Dubai Real Estate Market Report

Week 23, 2026 Analysis

Fateh Almsaddi, The Founder of DXBinteract

12, Nov 2026

Key takeaways

  • Dubai recorded 3,044 apartment and villa sales in 1–7 June 2026, a weekly change of +757.5%.
  • Apartment sales: 2,904 (+729.7%); villa sales: 140 (+2700.0%).
  • Apartment median price: AED 1,705/sqft. Villa median price: AED 1,454/sqft.
  • Primary purchases represented 79.2% of residential transactions; resales represented 20.8%.

DXBinteract · Dubai Weekly Residential Market Report · ISO Week 23

Dubai residential sales rebound to 3,044 in 1–7 June 2026

Apartment and villa transactions rose 757.5% against 25–31 May 2026; category prices are reported separately.

By Fateh Al Msaddi, Founder, DXBinteract. Updated 1 November 2026; source retrieved 1 November 2026.

Dubai apartments and villas: 1–7 June 2026 versus 25–31 May 2026. Source: DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) records
MeasureReporting weekPrevious weekWeekly change
Apartment + villa sales3,044355+757.5%
Apartment sales2,904350+729.7%
Villa sales1405+2700.0%
Apartment median AED/sqft1,7051,700+0.3%
Villa median AED/sqft1,4543,751-61.2%
Primary share of residential count79.2%98.3%-19.1 percentage points

Dubai recorded 3,044 apartment and villa sales in 1–7 June 2026, up 757.5% from 25–31 May 2026, according to DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department records. Apartments contributed 2,904 sales and villas 140. Apartment and villa medians were AED 1,705/sqft and AED 1,454/sqft respectively.

Sales rebound from a small previous-week base

Dubai apartment transactions rose 729.7% to 2,904 in 1–7 June 2026, while villa transactions rose 2700.0% to 140. Apartments changed by +2,554 sales and villas by +135, producing a combined change of +2,689 transactions.

Apartment transactions made the larger contribution to the net change in count. This is a statement about the number of recorded sales, not an estimate of how many unique buyers entered Dubai or how the value of an unchanged property moved.

The percentage increase starts from just 355 residential transactions in the preceding week. That small base amplifies the weekly rate. The source does not establish the reason for the earlier low count, and this report does not attribute it to a holiday, policy change or change in investor sentiment.

Separate apartment and villa medians give a clearer pricing picture

Dubai apartment sales recorded a median AED 1,705/sqft in 1–7 June 2026, compared with AED 1,700/sqft in 25–31 May 2026, a change of +0.3%. The category recorded 2,904 transactions this week.

Dubai villa sales recorded a median AED 1,454/sqft in 1–7 June 2026, compared with AED 3,751/sqft in 25–31 May 2026, a change of -61.2%. The category recorded 140 transactions this week.

The villa price comparison includes a week with fewer than 50 transactions. That small sample is sensitive to which properties sold; the median should not be treated as a broad valuation signal.

A median describes the middle observation among the properties sold. Changes in location, size, specification or sales channel may influence it. Apartment and villa medians are not averaged into a residential price index, and a weekly median change is not like-for-like appreciation of the same home.

Primary purchases represent 79.2% of residential count

Dubai recorded 2,411 primary apartment and villa sales and 633 resales in 1–7 June 2026. Primary purchases accounted for 79.2% of residential transactions, compared with 98.3% in 25–31 May 2026. The split is calculated from apartment and villa category counts, rather than the broader market summary.

Dubai apartment and villa sales by channel, 1–7 June 2026. Source: DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) records
ChannelApartmentsVillasResidential countPrevious weekCount change
Primary2,348632,411349+590.8%
Resale556776336+10450.0%

Primary means a purchase directly from a developer; resale means a secondary-market purchase. These are seller channels. Their price populations can differ in location, specifications and project mix, so a difference between channel medians would not by itself establish a discount on a comparable home.

The leading apartment and villa areas are measured separately

In Dubai during 1–7 June 2026, Dubai South led the supplied apartment-area table with 929 sales; Al Yelayiss 1 led the villa table with 31. These are category-specific volume rankings using the source’s recorded geographic names.

Top reported areas for apartment sales, 1–7 June 2026. Source: DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) records
Listed positionArea as recordedSales count
1Dubai South929
2Jabal Ali First208
3Al Thanyah Fifth172
4Al Barsha South Fourth157
5Wadi Al Safa 5102
Top reported areas for villa sales, 1–7 June 2026. Source: DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) records
Listed positionArea as recordedSales count
1Al Yelayiss 131
2Al Hebiah Fifth20
3Madinat Hind 412
4Al Yufrah 17
5Me'Aisem Second7

Where counts tie, their listed order is not a claim that one area has more sales than another. Source districts can contain several communities, and no unverified mapping to a smaller community is applied. The two top-five lists are not complete area datasets and cannot be added together to reconstruct a combined residential ranking.

Residential project counts are drawn from the supplied shortlist

Dubai’s supplied project shortlist for 1–7 June 2026 records 659 apartment and villa transactions at Azizi Venice 14, the largest residential count within that shortlist. The table below reorders the available projects using only their apartment and villa counts.

Five highest residential counts within the supplied project shortlist, 1–7 June 2026. Source: DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) records
Project as recordedArea as recordedApartmentsVillasResidential count
Azizi Venice 14Dubai South6590659
Eltiera ViewsAl Thanyah Fifth1370137
Boulevard Park 2 (All Buildings)Jabal Ali First65065
Azizi ArianJabal Ali Industrial Second64064
Azizi MilanWadi Al Safa 440040

The source selected this shortlist using a wider property population. Removing other categories and reordering the remaining counts does not produce an independently verified citywide residential top five. A complete residential-only project leaderboard would remove that limitation.

Methodology and reporting window

Source: DXBinteract analysis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) records.

This report covers Monday 1 June 2026 through Sunday 7 June 2026, in Asia/Dubai time, compared with 25–31 May 2026. ISO reporting year 2026 is used; ISO Week 1 can begin in December 2025. Source figures were retrieved on 1 November 2026, which is the extraction date rather than a confirmed transaction cutoff.

Only the source categories Apartment and Villa enter the residential totals, price measures, channel shares and rankings. Townhouse is a separate source category and is excluded, as are other property types. The source does not specify the exact data cutoff or sale-versus-registration date basis. Recorded counts are not described as unique homes or buyers.

Weekly changes are recalculated from raw values. The preceding week’s separately stored report is used consistently across this batch wherever it is available; for Week 1 the embedded prior-week figures are used. Medians come from the relevant category and are never averaged across days or property types. Figures may be revised as the underlying records and snapshots change.

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Week 23, 2026 Report – FAQ

  • How many apartments and villas sold in Dubai in 1–7 June 2026?

    Dubai recorded 3,044 apartment and villa sales, compared with 355 in the preceding week, a change of +757.5%. Townhouses and non-residential categories are excluded.

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  • What was Dubai’s median apartment price per sqft in 1–7 June 2026?

    Apartment sales recorded a median AED 1,705/sqft across 2,904 transactions. The comparison is category-specific and is not blended with villas.

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  • What does the villa price data show for 1–7 June 2026?

    Villa sales recorded a median AED 1,454/sqft across 140 transactions. The median describes the properties sold, not a like-for-like valuation change.

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  • How did primary and resale transactions compare in 1–7 June 2026?

    Primary apartment and villa sales numbered 2,411, or 79.2% of the residential count. Resales numbered 633, or 20.8%; these are seller channels.

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  • Which areas led Dubai apartment and villa sales in 1–7 June 2026?

    Dubai South led the supplied apartment-area table with 929 sales, and Al Yelayiss 1 led the villa table with 31. The rankings retain the source’s geographic boundaries.

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