Dubai, decoded. The market as insiders read it.
Where properties sell, at what price, ready or off-plan, and how a purchase unfolds: everything insiders know, drawn from sales actually registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The market in 4 figures
Sales registered over the last 12 months, up to 12/11/2026.
AI-generated illustrationSource: Dubai Land Department, transaction register (open data), SwissPro360 calculation. Period: 13/11/2025 to 12/11/2026.
Where ready properties sell
The top 20 areas by number of ready (completed) property sales, since 2021 or year by year. Each bubble's area is proportional to the number of sales.
AI-generated illustrationFive areas, more than one sale in three.
The top 5 areas account for 37.2% of ready-property sales since 2021; the top 20, 77.6%.
Ranking drawn from the top 30 areas by ready-property sales since 2021. Share calculated on all ready-property sales of the period (271,216).
Source: Dubai Land Department, transaction register (open data), SwissPro360 calculation. Period: 01/01/2021 to 12/11/2026.
Ready or off-plan: the trend
Sales registered each year, ready and off-plan properties.
AI-generated illustration* 2026: current year, partial figures as of 12/11/2026.
Under each year: share of off-plan sales.
Hover over or tap a bar to see the off-plan share.
Source: Dubai Land Department, transaction register (open data), SwissPro360 calculation. Period: 01/01/2021 to 12/11/2026.
Compare areas
Median price per m² of apartments (in the registry, a villa's area is its plot) and gross rental yield (before service charges, vacancy and management) by area, over the last 12 months. Dot size follows the number of sales.
AI-generated illustration↑ Gross yield (before service charges, vacancy and management)
Tap a dot, or a table row, to see the area card.
29 areas without usable rent or price appear only in the table.
An area's gross yield is the one on its area page: the highest, unit type by unit type, of the median Ejari rent divided by the median resale price of apartments of the same type, before service charges, vacancy, management and buying costs. Without enough apartments let and sold, none is given. A past observation to place the market, neither a promise nor a projection.
| Off-plan share | Price per m², apartments (AED) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 16,231 | 93% | ≈ 4,430 | 17,990 | 8.2%studio | +1.6% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 11,461 | 59% | ≈ 3,940 | 15,980 | 7.8%studio | +2.8% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 8,168 | 86% | ≈ 3,850 | 15,610 | 8.8%studio | +8.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 8,033 | 83% | ≈ 3,950 | 16,040 | 7.6%studio | +5.1% |
| Business Bay | 7,438 | 52% | ≈ 6,580 | 26,730 | 6.8%studio | +3.7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 7,000 | 69% | ≈ 4,050 | 16,450 | 8.3%studio | +14.4% |
| Palm Deira | 4,548 | 100% | ≈ 7,390 | 29,980 | — | +18.5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 3,921 | 99% | ≈ 4,570 | 18,540 | — | −10.3% |
| 3,918 | 95% | — | — | — | — | |
| Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 3,850 | 96% | ≈ 4,560 | 18,500 | 9.4%1-bedroom | +30.6% |
| Al Khairan First | 3,827 | 67% | ≈ 6,780 | 27,530 | 5.5%1-bedroom | +5.6% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 3,727 | 64% | ≈ 4,210 | 17,080 | 7.6%studio | +14.8% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 3,717 | 82% | ≈ 4,420 | 17,950 | 8%studio | +9.9% |
| Marsa Dubai | 3,679 | 20% | ≈ 6,440 | 26,150 | 5.9%studio | −9.1% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 3,595 | 48% | ≈ 5,780 | 23,450 | 7.7%studio | +9% |
* Fewer than 100 sales over 12 months: read these medians with care. A large change over one year may come from a change in what was sold (new towers handed over, other unit types), not only from prices.
Source: Dubai Land Department, transaction register (open data), SwissPro360 calculation. Period: 13/11/2025 to 12/11/2026.
The price trend
Median price per m² of apartments each month, off-plan and resale, then the number of sales.
AI-generated illustrationmedian price per m², apartments (EUR)
November 2026: current month, partial figures as of 12/11/2026.
See the chart data
| Month | Off-plan | Resale | Sales per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | 4,520 | 3,560 | 8,181 |
| December 2024 | 4,650 | 3,550 | 13,801 |
| January 2025 | 4,830 | 3,590 | 11,685 |
| February 2025 | 4,720 | 3,540 | 13,823 |
| March 2025 | 4,950 | 3,710 | 13,733 |
| April 2025 | 4,740 | 3,730 | 15,382 |
| May 2025 | 4,950 | 3,700 | 15,606 |
| June 2025 | 4,990 | 3,690 | 14,237 |
| July 2025 | 5,000 | 3,470 | 17,872 |
| August 2025 | 5,090 | 3,600 | 16,982 |
| September 2025 | 4,850 | 3,610 | 18,890 |
| October 2025 | 4,790 | 3,660 | 18,372 |
| November 2025 | 5,120 | 3,780 | 17,650 |
| December 2025 | 4,960 | 3,850 | 18,278 |
| January 2026 | 5,060 | 3,800 | 15,479 |
| February 2026 | 5,020 | 4,070 | 15,598 |
| March 2026 | 4,950 | 3,720 | 12,785 |
| April 2026 | 5,150 | 3,930 | 13,217 |
| May 2026 | 4,500 | 3,760 | 9,981 |
| June 2026 | 4,600 | 3,850 | 12,946 |
| July 2026 | 4,630 | 3,630 | 13,248 |
| August 2026 | 4,630 | 3,770 | 11,486 |
| September 2026 | 4,630 | 3,800 | 10,803 |
| October 2026 | 4,770 | 3,740 | 10,366 |
| November 2026 (partial) | 4,780 | 4,070 | 4,374 |
Source: Dubai Land Department, transaction register (open data), SwissPro360 calculation. Period: 01/11/2024 to 12/11/2026.
Your investor journey
Seven steps, from your goal to renting out or reselling. Open a step to read it.
AI-generated illustrationLiving in it, renting it out, or both: the goal shapes the area and the type of property. Buying costs come on top of the price, including the 4% Dubai Land Department registration fee, detailed line by line on our Buying costs page.
Glossary
The words you will come across, explained.
AI-generated illustrationDLDDubai Land Department
Dubai's land administration. It registers sales, mortgages and leases, and publishes the transaction data used on this page.
RERAReal Estate Regulatory Agency
The DLD's regulatory arm. It licenses agencies and brokers, and oversees developers and escrow accounts. SwissPro360 is registered under ORN 53525.
OqoodInterim register
The DLD's interim register for off-plan sales (Law No. 13 of 2008). The developer registers the sale there, which produces a provisional registration e-certificate.
Title DeedTitle deed
The deed issued by the DLD when the property is entered in your name in the land register: on buying a ready property, or after completion for an off-plan one, usually once the price is paid in full.
SPASale and purchase agreement
The contract signed with the developer or seller. It sets the price, the payment schedule, the handover date, late-payment penalties and resale conditions.
EscrowEscrow account
An account specific to each off-plan project, held by an approved bank, into which buyers' payments are made. The funds can only be used to build that project (Law No. 8 of 2007).
NOCNo objection certificate
The developer's written consent, required in particular to assign an off-plan property or register a mortgage on it. Its conditions and fees are set by the developer and the contract.
EjariLease registration
Dubai's lease registration system, run by the DLD. The rents quoted on this site come from the contracts registered in it.
TrakheesiLicences and permits
The DLD's licence and advertising permit system: it lets you check that a broker is licensed and that an advert is authorised.
Service charges
Annual charges for the upkeep of common areas, calculated per unit area. The DLD publishes an index of these charges by project. They reduce the gross yield.
Golden VisaLong-term residence
Long-term residence available through property: properties worth at least AED 2,000,000 (≈ EUR 493,000) in total. GDRFA Dubai states 10 years, the federal u.ae portal 5 years; for an off-plan property, have it confirmed before buying.
Off-plan / Ready
Off-plan: a property sold before or during construction, paid in instalments and entered in Oqood. Ready: a completed property, sold with its title deed; this is also the resale market.
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