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Best off-plan returns in Downtown Dubai

Launch buyers in the #1 building are up +89.2%; the median across the 50 ranked is +26.5%. These are the buildings whose units later resold — ones that never resold can't appear.

50 apartment buildings, ranked. Ranked by the uplift between a building's all-time median off-plan price and its current resale median. Deliberately not restricted to a 24-month window — the comparison is longitudinal by nature. Browse by area
Edition DWI-RANK-BEST-OFFPLAN-RETURNS
List median
+26.5%
Buildings ranked
50
List median
+26.5%
Middle of 50 buildings
Top of the list
+89.2%
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 2, Downtown Dubai
Buildings ranked
50
Cleared the evidence floor
BuildingMedian priceReturnSales
AED 2.35M+89.2%357
AED 1.68M+80.1%762
AED 975,888+78.5%10
AED 2.58M+78.1%835
AED 3.44M+67.2%478
AED 5.00M+56.5%267
AED 3.53M+54.5%438
AED 1.95M+51.9%554
AED 4.40M+51.0%436
AED 20.01M+50.0%187
AED 1.68M+47.0%89
AED 2.61M+46.7%1220
AED 2.27M+46.2%414
AED 4.72M+46.1%276
AED 2.01M+42.8%50
AED 1.45M+34.6%208
AED 2.47M+33.8%411
AED 2.40M+33.4%722
AED 2.37M+32.8%700
AED 1.55M+32.4%181
AED 3.50M+31.6%377
AED 2.48M+31.0%499
AED 3.36M+30.9%483
AED 1.98M+28.5%12
AED 3.48M+26.6%556
AED 2.93M+26.3%212
AED 1.72M+26.0%268
AED 3.00M+24.9%252
AED 2.83M+21.5%614
AED 20.80M+20.2%11
AED 3.85M+19.4%286
AED 3.00M+18.3%875
AED 2.60M+17.4%177
AED 2.61M+16.9%196
AED 1.44M+15.0%124
AED 2.16M+14.4%58
AED 1.86M+13.6%159
AED 1.90M+13.1%384
AED 2.24M+11.5%201
AED 1.77M+11.3%334
AED 2.21M+10.6%13
AED 3.15M+7.4%248
AED 4.50M+5.2%13
AED 3.00M+3.5%548
AED 1.22M+2.3%93
AED 2.10M+0.0%328
AED 1.96M-2.9%142
AED 3.26M-11.2%75
AED 2.09M-11.4%403
AED 1.95M-11.7%129

Best off-plan returns in Downtown Dubai

Record type
Ranked building market record
Data date
Evidence base
50 eligible apartment buildings
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/rankings/best-offplan-returns-downtown-dubai
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Best off-plan returns in Downtown Dubai.” Data to 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rankings/best-offplan-returns-downtown-dubai.

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Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-08-26.