Home sales each month, 2026
Registered sales, off-plan and ready
Source: Property Monitor · 5 Oct 2026
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The market, read
Dubai home sales are down 38% on a year ago, median prices are 2% lower, and off-plan is still 72% of deals.
Updated 17 Oct 2026
Home sales, Q3 2026
~34,000
−38% on Q3 2025
Source: Cavendish Maxwell · 6 Oct 2026
Sales value, Q3 2026
AED 72.6bn
−47% on Q3 2025
Source: Cavendish Maxwell · 6 Oct 2026
Off-plan share of sales, Q3 2026
72%
65% of the value
Source: Cavendish Maxwell · 6 Oct 2026
Median price per ft², Q3 2026
AED 1,685
−2% on Q3 2025
Source: Prop971 · 9 Oct 2026
New homes launched, Jan to Sep 2026
~50,000
−64% on Jan to Sep 2025
Source: Savills · 13 Oct 2026
Median price per ft², by quarter
All homes, registered sales
AED 1,601AED 1,772AED 1,685
Source: Prop971 · 9 Oct 2026
Price per ft², by area
Median, last 12 months
Source: Prop971 · 14 Oct 2026
Gross rental yield, apartments
Annual rent over price, to 30 Sep 2026
Source: Prop971 · 9 Oct 2026
Apartment rents, year on year
Q3 2026, steepest falls
Source: Savills · 13 Oct 2026
Launches and handovers
- Launched, Jan to Sep 2026
- about 50,000 homes
- 64% fewer than a year earlier
- Handed over, first half of 2026
- about 26,500 homes
- Savills expects 75,000 to 85,000 this year
Source: Savills · 13 Oct 2026
What the analysts say
Cavendish Maxwell
Part of the Q3 fall is deals agreed but not yet registered. Underlying demand is intact.
Source: Cavendish Maxwell · 6 Oct 2026
Savills
Off-plan value fell to AED 45.7bn from AED 61.3bn in Q2; ready-home value rose to AED 25.1bn from AED 21.3bn. Rents are still falling, with early signs of stabilising.
Source: Savills · 13 Oct 2026
Publishers count sales differently, so each chart uses one source and the figures are not mixed. They are indicative, not advice.
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