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Dubai market report — August 2026

Data through 7 Sep 2026 · complete month August 2026 · trailing 12 months Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · rebuilt daily

In August 2026, the last complete month in the registry, Dubai recorded 12 197 registered property sales at a median AED 1.21M and 1 694 AED per square foot, down 33.5% in volume against the same month a year earlier. Over the trailing 12 months the city registered 190 362 sales worth AED 490.38B.

Biggest movers in price per square foot, year on year

CommunityAED/sqft YoYMedian AED/sqftMedian priceSales
Meydan Racecourse Community +129.2%3 510AED 1.42M1 996
Living Legends +36.8%1 186AED 1.23M565
Sufouh Gardens +31.2%2 362AED 2.35M724
DAMAC HILLS +27.7%1 670AED 1.32M1 947
Down Town Jabal Ali +27.1%1 659AED 733k2 718
Mudon +24.4%1 699AED 3.60M599
Dubai Investment Park Second +24.3%760AED 610k292
Rukan +23.5%1 324AED 980k311
Dubai Investment Park First +22.3%1 219AED 1.20M1 832
Dubai South Residential District +20.5%1 337AED 1.19M3 364
DAMAC HILLS 2 -5.8%1 142AED 1.55M1 565
Dubai Harbour -5.8%3 749AED 4.95M864
Motor City -6.1%1 780AED 1.18M4 310
Dubai Marina -6.3%1 990AED 2.01M2 523
Arabian Ranches - 1 -7.3%1 446AED 6.80M281
Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum City -District -1 Community -8.5%2 018AED 2.38M219
Barsha Heights -9.5%1 500AED 1.80M354
Jumeirah Lakes Towers -11.2%1 732AED 1.81M1 086
HADAEQ SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID - DISRICT 7 -17.0%1 889AED 1.50M150
Site A -46.9%1 631AED 2.30M445

Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 7 Sep 2026 · communities with at least 50 registered sales in the trailing 12 months · Methodology v1.0 ↗

<section class="block"><h2>Suggested citation</h2><p style="max-width:74ch">Continental Club Property, “Dubai property market, August 2026”, Dubai Data, data through 7 Sep 2026, https://datadubai.ae/report/</p><p style="max-width:74ch">Every figure on this page can be reproduced from Dubai Land Department open data using the rules on our <a href="/methodology/">methodology page</a>. If you quote a number, please link to the page it came from — that is the whole arrangement.</p></section>

What these numbers do not show

  • The month just gone. It is excluded on purpose — DLD keeps registering it for weeks, so it always looks weak.
  • Cause. This page reports movement; it does not explain it.
  • 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.

For AI agents and researchers

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