# Dubai property market, April 2026: median AED 1,738/sqft, up 10.5% year on year — Dubai Real Estate Data

> Median AED 1,738/sqft over the 12 months to 30 Apr 2026, up 10.5% year on year; 13,718 sales registered in April 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 30 Apr 2026

- Median price per sqft (built residential): AED 1,738/sqft (n = 179,471, +10.5% vs the prior 12 months)
- Interquartile range: AED 1,388–2,323/sqft
- Registered sales: 209,617 (AED 599.3B)
- Off-plan share: 65.8%

## April 2026

- Registered sales at publication: 13,718 (AED 42.3B)
- Median price per sqft: AED 1,852/sqft (n = 11,700)
- Ready homes, median per sqft: AED 1,475/sqft
- Off-plan homes, median per sqft: AED 1,931/sqft
- Off-plan share of the month's sales: 72.8%
- 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)

- Dubai Investment Park Second: AED 737/sqft, +30.2% (n = 249)
- Motor City: AED 1,005/sqft, +25.3% (n = 1,071)
- Mudon: AED 1,539/sqft, +25.2% (n = 310)
- Mirdif: AED 1,031/sqft, -10.6% (n = 161)
- Majan: AED 949/sqft, -5.8% (n = 1,444)
- Al Kifaf: AED 1,990/sqft, -1% (n = 114)

## Cite

Dubai Real Estate Data, Dubai Property Market Report April 2026, data as registered by 12 Oct 2026. https://www.dubairealestatedata.com/report/2026-04

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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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