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Developer · #63 by 12M value

Empire Development

Median price per sqft · last 3 months

AED 1,714 /sqft

3M like-for-like
up 1.9%
vs 1 year ago
up 8.0%
Sales 30D
14
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Market bulletin · Thu, 22 Oct 2026

Empire Development: median AED 1,714/sqft, up 1.9% over three months on 43 sales

Empire Development recorded 14 sales worth AED 16.5M in the 30 days to Thu, 22 Oct 2026, up 27.3% on the previous 30 days. Over the last week 4 sales were registered (AED 4.23M), against 9 the week before.

The median sale over the last three months was AED 1.28M, or AED 1,714/sqft — like-for-like prices per sqft up 1.9% on the previous three months and up 8.0% on a year earlier. Monthly medians over the past year ranged from AED 1,618/sqft to AED 1,775/sqft.

By market over 12 months: developer off-plan sales 91.2%, off-plan resales 8.8%. Off-plan resales traded at a median 3.4% premium to developer prices per sqft.

Empire Development registered 545 sales worth AED 583M in 12 months across 4 communities, ranking #63 among Dubai developers by value. Its most active project was Empire Lake Views (327 sales).

Median AED/sqft

Monthly median of all registered sales

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Median AED/sqft
DateAED/sqft
Oct 26AED 1,782
Sept 26AED 1,709
Aug 26AED 1,627
Jul 26AED 1,646
Jun 26AED 1,729
May 26AED 1,709
Apr 26AED 1,639
Mar 26AED 1,775
Feb 26AED 1,726
Jan 26AED 1,618
Dec 25AED 1,624
Nov 25AED 1,620
Oct 25AED 1,639
Sept 25AED 1,584
Aug 25AED 1,685
Jul 25AED 1,641
Jun 25AED 1,553
May 25AED 1,640
Apr 25AED 1,624
Mar 25AED 1,600
Feb 25AED 1,271
Jan 25AED 1,668
Dec 24AED 1,640
Nov 24AED 1,696

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
DateOff-plan (developer)Off-plan resale
Oct 26AED 1,752—
Sept 26——
Aug 26AED 1,627—
Jul 26AED 1,637—
Jun 26AED 1,729—
May 26AED 1,725—
Apr 26AED 1,631—
Mar 26AED 1,773—
Feb 26AED 1,715—
Jan 26AED 1,618—
Dec 25AED 1,629—
Nov 25AED 1,600AED 1,712
Oct 25AED 1,631—
Sept 25AED 1,621AED 1,545
Aug 25AED 1,643—
Jul 25AED 1,618—
Jun 25AED 1,553—
May 25AED 1,631—
Apr 25AED 1,624—
Mar 25AED 1,598—
Feb 25——
Jan 25——
Dec 24AED 1,640—
Nov 24AED 1,696—

Sales per month

Registered sales by market

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Sales per month
DateOff-plan (developer)Off-plan resaleSecondary (ready)
Oct 261220
Sept 26560
Aug 261420
Jul 261850
Jun 262040
May 261810
Apr 262510
Mar 262510
Feb 261210
Jan 262120
Dec 2524660
Nov 2581170

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
WindowSalesvs priorValueAED/sqftvs prior
Last 1 month14up 27.3%AED 16.5M1,782up 4.3%
Last 3 months43down 32.8%AED 51.7M1,714up 1.0%
Last 6 months107down 75.6%AED 121M1,709up 4.7%
Last 12 months545up 30.4%AED 583M1,645up 1.2%

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

Off-plan, resale and secondary (12M)
MarketSalesShareMedian priceAED/sqft1Y
Off-plan (developer)49791%AED 985K1,641up 1.2%
Off-plan resale489%AED 903K1,697down 1.7%
By bedrooms (12M)
BedroomsSalesShareMedian priceAED/sqft1Y
Studio28352%AED 760K1,801up 1.2%
1 bedroom22040%AED 1.20M1,489down 1.8%
2 bedrooms387%AED 2.02M1,397up 6.6%
3 bedrooms41%———
By price band (12M)
PriceSalesShareMedian priceAED/sqft1Y
Under AED 2M52296%AED 900K1,656up 1.0%
AED 2M–10M234%AED 2.43M1,426down 0.5%

Projects

By sales value, last 12 months

Top projects
ProjectSales 12MAED/sqft3M
Empire Lake ViewsLiwan3271,663—
Empire EstatesArjan83——
Empire GardensDubailand Residence Complex861,721up 1.1%
Empire LivingsDubai Science Park (Dubiotech)49——

Where Empire Development sells

Sales in this scope only, last 12 months

Top communities
CommunitySales 12MAED/sqftShare
Liwan3271,61855.9%
Arjan831,71219.9%
Dubailand Residence Complex861,65515.8%
Dubai Science Park (Dubiotech)491,7988.4%

Biggest sales, last 3 months

Biggest sales in Empire Development
PricePropertyDate
AED 2.15M2 BR Apartment · 1,320 sqftEmpire Lake Views · Liwan5 Aug
AED 2.15M2 BR Apartment · 1,013 sqftEmpire Estates · Arjan6 Oct
AED 1.89M2 BR Apartment · 1,068 sqftEmpire Gardens · Dubailand Residence Complex20 Aug
AED 1.87M2 BR Apartment · 1,068 sqftEmpire Gardens · Dubailand Residence Complex9 Oct
AED 1.75M1 BR Apartment · 891 sqftEmpire Estates · Arjan17 Sept
AED 1.73M2 BR Apartment · 1,068 sqftEmpire Gardens · Dubailand Residence Complex5 Aug

Questions about Empire Development

What is the average price per sqft in Empire Development?

The median sale price in Empire Development over the last three months was AED 1,714 per sqft (median sale AED 1.28M), based on 43 sales registered with Dubai Land Department.

Are property prices in Empire Development going up?

Like-for-like prices per sqft are up 8.0% on a year earlier and up 1.9% on the previous three months.

How many properties were sold in Empire Development in the last year?

545 sales worth AED 583M were registered in the last 12 months: 91% developer off-plan, 9% off-plan resales and 0% secondary (ready) sales.

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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