Segment

Villas

Villas sold in Dubai, off-plan and ready.

Median price per sqft · last 3 months

AED 1,388 /sqft

3M like-for-like: down 2.6%
vs 1 year ago: up 12.0%
Sales 30D: 894

Market bulletin · Thu, 22 Oct 2026

Villas: median AED 1,388/sqft, down 2.6% over three months on 2,052 sales

Dubai's villas market recorded 894 sales worth AED 6.18B in the 30 days to Thu, 22 Oct 2026, up 63.7% on the previous 30 days. Over the last week 272 sales were registered (AED 1.61B), against 172 the week before.

The median sale over the last three months was AED 4.17M, or AED 1,388/sqft — like-for-like prices per sqft down 2.6% on the previous three months and up 12.0% on a year earlier. Monthly medians over the past year ranged from AED 1,345/sqft to AED 1,636/sqft.

By market over 12 months: developer off-plan sales 55.8%, off-plan resales 13.4%, secondary (ready) sales 30.8%. Off-plan resales traded at a median 8.4% discount to developer prices per sqft.

The Oasis, Damac Island City, Dubai Hills Estate led by value over 12 months; Emaar Properties was the biggest developer in the segment.

Leases registered in the last three months had a median annual rent of AED 180K; like-for-like rent per sqft is up 0.6% on the previous three months. The best gross yield is on 1 BR villas & townhouses at about 7.1%.

Median AED/sqft

Monthly median of all registered sales

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Median AED/sqft
Date	AED/sqft
Oct 26	AED 1,397
Sept 26	AED 1,386
Aug 26	AED 1,362
Jul 26	AED 1,423
Jun 26	AED 1,345
May 26	AED 1,504
Apr 26	AED 1,403
Mar 26	AED 1,389
Feb 26	AED 1,432
Jan 26	AED 1,427
Dec 25	AED 1,636
Nov 25	AED 1,356
Oct 25	AED 1,384
Sept 25	AED 1,270
Aug 25	AED 1,254
Jul 25	AED 1,461
Jun 25	AED 1,397
May 25	AED 1,304
Apr 25	AED 1,163
Mar 25	AED 1,205
Feb 25	AED 1,217
Jan 25	AED 1,210
Dec 24	AED 1,182
Nov 24	AED 1,195

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 1,370	AED 1,448	AED 1,399
Sept 26	AED 1,650	AED 1,340	AED 1,335
Aug 26	AED 1,309	AED 1,362	AED 1,413
Jul 26	AED 1,459	AED 1,244	AED 1,423
Jun 26	AED 1,371	AED 1,216	AED 1,353
May 26	AED 1,682	AED 1,239	AED 1,457
Apr 26	AED 1,409	AED 1,273	AED 1,445
Mar 26	AED 1,336	AED 1,464	AED 1,591
Feb 26	AED 1,427	AED 1,353	AED 1,524
Jan 26	AED 1,420	AED 1,399	AED 1,492
Dec 25	AED 1,667	AED 1,343	AED 1,557
Nov 25	AED 1,338	AED 1,269	AED 1,451
Oct 25	AED 1,385	AED 1,278	AED 1,466
Sept 25	AED 1,289	AED 1,205	AED 1,220
Aug 25	AED 1,355	AED 1,214	AED 1,175
Jul 25	AED 1,718	AED 1,236	AED 1,334
Jun 25	AED 1,408	AED 1,205	AED 1,583
May 25	AED 1,334	AED 1,131	AED 1,467
Apr 25	AED 1,179	AED 1,129	AED 1,177
Mar 25	AED 1,251	AED 1,107	AED 1,152
Feb 25	AED 1,220	AED 1,205	AED 1,181
Jan 25	AED 1,210	AED 1,167	AED 1,220
Dec 24	AED 1,199	AED 1,155	AED 1,057
Nov 24	AED 1,200	AED 1,245	AED 1,173

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	261	122	281
Sept 26	212	128	284
Aug 26	220	107	248
Jul 26	245	138	376
Jun 26	233	128	365
May 26	257	95	226
Apr 26	588	121	311
Mar 26	1,025	79	252
Feb 26	1,173	206	413
Jan 26	2,079	282	620
Dec 25	903	258	530
Nov 25	843	306	590

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	894	up 63.7%	down 56.0%	AED 6.18B	up 61.6%	1,359	down 11.5%	up 3.9%
Last 3 months	2,052	up 4.0%	down 70.0%	AED 14.47B	up 7.6%	1,388	unchanged 0.0%	up 9.0%
Last 6 months	4,025	down 63.0%	down 74.2%	AED 27.92B	down 64.3%	1,388	down 3.3%	up 5.1%
Last 12 months	15,231	down 57.1%	down 57.1%	AED 108.64B	down 47.2%	1,432	up 15.9%	up 15.9%

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)	8,499	56%	AED 4.32M	1,445	up 15.1%
Off-plan resale	2,041	13%	AED 3.80M	1,324	up 12.2%
Secondary (ready)	4,691	31%	AED 3.80M	1,457	up 19.4%

By bedrooms (12M)
Bedrooms	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
1 bedroom	110	1%	AED 1.05M	1,345	up 22.3%
2 bedrooms	327	2%	AED 1.60M	1,286	up 12.1%
3 bedrooms	4,061	27%	AED 3.15M	1,413	up 16.8%
4 bedrooms	6,694	44%	AED 3.85M	1,353	up 11.6%
5+ bedrooms	4,039	27%	AED 9.03M	1,722	up 11.8%

By price band (12M)
Price	Sales	Share	Median price	AED/sqft	1Y
Under AED 2M	1,393	9%	AED 1.40M	903	up 15.5%
AED 2M–10M	11,085	73%	AED 3.78M	1,365	up 9.6%
AED 10M–50M	2,644	17%	AED 16.0M	2,326	down 2.1%
AED 50M+	109	1%	AED 66.5M	4,488	down 38.2%

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 180K
Sept 26	AED 180K
Aug 26	AED 180K
Jul 26	AED 175K
Jun 26	AED 175K
May 26	AED 170K
Apr 26	AED 171K
Mar 26	AED 175K
Feb 26	AED 180K
Jan 26	AED 179K
Dec 25	AED 173K
Nov 25	AED 176K
Oct 25	AED 175K
Sept 25	AED 179K
Aug 25	AED 176K
Jul 25	AED 175K
Jun 25	AED 170K
May 25	AED 169K
Apr 25	AED 165K
Mar 25	AED 171K
Feb 25	AED 163K
Jan 25	AED 164K
Dec 24	AED 163K
Nov 24	AED 165K

Leases (12M): 59,292
New leases: 41.9%
Median rent 3M: AED 180K
Rent/sqft 3M: AED 64

Gross yield
1 BR villas & townhouses	AED 75K / AED 1.05M	7.1%
2 BR villas & townhouses	AED 115K / AED 2.59M	4.4%
3 BR villas & townhouses	AED 140K / AED 2.60M	5.4%
4 BR villas & townhouses	AED 210K / AED 4.55M	4.6%
5+ BR villas & townhouses	AED 300K / AED 10.7M	2.8%

Rent by bedrooms (12M)
Bedrooms	Leases	Median rent	New leases	AED/sqft/yr
1 BR	612	AED 75K	AED 75K	90
2 BR	1,935	AED 115K	AED 130K	64
3 BR	15,352	AED 140K	AED 137K	61
4 BR	11,757	AED 210K	AED 227K	65
5+ BR	5,933	AED 300K	AED 365K	66

Top projects in this segment

By sales value, last 12 months

Top projects
Project	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	Share
The Beach and Coral Collection Villas	135	AED 4.80B	3,697	4.4%
The Oasis - Mareva 1	215	AED 4.16B	2,069	3.8%
Eden Hills	152	AED 4.11B	2,766	3.8%
The Oasis - Mareva 2	219	AED 4.10B	2,102	3.8%
Nad Al Sheba Gardens 11	195	AED 2.10B	2,136	1.9%
The Next Chapter Ashwood Estates	114	AED 1.85B	2,073	1.7%
Nad Al Sheba Gardens 10	143	AED 1.52B	2,352	1.4%
Salva at The Heights Country Club	186	AED 1.51B	1,975	1.4%
Equiterra 1	310	AED 1.49B	1,683	1.4%
Serro 2 at The Heights Country Club	188	AED 1.48B	1,920	1.4%
The Valley - Vindera	402	AED 1.47B	1,337	1.4%
Bahamas 1 at Damac Islands 2	377	AED 1.30B	1,289	1.2%

Developers

Their sales here only, last 12 months

Top developers
Developer	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	Share
Emaar Properties	4,007	AED 33.34B	1,819	31.4%
Damac Properties	5,175	AED 16.78B	1,255	15.8%
Nakheel	913	AED 14.33B	1,997	13.5%
Meraas Development	653	AED 7.33B	2,119	6.9%
H&H Investment and Development	152	AED 4.11B	2,766	3.9%
Majid Al Futtaim (MAF Group)	285	AED 3.29B	2,000	3.1%
Dubai South Properties	636	AED 3.17B	1,206	3%
Sobha Real Estate	209	AED 2.10B	1,775	2%
Dubai Properties	487	AED 2.05B	1,486	1.9%
Al Wasl Properties	103	AED 1.62B	2,062	1.5%

Top communities

Sales in this scope only, last 12 months

Top communities
Community	Sales 12M	Value 12M	AED/sqft	Share
The Oasis	521	AED 10.03B	2,074	9.2%
Damac Island City	2,945	AED 9.91B	1,278	9.1%
Dubai Hills Estate	310	AED 7.30B	2,860	6.7%
Nad Al Shiba First	624	AED 6.74B	2,198	6.2%
Palm Jebel Ali	197	AED 6.42B	3,614	5.9%
Dubai Investment Park Second	1,208	AED 5.85B	1,719	5.4%
Jumeirah Golf Estates	318	AED 5.32B	2,222	4.9%
The Valley	1,073	AED 4.75B	1,373	4.4%
The Heights	487	AED 3.81B	1,937	3.5%
Palm Jumeirah	66	AED 3.60B	7,046	3.3%
Tilal Al Ghaf	285	AED 3.29B	2,000	3%
Damac Lagoons	776	AED 2.81B	1,199	2.6%

Biggest sales, last 3 months

Biggest sales in Villas
Price	Property	AED/sqft	Market	Date
AED 160M	5+ BR Villa · 8,704 sqftDistrict One Villas - Cluster B · District One	18,382	Secondary (ready)	25 Aug
AED 125M	5+ BR Villa · 7,000 sqftPalm Jumeirah	17,857	Secondary (ready)	5 Aug
AED 110M	5+ BR Villa · 11,172 sqftWild Flower · Jumeirah Golf Estates	9,846	Secondary (ready)	27 Jul
AED 110M	5+ BR Villa · 7,000 sqftPalm Jumeirah	15,714	Secondary (ready)	14 Aug
AED 97.8M	5+ BR Villa · 38,175 sqftEmirates Hills - Sector L · Emirates Hills	2,561	Secondary (ready)	6 Aug
AED 97.0M	5+ BR Villa · 22,375 sqftEden Hills · Dubai Hills Estate	4,335	Off-plan (developer)	6 Oct

Questions about Dubai villas

What is the average price per sqft in Dubai villas?

The median sale price in Dubai villas over the last three months was AED 1,388 per sqft (median sale AED 4.17M), based on 2,052 sales registered with Dubai Land Department.

Are property prices in Dubai villas going up?

Like-for-like prices per sqft are up 12.0% on a year earlier and down 2.6% on the previous three months.

How many properties were sold in Dubai villas in the last year?

15,231 sales worth AED 108.64B were registered in the last 12 months: 56% developer off-plan, 13% off-plan resales and 31% secondary (ready) sales.

What is the average rent in Dubai villas?

The median annual rent on leases registered in the last three months was AED 180K, and the best gross rental yield is about 7.1%.

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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