Dubai South Residential District property prices & market data
Apartment prices, rental yield and trends from 12,624 Dubai Land Department sales.
🗓️ Data through September 2026 · DLD
✦ Market intelligence
DLD: ready apartments averaged AED 1,052/sqft (AED 11,324/m²) over the 12 months to Sep 2026, at a 7.2% gross yield (5.3% net). Dubai awarded the 50 km driverless people-mover contract for Al Maktoum International Airport in August 2026, a key step toward the airport's first-phase opening in 2032 (The National, Aug 2026).
Median apartment price
AED 832,613
Ready · last 12 months
Avg price / sqft · m²
AED 1,052 /sqft
AED 11,324 /m²
Ready apartments · last 12 months
Gross rental yield
7.2%
5.3% net
5-year price growth
+25%
Ready resale
Residential service charges here typically run AED 17.63/sqft (AED 190/m²) a year (AED 0.59–24.57/sqft, or AED 6–264/m², across 24 tracked buildings) — third-party snapshot from DXB Interact, not DLD. See fees by building →
That’s +25% nominal — about +4% real after +21% Dubai inflation over the same 5 years (official CPI, 2021→2026).
Live listings · homes here take a median 40 days on market. Sellers cut asking prices 4.1× more often than they raise them (avg −6.7%) — buyers have room to negotiate. Live listings feed · 3,547 sale listings.
Construction activity · 27 new buildings recorded, 2 with permits delivered (17 certified green buildings) in the wider Madinat Al Mataar (Dubai South, Dubai South Residential District, Emaar South) district.Dubai Municipality · sample data, not a complete count.
Off-plan vs ready
Apartment price per sqft & m² · last 12 months
Ready
AED 1,052 /sqft
AED 11,324 /m²
Median AED 832,613
836 sales
Off-plan
AED 1,432 /sqft
AED 15,414 /m²
Median AED 1.28M
2,164 sales
Median price by bedroom
Ready apartments · last 12 months
StudioAED 481,987
1 B/RAED 739,690
2 B/RAED 1.15M
3 B/RAED 1.77M
What sells in Dubai South Residential District
Ready · last 12 months
Type
Sales
Median
AED/sqftAED/m²
Unit
836
AED 832,613
1,05211,324
Villa
153
AED 4.03M
1,31914,198
Land
33
AED 25.81M
8779,440
Building
1
AED 50.00M
3894,187
Resale & flips in Dubai South Residential District
Unit-level ownership changes, 2018–2023
Units resold
351
of 5,991 tracked
% of units resold
5.9%
changed hands 2+×
Avg resale gain
+-2%
first → latest sale
Most-resold buildings
CELESTIA B · 30CELESTIA A · 26MAG 565 · 15MAG 510 · 12MAG 515 · 11
From per-unit DLD records (2018–2023, the years with a unit identity). "Resold" = a unit with 2+ genuine ownership changes; avg gain = mean first→last price change of those units.
Who's buying in Dubai South Residential District, and how
Buyer financing, nationality mix and residents
Cash vs mortgage (2026)
6%94%
6% mortgaged · 94% cash (by number of sales)
DLD registers mortgages by district: figure for the wider Madinat Al Mataar (Dubai South, Dubai South Residential District, Emaar South) district.
Top buyer nationalities · 31,320 residents (MADINAT AL MATAAR)
India · 23.8%United Arab Emirates · 19.2%Pakistan · 7.7%United Kingdom · 5.1%Saudia · 4.8%Jordan · 2.7%
Financing from DLD mortgage vs sale registrations. Buyer nationality/residents from official buyer & owner records & Dubai Statistics Center — richer than a simple buyer-type tag, but a proxy for who lives there.
Figures on this page are computed from official Dubai Land Department sale registrations for Dubai South Residential District, residential transactions only. Off-plan and ready properties are reported separately and never blended into one figure. Sales priced outside AED 50–25,000/sqft, or AED 538–269,098/m² are excluded as data-entry errors. Prices cover the last 12 months of sales to September 2026 (the last 3 years, or all years, where a community has too few recent sales). Rental yield combines DLD sale prices with Ejari-registered rents for the same segment. Data through September 2026. Mortgage financing, gifts, and non-residential usage are excluded throughout.
Dubai South Residential District — frequently asked
What is the average apartment price in Dubai South Residential District?
The median ready apartment in Dubai South Residential District sold for about AED 832,613, roughly AED 1,052/sqft (AED 11,324/m²), over the last 12 months of official Dubai Land Department sales.
What rental yield can I expect in Dubai South Residential District?
Apartments in Dubai South Residential District yield about 7.2% gross, or roughly 5.3% net after service charges.
Is Dubai South Residential District better for off-plan or ready property?
Ready apartments trade around AED 1,052/sqft (AED 11,324/m²); off-plan around AED 1,432/sqft (AED 15,414/m²). Ask dxbpropy.ai to compare the two for your budget and bedroom count.
How has Dubai South Residential District appreciated over time?
Dubai South Residential District is up about 25% over 5 years on resale prices, roughly 4% in real terms after 21% Dubai inflation over the same period, based on official Dubai Land Department resale transactions.
What's the most common property type in Dubai South Residential District?
Unit is the most-sold property type in Dubai South Residential District, with 836 registered sales at a median of AED 832,613 (AED 1,052/sqft (AED 11,324/m²)).
What's the service charge for a building in Dubai South Residential District?
Residential service charges in Dubai South Residential District run around AED 17.63/sqft (AED 190/m²) a year (AED 0.59–24.57/sqft, or AED 6–264/m², across 24 tracked buildings), per an independent third-party source. Confirm the exact current rate with the building's owners association before buying.