Community · #29 by 12M value

Dubai South Residential District

Median price per sqft · last 3 months

AED 1,250 /sqft

3M like-for-like: down 2.7%
vs 1 year ago: up 7.8%
Sales 30D: 138

Market bulletin · Thu, 22 Oct 2026

Dubai South Residential District: median AED 1,250/sqft, down 2.7% over three months on 321 sales

Dubai South Residential District recorded 138 sales worth AED 176M in the 30 days to Thu, 22 Oct 2026, up 29.0% on the previous 30 days. Over the last week 54 sales were registered (AED 75.0M), against 14 the week before.

The median sale over the last three months was AED 1.08M, or AED 1,250/sqft — like-for-like prices per sqft down 2.7% on the previous three months and up 7.8% on a year earlier. Monthly medians over the past year ranged from AED 1,110/sqft to AED 1,494/sqft.

By market over 12 months: developer off-plan sales 62.6%, off-plan resales 4.4%, secondary (ready) sales 33%. Off-plan resales traded at a median 15.9% discount to developer prices per sqft.

The Pulse Beachfront 3 was the most active project by value over 12 months (50 sales, AED 216M), and Dubai South Properties the leading developer with 41.7% of value.

Leases registered in the last three months had a median annual rent of AED 53K; like-for-like rent per sqft is up 0.5% on the previous three months. The best gross yield is on Studio apartments at about 8.3%.

Median AED/sqft

Monthly median of all registered sales

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Median AED/sqft
Date	AED/sqft
Oct 26	AED 1,070
Sept 26	AED 1,338
Aug 26	AED 1,196
Jul 26	AED 1,278
Jun 26	AED 1,312
May 26	AED 1,398
Apr 26	AED 1,494
Mar 26	AED 1,471
Feb 26	AED 1,453
Jan 26	AED 1,210
Dec 25	AED 1,211
Nov 25	AED 1,250
Oct 25	AED 1,110
Sept 25	AED 1,140

Off-plan vs resale vs secondary

Monthly median AED/sqft by market (months with 10+ sales)

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Off-plan vs resale vs secondary
Date	Off-plan (developer)	Off-plan resale	Secondary (ready)
Oct 26	AED 1,252	—	AED 963
Sept 26	AED 1,375	—	AED 1,136
Aug 26	AED 1,362	—	AED 1,129
Jul 26	AED 1,380	AED 1,141	AED 1,126
Jun 26	AED 1,387	—	AED 894
May 26	AED 1,437	—	AED 1,162
Apr 26	AED 1,523	—	AED 1,205
Mar 26	AED 1,508	—	AED 1,112
Feb 26	AED 1,510	AED 1,178	AED 1,184
Jan 26	AED 1,305	AED 1,272	AED 1,195
Dec 25	AED 1,340	—	AED 1,032
Nov 25	AED 1,314	AED 1,295	AED 1,149
Oct 25	AED 1,169	AED 1,141	AED 930
Sept 25	AED 1,149	AED 1,147	AED 1,012

Sales per month

Registered sales by market

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Sales per month
Date	Off-plan (developer)	Off-plan resale	Secondary (ready)
Oct 26	51	7	46
Sept 26	102	5	25
Aug 26	38	6	22
Jul 26	58	13	35
Jun 26	153	5	68
May 26	93	4	36
Apr 26	263	6	37
Mar 26	225	4	47
Feb 26	160	10	70
Jan 26	68	15	109
Dec 25	93	9	128
Nov 25	105	16	64

Period comparison

This market against its own past: each window vs the one before it and vs the same window a year earlier.

Period comparison
Window	Sales	vs prior	vs 1Y ago	Value	vs prior	AED/sqft	vs prior	vs 1Y ago
Last 1 month	138	up 29.0%	down 67.3%	AED 176M	up 25.0%	1,150	down 11.7%	up 1.6%
Last 3 months	321	down 32.3%	down 39.7%	AED 448M	down 28.8%	1,250	down 5.7%	up 9.6%
Last 6 months	795	down 46.9%	up 49.4%	AED 1.08B	down 54.2%	1,295	down 3.2%	up 13.6%
Last 12 months	2,319	up 335.9%	up 335.9%	AED 3.48B	up 131.9%	1,316	up 15.4%	up 15.4%

Raw medians — the headline change above is like-for-like (same market, type and bedrooms).

Off-plan, resale and secondary (12M)
Market	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Off-plan (developer)	1,451	63%	AED 1.28M	1,437	up 25.0%
Off-plan resale	103	4%	AED 3.50M	1,208	up 5.6%
Secondary (ready)	765	33%	AED 800K	1,090	up 3.0%

By bedrooms (12M)
Bedrooms	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Studio	358	15%	AED 524K	1,260	up 7.0%
1 bedroom	817	35%	AED 1.00M	1,374	up 11.1%
2 bedrooms	809	35%	AED 1.48M	1,303	up 13.0%
3 bedrooms	188	8%	AED 2.35M	1,402	up 28.2%
4 bedrooms	96	4%	AED 4.20M	1,262	up 15.6%
5+ bedrooms	51	2%	AED 5.25M	1,227	up 5.6%

By property type (12M)
Type	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Apartments	2,116	91%	AED 1.15M	1,327	up 13.2%
Villas	193	8%	AED 4.15M	1,269	up 12.9%
Hotel apartments	10	0%	AED 605K	948	—

By price band (12M)
Price	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Under AED 2M	1,928	83%	AED 1.10M	1,300	up 11.5%
AED 2M–10M	381	16%	AED 2.81M	1,375	up 22.1%
AED 10M–50M	10	0%	AED 14.4M	1,536	—

Rents & yields

Leases registered with Ejari / DLD.

Median annual rent

Monthly median of registered leases (new and renewed)

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Median annual rent
Date	Annual rent
Oct 26	AED 50K
Sept 26	AED 52K
Aug 26	AED 55K
Jul 26	AED 55K
Jun 26	AED 56K
May 26	AED 55K
Apr 26	AED 50K
Mar 26	AED 55K
Feb 26	AED 55K
Jan 26	AED 60K
Dec 25	AED 58K
Nov 25	AED 58K
Oct 25	AED 55K
Sept 25	AED 55K

Leases (12M): 4,736
New leases: 55.9%
Median rent 3M: AED 53K
Rent/sqft 3M: AED 75

Gross yield
Studio apartments	AED 40K / AED 485K	8.3%
1 BR apartments	AED 55K / AED 730K	7.5%
2 BR apartments	AED 78K / AED 1.12M	7.0%
3 BR apartments	AED 100K / AED 1.58M	6.3%
2 BR villas & townhouses	AED 125K / AED 2.45M	5.1%
3 BR villas & townhouses	AED 156K / AED 3.35M	4.7%
4 BR villas & townhouses	AED 190K / AED 4.20M	4.5%
5+ BR villas & townhouses	AED 250K / AED 5.33M	4.7%

Rent by bedrooms (12M)
Bedrooms	Leases	Median rent	New leases	AED/sqft/yr
Studio	1,126	AED 40K	AED 41K	95
1 BR	1,227	AED 55K	AED 57K	76
2 BR	859	AED 80K	AED 80K	66
3 BR	224	AED 142K	AED 145K	63
4 BR	239	AED 190K	AED 190K	58
5+ BR	36	AED 250K	AED 247K	59

Top projects

By sales value, last 12 months

Top projects
Project	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	3M
The Pulse Beachfront 3Dubai South Residential District	50	AED 216M	—	—
Windsor House 2 Building ADubai South Residential District	137	AED 213M	—	—
Windsor House 2 Building BDubai South Residential District	128	AED 202M	—	—
South Square Building 1Dubai South Residential District	114	AED 194M	1,656	—
The Pulse Beachfront 1Dubai South Residential District	39	AED 151M	1,301	—
Avenew 888 LoomDubai South Residential District	117	AED 131M	1,664	up 9.2%
South Square Building 3Dubai South Residential District	58	AED 119M	—	—
The Pulse Beachfront 2Dubai South Residential District	21	AED 98.5M	—	—
Enre Residence by ImtiazDubai South Residential District	64	AED 98.0M	1,500	up 2.5%
South Bay 6 PremiumDubai South Residential District	12	AED 93.0M	—	—
Avenew 888Dubai South Residential District	62	AED 92.4M	—	—
South Bay 3 PremiumDubai South Residential District	14	AED 89.7M	—	—
Expo City Mangrove Residences 1Dubai South Residential District	31	AED 84.8M	—	—
Marquis HorizonDubai South Residential District	59	AED 79.9M	1,664	—
South Bay 4 PremiumDubai South Residential District	10	AED 73.7M	—	—

Developers in Dubai South Residential District

Their sales here only, last 12 months

Top developers
Developer	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	Share
Dubai South Properties	489	AED 1.39B	1,313	41.7%
Ellington Properties Development	280	AED 440M	1,540	13.2%
Avenew Real Estate Development	201	AED 256M	1,409	7.7%
Expo City	52	AED 136M	1,960	4.1%
Private Investor	119	AED 107M	1,023	3.2%
Imtiaz Real Estate Investment And Development	64	AED 98.0M	1,498	2.9%
Marquis Developers	59	AED 79.9M	1,584	2.4%
Emaar Properties	33	AED 65.5M	1,628	2%
Damac Properties	88	AED 60.4M	1,081	1.8%
Kappa Acca Real Estate Development	88	AED 55.7M	1,030	1.7%

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Name	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	3M
Reem Mira	265	AED 894M	1,388	up 0.9%
The Gardens	55	AED 35.5M	1,299	—
Dubai Sports City	2,217	AED 2.29B	1,211	down 1.5%
Dubai Production City (IMPZ)	2,042	AED 1.96B	1,393	up 2.3%
Damac Island City	2,951	AED 9.94B	1,257	down 3.7%
Haven by Aldar	152	AED 534M	1,323	down 8.3%
The Valley	1,086	AED 4.90B	1,287	down 4.5%
Dubailand Residence Complex	5,405	AED 5.02B	1,364	up 0.1%

Biggest sales, last 3 months

Biggest sales in Dubai South Residential District
Price	Property	AED/sqft	Market	Date
AED 16.0M	5+ BR Villa · 13,675 sqftSouth Bay 1	1,170	Off-plan resale	27 Jul
AED 13.0M	5+ BR Villa · 8,463 sqftSouth Bay 6 Premium	1,536	Off-plan (developer)	21 Oct
AED 5.50M	5+ BR Villa · 4,264 sqftSouth Bay 2	1,290	Off-plan resale	26 Aug
AED 5.10M	4 BR Villa · 3,297 sqftThe Pulse Beachfront 2	1,547	Secondary (ready)	16 Sept
AED 5.00M	5+ BR Villa · 4,264 sqftSouth Bay 1	1,173	Off-plan resale	25 Sept
AED 4.95M	5+ BR Villa · 4,220 sqftThe Pulse Beachfront 1	1,173	Secondary (ready)	9 Oct

Questions about Dubai South Residential District

What is the average price per sqft in Dubai South Residential District?

The median sale price in Dubai South Residential District over the last three months was AED 1,250 per sqft (median sale AED 1.08M), based on 321 sales registered with Dubai Land Department.

Are property prices in Dubai South Residential District going up?

Like-for-like prices per sqft are up 7.8% on a year earlier and down 2.7% on the previous three months.

How many properties were sold in Dubai South Residential District in the last year?

2,319 sales worth AED 3.48B were registered in the last 12 months: 63% developer off-plan, 4% off-plan resales and 33% secondary (ready) sales.

What is the average rent in Dubai South Residential District?

The median annual rent on leases registered in the last three months was AED 53K, and the best gross rental yield is about 8.3%.

Source: Dubai Land Department registrations, data through Thu, 22 Oct 2026. Medians need at least five sales; like-for-like changes compare the same market, property type and bedroom count. DLD files townhouses as villas — we split them out where the project or unit name says townhouse.

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