The Present
Dubai's Property Market Right Now
Before you weigh a developer's history or Dubai's 2040 trajectory, it helps to know where the market actually stands today. These figures are Dubai Land Department's own Q1 2026 data, real transactions, not estimates. For the direction of travel rather than the snapshot, see ten years of registered prices, where price per square foot and the price people actually pay have gone opposite ways.
- AED 176.7B
- Total real estate sales, Q1 2026, up 23.4% year-on-year
- ~48,000
- Transactions in Q1 2026, up 5.5% year-on-year
- AED 1,949
- Average residential price per sq ft
Q1 2026 Breakdown
- AED 138.7B
- Residential sales value across 44,150 transactions
- AED 38.0B
- Commercial sales value across 3,622 transactions
- ~70%
- Share of total transactions and value from off-plan sales
- AED 2,100
- Average off-plan apartment price per sq ft
- AED 2,354
- Average secondary-market villa price per sq ft
- 139,000+
- Rental transactions recorded in the same period
Where Activity Is Concentrated
- Dubai South
- Jumeirah Village Circle
- Al Barsha South Fourth
- Al Yelayiss
This week in Dubai real estate
via Construction Week OnlineLive trade-press coverage of Dubai/UAE launch activity, updated automatically, not curated by us.
- Dubai’s rental market is shifting. Here’s what’s changingThe broad narrative of softening rents is accurate at the aggregate level and misleading at the community level, says Paulina25 Sept
- Dubai Municipality hosts Dubai’s first Future of Construction LegathonAlong with Legathon, Dubai Municipality also signed a cooperation agreement with Dubai Future Foundation under Sandbox Dubai24 Sept
- Bahrain's Housing and Urban Planning Ministry announces three new projectsThree new housing projects in Bahrain’s Salman City will deliver 137 homes under the government’s housing programme24 Sept
- Saudi Binladin Group records 20 million safe man-hours at Jeddah TowerOnce completed, Jeddah Tower will boast residences, a luxury hotel, office spaces and one of the world’s highest observation decks24 Sept
- Dubai's next chapter has more than one centreDubai's future map may look less like one dominant centre with suburbs around it and more like a network of interconnected economic hubs23 Sept
- Sharjah unveils new Al Taawun Square design ahead of November openingThe redesigned Al Taawun Square will open to traffic on November 4, while work continues on the 500-metre tunnel beneath the junction23 Sept
Recent Launches
Updated August 202611 tracked launches from 7 developers, concentrated in Meydan, Al Rowaiyah First, Sheikh Zayed Road, and 4 other areas.
- Mercedes-Benz Places – Binghatti City by Binghatti, MeydanJan 2026
- Keturah Ardh by MAG, Al Rowaiyah FirstJul 2025
- Burj Azizi by Azizi, Sheikh Zayed RoadFeb 2025
- Six Senses Residences The Palm by Select Group, Palm JumeirahFeb 2025
- Riverside Views by DAMAC, Dubailand2025
- Binghatti Skyrise by Binghatti, Business BayOct 2024
- Binghatti Royale by Binghatti, Jumeirah Village CircleSep 2024
- One B Tower by wasl, Sheikh Zayed RoadMay 2024
- DAMAC Islands by DAMAC, Dubailand2024
- The Heights Country Club by Emaar, DubailandFeb 2024
- Grand Club Resort by Emaar, DubailandFeb 2024
An interactive map is next
Every one of these launches, plotted against the 2040 Master Plan's growth corridors, so you can see at a glance what's being built where. Not live yet; check back soon.
Figures from Dubai Land Department's Q1 2026 market data, as reported by Gulf News. Refreshed quarterly.
See how a specific developer's track record stacks up, or read how the 2040 Plan shapes where this activity is headed.
