Dubai market report — May 2026
Data through 2 Oct 2026 · month May 2026 · community movers over the 12 months to May 2026 · rebuilt daily
Dubai registered 10 444 property sales in May 2026, down 44.0% on May 2025 and down 25.7% on the month before. The median sale price in May 2026 was AED 1.22M, down 27.0% on May 2025. The median price per square foot in May 2026 was AED 1 639, down 1.5% on May 2025.
Biggest movers in price per square foot, 12 months to May 2026
| Community | AED/sqft YoY | Median AED/sqft | Median price | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMCC-EZ2 | +187.3% | 2 945 | AED 2.11M | 2 204 |
| Meydan Racecourse Community | +136.2% | 3 479 | AED 1.42M | 1 719 |
| Living Legends | +43.2% | 1 100 | AED 5.52M | 865 |
| The World | +36.2% | 2 307 | AED 1.98M | 78 |
| Sufouh Gardens | +34.6% | 2 348 | AED 2.34M | 659 |
| Dubai Health Care City Phase 2 | +27.8% | 2 074 | AED 1.23M | 1 633 |
| Silicon Oasis | +27.4% | 1 348 | AED 902k | 3 328 |
| Jumeirah Islands | +26.6% | 2 427 | AED 2.15M | 1 113 |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | +26.3% | 734 | AED 627k | 316 |
| Dubai South Residential District | +25.6% | 1 300 | AED 1.16M | 3 247 |
| Discovery Gardens | +1.2% | 1 017 | AED 750k | 1 305 |
| Dubai Marina | -0.2% | 2 037 | AED 2.00M | 2 864 |
| Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum City -District -1 Community | -0.6% | 2 151 | AED 2.60M | 247 |
| Dubai Harbour | -3.7% | 3 805 | AED 5.12M | 1 060 |
| TECOM Site D | -5.6% | 2 546 | AED 1.88M | 183 |
| DAMAC HILLS 2 | -7.0% | 1 119 | AED 1.65M | 1 975 |
| Festival City | -9.4% | 1 427 | AED 3.04M | 51 |
| Jumeirah Lakes Towers | -9.9% | 1 752 | AED 1.80M | 1 954 |
| Nad Al Sheba Gardens | -14.6% | 1 850 | AED 5.25M | 310 |
| Site A | -45.0% | 1 599 | AED 2.19M | 440 |
Source: Registered DLD transactions · Data through 2 Oct 2026 · communities with at least 50 registered sales in the 12 months · Methodology v1.0 ↗
Key figures
- Dubai registered 10 444 property sales in May 2026, down 44.0% on May 2025 and down 25.7% on the month before. #
- The median sale price in May 2026 was AED 1.22M, down 27.0% on May 2025. #
- The median price per square foot in May 2026 was AED 1 639, down 1.5% on May 2025. #
- Off-plan sales were 72.5% of all registered sales in May 2026. #
- Registered sales in May 2026 were worth AED 24.35B in total (outlier prices excluded). #
- In the 12 months to May 2026 Dubai registered 205 602 sales worth AED 551.43B, up 4.4% on the 12 months before. #
Suggested citation
Continental Club Property, “Dubai property market, May 2026”, Dubai Data, data through 2 Oct 2026, https://datadubai.ae/report/2026-05/
Every figure on this page can be reproduced from Dubai Land Department open data using the rules on our methodology page. If you quote a number, please link to the page it came from — that is the whole arrangement.
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.
- Revisions. Pages are rebuilt daily from the registry, so the latest month can still move slightly as late registrations arrive; older months are settled.
- 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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