AED 2,480,000
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Address Residences Zabeel 3 · 1 bed · 2 bath · 736 sqft
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Zabeel
A guide to living in Zabeel, 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 Zabeel actually sells for — every building, ranked by recorded price →
Median resale price
AED 3.40M
147 completed homes · the last 12 months
Mean AED 4.50M
Median per sq ft
AED 2,809
+0% on the year before
Mean AED 3,035
Buildings
10
5 with enough recent sales to rank
On the market
10
3 for sale · 7 for rent · with McCone today
At a glance
Zabeel in numbers
- Made of
- 10 buildings with a recorded sale history
- Sales on record
- 5,670 since 2015 — the latest registered 3 Sept 2026
- On the market
- 3 for sale · 7 for rent with McCone today
- Who works it
- Patricia Moura Costa — Leasing
The guide
Living in Zabeel
Zabeel is the district between the old city and Downtown that the city's rulers made their own: the palaces, the park and the ministries sit here, and for a long time nobody else did. A few residential developments have since opened its edges to the rest of us, among them a set of towers beside the park and, on the district's Downtown side, one of the city's newest landmark towers, and they trade as some of the most central addresses in Dubai.
The place
The district lies along Sheikh Zayed Road between Bur Dubai and Downtown, with the park, one of the city's largest, at its centre, the palaces behind it and the World Trade Centre and DIFC a short walk on the Downtown side. Its residential developments are few and distinct: the towers beside the park, the landmark development at the district's edge and a handful of buildings near the trade centre. The Metro runs along its highway edge.
What you get
Apartments only, in a small number of developments that differ widely: the park-side towers, family-sized and settled; the landmark development, at the top of the city's market; and the buildings near the trade centre. There are no villas for sale.
Who it suits
People who want to live at the centre of the city with the park at the door, the old city on one side and DIFC on the other, and who value that position over space or newness. Buyers of the landmark development for whom the address is the point.
It suits people less well who want a neighbourhood, a school in reach, or the most space for the money.
Buying and renting here
The developments here are few enough that each trades on its own record, and the tables on this page should be read development by development; every building has its own page with what its layouts actually fetched. Off-plan has been small and is kept apart from resales. For tenants, the official index caps a renewal while a new lease follows the market.
What it costs to buy
What Zabeel 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 | 744 sqft | 2,000,000 | 2,338,473 | 2,610 | 231 |
| 2 B/R | 1,191 sqft | 3,100,000 | 4,080,437 | 2,640 | 394 |
| 3 B/R | 1,763 sqft | 4,900,000 | 5,757,535 | 2,818 | 209 |
| 4 B/R | 2,609 sqft | 8,675,000 | 10,272,836 | 3,360 | 18 |
Over the last 12 months, 147 completed homes changed hands in Zabeel at a median of AED 3,400,000 — AED 2,809 a square foot, up 0% on the year before. Off-plan launches sit beside that figure, not inside it: 199 in the last year at AED 3,712 a square foot.
Every Zabeel building ranked by recorded price, and every sale as registered →
Where the market is moving
The busiest buildings in Zabeel
Over the ninety days to 3 September, Downtown Views II Tower 2 and Downtown Views accounted for 16 of the 36 completed homes sold in Zabeel.
| # | Building | Sales, 90 days | Against its usual pace | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downtown Views II Tower 2 | 9 | 1.3× | 2,573 |
| 2 | Downtown Views | 7 | 1.0× | 2,356 |
| 3 | Downtown Views II Tower 1 | 7 | 0.6× | 2,723 |
| 4 | Downtown Views II Tower 3 | 7 | 0.7× | 2,433 |
| 5 | One Za'abeel The Residences | 6 | 1.1× | 4,402 |
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. 10 buildings in Zabeel carry a recorded history, and each has its own page. Every one ranked by recorded price →
On the market · Zabeel
10 homes on the market with McCone
AED 2,300,000
The Emaar Consultant | Motivated seller High Floor
Address Residences Zabeel 4 · 1 bed · 1 bath · 763 sqft
AED 1,690,000
High Floor | Investor Deal | Park View
Park Views Residences A · 1 bed · 2 bath · 748 sqft
AED 414,999/ year
Burj View | Closed Kitchen | Maid's | 2 Parkings
One Za'abeel The Residences · 2 bed · 3 bath · 2,016 sqft
AED 349,900/ year
Genuine | One & Only Residence | Vacant High Floor
One Za'abeel The Residences · 1 bed · 2 bath · 869 sqft
AED 220,000/ year
Luxury Furnished | High Floor | Burj View
Downtown Views II Tower 1 · 3 bed · 4 bath · 1,805 sqft
Who to ask
Patricia Moura Costa
Leasing
Patricia holds 3 of the 10 homes McCone is marketing in Zabeel today, and hears about the rest before they reach a portal. Ask for Patricia at the desk.
Questions people ask
Zabeel, answered from the register
How much does it cost to buy in Zabeel?
Over the last 12 months, 147 completed homes changed hands in Zabeel at a median of AED 3,400,000 — AED 2,809 a square foot, up 0% on the year before. Off-plan launches are counted separately: 199 in the last year at a median AED 3,712 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 Zabeel?
Completed two-bedroom homes in Zabeel sold for a median AED 3,100,000 over the last three years — typically 1,191 sq ft, or AED 2,640 a square foot — across 394 recorded sales.
How many buildings are there in Zabeel?
10 buildings in Zabeel carry a recorded sale history. Each has its own page with every registered price, and 5 of them have enough recent resales to be ranked by price per square foot.
Is Zabeel still being built?
Of the 437 sales registered in Zabeel in 2025, 219 were off-plan purchases from a developer and 218 were resales of finished homes — a community with both markets running at once. The register has 5,670 sales for Zabeel since 2015.
Which buildings in Zabeel are selling right now?
Over the ninety days to 3 September, Downtown Views II Tower 2 and Downtown Views accounted for 16 of the 36 completed homes sold in Zabeel.
Where these numbers come from. Sale prices are the Dubai Land Department’s transaction register, read from the Dubai Data Exchange — what buyers actually paid, recorded at transfer. Mortgage registrations, gifts and developers’ own filings are excluded, and medians are used so one unusual sale cannot move the number. Sales through 3 Sept 2026.