The market

The Dubai market, in figures

Every figure below is drawn from the 2,058 projects in our catalogue, and each can be checked against its source.

As at 18 September 2026

AED 1,450,000Entry price, medianThe middle project by starting price

AED 1,934Per sq ft, medianStarting price over the smallest home

652Due by next yearOff-plan projects handing over

10%Typical bookingPaid on reservation; 13% keep paying after handover

Value per square foot

Median price per square foot across the areas holding at least ten projects: a lower figure marks a more accessible entry, and from Business Bay to Dubai Land the spread runs close to two to one.

Each project's starting price divided by its smallest home, then the median for the area. Based on today's asking prices.

The handover pipeline

Off-plan projects by the year each is due to complete, a shape that indicates the rental competition a unit is likely to meet in its first month of handover.

Planned handover year as recorded by the developer. A project past its date stays under construction until the developer hands over.

Built against building

The ten busiest areas, divided between what is ready to move into and what is still under construction; an area that is almost entirely off-plan reflects confidence in the area as much as in any one building.

Off-planReady

Counted in projects. A completed project may still have homes for sale.

Payment at reservation

Off-plan projects by the share of the price due at reservation: a median of 10%, with 13% of plans continuing to take payments after the keys are handed over.

10% or less597
11 to 20%521
21 to 30%13
Over 30%17

Counted from the first payment plan on record for each project. Developers often negotiate from this.

The lowest point of entry

The lowest starting price on record in each area holding at least ten projects, one apartment in one project, and best read as the floor for that area.

Lowest recorded starting price. Availability at that price changes week to week. A call tells you what is left.

Live supply, by developer

Live projects by developer: the count indicating whose stock a buyer is shown most often, and whose handover record carries the greatest weight in the market.

Projects currently offered, excluding sold out.

How these numbers are made

Every figure on this page is one you can check yourself: computed from the 2,058 Dubai projects in our catalogue, 1,564 off-plan and 494 completed. Prices are the developer's starting price for a project, in dirhams, before any negotiation. Sizes are the smallest home in the project.

These are developers' asking prices for new stock, so they show what the market is offering today. You find out what a specific unit is worth, and what it would let for, on a call.

Any figure, explained

Tell us the area or the figure in question, and you receive what sits behind it, together with what is available at that price today.