Zaabeel First
زعبيل الاولىDubai Land Department data shows the typical sale price (the median, ready and off-plan homes together) in Zaabeel First was AED 2,569/sqft over the 30 days to 7 October 2026, from 16 sales recorded so far.
AED 2,569/sqft
30 days to 7 October 2026 · 16 sales
-2.5%
-1%
74%
12 months to 7 October 2026 · 102 sales
6.5%
Ready homes, 12 months to 7 October 2026 · 27 sales · 97 new lets
75
All years, 2023–2026 · 108 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 3,469,888 for about 1,390 sqft in the 12 months to 7 October 2026 (102 sales); across all 2,195 recorded sales the typical price is AED 3,327,000.
Ready-home prices here have moved -2.5% across the 34 months (Nov 2023 – Sep 2026) of Land Department records we hold. That is a pace of -1% a year if it kept going.
That is all 34 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 2,835/sqft
75 sales, 12 months to 7 October 2026
AED 2,723/sqft
2,087 sales since 2022
Ready
AED 4,238/sqft
27 sales, 12 months to 7 October 2026
AED 4,438/sqft
108 sales since 2022
In the 12 months to 7 October 2026, across 102 sales (75 off-plan, 27 completed homes), off-plan sold 33% below completed homes here.
Across every recorded sale since 2022, off-plan sold 39% below 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 Zaabeel First
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | 763 sqft | AED 2,252,500 38 sales all years AED 2,144,888 | AED 2,813/sqft | AED 300,000/yr 20 rent contracts | 871 |
| 2 beds | 1,409 sqft | AED 4,232,388 50 sales all years AED 3,613,275 | AED 2,624/sqft | AED 620,000/yr 71 rent contracts | 1,036 |
| 3 beds | 1,838 sqft | AED 4,639,888 10 sales all years AED 4,841,888 | AED 2,664/sqft | AED 525,000/yr 28 rent contracts | 252 |
| 4 beds | 5,275 sqft | AED 14.85M 2 sales all years AED 13.73M | AED 2,871/sqft | — | 31 |
| 5 beds | 9,983 sqft | fewer than 10 sales in 12 months all years AED 42.19M | AED 4,227/sqft | — | 1 |
| 6 beds | 11,325 sqft | AED 30.74M 1 sale all years AED 28.84M | AED 2,541/sqft | — | 4 |
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
2,011
In Zaabeel First, from the Land Department's register of flats.
Freehold
100%
Every unit in Zaabeel First with a recorded type is freehold, so foreign ownership is permitted throughout.
Typical size
1,386 sqft
Typical size of the 2,011 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.
Villas on the Land Department's register in Zaabeel First
The Land Department's buildings file lists 3 villas in Zaabeel First; 1 of them stand alone on a plot in the land register with both sizes recorded, which is fewer than the 30 needed, so no plot band is shown.
In the Land Department's buildings file dated 5 Oct 2026 and in the Land Department's land register dated 10 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · building register The Land Department's buildings file · each villa record's built-up area and bedrooms, as recorded. File dated 5 Oct 2026 · synced 5 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · land register The Land Department's land register · the plot a villa stands alone on, as the Municipality measures it · no owner. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Rental market
From 127 Ejari rent contracts , last 12 months. These are the rents tenants agreed to pay, not advertised rents.
Typical yearly rent
AED 550,000/yr
for ~2,016 sqft
Rent per sqft
AED 267/sqft
per year
Renewals
24%
of contracts
Contracts
127
last 12 months
What it costs to rent here
Typical yearly rent, by size of home.
- 1 bedAED 300,000/yr
- 2 bedsAED 620,000/yr
- 3 bedsAED 525,000/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 6% 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 Zaabeel First 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. A red (i) marks a figure that rests on few records, with how many.
| Size | Price now, ready homes | Rents for | Yield before costs | Ready sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | AED 5.9M | AED 300,000/yrby bedroom · 20 new lets | 5.1% | 4 |
| 2 beds | AED 9M | AED 620,000/yrby bedroom · 71 new lets | 6.9% | 21 |
| 3 beds | AED 14.53M | AED 525,000/yrsame size in Zaabeel First · 28 new lets | 3.6% | 2 |
Among the sizes with enough sales, the highest yield before costs here is on a 2 beds at 6.9%.
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 3.61M), a 2 beds here reads 17.2% instead of 6.9%. The yield in the table above uses the AED 9M 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
We have no recorded budget for this one, so this starts from a placeholder, not a measured figure. The real number is on your service charge invoice, or on RERA’s Service Charge Index. How to check it.
| Size | Charge / year | Rent after it | Yield before costs | Yield after service charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 beds | AED 21,141 | AED 598,859 | 6.9% | 6.7% |
Only the service charge is taken off.
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 Zaabeel First
How much is rent in Zaabeel First?
The typical rent (the median: half of the rent contracts were above this, half below) in Zaabeel First is AED 300,000/yr for a 1-bedroom, AED 620,000/yr for a 2-bedroom and AED 525,000/yr for a 3-bedroom. These rents come from the rent contracts recorded in Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) in Zaabeel First 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 Zaabeel First?
The typical price (the median: half sold for more than this, half for less) for residential sales in Zaabeel First was AED 2,569/sqft over the 30 days to 7 October 2026, from the 16 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 3.47M and measured about 1,390 sqft (102 sales). These come from sales recorded by the Dubai Land Department. They are what buyers paid, not asking prices.
What rental yield does Zaabeel First give?
The yield before costs on ready homes in Zaabeel First is about 6.9% on a 2-bedroom apartment. That is a year of rent divided by what completed homes of that size sold for over the same twelve months. 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 Zaabeel First freehold?
Yes. Every unit in Zaabeel First whose ownership type is recorded in the Land Department's register is freehold, so foreign nationals may own property here outright. The register holds 2,011 units for the area.
Is Zaabeel First mostly off-plan or completed homes?
74% of the 102 sales recorded in Zaabeel First 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 Zaabeel First, 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 4,628/sqft13 sales | — | AED 2,881/sqft11 registrations |
| Q1 2025 | AED 4,593/sqft12 sales | — | AED 2,777/sqft18 registrations |
| Q2 2025 | AED 4,180/sqft5 sales | — | AED 2,815/sqft36 registrations |
| Q3 2025 | AED 5,739/sqft4 sales | — | AED 2,728/sqft24 registrations |
| Q4 2025 | AED 4,132/sqft8 sales | — | AED 2,914/sqft13 registrations |
| Q1 2026 | AED 4,557/sqft8 sales | — | AED 2,869/sqft13 registrations |
| Q2 2026 | AED 3,873/sqft3 sales | — | AED 3,262/sqft19 registrations |
| Q3 2026 | AED 4,402/sqft8 sales | — | AED 2,635/sqft30 registrations |
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 Zaabeel First
There were 31 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.
- 24 new registrations
- 2 delayed, on off-plan
- 3 modifications
- 1 lease finance
- 1 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.
- Fewer than 20 valuations of flats were recorded in Zaabeel First in the 12 months to 9 Oct 2026, so Keyva shows no count.
- Fewer than 20 valuations of villas were recorded in Zaabeel First 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 Zaabeel First on typical price per sqft, each over the same 30 days.
Dubai Creek Harbour
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 318 sales
AED 2,533/sqft
-1%
Saih Shuaib 1
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 13 sales
AED 2,496/sqft
-3%
Al Rowaiyah First
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 69 sales
AED 2,664/sqft
+4%
Bukadra
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 109 sales
AED 2,445/sqft
-5%
Um Suqaim Third
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 17 sales
AED 2,694/sqft
+5%
Dubai Islands
30 days to 7 Oct 2026 · 120 sales
AED 2,426/sqft
-6%
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 Zaabeel First
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 Zaabeel First
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 Zaabeel First
Address Residences Zabeel
ZABEEL SQUARE L.L.C
AED 2,484/sqft
Sep 2026 · 17 home sales
One Za'Abeel
ONE ZAABEEL L.L.C
AED 4,213/sqft
Sep 2026 · 2 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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