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Dubai Real Estate Market Overview

1st Quarter, 2026
 
  • Sales volume

    47,820

    -16.8% QoQ
    5.3% YoY

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  • Price /sqft

    1,797AED

    2.1% QoQ
    14.8% YoY

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  • Sales value

    175.9BAED

    -6% QoQ
    23% YoY

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YoY (Year-over-Year) Comparison: Measures change against the same period last year (e.g., Q1 2026 vs. Q1 2025).
Including DLD direct sale transactions and DIFC sale transactions. Excludes mortgage registrations and gift transfers.

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    36,289

    Apartments

    -23.2% QoQ
    10.3% YoY

    AED 74.6B

    Sales value

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    8,463

    Villas

    20.6% QoQ
    -17.6% YoY

    AED 60.2B

    Sales value

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    2,049

    Commercial

    -.9% QoQ
    69.2% YoY

    AED 10.3B

    Sales value

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    994

    Plots

    -12.7% QoQ
    -3.2% YoY

    AED 30.8B

    Sales value

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Top 5 performing areas

Top 5 performing areas

The property demand was mainly in these 5 areas

 

Dubai property price change over years

Dubai property price change over years

 

Property sales by price-range

Property sales by price-range

This sales value proportion does not include the mortgage transactions

Quarterly property sales volume in 2026

Quarterly property sales volume in 2026

Primary vs. Resale

Primary Sale vs. Resale

Sales volume

Sales value

Property sales volume over years

Property sales volume over years

Number of property sales transactions in Dubai over years

Property sales value over years

Property sales value over years

Property sales value in Dubai over years

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Mortgage

  • Value

    59.8B

    46 % vs. Q1-2025

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  • No of trasactions

    11,831

    7.5 % vs. Q1-2025

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Cash vs. Mortgage

Cash vs. Mortgage

The analysis captures true capital deployment in the resale market.
Refinance and primary market registrations are excluded to prevent artificial inflation of transaction volumes.

Top 5 projects with the most expensive sold apartments

Top 5 projects with the most expensive sold apartments

#PriceProjectArea
1AED 422 MAman Residences Tower 2Jumeirah Second
2AED 356 MAman Residences Tower 1Jumeirah Second
3AED 226 MThe Alba ResidencesPalm Jumeirah
4AED 210 MPeninsula Dubai Residences - Tower 2Jumeirah Second
5AED 114 MFairmont Residences Solara TowerDowntown Dubai

Top 5 areas with the most expensive sold villas

Top 5 areas with the most expensive sold villas

#PriceArea
1AED 350 MJumeirah First
2AED 134 MEmirates Living
3AED 115 MPalm Jumeirah
4AED 96 MHadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid
5AED 85 MJumeirah Bay Islands

Apartment average prices in the top 10 areas

Apartment average prices in the top 10 areas

  • Dubai Creek Harbour

    Dubai Creek Harbour

    AED 2,957,888
    AED 2,564 /sqft
  • Dubai Islands

    Dubai Islands

    AED 2,677,091
    AED 2,781 /sqft
  • Business Bay

    Business Bay

    AED 2,266,184
    AED 2,595 /sqft
  • Nad Al Sheba First

    Nad Al Sheba First

    AED 1,405,000
    AED 3,567 /sqft
  • Dubai South

    Dubai South

    AED 1,283,888
    AED 1,532 /sqft
  • Jabal Ali First

    Jabal Ali First

    AED 1,195,795
    AED 1,417 /sqft
  • Me'Aisem First

    Me'Aisem First

    AED 1,051,054
    AED 1,349 /sqft
  • Al Barsha South Fourth

    Al Barsha South Fourth

    AED 1,040,000
    AED 1,482 /sqft
  • Wadi Al Safa 5

    Wadi Al Safa 5

    AED 822,130
    AED 1,462 /sqft
  • Wadi Al Safa 3

    Wadi Al Safa 3

    AED 790,000
    AED 1,559 /sqft

Villa average prices in the top 10 areas

Villa average prices in the top 10 areas

  • Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid

    Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid

    20,670,000 AED
    AED 2,836 /sqft
  • Me'Aisem Second

    Me'Aisem Second

    15,831,888 AED
    AED 2,077 /sqft
  • Nad Al Sheba First

    Nad Al Sheba First

    15,723,000 AED
    AED 2,841 /sqft
  • Me'Aisem First

    Me'Aisem First

    12,229,000 AED
    AED 2,023 /sqft
  • Wadi Al Safa 3

    Wadi Al Safa 3

    8,675,617 AED
    AED 2,036 /sqft
  • Al Yelayiss 5

    Al Yelayiss 5

    7,896,479 AED
    AED 1,936 /sqft
  • Al Yufrah 1

    Al Yufrah 1

    7,319,888 AED
    AED 1,640 /sqft
  • Jabal Ali First

    Jabal Ali First

    4,260,000 AED
    AED 1,459 /sqft
  • Al Hebiah Fifth

    Al Hebiah Fifth

    3,047,430 AED
    AED 1,346 /sqft
  • Madinat Hind 4

    Madinat Hind 4

    1,750,000 AED
    AED 863 /sqft

Property delivery rate

Property delivery rate

This chart considers all units due to handover vs. completed units (even if they were scheduled for previous years)







The best selling projects in quarter

The best selling projects

Primary market apartments

#ProjectVolumeValueMedian price
Binghatti Vintage
539
412.4M
699K
Maybach Six - Tower B
403
689.6M
1.4M
Sierra By Iman
338
483.2M
1.3M
Binghatti Cullinan
326
393M
880K
Samana Boulevard Heights
281
250.6M
757.8K

Primary market villas

#ProjectVolumeValueMedian price
Damac Islands 2 - Bahamas 2
376
1.2B
2.8M
Damac Islands 2 - Cuba
371
1.2B
2.9M
Damac Islands 2 - Bahamas 1
357
1.2B
2.9M
Damac Islands 2 - Tahiti 2
331
1.1B
2.9M
Damac Islands 2 - Bermuda
323
1B
2.9M

Resale apartments

#ProjectVolumeValueMedian price
The Holland Gardens
54
81.1M
1.5M
Peninsula Three
48
87.9M
1.8M
Ashjar
47
94.8M
2M
The Neighbourhood C1
46
92.8M
1.9M
Binghatti Phoenix
44
53.9M
1.2M

Resale villas

#ProjectVolumeValueMedian price
Rukan 3
46
65.4M
1.2M
Jumeirah Village Triangle
41
203.2M
5M
The Valley-Nara
36
111.8M
2.9M
The Valley - Orania
34
103.1M
2.8M
Maha Townhouses
33
105M
3M