Business Bay
الخليج التجارىDubai Land Department data shows the typical sale price (the median, ready and off-plan homes together) in Business Bay was AED 2,030/sqft over the 30 days to 7 October 2026, from 303 sales recorded so far.
AED 2,030/sqft
30 days to 7 October 2026 · 303 sales
+66.4%
+3%
61%
12 months to 7 October 2026 · 6,179 sales
6.5%
Ready homes, 12 months to 7 October 2026 · 2,439 sales · 11,099 new lets
35
All years, 2009–2026 · 26,845 resales
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
A typical residential sale here was AED 2,050,000 for about 863 sqft in the 12 months to 7 October 2026 (6,179 sales); across all 66,794 recorded sales the typical price is AED 1,404,000.
Ready-home prices here have moved +66.4% across the 202 months (Dec 2009 – Oct 2026) of Land Department records we hold. That is a pace of +3% a year if it kept going.
That is all 202 months of records for this area, shown as a yearly pace. It averages over every rise and fall in that time, so it describes the long run rather than the market today. Treat it as history, not a forecast.
Off-plan and ready are different markets
Off-plan
AED 2,685/sqft
3,740 sales, 12 months to 7 October 2026
AED 2,192/sqft
40,036 sales since 2009
Ready
AED 1,869/sqft
2,439 sales, 12 months to 7 October 2026
AED 1,417/sqft
26,758 sales since 2009
In the 12 months to 7 October 2026, across 6,179 sales (3,740 off-plan, 2,439 completed homes), off-plan sold 44% above completed homes here.
Across every recorded sale since 2009, off-plan sold 55% above completed homes here.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
What each size costs in Business Bay
Typical size and price for every bedroom count. A size with at least 15 recorded sales is well evidenced; a size with fewer is still shown, with a red (i) and the number of sales behind it. The Dubai Land Department records the number of bedrooms on nearly every sale, so these figures come from real sales, not estimates. The main price is for the last 12 months. The typical price across every sale on record sits under it.
Rent: the typical rent on new lets, matched by bedrooms or by size.
| Size | Typical floor area | Price, last 12 months · ready and off-plan | Per sqft, all years | Typical rent | Sales, all years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 453 sqft | AED 1,150,000 1,358 sales all years AED 1,000,350 | AED 2,180/sqft | AED 66,000/yr 2,937 rent contracts | 17,809 |
| 1 bed | 809 sqft | AED 2,000,000 2,687 sales all years AED 1,385,000 | AED 1,790/sqft | AED 90,000/yr 4,828 rent contracts | 28,731 |
| 2 beds | 1,356 sqft | AED 3,071,863 1,570 sales all years AED 2,100,000 | AED 1,682/sqft | AED 135,000/yr 2,508 rent contracts | 14,987 |
| 3 beds | 1,988 sqft | AED 4,885,559 390 sales all years AED 3,118,000 | AED 1,545/sqft | AED 185,000/yr 625 rent contracts | 4,282 |
| 4 beds | 4,208 sqft | AED 7,600,000 69 sales all years AED 5,116,942 | AED 1,235/sqft | AED 300,000/yr 64 rent contracts | 839 |
| 5 beds | 10,218 sqft | AED 30.38M 10 sales all years AED 29.85M | AED 3,517/sqft | — | 46 |
| 6 beds | 6,915 sqft | AED 25.1M 9 sales all years AED 25.05M | AED 3,107/sqft | — | 28 |
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
What exists here, and who may own it
Most figures on this page are about sales and rents. This one counts what exists, not what sold: the units on the Land Department’s register.
Units on record
57,303
In Business Bay, from the Land Department's register of flats.
Freehold
98%
56,301 of 57,303 units with a recorded ownership type.
Typical size
853 sqft
Typical size of the 57,292 units that record one.
By size of home
No villas in this register.
Dubai Land Department · unit register The Land Department's unit register · counts, not valuations. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 9 Oct 2026.
Rental market
From 18,462 Ejari rent contracts , last 12 months. These are the rents tenants agreed to pay, not advertised rents.
Typical yearly rent
AED 95,000/yr
for ~861 sqft
Rent per sqft
AED 111/sqft
per year
Renewals
40%
of contracts
Contracts
18,462
last 12 months
What it costs to rent here
Typical yearly rent, by size of home.
- StudioAED 66,000/yr
- 1 bedAED 90,000/yr
- 2 bedsAED 135,000/yr
- 3 bedsAED 185,000/yr
- 4 bedsAED 300,000/yr
Matched by number of bedrooms where Ejari records one (most contracts do), and by floor area where it does not. The table below says which for each row. Renewing tenants pay about 20% less per sqft than someone signing a new lease here.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
What it returns
A year of rent compared with what completed homes of that size actually sold for in Business Bay over the same twelve months. Rents come from Ejari rent contracts and prices from recorded sales. Off-plan sales are left out of the price, because rent is paid on built homes and off-plan sells at a premium.
| Size | Price now, ready homes | Rents for | Yield before costs | Ready sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 1M | AED 66,000/yrby bedroom · 2,937 new lets | 6.6% | 589 |
| 1 bed | AED 1.47M | AED 90,000/yrby bedroom · 4,828 new lets | 6.1% | 999 |
| 2 beds | AED 2.29M | AED 135,000/yrby bedroom · 2,508 new lets | 5.9% | 617 |
| 3 beds | AED 3.5M | AED 185,000/yrby bedroom · 625 new lets | 5.3% | 166 |
| 4 beds | AED 5.75M | AED 300,000/yrby bedroom · 64 new lets | 5.2% | 37 |
The highest yield before costs here is on a studio at 6.6%. Studio apartments here yield more than 4-bedroom apartments: 6.6% against 5.2%.
Why this is lower than yields quoted elsewhere
The usual shortcut divides today’s rent by an average price. In a market that has risen as far as Dubai’s, the average is a historical price. Worked out with the typical price across every sale on record (AED 1.39M), a 1 bed here reads 6.5% instead of 6.1%. The yield in the table above uses the AED 1.47M a completed one costs today. Every figure above uses the same twelve months, and completed homes only, on both sides.
What it returns after service charges
Starting from the typical owners’ association budget in this area — AED 18/sqft across 41 projects, recorded for 2019–2026 (16 for 2026). Charges have risen since then, so replace it with your own invoice if you have one. How to check it.
| Size | Charge / year | Rent after it | Yield before costs | Yield after service charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 8,330 | AED 57,670 | 6.6% | 5.8% |
| 1 bed | AED 14,894 | AED 75,106 | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| 2 beds | AED 24,941 | AED 110,059 | 5.9% | 4.8% |
| 3 beds | AED 36,585 | AED 148,415 | 5.3% | 4.2% |
| 4 beds | AED 77,428 | AED 222,572 | 5.2% | 3.9% |
Only the service charge is taken off.
A separate reserve-fund line appears in 39 of the 41 project budgets counted together here; the middle of those is AED 1.1/sqft.
Yield before costs: a year of rent as a share of the price.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · association budgets Owners' association budgets, as recorded · a budget figure, not a price. File dated 22 Sep 2026 · synced 24 Sep 2026.
Common questions about Business Bay
How much is rent in Business Bay?
The typical rent (the median: half of the rent contracts were above this, half below) in Business Bay is AED 66,000/yr for a studio, AED 90,000/yr for a 1-bedroom, AED 135,000/yr for a 2-bedroom and AED 185,000/yr for a 3-bedroom. These rents come from the rent contracts recorded in Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) in Business Bay over the last twelve months. They are what tenants agreed to pay, not advertised asking rents. Each rent is matched to homes by bedroom count where Ejari records one, which most contracts do, and by floor area where it does not. Each row on this page says which.
How much do properties cost in Business Bay?
The typical price (the median: half sold for more than this, half for less) for residential sales in Business Bay was AED 2,030/sqft over the 30 days to 7 October 2026, from the 303 sales recorded so far for those days. Late records are still arriving, so that count can grow. Over the 12 months to 7 October 2026, homes here typically sold for about AED 2.05M and measured about 863 sqft (6,179 sales). These come from sales recorded by the Dubai Land Department. They are what buyers paid, not asking prices.
What rental yield does Business Bay give?
The yield before costs on ready homes in Business Bay is about 6.6% on a studio apartment, 6.1% on a 1-bedroom apartment, 5.9% on a 2-bedroom apartment and 5.3% on a 3-bedroom apartment. That is a year of rent divided by what completed homes of that size sold for over the same twelve months. Studio apartments here yield more than 4-bedroom apartments: 6.6% against 5.2%. Service charges, agency commission and empty periods are not taken off, and in Dubai the service charge alone commonly takes a fifth to a third of the rent.
Is Business Bay freehold?
Mostly, but not entirely. 56,301 of the 57,303 units with a recorded ownership type in Business Bay are freehold, so foreign ownership is possible in most buildings here and not all. Check the specific title before committing.
How have property prices in Business Bay changed over the last two years?
The typical price (the median: half sold for more than this, half for less) of ready homes in Business Bay was AED 1,808/sqft in Q3 2026 (559 sales), against AED 1,826/sqft in Q4 2024 (851 sales). That is a change of -1.0% across those quarters. By quarter, the typical price of ready homes was AED 1,826/sqft in Q4 2024, AED 1,795/sqft in Q1 2025, AED 1,682/sqft in Q2 2025, AED 1,796/sqft in Q3 2025, AED 1,918/sqft in Q4 2025, AED 1,913/sqft in Q1 2026, AED 1,815/sqft in Q2 2026 and AED 1,808/sqft in Q3 2026. Off-plan sales had a typical price of AED 2,432/sqft in Q3 2026 (355 sales) and are never counted together with ready homes here. These are typical prices of recorded sales, not a price index: a quarter's move against the one before it partly reflects which homes sold.
Is Business Bay mostly off-plan or completed homes?
61% of the 6,179 sales recorded in Business Bay in the 12 months to 7 October 2026 were off-plan, and the rest were recorded as existing property rather than off-plan. The two sell at different prices, so one price per square foot for both together would describe neither.
Prices by quarter, Q4 2024 to Q3 2026
Typical sale price per sqft in Business Bay, by calendar quarter of the sale date, with ready homes and off-plan sales kept apart. Only complete quarters are shown. A quarter with 60 or more sales is well evidenced; one with fewer is still shown, with a red (i) and the number of sales, and no change against a year earlier is worked out from it.
| Quarter | Ready homes · typical price per sqft | vs a year earlier | Off-plan · typical price per sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | AED 1,826/sqft851 sales | +7.2% | AED 2,428/sqft2,043 registrations |
| Q1 2025 | AED 1,795/sqft835 sales | -3.0% | AED 2,524/sqft1,497 registrations |
| Q2 2025 | AED 1,682/sqft891 sales | +1.6% | AED 2,528/sqft1,779 registrations |
| Q3 2025 | AED 1,796/sqft739 sales | +5.7% | AED 2,712/sqft3,382 registrations |
| Q4 2025 | AED 1,918/sqft831 sales | +5.0% | AED 2,674/sqft1,962 registrations |
| Q1 2026 | AED 1,913/sqft639 sales | +6.6% | AED 2,835/sqft1,081 registrations |
| Q2 2026 | AED 1,815/sqft434 sales | +7.9% | AED 2,572/sqft477 registrations |
| Q3 2026 | AED 1,808/sqft559 sales | +0.7% | AED 2,432/sqft355 registrations |
Ready-home typical price -1.0% from Q4 2024 (AED 1,826/sqft, 851 sales) to Q3 2026 (AED 1,808/sqft, 559 sales).
The typical price moves with the mix of homes that sold, not only with prices.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Typical price per sqft, month by month
Ready and off-plan together · the newest month is still filling up.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Mortgage registrations in Business Bay
There were 2,005 mortgage registrations here in the 12 months to 7 October 2026. That is the date of the newest mortgage registration in our Dubai-wide records. These count registrations, not buyers. The register records each loan on its own and does not link it to a sale, so we cannot tell you what share of purchases were paid for with a mortgage.
- 1,659 new registrations
- 105 delayed, on off-plan
- 84 modifications
- 56 lease finance
- 35 pre-registrations
- 24 portfolio registrations
- 42 other types
A modification or a transfer is not a new purchase.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Valuations recorded here
Counted from the Land Department's valuations file dated 10 Oct 2026, over the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026.
- flats75 valuationsThe Land Department's valuations file dated 10 Oct 2026 records 75 valuations of flats in Business Bay in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026.
- offices92 valuationsThe Land Department's valuations file dated 10 Oct 2026 records 92 valuations of offices in Business Bay in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026.
- Fewer than 20 valuations of villas were recorded in Business Bay in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026, so Keyva shows no count.
A valuation here is an appraisal recorded with the Land Department. It is not a price anyone paid, and the file does not say why each one was recorded. Keyva shows the count and no value.
Dubai Land Department · valuation records Land Department valuations counted as recorded, per property sub-type, in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026, with a count shown only from 20 valuations · counts, never a price. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Areas at a similar price
Closest to Business Bay on typical price per sqft, each over the same 30 days.
Dubai Science Park
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 113 sales
AED 2,009/sqft
-1%
Jumeirah Lakes Towers
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 123 sales
AED 1,998/sqft
-2%
Dubai Marina
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 223 sales
AED 1,992/sqft
-2%
Meydan One
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 212 sales
AED 1,965/sqft
-3%
Dubai Healthcare City - Phase 2
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 151 sales
AED 1,901/sqft
-6%
Mira
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 92 sales
AED 1,854/sqft
-9%
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · area codes The Land Department's own area names and codes. File dated 2 Oct 2026 · synced 3 Oct 2026.
Buildings in Business Bay
Each has at least twenty sales on record, so its own typical price means something. Ordered by how many sales each has had, most first.
Every building in Business Bay
Dubai Land Department · building register The Land Department's building register. File dated 5 Oct 2026 · synced 5 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Projects in Business Bay · 158 recorded
014 Tower
DISTRICT INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT (L.L.C)
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
15 Northside
Select Global Development L.L.C
AED 2,624/sqft
Feb 2026 · 6 home sales
51@Business Bay
Deyaar Development (P.J.S.C)
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
77s
77 SHADES OF GREEN REALESTATE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
AED 1,936/sqft
Sep 2026 · 1 home sale
Ag Tower
Unknown developer
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Ahad Residences
AHAD REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
AED 2,264/sqft
Dec 2025 · 5 home sales
Al Habtoor City
AL HABTOOR CITY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT (BR. OF DUBAI NATIONAL INVESTMENT CO L.L.C)
AED 1,803/sqft
Aug 2026 · 10 home sales
Al Habtoor Tower
AL HABTOOR CITY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT (BR. OF DUBAI NATIONAL INVESTMENT CO L.L.C)
AED 2,636/sqft
Aug 2026 · 5 home sales
Al Manara
ETA STAR PROPERTY DEVELOPERS L.L.C
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Avanti Tower
DAMAC STAR PROPERTIES (L L C)
AED 1,422/sqft
Sep 2026 · 1 home sale
Avarra By Palace
Unknown developer
AED 3,475/sqft
Apr 2026 · 5 home sales
Aykon City
DAMAC CANAL ONE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Aykon City 2
DAMAC CANAL TWO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
AED 1,653/sqft
Sep 2026 · 7 home sales
Aykon City 3
DAMAC CANAL ONE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
AED 2,370/sqft
Jun 2026 · 7 home sales
B2b Tower
THE DEVELOPER PROPERTIES L.L.C
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Bay Central
Unknown developer
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Bay'S Edge
DAMAC DEVELOPMENT(L L C)
AED 2,451/sqft
Jul 2026 · 1 home sale
Bay Square
BUSINESS BAY (L.L.C)
AED 1,194/sqft
Sep 2026 · 11 home sales
Bayswater
OMNIYAT PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
No month with 5+ recorded home sales since Oct 2025
Bayz 101 By Danube
Danube Properties
AED 3,053/sqft
Apr 2026 · 5 home sales
Bayz 102 By Danube
Danube Properties
AED 2,849/sqft
Aug 2026 · 5 home sales
Bayz Tower
Danube Properties Development L.L.C
AED 1,867/sqft
Jan 2026 · 8 home sales
Binghatti Aquarise
Binghatti
AED 2,432/sqft
1–7 Oct 2026 · 11 home sales
Binghatti Canal
Binghatti Developers Fze
AED 2,145/sqft
Dec 2025 · 6 home sales
Dubai Land Department · project register The Land Department's project register · the status as the developer recorded it. File dated 15 Jun 2026 · synced 26 Sep 2026. The file date is the date carried on the rows themselves; the sync is when Keyva last loaded that file.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
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