Emirates · United Arab Emirates
Dubai real estate.
The most liquid, most transacted property market in the region — freehold since 2002, off-plan-led, and rewriting its own price records every quarter.
1831
Projects tracked
32
Communities mapped
from AED 370K
Entry price
1431
Off-plan / under construction
Featured report · downloadable PDF
Dubai Real Estate Deep Dive 2026: Price Map, Supply Wave and the 2040 Plan
Dubai's real estate market booked AED 419.9bn across 112,850 transactions in H1 2026, with off-plan capturing 71% of deals and average prices up 9%. This deep dive maps price by community, the 2040 Urban Master Plan supply wave, and where the 2026-2028 upside sits — from Downtown scarcity to the Palm Jebel Ali and The Oasis frontier.
AED 420bn
H1 2026 real estate transactions
Read the report →Where to buy in Dubai
All areas →Downtown Dubai
The centre of gravity
AED 2450 /sqft
4.5–5.5% yield
Dubai Marina
The original waterfront skyline
AED 1900 /sqft
5.5–6.5% yield
Palm Jumeirah
Trophy island, global shorthand
AED 3000 /sqft
4–5% yield
Business Bay
Downtown's high-yield annex
AED 2000 /sqft
5.5–6.5% yield
Jumeirah Village Circle
Dubai's yield engine
AED 1250 /sqft
6.5–7.5% yield
Dubai Hills Estate
The family blue chip
AED 2000 /sqft
5–6% yield
Dubai Creek Harbour
Downtown's waterfront successor
AED 2100 /sqft
5–6% yield
Emaar Beachfront
Private beach, Marina address
AED 3400 /sqft
4.5–5.5% yield
Jumeirah Lake Towers
The value play next to Marina
AED 1550 /sqft
6.5–7.5% yield
Arjan
Affordable, amenity-rich, ascendant
AED 1200 /sqft
7–8% yield
Meydan
Racecourse district turned mid-prime
AED 1500 /sqft
6–7% yield
MBR City
The new luxury heartland
AED 1950 /sqft
5–6% yield
Damac Hills
Golf-course value suburbia
AED 1200 /sqft
5.5–7% yield
Damac Lagoons
Themed lagoons, townhouse volume
— /sqft
5–6% yield
Town Square
Entry-level Dubai, done properly
AED 1100 /sqft
6.5–7.5% yield
Arabian Ranches
The original villa heartland
— /sqft
4.5–5.5% yield
The Valley
Emaar's next family frontier
— /sqft
4.5–5.5% yield
Tilal Al Ghaf
Lagoon-side, design-led luxury
— /sqft
4.5–5.5% yield
Dubai South
The airport-led growth bet
AED 1200 /sqft
6–7% yield
Dubai Islands
Deira's beachfront rebirth
AED 2400 /sqft
5–6% yield
Palm Jebel Ali
The next trophy island
— /sqft
3.5–4.5% yield
Al Furjan
villas and towers on the Metro's western edge
AED 1350 /sqft
6.5–7.5% yield
Jumeirah Village Triangle
the quieter, greener triangle beside the Circle
AED 1400 /sqft
6.5–7.5% yield
Dubai Sports City
apartments wrapped around stadiums and fairways
AED 1250 /sqft
7.0–8.0% yield
Motor City
a leafy, low-rise enclave around the racetrack
AED 1300 /sqft
6.5–7.5% yield
DAMAC Hills 2
an affordable master community on the desert edge
AED 1050 /sqft
6.5–7.5% yield
Jumeirah Golf Estates
championship-course living for the golf set
AED 1650 /sqft
5.0–6.0% yield
City Walk
a low-rise urban village in the heart of the city
AED 2600 /sqft
5.0–6.0% yield
Bluewaters Island
Ain Dubai views off the Marina coast
AED 3000 /sqft
5.0–6.0% yield
Al Barari
botanical villas in a green private sanctuary
AED 2100 /sqft
4.5–5.5% yield
The Oasis by Emaar
Emaar's water-woven mansion district
— /sqft
4.5–5.5% yield
Rashid Yachts & Marina
a superyacht marina reborn at Port Rashid
AED 2400 /sqft
5.0–6.0% yield
Dubai projects
All 1831 →R
Off-Plan
World Island · Dubai
Riviera 67
Azizi
From AED 1.55M
2BR–4BR · Flexible
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Off-Plan
World Island · Dubai
Riviera 69
Azizi
From AED 1.58M
2BR–4BR · Flexible
R
Off-Plan
Nakhlat Deira Part 4 · Dubai
Riviera 26
Wellington Development
From AED 1.01M
1-3BR · Flexible
R
Off-Plan
Al Jaddaf Part 5 · Dubai
Riviera 46
Azizi
From AED 1.34M
1BR–3BR · Flexible
R
Off-Plan
Madinat al Mataar Part 4 · Dubai
Riviera 48
Azizi
From AED 1.36M
1BR–3BR · Flexible
R
Off-Plan
Al Furjan Part 2 · Dubai
Riviera 50
Azizi
From AED 1.38M
1BR–3BR · Flexible
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Dubai in the reports
Annual · 2026
Dubai H1 2026: AED 420bn in Six Months and Off-Plan at 71%
Annual · 2025
Dubai Real Estate 2025: AED 653bn and the Off-Plan Supercycle
Annual · 2024
Dubai Real Estate 2024: The AED 522bn Year That Redefined Scale
Annual · 2023
Dubai 2023: The AED 400bn+ Era and Prime Price Records
Annual · 2022
Dubai 2022: Record Volumes and the Global Capital Surge
Annual · 2021
Dubai 2021: The V-Recovery and the Expo Ignition
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