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Dubai real estate transactions, H1 2026

AED 218.4BTotal sales valueH1 2026
80,825TransactionsResidential, both markets
73.1%Bought from developersPrimary share of transactions
AED 1,784Median primary per sqftResale trades below it

Primary against resale, H1 2026

The two markets side by side, each measured against the same half of the year before.

Primary — bought from the developer

Sales value
AED 156.1B-11.8%71.5% of the market
Transactions
59,114-5.7%73.1% of the market
Median price per sqft
AED 1,784+8.2%

Resale — bought from an owner

Sales value
AED 62.3B-26.9%28.5% of the market
Transactions
21,711-29.5%26.9% of the market
Median price per sqft
AED 1,585+5.7%

The record since 2014

Each point is one H1, so seasonality is held constant across the series.

H1 transactions, both markets
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H1 transactions, both markets
YearTransactions
201424,253
201519,446
201616,172
201720,614
201815,445
201915,208
202014,045
202123,985
202238,254
202356,093
202476,457
202593,460
202680,825
Primary share of H1 transactions
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Primary share of H1 transactions
YearShare (%)
201447.7%
201558.7%
201659.3%
201763.7%
201867.2%
201970.9%
202074.6%
202159.8%
202265.1%
202357.6%
202465.1%
202567.1%
202673.1%
Median primary price per sqft
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Median primary price per sqft
YearAED per sqft
20141,105
20151,141
20161,068
20171,137
20181,313
20191,339
20201,239
20211,086
20221,308
20231,403
20241,627
20251,649
20261,784
Median resale price per sqft
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Median resale price per sqft
YearAED per sqft
20141,133
20151,075
20161,015
20171,004
2018950
2019794
2020723
2021844
20221,072
20231,289
20241,382
20251,500
20261,585

Every H1 on record

Value, transactions and median price per square foot, with each market's year-on-year move.

Dubai H1 residential transactions by year, primary and resale, 2014 to 2026
YearMarketValueShareYoYTransactionsShareYoYMedian AED/sqftYoY
2026PrimaryAED 156.1B71.5%-11.8%59,11473.1%-5.7%1,784+8.2%
ResaleAED 62.3B28.5%-26.9%21,71126.9%-29.5%1,585+5.7%
2025PrimaryAED 176.9B67.5%+45.0%62,68667.1%+25.9%1,649+1.3%
ResaleAED 85.2B32.5%+25.9%30,77432.9%+15.4%1,500+8.5%
2024PrimaryAED 122B64.3%+59.6%49,79965.1%+54.1%1,627+16.0%
ResaleAED 67.7B35.7%+12.4%26,65834.9%+12.1%1,382+7.3%
2023PrimaryAED 76.5B55.9%+40.2%32,31057.6%+29.7%1,403+7.2%
ResaleAED 60.2B44.1%+77.3%23,78342.4%+78.1%1,289+20.2%
2022PrimaryAED 54.5B61.6%+112.9%24,90365.1%+73.6%1,308+20.4%
ResaleAED 34B38.4%+52.0%13,35134.9%+38.5%1,072+27.0%
2021PrimaryAED 25.6B53.4%+50.3%14,34759.8%+36.9%1,086-12.3%
ResaleAED 22.3B46.6%+289.9%9,63840.2%+170.2%844+16.8%
2020PrimaryAED 17B74.8%-2.4%10,47874.6%-2.9%1,239-7.4%
ResaleAED 5.7B25.2%-23.0%3,56725.4%-19.3%723-8.9%
2019PrimaryAED 17.4B70.1%+20.2%10,78970.9%+4.0%1,339+1.9%
ResaleAED 7.4B29.9%-16.3%4,41929.1%-12.9%794-16.4%
2018PrimaryAED 14.5B62%-30.3%10,37467.2%-21.0%1,313+15.5%
ResaleAED 8.9B38%-34.7%5,07132.8%-32.2%950-5.5%
2017PrimaryAED 20.8B60.5%+32.7%13,13763.7%+37.1%1,137+6.5%
ResaleAED 13.6B39.5%+17.3%7,47736.3%+13.5%1,004-1.0%
2016PrimaryAED 15.7B57.5%-36.6%9,58359.3%-16.0%1,068-6.4%
ResaleAED 11.6B42.5%-19.8%6,58940.7%-18.0%1,015-5.6%
2015PrimaryAED 24.8B63.1%+19.0%11,40858.7%-1.4%1,141+3.3%
ResaleAED 14.5B36.9%-41.0%8,03841.3%-36.6%1,075-5.1%
2014PrimaryAED 20.8B45.9%—11,56947.7%—1,105—
ResaleAED 24.5B54.1%—12,68452.3%—1,133—

H1 runs 1 January to 30 June. Residential only. Figures are Dubai Land Department registrations, in AED.

Questions about this report

The first half of the calendar year — 1 January to 30 June. Every figure here covers that window only, so each year is compared against the same six months of the year before.

Primary is a first sale from the developer, which in Dubai is mostly off-plan. Resale is a home changing hands between owners on the secondary market. They are separated because they price and move differently, and a single blended figure hides both.

A handful of very large sales pull an average upward and describe nobody. The median is the middle transaction, so it moves when the broad market moves rather than when one penthouse trades.

Dubai Land Department transaction records, covering residential property only. Commercial property is excluded, and so are the bulk registrations that would otherwise count as single homes.

Not on its own. Sales value is price multiplied by how many homes changed hands, so it drops when fewer transact even while prices rise. Read it beside the median price per square foot, which is the one that answers the price question.

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