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Registered transactions through 18 September 2026
- AED 570.7B
- registered sales value, all property types, 12 months
- 182,669
- registered transactions, all property types, 12 months
- 1,720
- median AED per square foot, homes
- 74%
- of home sales were off-plan
Compiled by Dubai Diligence from the Dubai Land Department's registered transaction record. These are completed, registered transactions, not asking prices. Value and volume cover every property type the Land Department registers, including land and commercial; the median and the off-plan share are homes only, because that is what those figures are read as. Journalists and researchers are welcome to cite them, and we will pull custom data for a story free of charge. Press kit.
Compare investment options in Dubai
Investors deciding where to put capital weigh Dubai real estate against stocks, gold, cash and luxury purchases. Dubai Diligence is not a brokerage and takes nothing from developers: we hold the Dubai Land Department's registered transactions and use them to show what property has actually done, including when it has done nothing at all. Start with the comparison below, then check a specific area, building or developer.
Same money. Different direction.
Where could AED 1,000,000 work harder?
The same amount, in two places, over 5 years. One is a purchase. One is an investment that can go either way.
Starts at AED 1,000,000
AED 1,000,000
-52% after 5 years
Illustrative: a fifth off in year one, then about 12% a year. Not our data.
Starts at AED 1,000,000
AED 1,000,000
+61.3% after 5 years
What the registered median price per square foot did across Dubai. History, not a forecast.
Illustrative comparison only. Property values can fall as well as rise, and past performance does not guarantee future returns. The property figures are the registered record to 18 September 2026, not a projection. Capital only: rent, service charges, agency fees and the 4% transfer fee are not counted. Let at the city median gross yield of 4.3%, rent would be counted separately.
Dubai property versus other investments
Some purchases consume capital and some investments may produce income or growth. A supercar is the clearest example of the first: it is bought to be used, and its value falls from the day it is driven. Property sits in the second group, but nothing about that group is automatic. Over the last five years the registered median price per square foot across Dubai homes rose 61.3%; over the last twelve months it moved -1.1%. Both figures come from the same 661,314 registered sales, and the second is the reason we show it.
What matters more than the city average is the specific purchase: the community, the building, the price against comparable registered sales, the rental yield after service charges, the supply due nearby, and the developer's record on delivering what it sold. Those are the checks the rest of this site exists to make, free, on any listing you are looking at.
Questions investors ask before buying in Dubai
Is Dubai property a good investment?
It depends on what you buy and at what price. Dubai property can produce rental income and capital growth, but returns vary by area, building, developer, purchase price, property type, supply and demand. The registered record shows what comparable homes actually sold and rented for, which is the starting point for judging any particular listing.
What affects Dubai property prices?
Location and building quality, the balance of new supply against demand, whether a home is off-plan or ready, interest rates and mortgage availability, service charges, and the developer's delivery record. Prices move differently by community: two towers in the same district can price a third apart.
What is rental yield?
Annual rent divided by the purchase price, as a percentage. Gross yield ignores costs; net yield subtracts service charges, agency and management fees, maintenance and vacant periods, and is always the lower number. Dubai Diligence calculates yields from registered Ejari rent contracts and registered sale prices for similar homes.
What is capital appreciation?
The change in a property's value between buying and selling, before costs. It is history when it is measured from registered transactions and a forecast when it is not, and the two should never be presented as the same thing.
What are the risks of investing in Dubai property?
Prices can fall as well as rise. Other risks include new supply arriving in the same community, off-plan handover delays, service charges rising, periods with no tenant, transaction costs (a 4% Dubai Land Department transfer fee plus agency and registration fees), and the fact that property cannot be sold quickly when you need the money.
What should investors check before buying in Dubai?
What comparable homes in that exact building or community actually registered for, the service charge, the developer's delivery record on previous projects, the rent registered on similar units, how much competing supply is due nearby, and the Trakheesi permit on the advert itself.
How does Dubai property compare with other investments?
Property is slower to sell than shares or gold, costs more to enter and exit, and can pay rent while it is held. Shares and gold are easier to sell and carry no maintenance or tenants. A car is a purchase rather than an investment: it consumes capital. The right comparison depends on how long the money can be left alone and how easily you need it back.
Registered sales in Dubai, last 12 months
Two different markets, kept apart
Buying before it is built and buying something you can move into are different decisions, at different prices, for different reasons. Blending them gives a number that describes neither, so we never do.
Off-plan
Under construction, bought from the developerBought before it is built, usually on a payment plan across the construction period. Most often bought for capital appreciation rather than to live in.
- Sales
- 119,668
- AED / sqft
- 1,795
- Typical price
- AED 1.35M
- Typical size
- 785 sqft
Across 1,424 projects with a registered sale.
See what has just launchedReady
Secondary, move-in readyAlready built, and you can move in or rent it out immediately. This is most of what you will find on Property Finder and Bayut.
- Sales
- 42,000
- AED / sqft
- 1,402
- Typical price
- AED 1.3M
- Typical size
- 919 sqft
Across 1,345 buildings with a registered sale.
Browse ready prices by areaOff-plan is currently dearer by 28% per square foot in Dubai. Some of that is product rather than premium: off-plan homes are newer and smaller, and an off-plan price is paid in instalments across the build rather than in full today.
Newest on the register
The latest launches in Dubai.
Projects whose first off-plan sale has just been registered with the Dubai Land Department. Not announcements, actual registered sales.
- First registered 10 Sept
Weston
Dubai Land Residence Complex
- Median price
- AED 975K
- Per sqft
- 1,359
- Sales so far
- 4
- First registered 9 Sept
Vision Iconic
Meydan Racecourse Community
- Price
- AED 2.8M
- Per sqft
- 3,499
- Sales so far
- 1
- First registered 7 Sept
Aristo
Dubai South Residential District
- Price
- AED 578K
- Per sqft
- 1,272
- Sales so far
- 1
- First registered 4 Sept
Sky Level 1
Jumeirah Village Circle
- Median price
- AED 3.24M
- Per sqft
- 2,393
- Sales so far
- 4
- First registered 31 Aug
O1NE District - Dawn
Motor City
- Median price
- AED 6.55M
- Per sqft
- 2,559
- Sales so far
- 36
- First registered 31 Aug
Izel by Zoya
Dubai Land Residence Complex
- Median price
- AED 700K
- Per sqft
- 1,749
- Sales so far
- 32
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Steven Worlow
Founder, Dubai Diligence
10+ years in Dubai real estate
“With apologies to President Kennedy: ask not what your investor can do for you, but what you can do for your investor.”
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