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Al Safa
A guide to living in Al Safa, Dubai — what it sells for, what it rents for, the buildings, and who to ask. Every figure is drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s registers: sales through September 2026.
What Al Safa actually sells for — every building, ranked by recorded price →
At a glance
Al Safa in numbers
- Made of
- 15 buildings with a recorded sale history
- Sales on record
- 2,709 since 2022 — the latest registered 1 Sept 2026
The guide
Living in Al Safa
Al Safa is the district around the city's oldest large park, between Jumeirah's villa streets and the canal that now runs beside it, and most of its houses may be owned only by citizens. But a set of developer-built towers on the canal's bank has opened the district's edge to everyone, and they trade at the top of the city's market for the view of the park, the water and the skyline behind them.
The place
The district lies between Al Wasl Road and Sheikh Zayed Road, with the park at its centre, the canal along its edge, Jumeirah's beach a short drive and Downtown and Business Bay across the water. Its villa streets are the district's fabric; its freehold towers stand on the canal's bank beside the park, with the canal promenade at their feet and the park's lawns and lake across the road.
What you get
Apartments in a small number of developer-built towers on the canal, from one-bedroom flats to large layouts and penthouses, with the park and the water in the windows; and villas on the district's streets, most not for sale to most buyers.
Who it suits
Buyers who want a new flat with the park at the door and Downtown across the water, at the top of the market. Owners who intend to let to the same people. Families who want the park and the schools of Jumeirah and Al Safa.
It suits people less well who want space for the money or an established neighbourhood of apartments.
Buying and renting here
The towers are few enough that each trades on its own record, and the tables on this page should be read building by building; every building has its own page with what its layouts actually fetched. Off-plan resales in the newer towers are kept apart from finished sales. For tenants, the official index caps a renewal while a new lease follows the market.
What it costs to buy
What Al Safa sells for
Completed resales over the last three years, by layout — the registered price and the registered floor area. Off-plan launches are counted separately and never folded in.
| Layout | Typical size | Median price | Mean price | Per sq ft | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 B/R | 941 sqft | 2,523,766 | 2,461,254 | 2,669 | 98 |
| 2 B/R | 1,510 sqft | 4,180,000 | 4,186,187 | 2,745 | 273 |
| 3 B/R | 1,995 sqft | 6,352,500 | 6,234,382 | 3,083 | 42 |
Over the last 12 months, 87 completed homes changed hands in Al Safa at a median of AED 4,274,000 — AED 2,953 a square foot, up 10% on the year before. Off-plan launches sit beside that figure, not inside it: 385 in the last year at AED 2,999 a square foot.
Every Al Safa building ranked by recorded price, and every sale as registered →
Where the market is moving
The busiest buildings in Al Safa
Over the ninety days to 3 September, CF 3 alone accounted for 6 of the 17 completed homes sold in Al Safa, above its usual pace.
| # | Building | Sales, 90 days | Against its usual pace | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CF 3 | 6 | 2.0× | 2,687 |
Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer — the ninety days to 3 Sept 2026. Pace is this window against the building’s own average ninety days over the year before. Buildings with fewer than five sales in the window are left out. 15 buildings in Al Safa carry a recorded history, and each has its own page. Every one ranked by recorded price →
Questions people ask
Al Safa, answered from the register
How much does it cost to buy in Al Safa?
Over the last 12 months, 87 completed homes changed hands in Al Safa at a median of AED 4,274,000 — AED 2,953 a square foot, up 10% on the year before. Off-plan launches are counted separately: 385 in the last year at a median AED 2,999 a square foot. Every figure is a transfer registered at the Dubai Land Department, not an asking price.
How much is a two-bedroom in Al Safa?
Completed two-bedroom homes in Al Safa sold for a median AED 4,180,000 over the last three years — typically 1,510 sq ft, or AED 2,745 a square foot — across 273 recorded sales.
How many buildings are there in Al Safa?
15 buildings in Al Safa carry a recorded sale history. Each has its own page with every registered price, and 11 of them have enough recent resales to be ranked by price per square foot.
Is Al Safa still being built?
Of the 730 sales registered in Al Safa in 2025, 477 were off-plan purchases from a developer and 253 were resales of finished homes — a community still being built out. The register has 2,709 sales for Al Safa since 2022.
Which buildings in Al Safa are selling right now?
Over the ninety days to 3 September, CF 3 alone accounted for 6 of the 17 completed homes sold in Al Safa, above its usual pace.