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Dubai market, October 2026

Ready apartment sales fell 22.6% on the year, yet the typical building’s ready price rose 2.2%; new one-bedroom leases cost 6.8% less per sq ft than in October 2025.

Monthly report · Data to · Published · By Leo
138,419 apartment sales in 12 months · 23,959 new leases in October · every figure from registered Land Department and Ejari records
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October in numbers

−22.6%

Ready apartment sales on the year

Sales, 12 months
138,419
Value changed hands
AED 255.0bn
1-bed rent on a year
−6.8%
Same-building price
+2.2%
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What moved in October Four findings, each with its number

  1. Ready apartment sales fell 22.6% on the year; off-plan sales fell 10.6%Off-plan was 74% of the 138,419 registered apartment sales.−22.6%
  2. New one-bedroom leases in October 2026 cost 6.8% less per sq ft than a year earlier23,959 new leases were signed for these types, +8.2% on the same month a year earlier.−6.8%
  3. Ready prices rose in 64% of matched buildings; the typical one moved +2.2%, 3.2 points less than the citywide median36% of 1,584 matched buildings sold lower per sq ft than a year earlier.+2.2%
  4. Planned completions in Motor City equal 6.6 times the homes let there today; across Dubai, 40%Across Dubai, 214,261 apartments are planned for 2026–2028 against 531,723 homes let today; another 54,963 are in projects past their registered date.660%

Recomputed for the twelve months to 31 Oct 2026 from records registered up to 2 Nov 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 October AED 255.0bn of apartments changed hands

MarketSalesOn a yearAED/sqftOn a yearValue
All138,419−14.0%1,725+1.8%255.0bn
Ready (resale)35,330−22.6%1,425+5.4%62.2bn
Off-plan103,089−10.6%1,790−1.7%192.7bn

DLD registered apartment sales, 12 months to 31 Oct 2026 against the 12 before. Value in AED. Gifts and mortgage registrations are not sales. AED 62.2bn changed hands in ready sales against AED 192.7bn contracted off-plan.

Rents and yields by type The typical building’s studio yields 7.6% gross against 6.4% for two bedrooms

TypeNew-lease rent, /sqftGross yield, middle 80% of buildingsMedian yield and range
Studio105−4.9%5,785 new · 3,950 renewals7.6%5.9–9.0 · 329 bldgs
1 bed86−6.8%10,777 new · 9,068 renewals6.9%5.2–8.5 · 568 bldgs
2 bed81−5.4%6,115 new · 8,069 renewals6.4%4.7–7.8 · 346 bldgs
3 bed89+4.1%1,282 new · 1,635 renewals5.9%4.4–7.2 · 82 bldgs

Rent: median of every new Ejari apartment lease in October 2026, change on October 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 Oct 2026, 1,325 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

7580859095Oct 24Mar 25Aug 25Jan 26Jun 26Oct 26New 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: 85New 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: 83New one-bedroom leases, Jul 26: 84New one-bedroom leases, Aug 26: 86New one-bedroom leases, Sep 26: 88New one-bedroom leases, Oct 26: 8686
Every new one-bedroom lease registered in the month, to October 2026. Source: Ejari.

The year so far, report by report Ready sales over twelve months went from 46,184 in the January 2026 report to 35,330 in October 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%JanMarMayJulSepOctTypical 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%Typical building, Sep: +3.2%Typical building, Oct: +2.2%+2.2%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%Citywide median, Sep: +5.5%Citywide median, Oct: +5.4%+5.4%
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

35k40k45k50kJanMarMayJulSepOctReady 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: 37.7kReady sales, Sep: 36.7kReady sales, Oct: 35.3k35.3k
By report month. Resales of completed apartments; off-plan sales are counted apart. Source: DLD registered sales.

Price moves inside the same buildings Ready prices rose in 64% of matched buildings; the typical one moved +2.2%, 3.2 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+2.2%+5.4%36% of 1,58464% of 1,409
Studio+2.3%+4.6%37% of 37359% of 328
1 bed+2.6%+6.1%34% of 69566% of 578
2 bed+2.0%+7.1%38% of 41662% of 399
3 bed+1.8%+8.5%41% of 9678% of 99

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. Dubai MarinaTypical building: +1.0%Area median: +13.3%
  2. Discovery GardensTypical building: +3.4%Area median: +12.9%
  3. Dubai Sports CityTypical building: +2.3%Area median: +10.2%
  4. ArjanTypical building: +3.4%Area median: +8.8%
  5. Dubailand Residence ComplexTypical building: +5.8%Area median: +0.4%
  6. Motor CityTypical building: +3.2%Area median: +8.1%
  7. Business BayTypical building: +0.1%Area median: +4.8%
  8. Jumeirah Village CircleTypical building: −0.5%Area median: +3.2%
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 today Planned completions in Motor City equal 6.6 times the homes let there today; across Dubai, 40%

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

  1. Motor City660%
  2. Majan322%
  3. Dubai South321%
  4. Meydan310%
  5. Dubai Harbour302%
  6. Dubai Science Park294%
  7. Maritime City271%
  8. Jumeirah Village Triangle233%
  9. All Dubai40%
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 City660%11,1631,691414
Majan322%9,5562,972279
Dubai South321%15,2274,7438,067
Meydan310%5,6391,8220
Dubai Harbour302%4,4911,4860
Dubai Science Park294%3,9301,3352,083
Maritime City271%4,4221,635191
Jumeirah Village Triangle233%6,6602,8631,027
All Dubai40%214,261531,72354,963

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

Cite this report

Dubai Wealth Index. “Dubai property market report, October 2026.” Dubai. Data to 2026-10-31. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/research/market-report/2026-10

Dubai property market report, October 2026

Record type
Monthly market report
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
35,330 ready and 103,089 off-plan sales in 12 months; 547,322 leases
Sources
Dubai Land Department sales, Ejari leases and project register
Canonical record
/research/market-report/2026-10
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dubai property market report, October 2026.” Dubai. Data to 2026-10-31. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/research/market-report/2026-10

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