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The latest Dubai property market numbers: transaction records, price movements and new launches, reported as they happen.
Dubai property sales hit $29.4B in Q2 2026, with off-plan projects continuing to drive market growth and buyer confidence.
Dubai defied the seasonal slowdown, closing Ramadan 2026 with a record AED 50.1 billion in property sales, the culmination of a four-year climb from AED 21 billion in 2023.
Why Dubai's property market stayed unshaken in March 2026, strategic maturity, resilient 8–9.5% yields, and safe-haven status backed by a dollar-pegged, tax-neutral environment.
Dubai property prices are up ~15% year-on-year in 2026 after a record 270,000 transactions in 2025, with villa communities like Victory Heights up as much as 35%.
Dubai's third straight year atop global greenfield FDI, plus the new 10-year Blue Residency visa for environmental contributors, is set to boost capital, talent and housing demand.
Top developers now require 30–50% payment before resale, all but ending residential flipping in Dubai, even as commercial land flipping surges up to 300%.
Palm Jebel Ali was Dubai's best-selling area in Q4 2023 at Dh14.2 billion, with villas selling at premiums of up to 10% as long-term investors bet on the reborn island.
Knight Frank data shows Dubai residential prices rose for an 11th straight quarter, up 5% in Q3 2023, with Dubai South apartments up 73% year-on-year.
Knight Frank's Q1 2023 report shows Palm Jumeirah villa prices up 126% since the pandemic, 14% in Q1 alone, as prime communities keep driving Dubai's luxury market.
Average Dubai rents jumped 24.2% in the year to May. With supply rising in areas like Dubai South and Arjan, could rent-to-own schemes tempt more end-users to buy?
Dubai unveils a new master plan for Palm Jebel Ali, bigger than Palm Jumeirah, with 80+ hotels and resorts, homes for 35,000 families, and a place in the Dubai 2040 urban master plan.
Binghatti and Bugatti bring the world's first Bugatti-branded residences to Business Bay, 182 units, 11 sky-mansion penthouses, and garage-to-penthouse car lifts.
The property sector is showing no signs of slowing down despite a sharp rise in interest from investors and buyers.
Dubai real estate closed 2022 with a record $72.2 billion in sales, up 61% year-on-year, and a new report expects prices and rents to keep climbing through 2023.
Zoom Property Insights data on the Dubai areas set to stay popular in 2023. Palm Jumeirah leads apartment price gains, while Emirates Hills tops villa growth.
DAMAC adds two Mediterranean-themed clusters, Venice and Malta, to its water-inspired Lagoons community in Dubai, with gondola rides, canals and lagoon-side living.