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)

172,406

▲ 22% YoY

Total value (2025)

AED 343bn

▲ 31% YoY

Avg price / sqft · m² (2025)

AED 1,951 /sqft
AED 21,000 /m²

▲ 7% YoY

Communities tracked

40

100,358 sales in 2026 so far

Dubai apartment sales by year

Transaction volume (bars) and average price per sqft/m² (line). 2026 is year-to-date.

38,400201427,185201526,383201631,593201723,349201826,407201923,256202039,600202168,245202299,9412023141,1332024172,4062025100,3582026

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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 & m² · ready, last 12 months

  1. 1
    DIPAED 557/sqft · 5,995/m²
  2. 2
    BadraAED 650/sqft · 6,997/m²
  3. 3
    International City Phase 1AED 740/sqft · 7,965/m²
  4. 4
    MBR City District 11AED 764/sqft · 8,224/m²
  5. 5
    Al WahaAED 812/sqft · 8,740/m²
  6. 6
    Dubai Land Residence ComplexAED 876/sqft · 9,429/m²
  7. 7
    Al Quoz 4AED 915/sqft · 9,849/m²
  8. 8
    LiwanAED 933/sqft · 10,043/m²

Most premium — priciest per sqft & m² · ready, last 12 months

  1. 1
    Jumeira BayAED 10,244/sqft · 110,265/m²
  2. 2
    Jumeirah 2AED 5,844/sqft · 62,904/m²
  3. 3
    Bluewaters IslandAED 5,619/sqft · 60,482/m²
  4. 4
    ZabeelAED 5,163/sqft · 55,574/m²
  5. 5
    World Trade CentreAED 4,281/sqft · 46,080/m²
  6. 6
    The WorldAED 3,857/sqft · 41,516/m²
  7. 7
    Emaar BeachfrontAED 3,440/sqft · 37,028/m²
  8. 8
    La MerAED 3,069/sqft · 33,034/m²

Fastest-growing — 5-year price growth

  1. 1
    Bluewaters Island+153%
  2. 2
    Silicon Oasis+144%
  3. 3
    Palm Jumeirah+139%
  4. 4
    JBR+133%
  5. 5
    The Hills+111%
  6. 6
    The Views+105%
  7. 7
    Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)+103%
  8. 8
    Al Quoz 4+93%

Highest rental yield (gross)

  1. 1
    International City Phase 18.77%
  2. 2
    Dubai Sports City8.29%
  3. 3
    Liwan7.77%
  4. 4
    Remraam7.72%
  5. 5
    Dubai Land Residence Complex7.52%
  6. 6
    DAMAC Hills7.46%
  7. 7
    Down Town Jabal Ali7.36%
  8. 8
    International Media Production Zone7.33%

Most active — sales volume

  1. 1
    Business Bay95,084
  2. 2
    Jumeirah Village Circle85,757
  3. 3
    Dubai Marina70,778
  4. 4
    Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)59,223
  5. 5
    Downtown Dubai53,188
  6. 6
    International City Phase 148,436
  7. 7
    Dubai Sports City29,376
  8. 8
    Dubai Creek Harbour26,580

All communities — full breakdown

Top 40 by volume. Click a column to sort.

#
1Business Bay95,084AED 1.87M1,86620,085+72%6.1%5.02%AED 18.31/sqft · 197/m²
2Jumeirah Village Circle85,757AED 897,8481,20612,981+51%7.22%5.86%AED 15.49/sqft · 167/m²
3Dubai Marina70,778AED 1.79M1,64617,717+43%5.79%4.86%AED 18.00/sqft · 194/m²
4Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)59,223AED 1.14M1,14012,271+103%7.23%5.96%AED 16.46/sqft · 177/m²
5Downtown Dubai53,188AED 3.22M2,34525,241+33%5.05%4.17%AED 22.23/sqft · 239/m²
6International City Phase 148,436AED 393,4356206,674+47%8.77%7.29%AED 8.77/sqft · 94/m²
7Dubai Sports City29,376AED 746,3901,05811,388+13%8.29%6.5%AED 14.72/sqft · 158/m²
8Dubai Creek Harbour26,580AED 2.39M2,09122,507+22%5.51%4.45%AED 23.43/sqft · 252/m²
9Palm Jumeirah26,087AED 4.48M2,14623,099+139%4.91%4.42%AED 11.67/sqft · 126/m²
10Arjan24,771AED 840,9551,23013,240+40%6.53%5.27%AED 14.48/sqft · 156/m²
11Dubai Land Residence Complex24,665AED 773,7731,12412,099+16%7.52%6.2%AED 12.55/sqft · 135/m²
12Dubai Hills Estate23,903AED 1.99M2,00221,549+42%6.4%5.42%AED 20.35/sqft · 219/m²
13International Media Production Zone21,462AED 712,4011,11812,034+67%7.33%5.54%AED 17.31/sqft · 186/m²
14Motor City17,806AED 1.25M1,31914,198+17%6.85%5.08%AED 15.71/sqft · 169/m²
15Al Furjan16,725AED 1.03M1,16412,529+36%——AED 15.75/sqft · 170/m²
16JBR16,155AED 2.30M1,52916,458+133%——AED 16.74/sqft · 180/m²
17Jumeirah Village Triangle15,654AED 971,0751,47715,898+43%7.09%5.52%AED 17.57/sqft · 189/m²
18Meydan One15,481AED 883,1371,83519,752————
19Dubai South15,435AED 1.01M1,68318,116———AED 11.95/sqft · 129/m²
20Sobha Hartland14,410AED 1.73M1,82119,601+10%——AED 18.57/sqft · 200/m²
21Discovery Gardens13,135AED 585,5598489,128+56%——AED 14.13/sqft · 152/m²
22Town Square12,922AED 1.01M1,14812,357+27%6.86%5.57%AED 14.93/sqft · 161/m²
23The Greens12,438AED 1.31M1,15012,378+51%6.35%5.24%AED 17.84/sqft · 192/m²
24Majan11,786AED 930,7351,42415,328+49%6.53%4.92%AED 15.06/sqft · 162/m²
25DAMAC Hills10,929AED 1.04M1,33614,381+-8%7.46%7.15%AED 3.79/sqft · 41/m²
26Dubai Science Park10,799AED 1.19M1,58517,061+49%7.22%5.91%AED 15.18/sqft · 163/m²
27The Lagoons10,300AED 2.24M2,43326,189————
28Dubai Maritime City9,964AED 2.62M2,75729,676—2.96%1.88%—
29Dubai South Residential District9,594AED 836,1701,04111,205+25%——AED 17.63/sqft · 190/m²
30Palm Deira9,182AED 3.21M2,57127,674————
31Emaar Beachfront9,143AED 4.30M3,22834,746———AED 19.50/sqft · 210/m²
32Silicon Oasis8,839AED 938,4851,16312,518+144%6.1%4.71%AED 13.87/sqft · 149/m²
33Liwan7,942AED 668,3268208,826+40%7.77%6.02%AED 13.60/sqft · 146/m²
34Remraam7,781AED 791,6778308,934+42%7.72%5.78%AED 15.63/sqft · 168/m²
35City Walk7,577AED 3.18M2,36825,489+27%4.44%3.53%AED 21.95/sqft · 236/m²
36Dubai Healthcare City Phase 26,338AED 1.50M1,67017,976+44%5.22%3.85%—
37Barsha Heights6,246AED 1.49M1,73618,686+52%5.47%4.14%AED 17.97/sqft · 193/m²
38Down Town Jabal Ali5,935AED 886,1641,43715,468+41%7.36%——
39DIP5,552AED 1.17M1,38514,908———AED 16.17/sqft · 174/m²
40Dubai Studio City5,471AED 778,2891,48515,984+-4%6.87%5.52%AED 18.13/sqft · 195/m²

Top developers

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

Emaar
AED 11.1bn H1 2026 net profit (+26%)

Revenue AED 23.9bn (+21%); new sales AED 26.6bn (−42%) as the conflict paused Q2 demand, with a record AED 165bn backlog; #1 by DLD sales value Jan–Aug 2026 (AED 32.3bn).

DAMAC
AED 18.2bn Jan–Aug 2026 sales — #2 by value

H1 off-plan sales AED 15.6bn across 5,706 deals, incl. 44.2% of Dubai villa unit sales (company-reported); 8,800 handovers by July; 54,000+ units under construction.

Azizi
#1 by deals — 12,000+ sales Jan–Aug 2026

AED 10.6bn (#3 by value); 95.7% of its H1 deals were below AED 2M (average ≈ AED 836k).

Binghatti
AED 3bn H1 2026 net profit (+64%)

Revenue AED 9.5bn (+50%); ~1,700 units delivered in H1 of a 20,906-unit 2026 slate; backlog >AED 44bn.

Sobha Realty
Record 6,819 handovers targeted in 2026

Units worth AED 21.6bn across Hartland, Hartland II, Reserve, One and Verde; follows AED 30bn FY2025 sales; in-house construction model.

Nakheel
Palm Jebel Ali villas hand over from late 2026

Dubai Holding unit; AED 13bn+ Palm Jebel Ali contracts awarded; 892 Jebel Ali Village homes handed over from Aug 2026; Q1 2026 net profit AED 1.48bn.

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