AED 29.66B
SALES VALUE · SEPTEMBER 2026
11,430
SALES TRANSACTIONS
65%
OFF-PLAN BY COUNT · 7,476 DEALS
35%
READY BY COUNT · 3,955 DEALS
AED 16.79B
MORTGAGES · 4,266 REGISTERED
01
THIS MONTH · DUBAI
Off-plan wins on count. Ready wins on value.
OFF-PLAN · SEPTEMBER 2026
DEALS
7,476
65% of all sales
VALUE
AED 13.63B
46% of sales value
AVERAGE DEAL
AED 1.82M
value ÷ deals
READY · SEPTEMBER 2026
DEALS
3,955
35% of all sales
VALUE
AED 16.03B
54% of sales value
AVERAGE DEAL
AED 4.05M
value ÷ deals
YEAR TO DATE
AED 379.4B
Sales, January – September · 123,416 deals
AED 196.1B
Ready homes · 39,320 deals
AED 183.3B
Off-plan · 84,090 deals
AED 574.1B
All registrations incl. mortgages and gifts · 62.47% of 2025's full year
02
TWELVE MONTHS · DUBAI SALES VALUE, AED BILLION
A record start, then a steadier market.
Bars: sales value per month, AED billion. Figures under the months: number of sales. Hatched bars and * = derived from the Land Department's cumulative totals (no direct monthly release found). Mortgages and gifts are excluded.
AED 72.16B
The peak month — Jan 2026, the highest January on record.
AED 27.89–35.5B
The monthly range since May — roughly half the winter pace, and steady.
+6.3%
September against August — a rise after the lowest month of the twelve.
SOURCE: DUBAI LAND DEPARTMENT FIGURES, REPORTED BY EMIRATES 24|7, 1 OCT 2026 · JAN–AUG 2026 · H1 2026 · Q1 2026 · FEB 2026 · JAN 2026 · MAY 2026 · OCT–DEC 2025 · COUNTS FOR OCT & NOV 2025: FÄM PROPERTIES, MIRA INTERNATIONAL
03
PRICES · AUGUST 2026
Prices have eased from the February peak.
AVERAGE PRICE PER SQ FT
AED 1,513
all residential, weighted
VILLAS PER SQ FT
AED 2,035
-1.7% year on year
APARTMENTS PER SQ FT
AED 1,394
-5.3% year on year
PRICE INDEX, YEAR ON YEAR
-3.1%
-0.2% on the month · -10.2% from the February peak
APARTMENTS · H1 2026 · ASKING PRICES ON BAYUT, AED / SQ FT
| AREA | AED / SQ FT |
|---|---|
| Downtown Dubai | AED 3,179 |
| Dubai Hills Estate | AED 2,522 |
| Business Bay | AED 2,124 |
| Dubai Marina | AED 2,111 |
| JVC | AED 1,470 |
| Dubai Silicon Oasis | AED 1,086 |
VILLAS · H1 2026 · ASKING PRICES ON BAYUT, AED / SQ FT
| AREA | AED / SQ FT |
|---|---|
| Dubai Hills Estate | AED 2,870 |
| Arabian Ranches | AED 2,184 |
| DAMAC Hills | AED 1,876 |
| Dubailand | AED 1,609 |
| DAMAC Hills 2 | AED 1,072 |
04
WHERE THE DEALS ARE
Business Bay leads on value. Dubai South on volume.
JANUARY – SEPTEMBER 2026 · SALES VALUE BY DLD DISTRICT
1 Business BayAED 20B+
2 Airport City (Dubai South)AED 17.72B
3 Al Yalayis 1AED 16.09B
4 Palm Deira (Dubai Islands)AED 12.98B
5 Palm JumeirahAED 11.61B
AUGUST 2026 · SHARE OF READY-HOME SALES
JVC12.1%
Business Bay6.1%
Dubai Marina5.9%
Downtown Dubai3.8%
Dubai Hills Estate3.8%
AUGUST 2026 · SHARE OF OFF-PLAN SALES
Azizi Venice (Dubai South)19.8%
City of Arabia10%
Jebel Ali Downtown7.7%
JVC4.7%
Dubailand Residence Complex4.1%
District names in the first column are the Land Department's registration districts; the community names in brackets are how the market usually refers to them.
05
RENTS & YIELDS
What homes rent for, and what they return.
APARTMENTS · H1 2026 · AVERAGE ASKING RENTS ON BAYUT, AED / YEAR
| AREA | 1-BED | 2-BED | GROSS YIELD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Dubai | AED 133,000 | AED 223,000 | 5.46% |
| Dubai Marina | AED 103,000 | AED 157,000 | 5.88% |
| Business Bay | AED 104,000 | AED 148,000 | 6.29% |
| Sobha Hartland (MBR City) | AED 99,000 | AED 154,000 | 6.41% |
| JVC | AED 79,000 | AED 113,000 | 7.15% |
VILLAS & TOWNHOUSES · H1 2026 · AVERAGE ASKING RENTS ON BAYUT, AED / YEAR
| AREA | 3-BED | 4-BED | GROSS YIELD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabian Ranches | — | AED 404,000 | 3.87% |
| Dubai Hills Estate | — | AED 359,000 | 4.30% |
| DAMAC Hills | AED 211,000 | AED 230,000 | 4.95% |
| Dubai South | AED 147,000 | AED 191,000 | — |
| DAMAC Hills 2 | AED 112,000 | AED 124,000 | 6.03% |
THE TREND
-5.04%
Rents year on year · August 2026 · Reidin Rent Index
-1.26%
Rents month on month
~7% · ~5%
Typical gross yield, apartments · villas (H1 2026)
Rents and yields are Bayut's averages of asking prices, not registered contracts. Rent indices differ by method: REIDIN's August index is shown here.
06
AJMAN
Smaller market, same direction.
ALL TRANSACTIONS · AUGUST 2026
AED 1.53B
994 transactions
SALES · AUGUST 2026
AED 970M
767 sales
H1 2026 · ALL TRANSACTIONS
AED 10.8B
6,815 transactions · H1 2025: AED 12.4B
Q1 2026 VS Q1 2025
+12%
the latest official growth figure
RENTAL CONTRACTS · H1 2026
AED 2.91B
73,472 contracts
MOST-TRADED NEIGHBOURHOODS · AUGUST 2026
Al Helio 2 · Manama 14 · Al Helio 1
Most-traded projects: Emirates City, City Towers, Ajman One. Al Helio 2 has topped the ranking in every monthly release this year — it is where Globex builds next — and Al Zahya, home of The Stars Villas, sits in the top three.
AL ZAHYA · ASKING PRICES ON BAYUT, 2 OCT 2026
AED 1.35M
3-bed villa, average asking
AED 1.64M
4-bed villa, average asking
AED 89,478 · 98,068
3-bed · 4-bed villa rent, per year
07
RIGHT NOW · WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY
A buyer's moment for ready homes.
Prices are 10.2% below the February peak and ready apartments are 5.3% cheaper than a year ago, while off-plan still takes two of every three deals. In plain terms: ready buyers have more negotiating room than they have had since 2021; off-plan buyers are paying for choice and payment terms, not for a discount. Rents are easing too, so the buy-or-rent sum is worth doing with real numbers.
08
THE MONTHLY REPORT
October 2026 report — September in five lines.
Dubai registered 11,430 sales worth AED 29.66 billion in September, up from AED 27.89 billion in August. Off-plan took 65% of the deals but only 46% of the value: buyers of ready homes paid about AED 4.1 million per deal on average, off-plan buyers about AED 1.8 million. Year to date the city has sold AED 379.4 billion of property, and ready homes (AED 196 billion) are now slightly ahead of off-plan (AED 183 billion) by value. Prices have eased: the August price index was 3.1% below a year earlier and 10.2% below the February peak, with apartments softer than villas. In Ajman, August brought 994 transactions worth AED 1.53 billion, and Al Helio 2 was again the most-traded neighbourhood.
ARCHIVE · OCTOBER 2026 (SEPTEMBER DATA) · NEXT UPDATE: EARLY NOVEMBER 2026
SOURCES
Official figures come from the Dubai Land Department and the Ajman Department of Land and Real Estate Regulation as published in the press on the dates shown. Price, rent and yield figures are from the named research houses and portals. Where two outlets disagree we use the Land Department figure. This page is information, not investment advice.
