Dubai property market statistics

Dubai, city-wide

Typical price and rent, by area

The twelve areas with the most sales on the register. Price per square foot covers the sale period above, ready resales and off-plan sales separately, with the count behind each; a figure is left blank under 30 sales. Rent is the typical recorded rent contract over the same twelve months. Why some figures are blank.

Highest yields before costs

Before costs: ready homes and recorded rent contracts over one checked period — 12 October 2025 to 12 October 2026. Both sides are measured to the same instant, and where they are not this table is withheld rather than divided across two periods. Typical recorded rent per square foot over the typical recorded price per square foot of ready resales — off-plan sales are not homes anyone rents yet. Limited to areas with at least 500 ready sales and 1,000 recorded rent contracts in the period, so the table reflects real markets rather than thin pockets and industrial estates. The newest rent contract behind these figures starts 12 October 2026. Service charges, commission and empty months are not deducted. Why some figures are blank.

The yield before costs in Dubai's most active areas runs from roughly 7.1% to 9.6%. It is the typical rent (the median: half of the rent contracts were above this, half below) per square foot on new lets, as a share of the typical price (the median: half sold for more than this, half for less) per square foot of ready homes (resales, not off-plan sales), both over the same twelve months, 12 October 2025 to 12 October 2026. Renewals are left out: they are priced off the previous contract under Decree 43 of 2013's cap and lag new lets. International City Ph 1 has the highest yield of the areas with at least 500 ready sales and 1,000 recorded rent contracts, at 9.6% on 1,245 ready sales and 9,609 rent contracts. Service charges, agency commission and empty periods are not taken off, and service charges in Dubai are commonly a fifth to a third of the rent.

Where recorded sales under AED 1M happen

Share of each area's recorded sales in the last twelve months priced under AED 1M, ready resales and off-plan sales separately, each with its count. The two are not the same market: 70.5% of all sales under AED 1M in the period are off-plan launches — a payment plan on a home not yet built — not resales of homes anyone can move into. Areas need at least 100 sales on each side to appear; showing the 15 largest ready shares of the 43 that qualify. Why some figures are blank.

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 10 Oct 2026 · synced 12 Oct 2026.

Villas and townhouses, as the Land Department records them

Typical price per square foot and typical price of recorded VILLA and TOWNHOUSE sales in the last twelve months, ready resales and off-plan sales separately, each blank under 50 sales. The two types are counted together because the register counts them together, not Keyva: the Land Department recorded 9 sales citywide as TOWNHOUSE in the period, so most townhouses are in these rows as villas. Why some figures are blank.

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 10 Oct 2026 · synced 12 Oct 2026.

Where rents moved most

Change in typical rent per square foot against the same month a year earlier, for the busiest rental areas. Contract counts are the last twelve months. The change is of new lets, in each area’s newest complete month with at least 20 of them; it is blank where the month a year before held fewer, or the area has fewer than 13 months that held that many. Why some figures are blank.

Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 12 Oct 2026 · synced 12 Oct 2026.