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South Bay 3
What people actually paid in South Bay 3: the sales registered at the Dubai Land Department, not asking prices. Understand the numbers before you buy.
280 sales are on record at the Dubai Land Department, below.
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- Handed over
- 2012 — the first year resales of completed homes appear in numbers on the register, not the developer’s date
- First on record
- 2012 — off-plan and completed homes in the same year
- Sales on record
- 280 — registered at the Dubai Land Department, the latest October 2026
- Off-plan share
- 91% — 256 bought off-plan from the developer, 24 resales of a completed home
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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 2023 at AED 924 a square foot, and it has recovered 42% since. It is still 34% below its 2016 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 B/R | 2,099 sqft | 2,500,000 | 2,664,804 | 1,182 | 51 |
| 4 B/R | 3,552 sqft | 3,400,000 | 3,388,861 | 887 | 101 |
| 5 B/R | 4,219 sqft | 3,950,000 | 5,105,173 | 935 | 81 |
| 6 B/R | 8,611 sqft | 15,500,000 | 15,291,667 | 1,800 | 12 |
| 7 B/R | 11,719 sqft | 20,000,000 | 20,900,000 | 1,707 | 5 |
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 South Bay 3
The last transfers recorded at the Dubai Land Department, newest first.
| Date | Layout | Size | Price | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | 3 B/R | 2,099 | 3,175,000 | 1,513 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 3 B/R | 2,099 | 3,250,000 | 1,548 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 4 B/R | 3,978 | 4,100,000 | 1,031 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 4 B/R | 3,978 | 4,250,000 | 1,068 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 5 B/R | 5,168 | 5,000,000 | 967 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 3 B/R | 2,099 | 2,950,000 | 1,405 |
| 20 May 2026 | 3 B/R | 2,933 | 3,500,000 | 1,193 |
| 12 May 2026 | 3 B/R | 2,099 | 2,900,000 | 1,382 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | 7 B/R | 10,333 | 21,000,000 | 2,032 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 4 B/R | 3,552 | 4,250,000 | 1,196 |
| 26 Feb 2026 | 3 B/R | 2,099 | 3,100,000 | 1,477 |
| 19 Feb 2026 | 3 B/R | 2,933 | 3,790,000 | 1,292 |
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 280 sales on record, 256 were bought off-plan from the developer and 24 were resales of a finished home. The changeover in 2012 is the handover. The 2026 bar is part-year.
In context
Where it sits in Dubai South (Dubai World Central)
South Bay 3 is the 86th most expensive of the 124 Dubai South (Dubai World Central) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | South Living | 37 | 1,315 |
| 84 | Stories by Mirfa | 45 | 1,309 |
| 85 | Lilian Residences | 16 | 1,303 |
| 86 | South Bay 3 | 23 | 1,292 |
| 87 | Beachfront Gates 2 | 24 | 1,289 |
| 88 | Raiha | 17 | 1,286 |
| 89 | Hayat 5 | 109 | 1,284 |
Dubai South (Dubai World Central) as a whole: AED 1,628 a square foot across 14,350 sales in the last twelve months.
Where the market is moving
The busiest buildings in Dubai South (Dubai World Central)
South Bay 3 sold 0 completed homes in the ninety days to 19 Oct 2026, below the five-sale floor to rank. These are the five busiest buildings in Dubai South (Dubai World Central).
| Rank | Building | Sales, 90 days | Against its usual pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kappa Acca 1 | 15 | 2.2× |
| 2 | Celestia A | 10 | 0.7× |
| 3 | Parkside 2 | 8 | 1.1× |
| 4 | The Pulse Boulevard Apartments (C2) | 8 | 4.6× |
| 5 | Anchorage Residence | 7 | 1.2× |
Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer — the ninety days to 19 Oct 2026. Buildings with fewer than five sales in the window are not ranked. The ten busiest in Dubai South (Dubai World Central), with pace against each building’s own year before.
Nearby
What else to look at in Dubai South (Dubai World Central)
The buildings this one sits between on recorded price per square foot, and the newest to start trading. Every one has its own page of registered prices.
| Building | Recorded sales | First traded | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golf Valenewest | 238 | 2026 | 1,663 |
| Windsor House II - Tower Anewest | 200 | 2026 | 1,537 |
| Kappa Acca 5 | 71 | 2025 | 1,076 |
| Golf Views A | 263 | 2017 | 1,072 |
| South Bay 5 | 170 | 2024 | 1,066 |
| Kappa Acca 6 | 59 | 2026 | 1,059 |
| Greenview 3 | 365 | 2022 | 1,006 |
| Lincoln Star Residence | 37 | 2025 | 1,000 |
| Cresswell Residences | 95 | 2024 | 984 |
| MAG 515 | 194 | 2017 | 920 |
Medians over each building’s whole recorded history at the Dubai Land Department, so a tower that has not traded lately is still here — this is what to look at next, not what the market is doing this month. Buildings with fewer than five recorded sales are left out. “First traded” is the year the register first saw a sale in the building, which for a new tower is close to its handover.
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