Building · Dubai Land Residence Complex
Properties for sale in Desert Sun
Nothing for sale here with McCone right now — 314 sales are on record at the Dubai Land Department, below.
The recorded market
Price per square foot, by year
The median of every sale registered at the Dubai Land Department here. Not asking prices.
The low was 2022 at AED 431 a square foot, and it has recovered 64% since. It is still 16% below its 2017 peak.
What sells here
By size
Registered sales in the last three years. Sizes are the registered floor area.
| Layout | Typical size | Median price | Mean price | Per sq ft | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 459 sqft | 375,000 | 395,428 | 817 | 52 |
| 1 B/R | 878 sqft | 582,500 | 623,030 | 666 | 19 |
Layouts that have sold fewer than five times in three years are left out — too few to quote a median, so we do not guess at one.
Every sale, as registered
Recent sales in Desert Sun
The last transfers recorded at the Dubai Land Department, newest first.
| Date | Layout | Size | Price | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2026 | Studio | 458 | 390,000 | 852 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Studio | 459 | 390,000 | 849 |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Studio | 459 | 400,000 | 871 |
| 25 May 2026 | Studio | 459 | 383,500 | 835 |
| 20 May 2026 | Studio | 701 | 490,000 | 699 |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Studio | 680 | 625,000 | 919 |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Studio | 701 | 540,000 | 771 |
| 18 Feb 2026 | 1 B/R | 832 | 580,000 | 697 |
| 18 Feb 2026 | 1 B/R | 920 | 580,000 | 631 |
| 18 Feb 2026 | 1 B/R | 878 | 582,500 | 663 |
| 18 Feb 2026 | 1 B/R | 878 | 582,565 | 663 |
| 18 Feb 2026 | 1 B/R | 832 | 582,500 | 700 |
How often it trades
Sales per year
Off-plan sales dominate a building’s first years; resales take over after handover.Off-planResale
Of the 314 sales on record, 70 were bought off-plan from the developer and 244 were resales of a finished home. The changeover in 2016 is the handover. The 2026 bar is part-year.
In context
Where it sits in Dubai Land Residence Complex
Desert Sun is the 64th most expensive of the 70 Dubai Land Residence Complex buildings with at least fifteen recorded sales in the last year. These are its immediate neighbours on price.
| Rank | Building | Sales, 12 months | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Blue Waves Tower | 43 | 954 |
| 62 | AG Square | 45 | 950 |
| 63 | Etlala Residence 1 | 48 | 851 |
| 64 | Desert Sun | 49 | 815 |
| 65 | Skycourts Tower B | 47 | 729 |
| 66 | Skycourts Tower F | 36 | 723 |
| 67 | Skycourts Tower C | 47 | 713 |
Dubai Land Residence Complex as a whole: AED 1,430 a square foot across 6,585 sales in the last twelve months.
Where the market is moving
The busiest buildings in Dubai Land Residence Complex
Desert Sun sold 3 completed homes in the ninety days to 3 Sept 2026, below the five-sale floor to rank. These are the five busiest buildings in Dubai Land Residence Complex.
| Rank | Building | Sales, 90 days | Against its usual pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skycourts Tower C | 14 | 1.2× |
| 2 | Skycourts Tower D | 11 | 0.7× |
| 3 | Skycourts Tower E | 11 | 0.8× |
| 4 | The V Tower | 10 | 1.1× |
| 5 | Skycourts Tower B | 9 | 0.7× |
Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer — the ninety days to 3 Sept 2026. Buildings with fewer than five sales in the window are not ranked. The ten busiest in Dubai Land Residence Complex, with pace against each building’s own year before.