# Dubai property market, August 2026: median AED 1,734/sqft, up 6.7% year on year — Dubai Real Estate Data

> Median AED 1,734/sqft over the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, up 6.7% year on year; 11,767 sales registered in August 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 Aug 2026

- Median price per sqft (built residential): AED 1,734/sqft (n = 162,494, +6.7% vs the prior 12 months)
- Interquartile range: AED 1,407–2,257/sqft
- Registered sales: 186,714 (AED 502.3B)
- Off-plan share: 68.6%

## August 2026

- Registered sales at publication: 11,767 (AED 26.3B)
- Median price per sqft: AED 1,708/sqft (n = 10,227)
- Ready homes, median per sqft: AED 1,431/sqft
- Off-plan homes, median per sqft: AED 1,747/sqft
- Off-plan share of the month's sales: 67.6%
- 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 1,769/sqft, +52.2% (n = 195)
- Mudon: AED 1,641/sqft, +28.8% (n = 240)
- Dubai Investment Park Second: AED 751/sqft, +22.5% (n = 221)
- Dubai Science Park: AED 1,379/sqft, -11% (n = 189)
- Al Kifaf: AED 1,948/sqft, -4.3% (n = 103)
- Al Furjan: AED 1,163/sqft, -2.6% (n = 1,702)

## Cite

Dubai Real Estate Data, Dubai Property Market Report August 2026, data as registered by 12 Oct 2026. https://www.dubairealestatedata.com/report/2026-08

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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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