Sales, rentals and residential investment yields
All retained property uses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Total retained transaction value
15.0K transactions per month on average, across residential, commercial and other retained uses.
Includes land, buildings and units. Average transaction price is not a typical home price or a measure of price growth.
Historical sales data →Retained registered rental records
79.8K records per month on average. Registered contracts, not available rental inventory.
Annualized contract amounts include physical units and specialist domains such as land leases and Virtual Ejari. Records are not unique available properties.
Historical rental data →| Layout | Apartments | Villas |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 5.5% | — |
| 1 Bedroom | 4.5% | 6.2% |
| 2 Bedroom | 3.7% | 4.8% |
| 3 Bedroom | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| 4 Bedroom | 2.7% | 4.1% |
| 5 Bedroom | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| 6 Bedroom | — | 2.1% |
| 7 Bedroom | — | 2.3% |
| Penthouse | 4.5% | — |
— Insufficient matched evidence. Cell shading uses one common yield scale.
Average annual rent per area ÷ average sale price per area × 100. Matched by asset class, layout and period; minimum 10 sales and 30 rentals. Costs, vacancy and financing are excluded.
Counts, values and shares by classified use
Residential: 90.3% of sales transactions, 70.2% of sales value, 63.0% of rental contracts and 64.5% of annual rental value. Other uses includes hospitality, mixed use, agricultural, storage and other classifications.
| Use case | Sales | Sales value | Rental records | Annual rental value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 162,608 | AED 369.0B | 602,787 | AED 55.0B |
| Commercial | 10,835 | AED 94.4B | 345,403 | AED 27.8B |
| Industrial | 224 | AED 6.3B | 5,791 | AED 1.4B |
| Hospitality | 3,461 | AED 6.1B | 0 | — |
| Mixed use | 754 | AED 15.0B | 0 | — |
| Agricultural | 14 | AED 298.5M | 0 | — |
| Storage | 10 | AED 49.0M | 0 | — |
| Other | 2,238 | AED 34.4B | 3,464 | AED 1.0B |
Rental figures include all retained rental domains. A dash indicates an unavailable value, not zero. Sales value and annual rental value are separate measures.
Property-use classifications →Apartments and villas · All observed layouts
Activity charts include every observed residential layout; six or more bedrooms are grouped. Individual layouts remain available in the detailed table.
Studios and one-bedroom apartments account for 71.2% of observed apartment sales. The most recorded apartment rental layout is 1 bedroom, with an average annual rent of AED 64.4K.
42,415 sales · 104,345 rentalsDuration: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
59,305 sales · 217,172 rentalsDuration: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
32,452 sales · 170,723 rentalsDuration: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
4,567 sales · 25,766 rentalsDuration: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
5,915 sales · 18,061 rentalsDuration: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
1,837 sales · 6,704 rentalsDuration: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Same Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 window. Gross yields use per-area rates, not the ratio of total average rent to total average purchase price. Sales and rental samples differ in location, size and property mix.
| Property / layout | Average purchase | Average annual rent | Gross yield | Sales / rentals | Sale rate | Annual rent rate | Rate samples (sales / rentals) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ApartmentStudio | AED 743,976 | AED 42,270 | 5.5% | 42,415 / 104,345 | AED 1.8K/sqft | AED 100/sqft | 42,415 / 104,345 |
| Apartment1 Bedroom | AED 1,446,882 | AED 64,422 | 4.5% | 59,305 / 217,172 | AED 1.8K/sqft | AED 83/sqft | 59,305 / 217,169 |
| Apartment2 Bedroom | AED 2,646,217 | AED 90,947 | 3.7% | 32,452 / 170,723 | AED 2.0K/sqft | AED 75/sqft | 32,452 / 170,719 |
| Apartment3 Bedroom | AED 5,297,390 | AED 148,588 | 3.3% | 7,679 / 34,766 | AED 2.4K/sqft | AED 80/sqft | 7,679 / 34,766 |
| Apartment4 Bedroom | AED 15,294,756 | AED 300,374 | 2.7% | 908 / 2,130 | AED 3.3K/sqft | AED 91/sqft | 908 / 2,130 |
| Apartment5 Bedroom | AED 46,881,783 | AED 569,701 | 1.8% | 101 / 167 | AED 4.8K/sqft | AED 89/sqft | 101 / 167 |
| Apartment6 Bedroom | AED 92,890,816 | Low sample | Not supported | 20 / 14 | AED 5.3K/sqft | — | 20 / 14 |
| Apartment7 Bedroom | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 6 | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| Apartment8 Bedroom | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 7 | — | — | 0 / 7 |
| Apartment10 Bedroom | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 3 | — | — | 0 / 3 |
| Apartment15 Bedroom | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 1 | — | — | 0 / 1 |
| ApartmentDuplex | No sales | AED 133,465 | Not supported | 0 / 111 | — | AED 48/sqft | 0 / 111 |
| ApartmentPenthouse | AED 6,596,968 | AED 240,025 | 4.5% | 32 / 81 | AED 2.0K/sqft | AED 89/sqft | 32 / 81 |
| VillaStudio | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 2 | — | — | 0 / 2 |
| Villa1 Bedroom | AED 931,677 | AED 88,538 | 6.2% | 110 / 696 | AED 1.4K/sqft | AED 89/sqft | 110 / 696 |
| Villa2 Bedroom | AED 2,082,114 | AED 135,442 | 4.8% | 851 / 3,772 | AED 1.4K/sqft | AED 66/sqft | 851 / 3,772 |
| Villa3 Bedroom | AED 3,515,122 | AED 163,507 | 3.8% | 4,567 / 25,766 | AED 1.9K/sqft | AED 70/sqft | 4,567 / 25,765 |
| Villa4 Bedroom | AED 3,612,556 | AED 254,781 | 4.1% | 5,915 / 18,061 | AED 1.7K/sqft | AED 69/sqft | 5,915 / 18,061 |
| Villa5 Bedroom | AED 5,404,202 | AED 393,754 | 3.7% | 1,837 / 6,704 | AED 1.8K/sqft | AED 66/sqft | 1,837 / 6,702 |
| Villa6 Bedroom | AED 28,148,934 | AED 603,227 | 2.1% | 48 / 1,319 | AED 3.2K/sqft | AED 66/sqft | 48 / 1,319 |
| Villa7 Bedroom | AED 45,462,533 | AED 669,513 | 2.3% | 15 / 270 | AED 2.8K/sqft | AED 65/sqft | 15 / 270 |
| Villa8 Bedroom | No sales | AED 596,553 | Not supported | 0 / 217 | — | AED 70/sqft | 0 / 217 |
| Villa9 Bedroom | No sales | AED 304,592 | Not supported | 0 / 85 | — | AED 88/sqft | 0 / 85 |
| Villa10 Bedroom | No sales | AED 421,189 | Not supported | 0 / 99 | — | AED 70/sqft | 0 / 99 |
| Villa11 Bedroom | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 13 | — | — | 0 / 13 |
| Villa15 Bedroom | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 5 | — | — | 0 / 5 |
| VillaDuplex | No sales | Low sample | Not supported | 0 / 5 | — | — | 0 / 5 |
Low sample: fewer than 10 sales or 30 rentals. Unsupported averages and yields are withheld; record counts remain available.
All supported layouts · Common percentage scale
Annual rent per area ÷ sale price per area. At least 10 sales and 30 rentals per layout; before costs, vacancy and financing. Unsupported yields are excluded. Sample counts and rate data are available in the residential layout table above.
Highest recorded activity across all classified property uses and layouts. Sales and rentals are ranked independently.
| Community | Sales | Sales value | Rental records | Annual rental value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumeirah Village Circle ↗ | 12,450 | AED 17.0B | 31,501 | AED 2.4B |
| Dubai World Central ↗ | 11,654 | AED 17.0B | 2,261 | AED 261.4M |
| Dubai Residence Complex ↗ | 7,126 | AED 8.0B | 7,865 | AED 434.8M |
| Business Bay ↗ | 7,084 | AED 27.2B | 22,931 | AED 3.0B |
| Majan ↗ | 6,359 | AED 6.6B | 3,229 | AED 210.7M |
| Dubai Islands ↗ | 5,052 | AED 18.8B | 10 | AED 1.7M |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle ↗ | 4,629 | AED 6.1B | 3,550 | AED 320.5M |
| Motor City ↗ | 4,081 | AED 7.5B | 2,511 | AED 374.3M |
| International City ↗ | 1,842 | AED 1.4B | 28,384 | AED 1.3B |
| Al Mararr ↗ | 14 | AED 107.7M | 24,593 | AED 711.5M |
| Al Karama ↗ | 0 | AED 0 | 21,215 | AED 1.4B |
| Al Khabeesi ↗ | 7 | AED 95.7M | 21,139 | AED 583.1M |
| Al Murqabat ↗ | 13 | AED 189.4M | 21,043 | AED 1.3B |
| Naif ↗ | 22 | AED 272.3M | 20,965 | AED 1.1B |
Source geographies may include area-level mappings. Counts measure recorded activity, not available supply or time to sell. Rental totals include specialist domains.
Dubai Land Department via the Dubai Data Establishment Open API. Independent analytics; not a government service.
Period: Oct 2025 – Sep 2026. Incomplete current month excluded. Source snapshot generated 2026-10-06.