Dubai Property Price Index: Registered Price per Sq Ft by Area
What buyers actually paid per square foot in each Dubai area. Every figure comes from Dubai Land Department registered sales, which are signed and recorded contracts. No portal asking prices. No estimates.
Cresco Real Estate, RERA ORN 34288. Refreshed every month from the Dubai Land Department register.
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Key findings, 1 September to 11 October 2026
- Most expensive per sq ft: Palm Jebel Ali (AED 3,533), Dubai Maritime City (AED 3,205), Palm Jumeirah (AED 2,928).
- Lowest per sq ft: Dubai Sports City (AED 1,152), Emaar South (AED 1,280), Town Square (AED 1,317).
- Busiest areas: Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) (1,035 sales), Dubai South (984 sales), Business Bay (410 sales).
- This index covers 5,297 registered residential sales across 25 Dubai areas.
Registered price per sq ft by area
Median price per sq ft of registered apartment and villa sales, 1 September to 11 October 2026. Sorted from highest to lowest. Bedroom columns show median sale prices where an area had at least five sales of that size.
| Area | Sales | Median per sq ft | Ready per sq ft | Off plan per sq ft | Off plan share | Median price | Studio | 1 bedroom | 2 bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Jebel Ali | 26 | AED 3,533 | n/a | AED 3,533 | 100% | AED 4,280,500 | n/a | AED 2,732,000 | AED 4,333,500 |
| Dubai Maritime City | 120 | AED 3,205 | n/a | AED 3,205 | 99% | AED 2,489,120 | AED 1,387,500 | AED 2,501,760 | AED 4,718,139 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 86 | AED 2,928 | AED 2,651 | AED 5,381 | 24% | AED 5,700,000 | n/a | AED 2,947,000 | AED 5,700,000 |
| Downtown Dubai | 192 | AED 2,688 | AED 2,466 | AED 3,958 | 21% | AED 3,037,500 | AED 1,265,000 | AED 2,150,000 | AED 3,615,000 |
| City Walk | 23 | AED 2,607 | AED 2,607 | n/a | 0% | AED 2,950,000 | n/a | AED 2,285,000 | n/a |
| Dubai Islands | 160 | AED 2,426 | n/a | AED 2,427 | 99% | AED 2,796,068 | n/a | AED 2,156,803 | AED 3,209,115 |
| Dubai Hills Estate | 206 | AED 2,369 | AED 2,217 | AED 2,442 | 38% | AED 2,450,000 | n/a | AED 1,784,444 | AED 2,550,000 |
| Dubai Creek Harbour | 130 | AED 2,264 | AED 2,279 | AED 2,165 | 11% | AED 2,550,000 | n/a | AED 1,680,000 | AED 2,650,000 |
| Mohammed Bin Rashid City (MBR) | 329 | AED 2,163 | AED 2,081 | AED 2,440 | 24% | AED 2,260,000 | AED 890,000 | AED 1,550,000 | AED 2,480,000 |
| Business Bay | 410 | AED 2,084 | AED 1,771 | AED 2,467 | 38% | AED 1,950,000 | AED 1,100,000 | AED 1,935,000 | AED 2,425,000 |
| Sobha Hartland | 103 | AED 1,971 | AED 1,970 | n/a | 1% | AED 1,800,000 | n/a | AED 1,330,000 | AED 2,460,000 |
| Dubai Marina | 198 | AED 1,956 | AED 1,750 | AED 3,037 | 15% | AED 2,524,548 | AED 932,500 | AED 1,630,500 | AED 2,900,000 |
| District One | 13 | AED 1,927 | AED 1,927 | n/a | 0% | AED 2,050,000 | n/a | AED 1,500,000 | n/a |
| Damac Hills | 157 | AED 1,733 | AED 1,327 | AED 1,791 | 72% | AED 1,188,480 | AED 701,200 | AED 1,207,680 | AED 2,088,480 |
| Dubai South | 984 | AED 1,638 | AED 1,087 | AED 1,654 | 93% | AED 779,377 | AED 639,000 | AED 1,130,760 | AED 1,795,598 |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT) | 229 | AED 1,606 | AED 1,321 | AED 1,680 | 82% | AED 1,084,971 | AED 775,999 | AED 1,148,150 | AED 1,680,823 |
| Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) | 54 | AED 1,553 | AED 1,553 | n/a | 0% | AED 2,225,000 | n/a | AED 1,750,000 | AED 2,100,000 |
| Arjan, Dubailand | 302 | AED 1,512 | AED 1,377 | AED 1,616 | 60% | AED 1,000,000 | AED 701,926 | AED 1,189,615 | AED 1,515,000 |
| Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT) | 114 | AED 1,431 | AED 1,357 | AED 2,038 | 28% | AED 1,422,500 | AED 800,000 | AED 1,190,000 | AED 1,875,000 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) | 1,035 | AED 1,401 | AED 1,244 | AED 1,532 | 52% | AED 940,000 | AED 679,766 | AED 1,040,000 | AED 1,680,000 |
| Arabian Ranches | 21 | AED 1,379 | AED 1,379 | n/a | 0% | AED 4,995,000 | n/a | n/a | AED 4,900,000 |
| Al Furjan | 113 | AED 1,350 | AED 1,294 | AED 1,443 | 35% | AED 1,620,140 | AED 594,860 | AED 1,000,000 | AED 1,676,672 |
| Town Square | 66 | AED 1,317 | AED 1,272 | AED 1,440 | 15% | AED 1,260,000 | n/a | AED 850,000 | AED 1,325,000 |
| Emaar South | 17 | AED 1,280 | AED 1,277 | n/a | 12% | AED 1,985,000 | n/a | n/a | AED 1,385,244 |
| Dubai Sports City | 209 | AED 1,152 | AED 946 | AED 1,393 | 45% | AED 800,000 | AED 544,880 | AED 800,000 | AED 1,450,000 |
Too few sales to publish a median this period: Tilal Al Ghaf, Mudon, Arabian Ranches 2, Jumeirah Park, Jumeirah Golf Estates, The Springs, Meadows and Lakes.
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How this index is built
Source: Dubai Land Department, Real Estate Data open data portal, downloaded 12 October 2026. Basis: Registered sales transactions, residential units only. Mortgages and gifts excluded. Each figure is a median, so a handful of very large or very small deals cannot pull it up or down.
- Only signed and registered sales are counted. Asking prices on listing portals are not used.
- Apartments under AED 500 per sq ft are excluded as likely data entry errors.
- An area needs at least 10 sales in the period before we publish its median.
- Off plan sales are contracts with developers before completion. Ready sales are completed units.
Limits
The register does not record view, floor, finish or condition, so a single unit can sell well above or below its area median. A shift in the mix of projects sold, for example a large off plan launch, moves an area median even when like for like prices are flat. Areas with mostly off plan sales reflect developer launch pricing more than resale value.
Go deeper on each area
Click any area in the table for its full guide with rental yields, service charges and recent sales. Or download all 21 Dubai area guides as free PDFs.