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The recorded register

Dubai property prices

Dubai property prices as the Land Department recorded them: every residential sale registered since 1997 — 1,105,505 of them — read back as one figure per community and one per building. Not asking prices: what buyers actually paid.

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4,605buildings with a report

123communities

29years of register

Not sure of the spelling? Every building with a report is listed on buildings in Dubai, A to Z, by first letter, with its community and its recorded sales beside it.

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Dubai · the whole register

What Dubai actually sells for

Median resale

AED 1,426

per sq ft · up 5% on the year

Mean AED 1,588

Typical resale price

AED 1.45M

43,645 sales in 12 months

Mean AED 2.92M

Off-plan, separately

AED 1,802

per sq ft · 112,839 sales

Mean AED 2,017

1997

through 13 October 2026

Price, year by year

Twenty-five years of the Dubai property market

Median resale price per sqft, by yearAED 1,429 · the highest the register has held

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Completed resales only — off-plan is counted separately, because the mix of launches moves a blended median more than prices do. A year appears once it holds at least 100 recorded resales, and 2026 runs to the date above. The same series as an index — rebased to 2020 = 100, with every community’s price by year and the towers that rose most since 2020 — is the Dubai property price index. Who is launching what — every developer ranked by RERA’s project register, with what each has built, has on site and has not yet started — is on real estate developers in Dubai. What the register recorded in a single month — the count against a year earlier, the off-plan split, the busiest and dearest communities and towers, the record sale — is the monthly note, most recently September 2026, with every month since 2010 in Dubai real estate news, month by month.

Communities

Every community, ranked by what it sells for

80 of Dubai’s 123 communities have enough recorded resales in the last twelve months to carry a median. The rest still have a report — measured over a longer window. Each community also has an area guide, the same registers read as a place to live. The two ends of this table are pages of their own — the most expensive areas, with the dearest building in each and what a villa and a flat cost there, and the cheapest.

	Community	AED/sqft	Year on year	Resales, 12m	Buildings
1	Bluewaters	5,699	+6%	92	12
2	Dubai Harbour	3,407	−5%	296	38
3	Jumeirah	3,105	+5%	158	38
4	Al Safa	2,962	+10%	77	15
5	Zabeel	2,785	−1%	147	10
6	Umm Suqeim	2,771	−4%	146	38
7	Palm Jumeirah	2,697	+8%	662	109
8	City Walk	2,688	+4%	254	56
9	Downtown Dubai	2,521	0%	1,389	156
10	Tilal Al Ghaf	2,474	+6%	178	5
11	Mina Rashid	2,326	+8%	28	38
12	Dubai Creek Harbour (The Lagoons)	2,326	+3%	1,204	114
13	Dubai Hills Estate	2,294	+3%	1,160	108
14	The Lakes	2,241	+17%	21	4
15	Dubai Media City	2,207	−4%	65	3
16	Nad Al Sheba	2,170	0%	187	18
17	Maritime City	2,041	−2%	32	30
18	The Views	2,032	+9%	156	19
19	Mohammed Bin Rashid City	2,024	+1%	1,578	140
20	Bur Dubai	1,948	−5%	102	10
21	Meydan	1,946	+3%	1,051	121
22	Business Bay	1,885	+6%	2,350	159
23	Dubai Marina	1,877	+11%	1,757	154
24	Culture Village	1,847	+7%	71	8
25	Arabian Ranches 3	1,801	−9%	252	16
26	Al Jaddaf	1,778	+26%	480	39
27	Wadi Al Safa 2	1,774	0%	31	2
28	Al Satwa	1,738	+2%	92	34
29	Al Barari	1,738	−8%	172	17
30	Greens	1,735	+8%	312	47
31	The Springs	1,665	+10%	359	14
32	Mudon	1,664	+23%	401	13
33	Jumeirah Beach Residence	1,658	0%	459	36
34	Jumeirah Golf Estates	1,641	−15%	183	19
35	Damac Lagoons	1,633	+8%	1,084	49
36	Al Sufouh	1,610	+7%	55	8
37	Arabian Ranches	1,546	+13%	22	7
38	Villanova	1,509	+5%	234	16
39	Wasl Gate	1,480	+7%	65	36
40	Dubai Science Park	1,456	−8%	120	21
41	Jumeirah Lake Towers	1,455	+4%	890	71
42	Damac Hills	1,426	+8%	837	72
43	Arabian Ranches 2	1,422	+8%	75	9
44	Downtown Jebel Ali	1,419	+16%	112	8
45	Rukan	1,393	+33%	250	6
46	Dubai Studio City	1,393	+17%	497	24
47	Dubai Festival City	1,388	−14%	32	13
48	Al Muhaisnah	1,381	+6%	45	11
49	Dubai Land	1,373	−5%	452	80
50	Arjan	1,359	+10%	1,296	107
51	Town Square	1,352	+9%	945	65
52	Jumeirah Village Triangle	1,316	+15%	449	69
53	Jumeirah Village Circle	1,301	+4%	4,213	415
54	Al Furjan	1,294	+3%	695	102
55	The Valley	1,292	−3%	498	25
56	Al Barsha	1,292	+2%	73	7
57	Serena	1,288	+8%	52	2
58	Reem	1,212	+9%	195	8
59	Barsha Heights (Tecom)	1,161	+3%	46	8
60	Mirdif	1,140	−4%	88	14
61	City of Arabia	1,131	+67%	30	28
62	Dubai South (Dubai World Central)	1,125	+2%	1,096	189
63	Jebel Ali	1,097	+44%	59	20
64	Damac Hills 2	1,063	−15%	1,088	38
65	Motor City	1,002	+10%	745	79
66	Dubai Production City (IMPZ)	978	+4%	785	60
67	Dubai Silicon Oasis	971	+16%	847	78
68	Discovery Gardens	963	+15%	954	86
69	Dubai Industrial City	962	−2%	101	21
70	Dubai Internet City	955	−73%	227	3
71	Dubai Sports City	954	+10%	1,142	84
72	Remraam	942	+7%	249	59
73	Al Quoz	921	+14%	112	14
74	Majan	894	−8%	907	45
75	Dubai Investment Park (DIP)	886	+22%	209	133
76	Al Warsan	882	+1%	304	37
77	Liwan	866	+8%	402	53
78	Living Legends	847	+10%	73	12
79	Dubai Land Residence Complex	817	+1%	590	96
80	International City	662	+3%	1,320	302

Buildings

Down to the individual building

4,605 of them have a page. Two ways in — the dearest addresses in the city, and the ones where the market actually moves.

Dearest building, by community	AED/sqft	Resales, 2y
Atlantis The Royal ResidencesPalm Jumeirah	9,039	41
Bluewaters Residences Building 9Bluewaters	6,234	18
IL PrimoDowntown Dubai	5,489	32
Eden House The CanalJumeirah	5,159	18
Five Luxe JBRJumeirah Beach Residence	5,012	44
One Za'abeel The ResidencesZabeel	4,464	59
IxoraAl Barari	4,005	36
Grand Bleu Tower 1Dubai Harbour	3,918	101
J One - 2Business Bay	3,752	17
Lamtara 1Umm Suqeim	3,457	10

Busiest building	Sales, 90 days	Usual pace	AED/sqft
Binghatti ApexJumeirah Village Circle	105	4.5×	1,427
LIV WatersideDubai Marina	103	19.6×	3,197
MaltaDamac Lagoons	66	1.9×	1,648
Luma Park ViewsJumeirah Village Circle	54	1.1×	1,485
Crest GrandeMohammed Bin Rashid City	53	3.3×	1,949
Peninsula FourBusiness Bay	51	New to resale, 2026	2,448
PortofinoDamac Lagoons	42	1.4×	1,523
Qasr Sabah 1Dubai Production City (IMPZ)	41	3.6×	716
T88Dubai Silicon Oasis	37	7.0×	1,200
SantoriniDamac Lagoons	36	0.7×	1,710

The dearest buildings change hands a few dozen times in two years. The busiest turn over that many in a month — most of them newly handed over, their first owners selling on. Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer: the ninety days to 13 Oct 2026, each building against its own average ninety days over the year before. One building per community on the left, or the list would be seven Bluewaters addresses in a row — the full league, fifty deep with every district’s dearest beneath it, is on the best residential buildings in Dubai, and the single dearest sales on the register — the record homes, this year’s and every year’s since 2015 — on the most expensive homes sold in Dubai, and every tower that handed over this year and last, with what its first resales fetched against the off-plan price, is on new buildings in Dubai, and every sale of each recent day, dearest first, each row linking its building’s page, is on Dubai property transactions. 9 buildings that registered a portfolio in one go — one buyer, not a market — are left out on the right and named on their community pages.

Recorded rents

What each community rents for

103 communities with a hundred or more tenancies registered with Ejari in the last twelve months, ranked by rent per square foot a year. Each links to its rental report — median rents by layout, new leases against renewals, and gross yield against the sale register.

	Community	AED/sqft/yr	Studio	1 B/R	2 B/R	3 B/R	Contracts, 12m
1	Zabeel	150	—	118K	175K	263K	1,129
2	Dubai Design District	147	—	115K	170K	260K	1,011
3	Umm Suqeim	134	—	120K	190K	250K	976
4	Downtown Dubai	132	72K	115K	175K	284K	9,187
5	Dubai Hills Estate	131	55K	90K	145K	245K	7,340
6	Dubai Creek Harbour (The Lagoons)	128	—	96K	150K	210K	5,879
7	Meydan	126	50K	80K	130K	182K	14,206
8	City Walk	125	57K	139K	203K	278K	2,076
9	Al Safa	125	57K	139K	203K	278K	2,076
10	Al Wasl	125	57K	139K	203K	278K	2,076
11	Mohammed Bin Rashid City	125	48K	80K	130K	220K	23,263
12	Emirates Golf Club	125	90K	150K	203K	290K	3,897
13	Palm Jumeirah	125	90K	150K	203K	290K	3,897
14	Business Bay	112	65K	85K	125K	170K	17,788
15	The Lakes	109	60K	90K	150K	230K	4,013
16	The Views	109	60K	90K	150K	230K	4,013
17	Greens	109	60K	90K	150K	230K	4,013
18	Dubai Marina	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,300
19	Jumeirah Beach Residence	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,300
20	Bluewaters	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,300
21	Dubai Harbour	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,300
22	Dubai Studio City	105	46K	65K	90K	110K	2,037
23	Bur Dubai	104	—	105K	150K	220K	614
24	Downtown Jebel Ali	98	45K	58K	79K	90K	965
25	Jumeirah Park	97	58K	80K	120K	235K	9,170
26	Jumeirah Islands	97	58K	80K	120K	235K	9,170
27	Jumeirah Lake Towers	97	58K	80K	120K	235K	9,170
28	Damac Hills	95	44K	70K	120K	190K	4,141
29	Mudon	92	44K	70K	120K	185K	5,388
30	Dubai Science Park	91	46K	69K	110K	220K	1,508
31	Nad Al Sheba	91	52K	79K	121K	233K	2,376
32	Jumeirah Village Circle	91	48K	70K	95K	150K	29,341
33	Jumeirah Village Triangle	90	45K	71K	86K	180K	3,055
34	Al Satwa	88	53K	71K	94K	195K	5,495
35	Arabian Ranches	88	46K	65K	120K	231K	3,178
36	Pearl Jumeirah	87	50K	100K	160K	219K	2,446
37	Jumeirah	87	50K	100K	160K	219K	2,446
38	Dubai Media City	86	—	108K	139K	179K	482
39	Dubai Internet City	86	—	108K	139K	179K	482
40	Arjan	86	45K	65K	90K	150K	13,501
41	Dubai Festival City	84	33K	87K	150K	205K	743
42	Jumeirah Golf Estates	84	38K	57K	84K	210K	7,432
43	Dubai Production City (IMPZ)	84	38K	57K	84K	210K	7,432
44	Culture Village	83	53K	70K	88K	135K	8,629
45	Al Jaddaf	83	53K	70K	88K	135K	8,629
46	Town Square	82	42K	60K	85K	144K	5,997
47	Barsha Heights (Tecom)	82	60K	68K	87K	120K	5,454
48	Al Muhaisnah	82	—	80K	118K	170K	367
49	Al Sufouh	81	50K	87K	100K	181K	691
50	Damac Lagoons	80	40K	54K	77K	130K	2,925
51	Remraam	80	40K	54K	77K	130K	2,925
52	Tilal Al Ghaf	80	40K	56K	80K	190K	10,081
53	Dubai Sports City	80	40K	56K	80K	190K	10,081
54	Al Barsha	79	45K	65K	88K	131K	13,992
55	Dubai Industrial City	77	38K	50K	68K	81K	1,404
56	Jebel Ali	76	43K	62K	84K	151K	26,628
57	Al Furjan	76	43K	62K	84K	152K	25,663
58	Wasl Gate	76	43K	62K	84K	152K	25,663
59	Discovery Gardens	76	43K	62K	84K	152K	25,663
60	Expo City	76	40K	58K	86K	110K	8,456
61	Dubai South (Dubai World Central)	76	40K	58K	86K	110K	8,456
62	Reportage Village	74	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,181
63	Rukan	74	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,181
64	Arabian Ranches 2	74	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,181
65	Serena	74	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,181
66	Motor City	73	50K	72K	115K	180K	1,894
67	Majan	72	40K	60K	83K	150K	4,093
68	Living Legends	72	40K	60K	83K	150K	4,093
69	Al Barari	72	40K	60K	83K	150K	4,093
70	Academic City	70	19K	62K	80K	—	192
71	Liwan	70	40K	51K	74K	97K	4,743
72	Wadi Al Safa 2	70	40K	51K	74K	97K	4,743
73	Falcon City of Wonders	70	40K	51K	74K	97K	4,743
74	The Valley	69	—	—	—	135K	862
75	Al Warsan	69	38K	50K	62K	90K	9,408
76	Arabian Ranches 3	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,023
77	Dubai Land Residence Complex	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,023
78	Oud Metha	69	42K	70K	88K	120K	3,739
79	Athlon by Aldar	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,023
80	Villanova	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,023
81	Dubai Land	68	38K	53K	73K	155K	15,719
82	Dubai Silicon Oasis	68	41K	55K	75K	120K	16,079
83	Al Garhoud	68	53K	65K	81K	120K	1,839
84	The Springs	67	—	—	155K	235K	2,355
85	Dubai Investment Park (DIP)	67	36K	55K	77K	158K	5,988
86	Al Karama	67	44K	57K	70K	92K	11,377
87	Al Quoz	66	42K	59K	59K	71K	2,220
88	Maritime City	65	65K	64K	83K	113K	1,707
89	Mina Rashid	65	65K	64K	83K	113K	1,707
90	Damac Hills 2	62	37K	47K	83K	90K	5,369
91	Reem	60	—	—	121K	160K	1,444
92	Damac Islands 2	60	—	—	121K	160K	1,444
93	Al Warqa	59	35K	46K	62K	96K	9,324
94	International City	58	30K	41K	56K	110K	24,193
95	Dubai Waterfront	56	32K	41K	64K	87K	560
96	Hor Al Anz	56	33K	42K	59K	80K	8,073
97	Al Twar	55	32K	42K	62K	87K	2,956
98	Al Nahda	55	35K	45K	58K	82K	23,211
99	Al Rashidiya	52	33K	47K	64K	110K	879
100	Al Qusais	52	31K	42K	53K	65K	19,419
101	Mirdif	51	44K	53K	71K	110K	10,036
102	Al Khawaneej	37	35K	39K	70K	160K	269
103	Al Mizhar	20	—	—	55K	135K	192

Median annual rents. The rental register records the area a home sits in, not the building, so a community’s figures are its DLD area’s — Dubai Marina, JBR and Dubai Harbour share one. Each report says which area it read. Set against the sale register, area by area and tower by tower, the same contracts become rental yields in Dubai, and what each community’s rent did on the year before, with a new lease kept apart from a renewal, is on Dubai rent prices.

How it is measured

The rules, so you can argue with the number

A sale is what a buyer paid

Every figure comes from the Dubai Land Department’s registered transactions. We exclude lease-to-own conversions, developer registration filings, and transfers recorded at a fraction of what the building trades for — they carry a price, but nobody bought a home at it that day. That is 5.5% of all rows, and enough to move a building’s median by five per cent.

Off-plan is never blended in

A community sells completed homes and launches at once, at very different prices. Averaged together, Dubai Marina reads as a 13% fall in a year it rose 10% — the number tracks launch schedules, not prices. Headlines are resales; off-plan is shown beside them, labelled.

The window says how long it is

Twelve months where there are enough sales to mean something, three years where there are not, and the whole record for a quiet building — always labelled, with the date of the last recorded sale. Half of Dubai’s buildings sold fewer than twelve homes last year.

Seen a different figure on DXB Interact? It reads the same publish. What it is, who runs it, what a row on it means and what any reading of the register leaves out is on DXB Interact explained.

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