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413,299 apartments sold from Jan 2024 to Oct 2026, every one registered with the Dubai Land Department

What Dubai apartments really sell and rent for

Dubai in Oct

Updated with deals to 3 Nov 2026
Apartments sold in Oct8,80145% fewer than a year ago

AED 14.5B changed hands, against AED 30.3B a year earlier.

Resale apartments−6.5%since the Feb 2026 high, same buildings

Level since May 2026.

New-lease rentAED 89per sq ft a year

Across 26,187 new leases in Oct.

Off-plan share65%of apartments sold in Oct

Against 73% a year earlier.

What brings you to Dubai property?

Apartment type

Dubai property prices and rents

Where does a 1-bedroom cost least, and earn the most?

AED 452k

buys a typical 1-bedroom in Al Warsan First, the cheapest of the 30 areas below. It also has the highest return, 9.5% a year. Returns in green are above the middle return of all areas, 7.0%.

Type a budget to see where a typical 1-bedroom fits.

  1. AreaTypical resale priceRentReturn
  2. Al Warsan FirstAED 452kAED 43k a year9.5%
  3. Dubai Land Residence ComplexAED 640kAED 53k a year8.3%
  4. Dubai Production CityAED 670kAED 63k a year9.4%
  5. International CityAED 685kAED 55k a year8.0%
  6. Dubai Sports CityAED 710kAED 56k a year7.8%
  7. Dubai Silicon OasisAED 727kAED 56k a year7.7%
  8. Dubai SouthAED 745kAED 53k a year7.1%
  9. Jabal Ali FirstAED 780kAED 65k a year8.3%
  10. LiwanAED 790kAED 55k a year7.0%
  11. Dubai Studio CityAED 847kAED 62k a year7.3%
  12. Town SquareAED 850kAED 63k a year7.4%
  13. MajanAED 890kAED 65k a year7.3%
  14. Motor CityAED 940kAED 60k a year6.4%
  15. Al FurjanAED 960kAED 70k a year7.3%
  16. Jumeirah Village TriangleAED 968kAED 66k a year6.8%
  17. Damac HillsAED 990kAED 70k a year7.1%
  18. ArjanAED 999kAED 68k a year6.8%
  19. Jumeirah Village CircleAED 1MAED 70k a year7.0%
  20. Jumeirah Lake TowersAED 1.13MAED 80k a year7.1%
  21. Meydan OneAED 1.2MAED 70k a year5.8%
  22. Al JadafAED 1.27MAED 70k a year5.5%
  23. Al MerkadhAED 1.4MAED 90k a year6.4%
  24. Business BayAED 1.44MAED 90k a year6.3%
  25. Al Thanyah ThirdAED 1.5MAED 87k a year5.8%
  26. Dubai Hills EstateAED 1.5MAED 90k a year6.0%
  27. Dubai Creek HarbourAED 1.73MAED 90k a year5.2%
  28. Dubai MarinaAED 1.78MAED 90k a year5.1%
  29. Downtown DubaiAED 2.1MAED 110k a year5.2%
  30. Al WaslAED 2.55MAED 127k a year5.0%
  31. Palm JumeirahAED 2.78MAED 140k a year5.0%

Is Dubai still buying?

8,801 apartments

sold in Oct 2026, 45% fewer than the 16,061 a year earlier. 65% were off-plan.

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Which areas got cheaper, and which got dearer?

14 of 18

busy areas have cheaper apartments than a year ago, in the same buildings, over the last 3 months. Jumeirah Lake Towers fell the most, and Dubai Silicon Oasis rose the most.

Cheaper than a year agoDearerWithin 3%
  1. Jumeirah Lake Towers−10.7%
  2. Business Bay−9.0%
  3. Downtown Dubai−7.4%
  4. Jumeirah Village Circle−6.9%
  5. Dubai Hills Estate−6.8%
  6. Meydan One−6.3%
  7. Dubai Marina−6.3%
  8. Dubai Creek Harbour−5.0%
  9. Dubai Sports City−2.9%
  10. Damac Hills−2.8%
  11. Jabal Ali First−1.6%
  12. Dubai Production City−1.4%
  13. Dubai Land Residence Complex−0.5%
  14. Palm Jumeirah−0.1%
  15. Dubai South+0.2%
  16. Arjan+0.4%
  17. Town Square+1.5%
  18. Dubai Silicon Oasis+3.5%

Where does your money earn the most?

12 areas

cost less per sq ft than the middle price of all areas, AED 1,351 per sq ft, and earn more than the middle return of all areas across all apartment sizes, 7.1%. Al Warsan First has the highest return of them, 9.4%, at AED 659 per sq ft.

Cheaper and earns morePricier and earns lessOther areas
4.0%4.5%5.0%5.5%6.0%6.5%7.0%7.5%8.0%8.5%9.0%9.5%10.0%5001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000Resale price per sq ft, AED, last 12 months →Gross yield →Cheaper and earns morePricier and earns lessmiddle areaJumeirah Village CircleBusiness BayDubai MarinaDowntown DubaiAl Warsan First

Which buildings are selling fastest?

563 sales

in 3 months at Binghatti Skyterraces, the most of any off-plan building. On resale, Binghatti Apex leads with 103.

Resales, last 3 months

  1. Binghatti ApexJumeirah Village Circle103AED 1M
  2. Sky CourtsDubai Land Residence Complex74AED 615k
  3. Peninsula FourBusiness Bay71AED 1.95M
  4. Luma Park ViewsJumeirah Village Circle63AED 1.36M
  5. Azizi Riviera BeachfrontMeydan One57AED 820k
  6. RegaliaBusiness Bay51AED 1.33M
  7. Sobha Hartland Crest GrandeAl Merkadh46AED 2.79M
  8. Sobha Hartland the CrestAl Merkadh39AED 1.55M

Off-plan sales, last 3 months

  1. Binghatti SkyterracesMotor City563AED 881k
  2. Azizi Venice 15Dubai South467AED 709k
  3. Azizi Venice 7Dubai South434AED 667k
  4. ValiaDubai Creek Harbour426AED 2.32M
  5. Raw District 2 by ImtiazDowntown Jebel Ali393AED 748k
  6. Binghatti Skyflame 1Majan382AED 575k
  7. Damac Lagoons Lagoon Views 13Al Hebiah Fifth326AED 775k
  8. Damac Lagoons ValenciaAl Hebiah Fifth318AED 789k

The price is the typical sale in the last 12 months.

Questions people ask

Quick answers, from the same deals as the rest of this page.

How much does a 1-bedroom cost in Dubai?

About AED 1.05M on resale, the typical price from 14,781 resales in the last 12 months across Dubai. Across the 30 areas on this page, the typical 1-bedroom price runs from AED 452k to AED 2.78M.

Where is the cheapest place to buy a studio in Dubai?

Al Warsan First has the lowest typical price of the 28 areas on this page, about AED 335k. Next is Dubai Production City at AED 420k.

Which Dubai area has the highest rental yield?

Al Warsan First has the highest of the 30 areas on this page, about 9.4% gross across all apartment sizes, before service charges.

Are Dubai property prices falling?

Resale prices in the same buildings are −6.5% since the Feb 2026 high. Level since May 2026. 14 of 18 busy areas have cheaper apartments than a year ago, in the same buildings, over the last 3 months. Jumeirah Lake Towers fell the most, and Dubai Silicon Oasis rose the most.

About our data

Where our numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from a real deal registered with the Dubai Land Department. Here's how we turn them into prices you can use.

Sales
Apartments sold in Dubai and registered with the Dubai Land Department since Jan 2024, up to 3 Nov 2026. Sales up to 2 Nov 2026 come from Dubai Real Estate Data, based on DLD open data (CC BY 4.0). Newer sales come straight from the DLD open-data portal.
Leases
Leases registered with the DLD through Ejari since January 2026, up to 2 Nov 2026. Leases don't list bedrooms, so we work them out from the size.
What we count
Apartments and hotel apartments. Villas and townhouses aren't included yet.
Dubai and areas
Counts, prices per sq ft and the off-plan share for Dubai use the deals registered. The 30 areas shown are those with at least 300 resales in the last 12 months. Discovery Gardens is left out: DLD stopped naming it on most deals from Feb 2026. Typical rents by home type use new leases in those areas. Other areas have their own page with fewer figures.
Months
Months are whole months. Nov 2026 so far is left out. The monthly chart splits each month into resales and off-plan from its off-plan share, rounded to a whole percent.
Typical price
The middle deal: half sold for more, half for less.
Return
A year of typical rent as a share of the typical price, also called gross yield. It comes before service charges. For a home type, such as a studio or a 1-bedroom, it uses that type's typical rent and price. An area's return elsewhere on the page is across all apartment sizes, from rent per sq ft against resale price per sq ft.
Same-building prices
A "building" here means a DLD project and its bed count, such as the 1-beds in one project, because DLD stopped filling in building names on 18 Feb 2026. Each one is compared with itself across months, so a change in which homes sold can't look like a change in price. Sales without a project name aren't used. Past months can shift a little as new deals arrive.
Area moves
Resales in the last 3 months against the same 3 months a year earlier, in buildings that sold in both.
When we say up or down
We say a figure rose or fell only when it changed by more than 3%. For months, each month needs at least 30 apartments sold. For areas, each period needs at least 60 resales. A change over 20% is left off the chart.

We update with every data release. This page was last updated on 3 Nov 2026.