April 2026 in Dubai property

Fewer homes sold than a year ago. Resale apartment prices are still falling, below their Feb 2026 high. New apartment leases cost less than in January 2026, and renewals cost more.

The month in 4 numbers

Every deal registered to 30 Apr 2026
Homes sold in April12,33817% fewer than Apr 2025

Up 4% on March. 11,285 apartments and 1,053 villas.

Resale apartments−2.2%since the Feb 2026 high, same buildings

Down 1.5% in 3 months.

New-lease rent−5.5%apartments since January 2026, like for like

Renewals rose 1.2%.

Off-plan share79%of homes sold were off-plan

The highest since our records start.

April 2026 in Dubai property

What does April mean for you?

If you're buying

An apartment that sold for AED 1.15M in Apr 2025 would sell for about AED 1.18M now.

Fewer resales usually means more room to negotiate.

If you're renting

A new apartment lease that cost AED 68k in January 2026 would cost about AED 64k now.

Renewing saves you less than it did, so check new leases nearby before you sign.

If you own

An apartment worth AED 1.2M at the Feb 2026 high would sell for about AED 1.17M now.

Price a new tenancy from April's leases, since leases in January 2026 ran higher.

How busy was April?

2,496 resales

and 9,779 off-plan sales. Against Apr 2025, resales fell 46% and off-plan fell 2%. With land and offices, AED 48.1B changed hands, against AED 62.2B a year earlier.

ResalesOff-plan, bought from the developerBulk registrationsThis month and a year ago
05,00010,00015,00020,000202420252026Apr 2025: 14,816Apr 2026: 12,338

63 sales at No.17, No.18a,No.18b and No.19 Citywalk Residential were registered within 3 days. That's a bulk registration, so we keep it apart from resales and prices.

Did prices fall, or did different homes sell?

Resale apartments in the same buildings cost about 3% more than in April 2025, and about 2% less than the February 2026 high. A plain typical apartment price rose about 3% over the same year, in line with that.

Resale apartmentsOff-plan apartmentsVillas
−10%0%+10%+20%+30%+40%+50%202420252026VillasResale apartmentsOff-plan apartments

Change in price since January 2024, comparing each project and bed count with itself.

Which areas moved?

All 19

busy areas have dearer apartments than a year ago, in the same buildings, over the last 3 months. Dubai Silicon Oasis rose the most.

Where did buyers go?

Dubai South sold the most, 1,137 homes. 5 of the top 8 sold more than a year ago, and 2 sold less.

  1. Dubai South93% off-plan1,137871 a year ago
  2. Jabal Ali First75% off-plan834Not comparable
  3. Jumeirah Village Circle69% off-plan8001,561 a year ago
  4. Dubai Land Residence Complex90% off-plan763888 a year ago
  5. Dubai IslandsThe Meriva Collection: 230721420 a year ago
  6. Dubai Creek HarbourCreek Bay: 314593263 a year ago
  7. Al Hebiah FifthDamac Lagoons - Valencia: 52258870 a year ago
  8. Majan84% off-plan371308 a year ago

Not comparable: DLD stopped tagging some of this area's buildings in February 2026.

Should you renew or move?

12%

That's how much more a new tenant paid than a renewing tenant, for the same size of apartment in the same area, against 19% in January 2026.

New leasesRenewals
−8%−6%−4%−2%0%+2%+4%Jan 2026MarRenewalsNew leases

How much more new tenants pay than renewing ones, last 3 months

  • Meydan One+6.3%
  • Jumeirah Lake Towers+7.7%
  • Al Warsan First+10.3%
  • Downtown Dubai+11.3%
  • Dubai Marina+14.4%
  • Al Nahda First+16.8%
  • Dubai Silicon Oasis+17.7%
  • Business Bay+19.8%
  • Jabal Ali First+21.0%
  • Jumeirah Village Circle+21.5%
  • International City+25.7%
  • Arjan+33.1%

Change in rent since January 2026, comparing the same size of apartment in the same area. 12,991 new leases and 28,287 renewals in April. Lease records start in January 2026, so there's no year-ago figure yet.

Are people borrowing?

3,630

mortgages were registered, the third most in a month this year. This counts every property loan DLD registers, refinancing included.

Questions people ask

Quick answers, from the same deals as the rest of this page.

Did Dubai property prices fall in April 2026?

Against a year earlier, resale apartment prices in the same buildings rose. The trend chart above shows each month, and hovering gives the figure.

Why do your prices differ from a typical price?

A typical price moves when cheaper or dearer buildings sell more. We compare each project and bed count with itself, so a change in what sold can't look like a change in price.

Why did the market move?

Deal records show what moved, and they can't show why. We report what was registered and leave the reasons out.

Why are there no rents before January 2026?

The DLD lease records we hold start in January 2026, so rents compare with January until a full year has passed.

When does the next report come out?

Once the next month's deals are in.

About our data

Where our numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from a real deal registered with the Dubai Land Department. Here's how we turn them into prices you can use.

Sources
Sales come from every sale registered with DLD since January 2024, based on Dubai Real Estate Data (CC-BY-4.0) and DLD open data. Leases come from DLD's Ejari records since January 2026.
Homes
Apartments, hotel apartments, villas and townhouses. Prices and rents cover apartments unless we say villas. Land, offices and shops are counted only where we say so.
Same-building prices
A "building" here means a DLD project and its bed count, such as the 1-beds in one project, because DLD stopped filling in building names on 18 Feb 2026. Each one is compared with itself across months, so a change in which homes sold can't look like a change in price. Sales without a project name aren't used. Past months can shift a little as new deals arrive.
Area moves
Resales in the last 3 months against the same 3 months a year earlier, in buildings that sold in both.
Sales by area
Counted by DLD's legal area, which every deal carries. Some community names have been blank in DLD's feed since 18 Feb 2026, and we don't compare volumes where that matters.
New projects
A project's first off-plan sale since our records start. New phases count as new projects when DLD names them apart.
Rents
Residential apartment leases for one home. New and renewed rents are compared within the same area and size.
Mortgages
Every mortgage DLD registers on any property, from January 2026.
Bulk registrations
Many sales in one building on the same few days, often at one price per sq ft, aren't separate buyers setting a price. They stay in homes sold and stay out of resales and prices.

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

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