Monthly report · October 2026
A busier month: sales up 5%, prices per sq ft down 2.2%
11,900 sales worth AED 34.7B; median AED 1,634 per sq ft; off-plan 58% of sales.
Dubai Land Department open data · registered sales only · published monthly
Three numbers that matter
- Registered sales
- 11,900
- ▲ 5.3% vs prior month
- Total value
- AED 34.7B
- ▲ 18.0% vs prior month
- Median price per sq ft
- AED 1,634
- ▼ 2.2% vs prior month
What it means for you
If you are buying
Prices per sq ft eased 2.2%. This is a better window to negotiate, especially on ready homes.
If you are selling
Activity was normal. Price in line with recent registered sales and expect typical selling times.
If you are investing
Ready homes were 42% of sales: demand for homes you can rent out now is solid. Most active: Jumeirah Village Circle.
Where the action was
A sample from the report. The full edition adds where prices rose and eased across every community with enough volume to matter, a breakdown by property type, and what the six-month trend implies for next month.
Top communities by sales, last 3 months
- 1Jumeirah Village CircleAED 1,272/sq ft3,425 sales
- 2Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar)AED 1,773/sq ft3,413 sales
- 3Business BayAED 1,853/sq ft2,095 sales
- 4Al Hebiah FifthAED 1,610/sq ft1,534 sales
- 5City Of ArabiaAED 1,707/sq ft1,282 sales
Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Medians are weighted by the number of deals in each month rather than averaged across months. Registered sale transactions only — gifts, mortgages and grants are excluded. Market information, not investment advice, and not a valuation of any specific property.
Get the full report
We email the October 2026 edition in English and Arabic. It is free, it goes out once a month, and it is not published anywhere else.
- Every community that rose or eased, with the deal counts behind it
- Apartments, villas and townhouses priced separately
- Off-plan share of the market and how it shifted
- What the six-month trend implies, and why that is not a prediction