80 m | 1,529 |
| [The Paragon by IGO](https://continentalclub.ae/project/the-paragon-by-igo-business-bay/) | 18 | AED 1.46 m | 2,102 |

## Rent and yield

Gross rental yield is about 6.8% (from 3,380 new Ejari leases in the same period). The median annual rent is AED 1,363 per m². Yield = median rent per m² / median price per m², before service charges and vacancy.

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## Questions and answers

**How much does a resale apartment cost in Business Bay?**

In H1 2026 resale deals the median was AED 1,862 per sq ft; a typical deal was AED 1.55 m.

**How have prices in Business Bay changed over the year?**

In the same 75 buildings that also traded a year earlier, the price per sq ft changed by +1.5% versus H1 2025. The simple median across all deals changed by +5.9%.

**How many apartments were resold in Business Bay?**

1,009 deals in H1 2026, worth AED 1.75 bn.

**What is the rental yield in Business Bay?**

Gross rental yield is about 6.8% (from 3,380 new Ejari leases in the same period).

How we count: resale = DLD sales of existing (completed) property, off-plan excluded; apartments = units registered as “Flat” (hotel apartments excluded); prices exclude records flagged as data-entry errors; community = DLD master project “Business Bay”. Raw DLD data by building, community and month: [datadubai.ae](https://datadubai.ae/).

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## Links

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