# Dubai property market, January 2026: median AED 1,698/sqft, up 9.1% year on year — Dubai Real Estate Data

> Median AED 1,698/sqft over the 12 months to 31 Jan 2026, up 9.1% year on year; 16,432 sales registered in January 2026. 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 Jan 2026

- Median price per sqft (built residential): AED 1,698/sqft (n = 182,199, +9.1% vs the prior 12 months)
- Interquartile range: AED 1,354–2,282/sqft
- Registered sales: 213,062 (AED 607.3B)
- Off-plan share: 63.4%

## January 2026

- Registered sales at publication: 16,432 (AED 56B)
- Median price per sqft: AED 1,780/sqft (n = 13,985)
- Ready homes, median per sqft: AED 1,411/sqft
- Off-plan homes, median per sqft: AED 1,851/sqft
- Off-plan share of the month's sales: 64.7%
- DLD residential price index (Q4 2025): 167.3 (+8.9% 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)

- Motor City: AED 990/sqft, +35.2% (n = 1,109)
- City Walk: AED 2,808/sqft, +30.6% (n = 453)
- Dubai Investment Park Second: AED 700/sqft, +26.9% (n = 192)
- Mirdif: AED 957/sqft, -18% (n = 193)
- Dubai Industrial City: AED 979/sqft, -2.1% (n = 191)

## Cite

Dubai Real Estate Data, Dubai Property Market Report January 2026, data as registered by 12 Oct 2026. https://www.dubairealestatedata.com/report/2026-01

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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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