Business Bay
Communities inside: DownTown Dubai
Data through 22 Oct 2026 · registered sales and Ejari rents · trailing 12 months Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · rebuilt daily
The median registered sale price in Business Bay is AED 2.15M over the trailing 12 months, from 8 161 registered sales at a median 2 467 AED per square foot, up 1.0% year on year. Ready homes let at a median AED 95k a year, a gross yield of 5.61%. Figures are outlier-trimmed medians from registered DLD transactions, not asking prices from listings.
Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · sample 8 161 records · outlier-trimmed median, complete months only · Methodology v1.0 ↗
Price per square foot, month by month
median interquartile range (middle 50% of transactions)
Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · monthly medians, months with fewer than 5 registered sales are left blank · Methodology v1.0 ↗
The same figures as a table
| Month | Sales | Median price | Median AED/sqft | IQR AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 425 | AED 2.00M | 2 012 | 1 568 – 2 481 |
| Aug 2026 | 382 | AED 1.65M | 2 088 | 1 646 – 2 559 |
| Jul 2026 | 413 | AED 1.80M | 2 059 | 1 631 – 2 432 |
| Jun 2026 | 463 | AED 2.23M | 2 271 | 1 672 – 2 650 |
| May 2026 | 398 | AED 2.23M | 2 137 | 1 689 – 2 513 |
| Apr 2026 | 549 | AED 2.75M | 2 484 | 1 854 – 2 801 |
| Mar 2026 | 479 | AED 2.27M | 2 559 | 2 085 – 2 845 |
| Feb 2026 | 746 | AED 2.15M | 2 456 | 1 824 – 2 864 |
| Jan 2026 | 905 | AED 2.53M | 2 727 | 2 126 – 3 299 |
| Dec 2025 | 1 097 | AED 2.26M | 2 606 | 2 147 – 2 921 |
| Nov 2025 | 977 | AED 2.05M | 2 560 | 2 106 – 2 827 |
| Oct 2025 | 1 068 | AED 1.77M | 2 491 | 2 091 – 2 826 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 415 | AED 1.56M | 2 710 | 2 401 – 2 944 |
Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · complete months only; the current month is excluded because DLD keeps registering it · Methodology v1.0 ↗
By number of bedrooms
| Homes | Sales | Median price | Median AED/sqft | Median size | Median rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studios | 1 551 | AED 1.15M | 2 500 | 454 sqft | AED 65k | 6.63% |
| 1-bedroom apartments | 2 812 | AED 2.00M | 2 450 | 829 sqft | AED 86k | 5.93% |
| 2-bedroom apartments | 1 610 | AED 3.04M | 2 424 | 1 336 sqft | AED 125k | 5.46% |
| 3-bedroom apartments | 383 | AED 4.40M | 2 403 | 1 965 sqft | AED 172k | 5.16% |
| 4-bedroom apartments | 67 | AED 5.99M | 2 558 | 4 226 sqft | AED 300k | 5.61% |
| 5-bedroom apartments low sample (9) | 9 | — | 2 640 | 12 106 sqft | — | — |
Source: Registered DLD sales and Ejari rental contracts · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · yield shown only where at least 15 rents and 15 ready-home sales support it · Methodology v1.0 ↗
How the gross yield is put together
A yield is only meaningful between comparable homes, so each row below matches registered rents against registered sale prices for the same kind of home. The headline figure is the median of these rows, not a division of two unrelated medians.
| Home type | Median annual rent | Median ready price | Gross yield | Contracts | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio apartment | AED 65k | AED 980k | 6.63% | 4 169 | 652 |
| 1-bedroom apartment | AED 86k | AED 1.45M | 5.93% | 7 568 | 1 018 |
| 2-bedroom apartment | AED 125k | AED 2.29M | 5.46% | 4 765 | 618 |
| 3-bedroom apartment | AED 172k | AED 3.33M | 5.16% | 1 403 | 141 |
| 4-bedroom apartment | AED 300k | AED 5.35M | 5.61% | 122 | 23 |
Source: Registered Ejari contracts against registered ready-home sales · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · gross, before service charges, vacancy and transaction costs · Methodology v1.0 ↗
Communities inside this area
| Community (DLD master project) | Sales | Median price | Median AED/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 6 904 | AED 2.00M | 2 388 | 53.6% |
| DownTown Dubai low sample (17) | 17 | AED 2.70M | 2 086 | 0.0% |
Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · outlier-trimmed median, complete months only · Methodology v1.0 ↗
Registered sales by year
median interquartile range (middle 50% of transactions)
| Year | Sales | Median price | Median AED/sqft | Total registered value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 943 | AED 2.22M | 2 379 | AED 17.19B |
| 2025 | 13 157 | AED 1.65M | 2 500 | AED 27.28B |
| 2024 | 11 259 | AED 1.56M | 2 350 | AED 22.43B |
| 2023 | 9 396 | AED 1.41M | 2 166 | AED 16.71B |
| 2022 | 9 659 | AED 1.23M | 1 834 | AED 14.57B |
| 2021 | 4 776 | AED 1.11M | 1 410 | AED 6.69B |
| 2020 | 2 181 | AED 1.13M | 1 474 | AED 2.83B |
| 2019 | 2 265 | AED 983k | 1 652 | AED 2.98B |
| 2018 | 2 651 | AED 1.00M | 1 622 | AED 4.36B |
| 2017 | 2 716 | AED 1.08M | 1 634 | AED 4.32B |
| 2016 | 2 491 | AED 1.17M | 1 671 | AED 4.04B |
| 2015 | 2 629 | AED 1.22M | 1 701 | AED 4.73B |
Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · calendar years; the current year is partial · Methodology v1.0 ↗
Latest registered sales
| Date | Property | Registration | Size | Price | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | 1 B/R Flat — Regalia | Ready | 817 sqft | AED 1 350 000 | 1 653 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 1 B/R Flat — DAMAC TOWERS BY PARAMOUNT | Ready | 1 042 sqft | AED 1 363 400 | 1 309 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Office — burj capital | Off-plan | 742 sqft | AED 2 520 000 | — |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Office — burj capital | Off-plan | 1 518 sqft | AED 4 585 000 | — |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 1 B/R Flat — Binghatti Aquarise | Off-plan | 791 sqft | AED 2 000 000 | 2 529 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Office — Lumena Alta by Omniyat | Off-plan | 2 137 sqft | AED 13 931 400 | — |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 3 B/R Flat — PLAZA BOUTIQUE - 1 | Ready | 6 162 sqft | AED 8 200 000 | 1 331 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 1 B/R Flat — ZADA TOWER | Ready | 566 sqft | AED 870 000 | 1 536 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 1 B/R Flat — THE OPUS BY OMNIYAT | Ready | 1 041 sqft | AED 4 402 426 | 4 230 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Studio Hotel Rooms — DAMAC TOWERS BY PARAMOUNT | Ready | 486 sqft | AED 900 000 | — |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 3 B/R Flat — AL HABTOOR CITY | Ready | 1 965 sqft | AED 3 450 000 | 1 756 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Office Office — THE OPUS BY OMNIYAT | Ready | 2 928 sqft | AED 17 700 000 | — |
Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 22 Oct 2026 · individual registrations, shown exactly as recorded, without trimming · Methodology v1.0 ↗
What these numbers do not show
- A marketing address. “Business Bay” is the Dubai Land Department’s administrative area name; several differently branded communities can sit inside it, and their prices differ.
- Asking prices. Everything here is a registered transaction; what a home was listed at is a different number.
- Off-market and cash-equivalent deals that never reach the registry, and the price actually negotiated before registration.
- Service charges, chiller fees, agency commission, DLD transfer fees or mortgage costs — none of them are inside these prices.
- Quality within a place. A tower with sea views and one behind it register in the same area under the same name.
- The current month. DLD keeps registering it for weeks, so it is excluded from every trend on this page.
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