# Dubai property market, May 2026: median AED 1,738/sqft, up 10.0% year on year — Dubai Real Estate Data

> Median AED 1,738/sqft over the 12 months to 31 May 2026, up 10.0% year on year; 9,977 sales registered in May 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 May 2026

- Median price per sqft (built residential): AED 1,738/sqft (n = 173,803, +10% vs the prior 12 months)
- Interquartile range: AED 1,392–2,317/sqft
- Registered sales: 201,367 (AED 564.6B)
- Off-plan share: 67.1%

## May 2026

- Registered sales at publication: 9,977 (AED 23.7B)
- Median price per sqft: AED 1,660/sqft (n = 8,833)
- Ready homes, median per sqft: AED 1,391/sqft
- Off-plan homes, median per sqft: AED 1,698/sqft
- Off-plan share of the month's sales: 72.0%
- 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)

- Barsha Heights: AED 1,479/sqft, +28.9% (n = 153)
- Mudon: AED 1,572/sqft, +27.6% (n = 294)
- Dubai Investment Park Second: AED 734/sqft, +25.5% (n = 237)
- Mirdif: AED 1,038/sqft, -10% (n = 146)
- Al Kheeran: AED 1,427/sqft, -9.4% (n = 51)
- Majan: AED 942/sqft, -7.8% (n = 1,415)

## Cite

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

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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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