Sales and value by month
Bars: number of registered sales. Line: total value in AED billions.
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Dubai property market
Prices, sales, off-plan vs ready, and rents. Every figure on this page is computed from Dubai Land Department open data for 2026.
What changed this month
- The median new flat lease was AED 75,000 in September 2026, up 4.2% from AED 72,000 in January. Rent per sq ft went from AED 96.9 to AED 97.6.
- The median ready-flat price was AED 1,373 per sq ft in September, 3.6% below AED 1,425 in January. Our view: that is a lower entry than at the start of 2026, for investors positioning before prices firm again.
- Registered home sales were 9,593 in September, quieter than the January peak of 14,536, which is when buyers have more room to negotiate. Off-plan was 6,872 of those 9,593 sales (71.6%). This is the same year, not a comparison with 2025.
Sales
How much is selling
Registered home sales (flats, villas and townhouses), January–September 2026.
Off-plan share of sales
Share of each month's registered home sales.
Sales by price band
Number of sales in each price band, by quarter.
Prices and rents
What it costs to buy and to rent
Median price per sq ft
Registered sales by month. Click the legend to show or hide a series.
Median rent on new leases
New Ejari contracts by month, annual rent. Flats by size.
Most active areas
Registered home sales, January–September 2026.
Supply
Homes not yet handed over
79,582 of 106,172 registered home sales from January to September 2026 were off-plan (75%). Those homes are not earning rent until handover.
What to check before you pay
This site does not publish completion forecasts. For an off-plan purchase, check the developer's delivery record and that payments go into the project's escrow account (Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007).
A community with many handovers in the same year can see rents and resale prices pushed down while new owners compete for tenants.
Off-plan share is counted from Dubai Land Department open data, January–September 2026. We don't show cash vs mortgage purchases: DLD's open sales data does not say how each purchase was funded.
Risks to weigh
What could go against you
Each point is sourced. None is a reason to panic, and none should be ignored.
Most 2026 sales are off-plan
79,582 of 106,172 registered home sales from January to September 2026 were off-plan (75%). Those homes earn no rent until handover.
Ready prices since January
The median ready-flat price was AED 1,373 per sq ft in September, 3.6% below AED 1,425 in January. That is a lower entry than at the start of 2026. This compares months in 2026, not a year earlier. The median mixes different buildings.
New rents are a mix
The median new flat lease was AED 75,000 in September, up 4.2% from AED 72,000 in January. Flats under 600 sq ft went from AED 48,000 to AED 45,000. A citywide median is not the rent on one building, and a tenanted unit is limited by the RERA index.
Quieter than the January peak
Registered sales were 14,255 in February, 9,052 in May and 9,593 in September. September was quieter than the January peak, which is when buyers have more room to negotiate. That is within 2026, not a comparison with 2025. A lower count of sales is not, by itself, a cut in the price of a finished home.
Off-plan handover
Handover dates can slip, which delays rent and the final payment. Check the developer's track record and that payments go into the project escrow account.
Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007 (project escrow accounts)
Resale timing
Registered sales went from 14,536 in January to 9,593 in September 2026. A quieter month can give buyers more room to negotiate. A resale can still take longer when fewer homes change hands, especially for an off-plan unit sold before handover.
Dubai Land Department open data: monthly sales, January–September 2026 (chart above)
Service charges and running costs
Service charges vary widely by building and can rise. Check the DLD Mollak figure for the specific building before you buy.
Currency
The dirham is pegged to the US dollar. Investors earning or reporting in other currencies carry exchange-rate risk on rent and on resale.
Sources
Sources and method
Figures on this page are computed from Dubai Land Department open data, January–September 2026, retrieved 3 October 2026.
Definitions and formulas: Sources & methodology.