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Dubai market, August 2026

153,899 apartment sales in 12 months · 21,356 new leases in August · every figure from registered Land Department and Ejari records

Ready apartment sales fell 18.2% on the year, yet the typical building’s ready price rose 4.0%; new one-bedroom leases cost 3.0% less per sq ft than in August 2025.

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Dubai Wealth Index. “Dubai property market report, August 2026.” Dubai. Data to 2026-08-31. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/research/market-report/2026-08

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What moved in AugustFour findings, each with its number

  1. Ready apartment sales fell 18.2% on the year; off-plan sales rose 4.8%Off-plan was 76% of the 153,899 registered apartment sales.-18.2%
  2. New one-bedroom leases in August 2026 cost 3% less per sq ft than a year earlier21,356 new leases were signed for these types, +11.2% on the same month a year earlier.-3.0%
  3. Ready prices rose in 72% of matched buildings; the typical one moved +4.0%, 2.3 points less than the citywide median28% of 1,707 matched buildings sold lower per sq ft than a year earlier.+4.0%
  4. Planned completions in Motor City equal 4.8 times the homes let there today; across Dubai, 35%Across Dubai, 185,694 apartments are planned for 2026–2028 against 532,889 homes let today; another 75,255 are in projects past their registered date.477%

Recomputed for the twelve months to 31 Aug 2026 from records registered up to 5 Oct 2026. Leases registered late count toward the month they started, so this can differ slightly from a report run at the time.

Sales, 12 months to AugustAED 288.0bn of apartments changed hands

MarketSalesOn a yearAED/sqftOn a yearValue
All153,899-1.9%1,731+3.1%288.0bn
Ready (resale)37,700-18.2%1,417+6.2%65.8bn
Off-plan116,199+4.8%1,799-0.7%222.3bn

DLD registered apartment sales, 12 months to 31 Aug 2026 against the 12 before. Value in AED. Gifts and mortgage registrations are not sales. AED 65.8bn changed hands in ready sales against AED 222.3bn contracted off-plan.

Rents and yields by typeThe typical building's studio yields 7.8% gross against 6.7% for two bedrooms

TypeNew-lease rent, /sqftGross yield, median and middle 80% of buildingsMedian yield and range
Studio102-5.5%4,864 new · 3,800 renewals7.8%6.2–9.2 · 332 bldgs
1 bed86-3.0%9,393 new · 10,185 renewals7.1%5.3–8.7 · 578 bldgs
2 bed81-2.2%5,692 new · 9,736 renewals6.7%5.0–8.0 · 345 bldgs
3 bed87-4.6%1,407 new · 2,078 renewals6.2%4.6–7.6 · 78 bldgs

Rent: median of every new Ejari apartment lease in August 2026, change on August 2025; renewals register late, so the latest count rises after publication. Yield: buildings with three sales and five new leases of the type in the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, 1,333 building and type pairs; bar is the 10th to 90th percentile, tick the median, scale 4% to 10% gross.

New one-bedroom rents, month by month

Median rent of new leases, AED per sq ft per year

7580859095Aug 24Jan 25Jun 25Nov 25Apr 26Aug 26New one-bedroom leases, Aug 24: 76New one-bedroom leases, Sep 24: 84New one-bedroom leases, Oct 24: 86New one-bedroom leases, Nov 24: 85New one-bedroom leases, Dec 24: 84New one-bedroom leases, Jan 25: 83New one-bedroom leases, Feb 25: 85New one-bedroom leases, Mar 25: 83New one-bedroom leases, Apr 25: 83New one-bedroom leases, May 25: 86New one-bedroom leases, Jun 25: 85New one-bedroom leases, Jul 25: 84New one-bedroom leases, Aug 25: 89New one-bedroom leases, Sep 25: 92New one-bedroom leases, Oct 25: 93New one-bedroom leases, Nov 25: 91New one-bedroom leases, Dec 25: 89New one-bedroom leases, Jan 26: 89New one-bedroom leases, Feb 26: 91New one-bedroom leases, Mar 26: 84New one-bedroom leases, Apr 26: 79New one-bedroom leases, May 26: 83New one-bedroom leases, Jun 26: 84New one-bedroom leases, Jul 26: 84New one-bedroom leases, Aug 26: 8686
Every new one-bedroom lease registered in the month, to August 2026. Source: Ejari.

The year so far, report by reportReady sales over twelve months went from 46,184 in the January 2026 report to 37,700 in August 2026

Ready prices: typical building against the citywide median

Change in price per sq ft on the previous twelve months, %

Typical buildingCitywide median

+2.0%+4.0%+6.0%+8.0%+10.0%JanMarMayJulAugTypical building, Jan: +8.7%Typical building, Feb: +8.4%Typical building, Mar: +8.0%Typical building, Apr: +7.3%Typical building, May: +6.4%Typical building, Jun: +5.7%Typical building, Jul: +5.0%Typical building, Aug: +4.0%+4.0%Citywide median, Jan: +8.7%Citywide median, Feb: +9.1%Citywide median, Mar: +8.1%Citywide median, Apr: +7.3%Citywide median, May: +6.8%Citywide median, Jun: +6.1%Citywide median, Jul: +6.2%Citywide median, Aug: +6.2%+6.2%
By report month. The gap between the lines is the mix of buildings that traded, not a price move. Source: DLD registered sales.

Ready apartment sales

Registered sales in the twelve months to each month’s end

37.5k40k42.5k45k47.5kJanMarMayJulAugReady sales, Jan: 46.2kReady sales, Feb: 46.4kReady sales, Mar: 45.2kReady sales, Apr: 43.3kReady sales, May: 40.9kReady sales, Jun: 39.8kReady sales, Jul: 38.4kReady sales, Aug: 37.7k37.7k
By report month. Resales of completed apartments; off-plan sales are counted apart. Source: DLD registered sales.

Price moves inside the same buildingsReady prices rose in 72% of matched buildings; the typical one moved +4.0%, 2.3 points less than the citywide median

Each building counted once per bedroom type, on its own ready sales in both twelve-month windows. The citywide median moves when different buildings trade; these do not.

TypeTypical buildingCitywide medianLower pricesLower rents
All+4.0%+6.2%28% of 1,70741% of 1,351
Studio+4.0%+6.0%23% of 39123% of 317
1 bed+3.9%+7.7%26% of 74243% of 572
2 bed+3.9%+6.4%33% of 45448% of 369
3 bed+4.5%+9.9%36% of 11559% of 88

Where the headline and the buildings disagree most

Axis: change in ready price per sq ft on the previous twelve months, %

Typical buildingArea median

  1. Jumeirah Village Triangle+21.2% vs +5.3%
  2. Liwan+24.6% vs +10.2%
  3. Dubai Marina+16.9% vs +3.3%
  4. Discovery Gardens+17.1% vs +8.3%
  5. Dubai Sports City+10.2% vs +2.4%
  6. Arjan+10.7% vs +4.1%
  7. Jumeirah Village Circle+7.1% vs +1.3%
  8. Dubailand Residence Complex+2.4% vs +8.1%
Areas with at least 20 matched buildings. The longer the line, the more of the area’s headline change came from which buildings traded. Source: DLD registered sales.

Planned supply against the homes let todayPlanned completions in Motor City equal 4.8 times the homes let there today; across Dubai, 35%

Planned completions for three years, as a % of homes let today

  1. Motor City477%
  2. Dubai Harbour362%
  3. Dubai Science Park326%
  4. Dubai South293%
  5. Dubai Maritime City273%
  6. Majan239%
  7. Jumeirah Village Triangle225%
  8. Damac Hills 2204%
  9. All Dubai35%
Areas with at least 500 leases a year; Dubai in grey. 50% means the pipeline would add half as many homes again as are let today. Not a vacancy forecast: completions slip, and some homes are owner-occupied or let short-term. Sources: DLD project register, Ejari.
Show the figures
AreaPlanned vs homes letPlanned, 3 yearsHomes let todayPast date
Motor City477%8,2161,723414
Dubai Harbour362%4,7411,310493
Dubai Science Park326%4,0591,2451,954
Dubai South293%14,0864,8058,028
Dubai Maritime City273%4,4221,622191
Majan239%6,7352,813558
Jumeirah Village Triangle225%6,4152,8472,146
Damac Hills 2204%1,1145470
All Dubai35%185,694532,88975,255

Method and limits

  • Sales are Dubai Land Department registered apartment transactions; leases are Ejari apartment contracts, new and renewed, counted whether or not they name a building we publish.
  • Planned completions are apartment units in projects the Land Department register lists as neither complete nor cancelled, by the year of the registered completion date. Projects already past that date and projects without one are counted separately, not spread over future years. Leases are every registered new and renewed apartment lease in the area in the last 12 months. A planned date is not a delivery forecast. Supply counts projects live at the month’s end by their currently registered completion date.
  • Each building counts once per bedroom type when it has at least five ready sales (or five new leases) in both the last 12 months and the 12 before. Its change is its own median price per sqft (or annual rent) now against then, so the mix of buildings that happened to trade cannot move it. Off-plan sales are left out.
  • This month is fixed: the page and its CSV (free account) keep these figures when later months publish. Full methodology

Dubai property market report, August 2026

Record type
Monthly market report
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
37,700 ready and 116,199 off-plan sales in 12 months; 549,323 leases
Sources
Dubai Land Department sales, Ejari leases and project register
Canonical record
/research/market-report/2026-08
Method
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Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dubai property market report, August 2026.” Dubai. Data to 2026-08-31. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/research/market-report/2026-08

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