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Dubai real estate transactions, H1 2026

AED 218.3BTotal sales valueH1 2026
80,811TransactionsResidential, both markets
73.1%Bought from developersPrimary share of transactions
AED 1,724Median 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 156B-11.3%71.5% of the market
Transactions
59,109-5.6%73.1% of the market
Median price per sqft
AED 1,724+6.1%

Resale — bought from an owner

Sales value
AED 62.3B-27.8%28.5% of the market
Transactions
21,702-29.7%26.9% of the market
Median price per sqft
AED 1,570+5.6%

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
201424,215
201519,419
201616,147
201720,606
201815,432
201915,205
202014,039
202123,970
202238,241
202356,065
202476,436
202593,435
202680,811
Primary share of H1 transactions
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Primary share of H1 transactions
YearShare (%)
201448.4%
201558.6%
201659.3%
201763.6%
201867.2%
201970.9%
202074.6%
202159.9%
202265.1%
202357.5%
202464.9%
202567%
202673.1%
Median primary price per sqft
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Median primary price per sqft
YearAED per sqft
20141,115
20151,122
20161,077
20171,121
20181,307
20191,336
20201,236
20211,068
20221,271
20231,361
20241,607
20251,624
20261,724
Median resale price per sqft
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Median resale price per sqft
YearAED per sqft
20141,143
20151,095
20161,025
20171,021
2018963
2019812
2020736
2021839
20221,080
20231,277
20241,377
20251,487
20261,570

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 156B71.5%-11.3%59,10973.1%-5.6%1,724+6.1%
ResaleAED 62.3B28.5%-27.8%21,70226.9%-29.7%1,570+5.6%
2025PrimaryAED 175.8B67.1%+44.8%62,58467%+26.2%1,624+1.1%
ResaleAED 86.3B32.9%+26.3%30,85133%+14.9%1,487+8.0%
2024PrimaryAED 121.4B64%+59.0%49,59064.9%+53.7%1,607+18.0%
ResaleAED 68.4B36%+13.7%26,84635.1%+12.8%1,377+7.8%
2023PrimaryAED 76.4B56%+40.0%32,25657.5%+29.5%1,361+7.1%
ResaleAED 60.1B44%+77.1%23,80942.5%+78.6%1,277+18.2%
2022PrimaryAED 54.5B61.6%+113.0%24,90865.1%+73.6%1,271+19.0%
ResaleAED 33.9B38.4%+50.1%13,33334.9%+38.6%1,080+28.8%
2021PrimaryAED 25.6B53.1%+50.4%14,34759.9%+37.0%1,068-13.6%
ResaleAED 22.6B46.9%+295.0%9,62340.1%+170.1%839+13.9%
2020PrimaryAED 17B74.8%-2.4%10,47674.6%-2.9%1,236-7.4%
ResaleAED 5.7B25.2%-23.4%3,56325.4%-19.4%736-9.3%
2019PrimaryAED 17.4B70%+20.4%10,78770.9%+4.0%1,336+2.2%
ResaleAED 7.5B30%-16.0%4,41829.1%-12.7%812-15.7%
2018PrimaryAED 14.5B62%-30.0%10,37067.2%-20.9%1,307+16.6%
ResaleAED 8.9B38%-35.4%5,06232.8%-32.5%963-5.7%
2017PrimaryAED 20.7B60.1%+32.4%13,10963.6%+36.9%1,121+4.0%
ResaleAED 13.8B39.9%+18.8%7,49736.4%+14.1%1,021-0.4%
2016PrimaryAED 15.6B57.4%-36.7%9,57659.3%-15.9%1,077-4.0%
ResaleAED 11.6B42.6%-20.1%6,57140.7%-18.2%1,025-6.4%
2015PrimaryAED 24.7B63%+16.5%11,38458.6%-2.8%1,122+0.6%
ResaleAED 14.5B37%-39.6%8,03541.4%-35.7%1,095-4.2%
2014PrimaryAED 21.2B46.9%—11,71748.4%—1,115—
ResaleAED 24B53.1%—12,49851.6%—1,143—

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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