Dubai market rankings

Apartment communities ranked across Dubai from official DLD sales — price, growth, rental yield and volume, with a market snapshot and multi-year trend. Click any area for its full data.

Apartment sales (2025)

172,525

▲ 22% YoY

Total value (2025)

AED 343B

▲ 31% YoY

Avg price / sqft (2025)

AED 1,951

▲ 7% YoY

Communities tracked

40

81,510 sales in 2026 so far

Dubai apartment sales by year

Transaction volume (bars) and average price per sqft (line). 2026 is year-to-date.

38,398201427,188201526,387201631,595201723,350201826,410201923,260202039,609202168,260202299,9992023141,2822024172,525202581,5102026

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Cheapest areas with 7%+ rental yieldFastest-growing communities in the last 3 yearsBest areas to buy a 2-bed under AED 2M

Best value — cheapest per sqft

  1. 1
    International City Phase 1AED 618/sqft
  2. 2
    Al Quoz 4AED 699/sqft
  3. 3
    Arabian Ranches IIAED 899/sqft
  4. 4
    International City Phase 3AED 904/sqft
  5. 5
    Liwan / DubailandAED 906/sqft
  6. 6
    BadraAED 940/sqft
  7. 7
    Dubai Sports CityAED 1,055/sqft
  8. 8
    International Media Production ZoneAED 1,111/sqft

Most premium — priciest per sqft

  1. 1
    Dubai Water CanalAED 6,909/sqft
  2. 2
    Jumeira BayAED 5,910/sqft
  3. 3
    World Trade CentreAED 4,053/sqft
  4. 4
    The WorldAED 3,519/sqft
  5. 5
    ZabeelAED 3,072/sqft
  6. 6
    Al Sufouh 2AED 2,636/sqft
  7. 7
    Dubai Maritime CityAED 2,628/sqft
  8. 8
    Palm DeiraAED 2,568/sqft

Fastest-growing — 5-year price growth

  1. 1
    Palm Jumeirah+138%
  2. 2
    Silicon Oasis+138%
  3. 3
    Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)+99%
  4. 4
    Al Quoz 4+93%
  5. 5
    International Media Production Zone+78%
  6. 6
    Business Bay+72%
  7. 7
    The Greens+64%
  8. 8
    Dubai Marina+58%

Highest rental yield (gross)

  1. 1
    City Walk10.27%
  2. 2
    International City Phase 17.67%
  3. 3
    Down Town Jabal Ali6.79%
  4. 4
    Sobha Hartland / Meydan6.66%
  5. 5
    DAMAC Hills6.55%
  6. 6
    International City Phase 36.45%
  7. 7
    Jumeirah Village Circle6.18%
  8. 8
    The Greens6.12%

Most active — sales volume

  1. 1
    Dubai Marina102,174
  2. 2
    Business Bay94,313
  3. 3
    Jumeirah Village Circle84,354
  4. 4
    Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)60,869
  5. 5
    Downtown Dubai52,893
  6. 6
    International City Phase 148,111
  7. 7
    Al Furjan37,242
  8. 8
    Sobha Hartland / Meydan33,158

All communities — full breakdown

Top 40 by volume. Click a column to sort.

#
1Dubai Marina102,174AED 2.34M1,891+58%3.71%3.08%
2Business Bay94,313AED 1.86M1,862+72%4.74%3.95%
3Jumeirah Village Circle84,354AED 894,5111,202+51%6.18%5.13%
4Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)60,869AED 1.19M1,165+99%5.56%4.69%
5Downtown Dubai52,893AED 3.21M2,341+33%4.67%3.85%
6International City Phase 148,111AED 391,912618+47%7.67%5.89%
7Al Furjan37,242AED 954,1841,171+53%5%3.89%
8Sobha Hartland / Meydan33,158AED 1.37M1,828+-14%6.66%5.79%
9Dubai Sports City29,081AED 744,0741,055+12%5.77%4.71%
10Dubai South Residential District28,391AED 1.14M1,465+19%4.4%3.3%
11Dubai Creek Harbour26,027AED 2.38M2,082+22%5.22%4.39%
12Palm Jumeirah25,980AED 4.45M2,141+138%3.76%2.76%
13Dubai Land Residence Complex25,824AED 844,4811,144+16%5.05%3.86%
14Dubai Hills Estate25,204AED 1.95M1,971+35%5.73%4.74%
15Arjan24,356AED 836,8331,225+39%5.72%4.64%
16International Media Production Zone22,253AED 743,6371,111+78%5.63%4.44%
17Motor City17,234AED 1.23M1,303+16%3.81%3.43%
18The Greens16,551AED 1.48M1,216+64%6.12%5.1%
19Jumeirah Village Triangle15,389AED 966,2241,473+41%5.35%4.32%
20Majan14,448AED 1.15M1,378+-5%4.37%3.35%
21Dubai Maritime City14,285AED 2.64M2,628—2.34%2.34%
22Town Square12,777AED 1.01M1,145+26%6.09%4.78%
23Remraam11,387AED 968,2471,122+42%4.72%2.24%
24Jaddaf Waterfront11,338AED 1.72M1,694+-17%4.29%3.38%
25City Walk10,807AED 3.83M2,490+26%10.27%10.27%
26DAMAC Hills10,697AED 1.04M1,329+-9%6.55%6.26%
27Dubai Science Park10,667AED 1.19M1,583+50%5.14%4.21%
28The Lagoons10,149AED 2.23M2,431———
29Palm Deira8,934AED 3.21M2,568———
30Liwan / Dubailand8,874AED 754,039906+40%5.27%4.31%
31Silicon Oasis8,734AED 934,6591,160+138%4.06%3.23%
32Barsha Heights6,221AED 1.48M1,736+52%4.98%3.89%
33City Of Arabia5,996AED 1.67M1,722—2.71%2.02%
34DIP5,510AED 1.17M1,384—3.88%0.19%
35Dubai Studio City5,322AED 783,0221,473+-4%5.87%4.82%
36International City Phase 34,909AED 587,106904+54%6.45%5.15%
37DIFC4,815AED 3.08M2,384—5.55%5.55%
38Meydan Racecourse Community4,648AED 1.68M2,094+26%5.13%4.63%
39Down Town Jabal Ali4,417AED 855,9261,348+39%6.79%5.46%
40Umm Suqeim4,142AED 3.29M2,396———

Top developers

Who is building Dubai — latest sales, results and delivery, from the research corpus.

Emaar
AED 80.4bn FY2025 sales

AED 25.7bn net profit; ~35,000-unit pipeline; highest on-time delivery (92%).

Binghatti
#1 by volume — 17,061 deals (2025)

FY2025 net profit AED 3.6bn (~doubled); largest 2026 delivery slate (20,906 units).

DAMAC
AED 36bn 2025 sales — #1 private

DAMAC Islands 2 sold AED 11bn in five hours; global Chelsea FC / Versace tie-ups.

Sobha Realty
AED 30bn FY2025 sales (+30%)

Net profit +118%; Moody's upgrade to Ba2; ~3,000 units delivered ahead of schedule.

Nakheel
Palm Jebel Ali + Dubai Islands

Now under Dubai Holding; Q1 2026 net profit AED 1.48bn; AED 5bn contracts awarded.

Azizi
AED 16bn FY2025 sales

Targets AED 30bn + 22 deliveries in 2026; Azizi Venice mega-community underway.

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