# Dubai property market, May 2025: median AED 1,580/sqft, up 4.7% year on year — Dubai Real Estate Data

> Median AED 1,580/sqft over the 12 months to 31 May 2025, up 4.7% year on year; 18,227 sales registered in May 2025. Monthly report from official DLD open data.
> Edition published 15 Oct 2026, data as registered by 12 Oct 2026, methodology v2.1. Frozen as published; compiled retrospectively when the series began.

## Trailing 12 months to 31 May 2025

- Median price per sqft (built residential): AED 1,580/sqft (n = 162,442, +4.7% vs the prior 12 months)
- Interquartile range: AED 1,243–2,175/sqft
- Registered sales: 192,077 (AED 537.3B)
- Off-plan share: 59.2%

## May 2025

- Registered sales at publication: 18,227 (AED 58.4B)
- Median price per sqft: AED 1,659/sqft (n = 14,501)
- Ready homes, median per sqft: AED 1,353/sqft
- Off-plan homes, median per sqft: AED 1,818/sqft
- Off-plan share of the month's sales: 54.3%
- DLD residential price index (Q1 2025): 158.8 (+12% YoY)

Month-level figures describe a month that was still filling in; the 12-month figures are the settled ones.

## Largest ready-resale price moves by area (12 months, n ≥ 50 per window)

- Dubai Science Park: AED 1,404/sqft, +56% (n = 247)
- Dubai Studio City: AED 1,370/sqft, +48.9% (n = 255)
- Jumeirah Village Triangle: AED 1,036/sqft, +37.4% (n = 551)
- Dubai Production City: AED 961/sqft, -6.3% (n = 1,417)
- Dubai Industrial City: AED 990/sqft, -1% (n = 258)

## Cite

Dubai Real Estate Data, Dubai Property Market Report May 2025, data as registered by 12 Oct 2026. https://www.dubairealestatedata.com/report/2025-05

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- Source: Dubai Land Department (DLD) open data via Dubai Pulse (https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/)
- Data through: 12 Oct 2026 · registered transactions only · updated weekly
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