Dubai Real Estate Market Report
Week 41, 2026 Analysis
Fateh Almsaddi, The Founder of DXBinteract
12, Nov 2026
Key takeaways
- Dubai recorded 2,213 apartment and villa sales in 5–11 October 2026, a weekly change of +0.7%.
- Apartment sales: 1,984 (-1.9%); villa sales: 229 (+30.1%).
- Apartment median price: 1,675/sqft. Villa median price: 1,636/sqft.
- Primary purchases represented 62.7% of residential transactions; resales represented 37.3%.
DXBinteract · Dubai Weekly Residential Market Report · ISO Week 41
Dubai villa and apartment sales diverge in 5–11 October 2026
Apartment and villa transactions rose 0.7% against 28 September–4 October 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 | 2,213 | 2,198 | +0.7% |
| Apartment sales | 1,984 | 2,022 | -1.9% |
| Villa sales | 229 | 176 | +30.1% |
| Apartment median /sqft | 1,675 | 1,686 | -0.7% |
| Villa median /sqft | 1,636 | 1,516 | +7.9% |
| Primary share of residential count | 62.7% | 65.0% | -2.2 percentage points |
Dubai recorded 2,213 apartment and villa sales in 5–11 October 2026, up 0.7% from 28 September–4 October 2026, according to DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department records. Apartments contributed 1,984 sales and villas 229. Apartment and villa medians were 1,675/sqft and 1,636/sqft respectively.
Villa sales rise while apartment activity eases
Dubai apartment transactions fell 1.9% to 1,984 in 5–11 October 2026, while villa transactions rose 30.1% to 229. Apartments changed by -38 sales and villas by +53, producing a combined change of +15 transactions.
The two categories moved in opposite directions. The residential total therefore conceals a different activity picture for apartments and villas; a single citywide volume change should not be read as evidence that every segment strengthened or weakened together.
Separate apartment and villa medians give a clearer pricing picture
Dubai apartment sales recorded a median 1,675/sqft in 5–11 October 2026, compared with 1,686/sqft in 28 September–4 October 2026, a change of -0.7%. The category recorded 1,984 transactions this week.
Dubai villa sales recorded a median 1,636/sqft in 5–11 October 2026, compared with 1,516/sqft in 28 September–4 October 2026, a change of +7.9%. The category recorded 229 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 62.7% of residential count
Dubai recorded 1,388 primary apartment and villa sales and 825 resales in 5–11 October 2026. Primary purchases accounted for 62.7% of residential transactions, compared with 65.0% in 28 September–4 October 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 | 1,272 | 116 | 1,388 | 1,428 | -2.8% |
| Resale | 712 | 113 | 825 | 770 | +7.1% |
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 5–11 October 2026, Al Barsha South Fourth led the supplied apartment-area table with 161 sales; Al Yufrah 1 led the villa table with 31. These are category-specific volume rankings using the source’s recorded geographic names.
| Listed position | Area as recorded | Sales count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Barsha South Fourth | 161 |
| 2 | Dubai South | 137 |
| 3 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | 136 |
| 4 | Al Hebiah First | 101 |
| 5 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | 79 |
| Listed position | Area as recorded | Sales count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Yufrah 1 | 31 |
| 2 | Madinat Hind 4 | 26 |
| 3 | Al Hebiah Fifth | 21 |
| 4 | Al Rowaiyah First | 17 |
| 5 | Al Yelayiss 1 | 17 |
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 5–11 October 2026 records 78 apartment and villa transactions at Binghatti Skyterraces, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghatti Skyterraces | Al Hebiah First | 78 | 0 | 78 |
| Raw District 2 By Imtiaz | Jabal Ali Industrial Third | 77 | 0 | 77 |
| Damac Lagoons - Lagoon Views 13 | Al Hebiah Fifth | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Binghatti Skyflame 1 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | 39 | 0 | 39 |
| Maybach Ultimate Luxury (All Buildings) | Nad Al Sheba First | 35 | 0 | 35 |
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 5 October 2026 through Sunday 11 October 2026, in Asia/Dubai time, compared with 28 September–4 October 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.