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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 — 1,107,326 of them — read back as one figure per community and one per building. Not asking prices: what buyers actually paid.

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Busiest:Jumeirah Village Circle Business Bay Dubai Marina Mohammed Bin Rashid City Downtown Dubai

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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Price, year by year

Twenty-five years of the Dubai property market

Median resale price per sqft, by yearAED 1,430 · 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.

Dubai · the whole register

What Dubai actually sells for

Median resale

AED 1,431

per sq ft · up 5% on the year

Mean AED 1,592

Typical resale price

AED 1.46M

43,335 sales in 12 months

Mean AED 2.93M

Off-plan, separately

AED 1,801

per sq ft · 112,175 sales

Mean AED 2,015

1997

through 19 October 2026

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	5,587	+3%	91	12
2	Dubai Harbour	3,400	−5%	295	38
3	Jumeirah	3,122	+6%	154	38
4	Al Safa	2,972	+11%	76	15
5	Zabeel	2,785	0%	145	10
6	Umm Suqeim	2,771	−4%	150	38
7	Palm Jumeirah	2,714	+8%	673	109
8	City Walk	2,704	+5%	259	56
9	Downtown Dubai	2,515	0%	1,381	156
10	Tilal Al Ghaf	2,474	+5%	177	5
11	Dubai Creek Harbour (The Lagoons)	2,323	+3%	1,203	114
12	Mina Rashid	2,304	+6%	29	38
13	The Lakes	2,292	+20%	22	4
14	Dubai Hills Estate	2,290	+3%	1,155	108
15	Dubai Media City	2,200	−3%	66	3
16	Nad Al Sheba	2,170	0%	187	18
17	The Views	2,036	+9%	157	19
18	Mohammed Bin Rashid City	2,021	+1%	1,582	140
19	Maritime City	2,015	−3%	33	30
20	Meydan	1,944	+3%	1,054	121
21	Bur Dubai	1,941	−5%	102	10
22	Business Bay	1,890	+7%	2,361	159
23	Dubai Marina	1,874	+10%	1,750	154
24	Culture Village	1,817	+5%	71	8
25	Arabian Ranches 3	1,799	−9%	252	16
26	Al Jaddaf	1,778	+24%	478	39
27	Wadi Al Safa 2	1,774	0%	31	2
28	Al Satwa	1,738	+2%	94	34
29	Al Barari	1,738	−8%	173	17
30	Greens	1,737	+7%	310	47
31	The Springs	1,669	+10%	359	14
32	Jumeirah Beach Residence	1,658	0%	453	36
33	Mudon	1,650	+19%	399	13
34	Dubai Internet City	1,648	+86%	29	3
35	Jumeirah Golf Estates	1,640	−16%	180	19
36	Damac Lagoons	1,637	+8%	1,089	49
37	Al Sufouh	1,608	+7%	54	8
38	Arabian Ranches	1,578	+15%	21	7
39	Villanova	1,503	+3%	233	16
40	Wasl Gate	1,488	+8%	64	36
41	Jumeirah Lake Towers	1,455	+4%	876	71
42	Dubai Science Park	1,452	−8%	118	21
43	Damac Hills	1,426	+8%	827	72
44	Arabian Ranches 2	1,422	+8%	76	9
45	Downtown Jebel Ali	1,419	+16%	110	8
46	Rukan	1,394	+32%	245	6
47	Dubai Studio City	1,393	+20%	499	24
48	Al Muhaisnah	1,382	+6%	45	11
49	Dubai Land	1,366	−7%	453	80
50	Arjan	1,360	+10%	1,291	107
51	Town Square	1,355	+8%	942	65
52	Dubai Festival City	1,343	−17%	29	13
53	Jumeirah Village Triangle	1,318	+15%	443	69
54	Jumeirah Village Circle	1,301	+4%	4,209	415
55	The Valley	1,293	−3%	501	25
56	Al Furjan	1,292	+3%	700	102
57	Al Barsha	1,290	+2%	72	7
58	Serena	1,289	+8%	51	2
59	Reem	1,216	+10%	190	8
60	Barsha Heights (Tecom)	1,161	+3%	44	8
61	City of Arabia	1,158	+71%	32	28
62	Mirdif	1,139	−4%	84	14
63	Dubai South (Dubai World Central)	1,124	+2%	1,091	189
64	Jebel Ali	1,097	+41%	61	20
65	Damac Hills 2	1,063	−15%	1,094	38
66	Motor City	1,003	+9%	727	79
67	Dubai Production City (IMPZ)	978	+4%	781	60
68	Dubai Silicon Oasis	969	+15%	838	78
69	Discovery Gardens	967	+16%	945	86
70	Dubai Industrial City	962	−2%	101	21
71	Dubai Sports City	954	+10%	1,137	84
72	Remraam	942	+7%	245	59
73	Al Quoz	921	+14%	109	14
74	Majan	902	−6%	893	45
75	Dubai Investment Park (DIP)	887	+21%	211	133
76	Al Warsan	882	0%	301	37
77	Living Legends	868	+11%	77	12
78	Liwan	866	+8%	404	53
79	Dubai Land Residence Complex	817	+1%	586	96
80	International City	662	+3%	1,324	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	5,118	20
Five Luxe JBRJumeirah Beach Residence	5,012	44
One Za'abeel The ResidencesZabeel	4,476	58
IxoraAl Barari	3,979	37
Grand Bleu Tower 1Dubai Harbour	3,918	101
J One - 2Business Bay	3,699	18
Lamtara 1Umm Suqeim	3,457	10

Busiest building	Sales, 90 days	Usual pace	AED/sqft
Binghatti ApexJumeirah Village Circle	108	4.5×	1,429
LIV WatersideDubai Marina	98	14.5×	3,195
Dune ResidencyJumeirah Village Circle	75	New to resale, 2022	766
MaltaDamac Lagoons	68	2.0×	1,648
Peninsula FourBusiness Bay	57	New to resale, 2026	2,467
Luma Park ViewsJumeirah Village Circle	53	1.1×	1,499
Crest GrandeMohammed Bin Rashid City	52	3.1×	1,947
PortofinoDamac Lagoons	45	1.5×	1,516
T88Dubai Silicon Oasis	39	7.4×	1,200
Regalia By DeyaarBusiness Bay	37	New to resale, 2026	1,756

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 19 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. 7 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	149	—	118K	175K	260K	1,131
2	Dubai Design District	146	—	115K	170K	260K	1,014
3	Umm Suqeim	134	—	118K	190K	250K	969
4	Downtown Dubai	132	72K	115K	175K	280K	9,214
5	Dubai Hills Estate	131	55K	90K	144K	245K	7,368
6	Dubai Creek Harbour (The Lagoons)	128	—	95K	147K	210K	5,902
7	Meydan	126	50K	80K	130K	182K	14,218
8	City Walk	125	56K	138K	200K	278K	2,091
9	Al Safa	125	56K	138K	200K	278K	2,091
10	Al Wasl	125	56K	138K	200K	278K	2,091
11	Mohammed Bin Rashid City	125	48K	80K	130K	220K	23,291
12	Emirates Golf Club	124	90K	149K	203K	290K	3,881
13	Palm Jumeirah	124	90K	149K	203K	290K	3,881
14	Business Bay	111	65K	85K	125K	172K	17,806
15	The Lakes	109	60K	90K	150K	230K	4,000
16	The Views	109	60K	90K	150K	230K	4,000
17	Greens	109	60K	90K	150K	230K	4,000
18	Dubai Marina	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,332
19	Jumeirah Beach Residence	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,332
20	Bluewaters	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,332
21	Dubai Harbour	107	61K	93K	140K	200K	18,332
22	Dubai Studio City	105	46K	65K	90K	110K	2,063
23	Bur Dubai	104	—	105K	150K	220K	618
24	Downtown Jebel Ali	99	45K	58K	80K	90K	970
25	Jumeirah Park	97	58K	80K	120K	233K	9,164
26	Jumeirah Islands	97	58K	80K	120K	233K	9,164
27	Jumeirah Lake Towers	97	58K	80K	120K	233K	9,164
28	Damac Hills	95	44K	70K	120K	190K	4,144
29	Mudon	92	44K	70K	120K	185K	5,397
30	Dubai Science Park	91	46K	69K	110K	221K	1,530
31	Nad Al Sheba	91	52K	78K	121K	233K	2,377
32	Jumeirah Village Circle	91	48K	70K	95K	150K	29,337
33	Jumeirah Village Triangle	90	45K	71K	86K	180K	3,068
34	Al Satwa	88	53K	72K	94K	195K	5,495
35	Arabian Ranches	87	46K	65K	119K	235K	3,210
36	Pearl Jumeirah	87	50K	100K	160K	220K	2,451
37	Jumeirah	87	50K	100K	160K	220K	2,451
38	Dubai Media City	86	—	108K	139K	179K	480
39	Dubai Internet City	86	—	108K	139K	179K	480
40	Arjan	86	45K	65K	90K	150K	13,555
41	Dubai Festival City	85	33K	87K	150K	205K	740
42	Jumeirah Golf Estates	84	38K	57K	84K	208K	7,447
43	Dubai Production City (IMPZ)	84	38K	57K	84K	208K	7,447
44	Culture Village	83	52K	70K	88K	135K	8,655
45	Al Jaddaf	83	52K	70K	88K	135K	8,655
46	Town Square	82	42K	60K	85K	144K	6,033
47	Barsha Heights (Tecom)	82	60K	68K	87K	120K	5,459
48	Al Muhaisnah	81	—	80K	117K	170K	365
49	Al Sufouh	81	50K	88K	100K	181K	690
50	Damac Lagoons	80	40K	54K	77K	130K	2,936
51	Remraam	80	40K	54K	77K	130K	2,936
52	Tilal Al Ghaf	80	40K	56K	80K	190K	10,083
53	Dubai Sports City	80	40K	56K	80K	190K	10,083
54	Al Barsha	79	45K	65K	88K	131K	14,022
55	Dubai Industrial City	77	38K	50K	68K	80K	1,407
56	Jebel Ali	76	43K	62K	84K	152K	26,602
57	Al Furjan	76	43K	62K	84K	152K	25,632
58	Wasl Gate	76	43K	62K	84K	152K	25,632
59	Discovery Gardens	76	43K	62K	84K	152K	25,632
60	Expo City	76	40K	58K	86K	110K	8,443
61	Dubai South (Dubai World Central)	76	40K	58K	86K	110K	8,443
62	Reportage Village	75	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,180
63	Rukan	75	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,180
64	Arabian Ranches 2	75	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,180
65	Serena	75	44K	66K	104K	160K	3,180
66	Motor City	73	50K	72K	115K	180K	1,878
67	Majan	72	40K	60K	83K	150K	4,082
68	Living Legends	72	40K	60K	83K	150K	4,082
69	Al Barari	72	40K	60K	83K	150K	4,082
70	Academic City	71	19K	62K	81K	—	191
71	Liwan	70	40K	51K	74K	97K	4,729
72	Wadi Al Safa 2	70	40K	51K	74K	97K	4,729
73	Falcon City of Wonders	70	40K	51K	74K	97K	4,729
74	The Valley	69	—	—	—	135K	858
75	Al Warsan	69	38K	50K	62K	88K	9,371
76	Dubai Land Residence Complex	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,027
77	Oud Metha	69	42K	70K	88K	120K	3,749
78	Athlon by Aldar	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,027
79	Arabian Ranches 3	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,027
80	Villanova	69	38K	51K	67K	150K	11,027
81	Dubai Land	68	38K	53K	73K	155K	15,731
82	Dubai Silicon Oasis	68	41K	55K	76K	121K	16,093
83	Al Garhoud	68	44K	65K	81K	120K	1,842
84	Dubai Investment Park (DIP)	68	36K	55K	77K	158K	5,983
85	The Springs	67	—	—	155K	235K	2,361
86	Al Karama	67	44K	57K	70K	92K	11,397
87	Al Quoz	66	42K	59K	59K	71K	2,221
88	Maritime City	65	65K	64K	83K	113K	1,718
89	Mina Rashid	65	65K	64K	83K	113K	1,718
90	Damac Hills 2	62	37K	47K	84K	90K	5,362
91	Reem	61	—	—	121K	160K	1,445
92	Damac Islands 2	61	—	—	121K	160K	1,445
93	Al Warqa	59	35K	46K	62K	95K	9,304
94	International City	58	30K	41K	56K	110K	24,212
95	Dubai Waterfront	56	32K	41K	64K	88K	559
96	Hor Al Anz	56	33K	42K	59K	80K	8,165
97	Al Twar	55	32K	42K	62K	87K	2,957
98	Al Nahda	55	35K	45K	58K	82K	23,221
99	Al Rashidiya	53	33K	47K	64K	110K	878
100	Al Qusais	52	31K	42K	53K	65K	19,451
101	Mirdif	51	44K	53K	71K	110K	10,048
102	Al Khawaneej	37	35K	39K	70K	160K	272
103	Al Mizhar	20	—	—	55K	133K	194

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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