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)

172,736

▲ 22% YoY

Total value (2025)

AED 344B

▲ 31% YoY

Avg price/sqft (2025)

AED 1,952

▲ 7% YoY

Communities tracked

40

56,989 sales in 2026 so far

Dubai apartment sales by year

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

38,422201427,271201526,401201631,613201723,353201826,417201923,282202039,614202168,2862022100,0732023141,4602024172,736202556,9892026

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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 614/sqft
  2. 2
    Al Quoz 4AED 698/sqft
  3. 3
    International City Phase 3AED 882/sqft
  4. 4
    Liwan / DubailandAED 895/sqft
  5. 5
    Arabian Ranches IIAED 896/sqft
  6. 6
    BadraAED 941/sqft
  7. 7
    Dubai Sports CityAED 1,051/sqft
  8. 8
    RemraamAED 1,096/sqft

Most premium — priciest per sqft

  1. 1
    Dubai Water CanalAED 6,838/sqft
  2. 2
    Jumeira BayAED 5,910/sqft
  3. 3
    World Trade CentreAED 4,066/sqft
  4. 4
    The WorldAED 3,519/sqft
  5. 5
    ZabeelAED 3,070/sqft
  6. 6
    Al Sufouh 2AED 2,634/sqft
  7. 7
    Dubai Maritime CityAED 2,622/sqft
  8. 8
    Palm DeiraAED 2,546/sqft

Fastest-growing — 5-year price growth

  1. 1
    Palm Jumeirah+139%
  2. 2
    Silicon Oasis+131%
  3. 3
    Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)+99%
  4. 4
    Al Quoz 4+94%
  5. 5
    International Media Production Zone+78%
  6. 6
    Business Bay+70%
  7. 7
    The Greens+63%
  8. 8
    Dubai Marina+59%

Highest rental yield (gross)

  1. 1
    City Walk10.27%
  2. 2
    International City Phase 17.67%
  3. 3
    Sobha Hartland / Meydan6.66%
  4. 4
    DAMAC Hills6.55%
  5. 5
    International City Phase 36.45%
  6. 6
    Jumeirah Village Circle6.18%
  7. 7
    The Greens6.12%
  8. 8
    Town Square6.09%

Most active — sales volume

  1. 1
    Dubai Marina101,643
  2. 2
    Business Bay93,455
  3. 3
    Jumeirah Village Circle82,739
  4. 4
    Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)59,946
  5. 5
    Downtown Dubai52,571
  6. 6
    International City Phase 147,723
  7. 7
    Al Furjan35,957
  8. 8
    Sobha Hartland / Meydan32,687

All communities — full breakdown

Top 40 by volume. Click a column to sort.

#
1Dubai Marina101,643AED 2.33M1,887+59%3.71%3.08%
2Business Bay93,455AED 1.84M1,855+70%4.74%3.95%
3Jumeirah Village Circle82,739AED 890,5071,197+51%6.18%5.13%
4Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)59,946AED 1.17M1,148+99%5.56%4.69%
5Downtown Dubai52,571AED 3.20M2,338+33%4.67%3.85%
6International City Phase 147,723AED 389,954614+47%7.67%5.89%
7Al Furjan35,957AED 936,9571,154+53%5%3.89%
8Sobha Hartland / Meydan32,687AED 1.36M1,822+-15%6.66%5.79%
9Dubai Sports City28,884AED 741,4591,051+11%5.77%4.71%
10Palm Jumeirah25,814AED 4.43M2,130+139%3.76%2.76%
11Dubai Creek Harbour25,684AED 2.38M2,076+22%5.22%4.39%
12Dubai Hills Estate24,962AED 1.95M1,968+34%5.73%4.74%
13Dubai Land Residence Complex24,889AED 838,4351,136+15%5.05%3.86%
14Arjan23,693AED 831,1401,213+38%5.72%4.64%
15Dubai South Residential District23,018AED 1.20M1,406+16%4.4%3.3%
16International Media Production Zone21,805AED 739,1211,107+78%5.63%4.44%
17Motor City16,863AED 1.23M1,293+16%3.81%3.43%
18The Greens16,471AED 1.48M1,213+63%6.12%5.1%
19Jumeirah Village Triangle15,065AED 961,9331,469+41%5.35%4.32%
20Dubai Maritime City14,100AED 2.63M2,622—2.34%2.34%
21Majan13,724AED 1.15M1,369+-5%4.37%3.35%
22Town Square12,571AED 1.00M1,141+26%6.09%4.78%
23Jaddaf Waterfront10,958AED 1.73M1,682+-16%4.29%3.38%
24Remraam10,957AED 950,2511,096+42%4.72%2.24%
25City Walk10,665AED 3.82M2,483+26%10.27%10.27%
26DAMAC Hills10,458AED 1.03M1,322+-9%6.55%6.26%
27Dubai Science Park10,380AED 1.18M1,572+53%5.14%4.21%
28The Lagoons9,813AED 2.23M2,425———
29Liwan / Dubailand8,671AED 746,247895+40%5.27%4.31%
30Silicon Oasis8,601AED 928,5391,156+131%4.06%3.23%
31Palm Deira8,440AED 3.19M2,546———
32Barsha Heights6,181AED 1.48M1,735+51%4.98%3.89%
33DIP5,436AED 1.17M1,383—3.88%0.19%
34Dubai Studio City5,009AED 793,1251,459+-3%5.87%4.82%
35City Of Arabia4,866AED 1.86M1,728—2.71%2.02%
36Business Park4,735AED 3.06M2,371———
37International City Phase 34,602AED 572,941882+55%6.45%5.15%
38Meydan Racecourse Community4,317AED 1.66M1,994+24%5.13%4.63%
39Umm Suqeim4,109AED 3.29M2,395———
40Ras Al Khor3,578AED 2.42M2,232———

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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