From 413,783 apartment sales registered since January 2024

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Updated with deals to 3 Nov 2026

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Investing in Dubai property

Where does rent earn the most?

Rent earns 4.6% to 9.4% of the price across the busiest areas, before service charges. Al Warsan First is at the top, Palm Jumeirah at the bottom.

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Dubai property in numbers

What's the market doing?

8,801 apartments sold in October, 45% fewer than a year earlier. Resale apartment prices in the same buildings are −6.5% since the Feb 2026 high, and −4.1% on Oct 2025.

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Off-plan or ready

Which should I buy?

75% of apartments sold in the last 12 months were off-plan, and off-plan cost 39% more per sq ft in the typical comparison.

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Looking for a quick answer?

How much are DLD fees?4% of the price plus AED 580.What are the other buying fees?Agency 2% plus VAT, trustee AED 4,000 plus VAT, and two more with a mortgage.How much cash do I need?About AED 271k on an AED 1M home with a mortgage.How much can I borrow?Up to 80% of the price on a first home up to AED 5M.What does a 1-bed cost?AED 1.05M ready, AED 1.29M off-plan.Is it cheaper to buy or rent?For a typical 1-bed, the mortgage is AED 1,331 a month less than rent, before service charges.

Want to run your own numbers?

Price checkIs this asking price fair?Rent checkIs this rent fair?Cost to buyCash and monthly cost for any price.Rent or buyWhich costs less for your stay?ReturnWhat a home earns after you buy it.

About our data

Where our numbers come from

Prices come from every apartment sale registered with the Dubai Land Department, to 3 Nov 2026. Rents come from new leases on DLD's Ejari records, 2026 only.

What's counted
Apartments and hotel apartments. Villas aren't in these figures yet. DLD's records don't say who's a first-time buyer, so we show every sale.
Typical
The middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less.
Ready and off-plan
Ready is a finished home sold by its owner. Off-plan is a home sold before it's finished.
Off-plan against ready
We compare the typical price per sq ft in the same area for the same home type, wherever both had enough sales in the last 12 months.
Rent on price
A year of new-lease rent as a share of the price, before service charges and fees.
Rent by home type
Leases don't always list bedrooms, so we place them by size.
Fees and mortgages
The same fee rules as our calculators. The mortgage example uses the minimum down payment, 4.5% and 25 years. Your bank sets your rate.

We update with every data release. This page was last updated on 3 Nov 2026.

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