Dubai Real Estate Market Report
Week 31, 2026 Analysis
Fateh Almsaddi, The Founder of DXBinteract
12, Nov 2026
Key takeaways
- Dubai recorded 3,169 apartment and villa sales in 27 July–2 August 2026, a weekly change of +15.3%.
- Apartment sales: 3,012 (+15.3%); villa sales: 157 (+15.4%).
- Apartment median price: 1,667/sqft. Villa median price: 1,578/sqft.
- Primary purchases represented 72.4% of residential transactions; resales represented 27.6%.
DXBinteract · Dubai Weekly Residential Market Report · ISO Week 31
Dubai residential sales rise 15% in 27 July–2 August 2026
Apartment and villa transactions rose 15.3% against 20–26 July 2026; category prices are reported separately.
By Fateh Al Msaddi, Founder, DXBinteract. Updated 1 November 2026; source retrieved 1 November 2026.
| Measure | Reporting week | Previous week | Weekly change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment + villa sales | 3,169 | 2,748 | +15.3% |
| Apartment sales | 3,012 | 2,612 | +15.3% |
| Villa sales | 157 | 136 | +15.4% |
| Apartment median /sqft | 1,667 | 1,693 | -1.5% |
| Villa median /sqft | 1,578 | 1,502 | +5.1% |
| Primary share of residential count | 72.4% | 69.4% | +3.0 percentage points |
Dubai recorded 3,169 apartment and villa sales in 27 July–2 August 2026, up 15.3% from 20–26 July 2026, according to DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department records. Apartments contributed 3,012 sales and villas 157. Apartment and villa medians were 1,667/sqft and 1,578/sqft respectively.
Apartment transactions lead the weekly increase
Dubai apartment transactions rose 15.3% to 3,012 in 27 July–2 August 2026, while villa transactions rose 15.4% to 157. Apartments changed by +400 sales and villas by +21, producing a combined change of +421 transactions.
Apartment transactions made the larger contribution to the net change in count. This is a statement about the number of recorded sales, not an estimate of how many unique buyers entered Dubai or how the value of an unchanged property moved.
Separate apartment and villa medians give a clearer pricing picture
Dubai apartment sales recorded a median 1,667/sqft in 27 July–2 August 2026, compared with 1,693/sqft in 20–26 July 2026, a change of -1.5%. The category recorded 3,012 transactions this week.
Dubai villa sales recorded a median 1,578/sqft in 27 July–2 August 2026, compared with 1,502/sqft in 20–26 July 2026, a change of +5.1%. The category recorded 157 transactions this week.
A median describes the middle observation among the properties sold. Changes in location, size, specification or sales channel may influence it. Apartment and villa medians are not averaged into a residential price index, and a weekly median change is not like-for-like appreciation of the same home.
Primary purchases represent 72.4% of residential count
Dubai recorded 2,295 primary apartment and villa sales and 874 resales in 27 July–2 August 2026. Primary purchases accounted for 72.4% of residential transactions, compared with 69.4% in 20–26 July 2026. The split is calculated from apartment and villa category counts, rather than the broader market summary.
| Channel | Apartments | Villas | Residential count | Previous week | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 2,227 | 68 | 2,295 | 1,907 | +20.3% |
| Resale | 785 | 89 | 874 | 841 | +3.9% |
Primary means a purchase directly from a developer; resale means a secondary-market purchase. These are seller channels. Their price populations can differ in location, specifications and project mix, so a difference between channel medians would not by itself establish a discount on a comparable home.
The leading apartment and villa areas are measured separately
In Dubai during 27 July–2 August 2026, Jebel Ali led the supplied apartment-area table with 398 sales; Al Yelayiss 1 led the villa table with 29. These are category-specific volume rankings using the source’s recorded geographic names.
| Listed position | Area as recorded | Sales count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jebel Ali | 398 |
| 2 | Dubai South | 389 |
| 3 | Al Barsha South Fourth | 281 |
| 4 | Jabal Ali First | 160 |
| 5 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | 134 |
| Listed position | Area as recorded | Sales count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Yelayiss 1 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Hebiah Fifth | 21 |
| 3 | Madinat Hind 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Me'Aisem First | 12 |
| 5 | Jabal Ali First | 8 |
Where counts tie, their listed order is not a claim that one area has more sales than another. Source districts can contain several communities, and no unverified mapping to a smaller community is applied. The two top-five lists are not complete area datasets and cannot be added together to reconstruct a combined residential ranking.
Residential project counts are drawn from the supplied shortlist
Dubai’s supplied project shortlist for 27 July–2 August 2026 records 394 apartment and villa transactions at Raw District By Imtiaz, the largest residential count within that shortlist. The table below reorders the available projects using only their apartment and villa counts.
| Project as recorded | Area as recorded | Apartments | Villas | Residential count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw District By Imtiaz | Jebel Ali | 394 | 0 | 394 |
| Azizi Venice 14 | Dubai South | 266 | 0 | 266 |
| Azizi Milan | Wadi Al Safa 4 | 119 | 0 | 119 |
| Azizi Gabriel | Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 101 | 0 | 101 |
| Maybach Six (All Buildings) | Nad Al Sheba First | 58 | 0 | 58 |
The source selected this shortlist using a wider property population. Removing other categories and reordering the remaining counts does not produce an independently verified citywide residential top five. A complete residential-only project leaderboard would remove that limitation.
Methodology and reporting window
Source: DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) records.
This report covers Monday 27 July 2026 through Sunday 2 August 2026, in Asia/Dubai time, compared with 20–26 July 2026. ISO reporting year 2026 is used; ISO Week 1 can begin in December 2025. Source figures were retrieved on 1 November 2026, which is the extraction date rather than a confirmed transaction cutoff.
Only the source categories Apartment and Villa enter the residential totals, price measures, channel shares and rankings. Townhouse is a separate source category and is excluded, as are other property types. The source does not specify the exact data cutoff or sale-versus-registration date basis. Recorded counts are not described as unique homes or buyers.
Weekly changes are recalculated from raw values. The preceding week’s separately stored report is used consistently across this batch wherever it is available; for Week 1 the embedded prior-week figures are used. Medians come from the relevant category and are never averaged across days or property types. Figures may be revised as the underlying records and snapshots change.