Al Barsha First: home prices, rents and trend

Data as of 13 Oct 2026. Sources: DLD — Real Estate Transactions (data.dubai open data); DLD — Rent Contracts / Ejari (data.dubai open data); DLD — Building and Property Project Records (data.dubai open data). Not endorsed by the DLD or the Government of Dubai. Not a valuation. How we calculate.

Ready sales, 12 months
23
Off-plan sales, 12 months
78
New rents (Ejari), 12 months
4,586
Home types priced
1 of 9

Some home types in Al Barsha First have enough registered ready sales for a price range; the others say so. Off-plan is 77% of sales here: we count it but compare prices only with ready sales.

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At a glance

Home typeTypical priceRent a year
Studio apartment Abstain
4 ready sales
AED 45k – 52k
227 new leases
1BR apartment AED 925k – 1M
15 ready sales
AED 55k – 75k
2,375 new leases
2BR apartment Abstain
4 ready sales
AED 78k – 108k
1,622 new leases
3BR apartment Abstain
0 ready sales
AED 113k – 139k
199 new leases
4BR apartment Abstain
0 ready sales
AED 140k – 145k
9 new leases
3BR villa or townhouse Abstain
0 ready sales
AED 198k – 302k
15 new leases
4BR villa or townhouse Abstain
0 ready sales
AED 240k – 316k
84 new leases
5BR villa or townhouse Abstain
0 ready sales
AED 240k – 286k
54 new leases

Last 12 months. Typical = the middle half of registered deals. Outlook and comparables are under each home type.

By home type

Studio apartment

No price range. Only 4 registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.

Rent: AED 45k – 52k a year, median AED 48k (227 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

Recent registered sales (7)
DateBuildingSq ftPrice, AED
3 Sep 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS576 850,000
24 Aug 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS483 690,000
13 Feb 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS597 775,000
8 Dec 2025
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS576 775,000
9 Oct 2025
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS576 700,000
25 Aug 2025
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS576 740,000
19 Aug 2025
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS576 700,000

From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.

1BR apartment · ≈820 sqft

Typical price
AED 925k – 1M
Median
AED 975k
Ready sales, 12 months
15
Size (median)
818 sq ft
Per sq ft (median)
AED 1,153

Why this range: the middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of 15 registered ready sales in the last 12 months. 25 off-plan sales were counted but not priced.

Rent: AED 55k – 75k a year, median AED 65k (2,375 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

12-month outlook

Central case -12.8% on today's median. Eight times out of ten we expect the outcome inside the band. Method: trend v0: segment level from a robust 12-month log-price regression with a community slope, projected with damping φ=0.5 (both chosen on 2011–2019 origins only); p10/p90 from realised backtest errors.

Recent registered sales (8: 4 ready, 4 off-plan)
DateBuildingSq ftPrice, AED
5 Oct 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS779 880,000
1 Sep 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS849 975,000
31 Aug 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS847 975,000
27 Aug 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY1,061 1,910,376
13 Aug 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY1,057 2,108,530
3 Aug 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS820 851,150
28 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY949 1,707,318
28 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY1,061 1,910,376

From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.

2BR apartment

No price range. Only 4 registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6. 35 off-plan sales in 12 months, which we count but do not price.

Rent: AED 78k – 108k a year, median AED 90k (1,622 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

Recent registered sales (8: 3 ready, 5 off-plan)
DateBuildingSq ftPrice, AED
2 Sep 2026
Off-plan
API - Barsha Residential Tower1,456 2,800,824
20 Aug 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY1,551 2,791,746
28 Jul 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS1,349 1,590,000
20 Jul 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS1,268 1,420,000
10 Jul 2026
Ready
AL MURAD TOWERS1,290 1,435,000
9 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY1,954 3,381,336
9 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY1,954 3,381,336
13 May 2026
Off-plan
API - Barsha Residential Tower1,456 2,868,460

From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.

3BR apartment

No price range. No registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6. 18 off-plan sales in 12 months, which we count but do not price.

Rent: AED 113k – 139k a year, median AED 131k (199 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

Recent registered sales (8: 0 ready, 8 off-plan)
DateBuildingSq ftPrice, AED
17 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY2,093 4,000,000
9 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY2,482 4,466,718
9 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY2,482 4,466,718
9 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY2,482 4,466,718
9 Jul 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY2,482 4,466,718
11 Jun 2026
Off-plan
API - Barsha Residential Tower1,838 3,100,000
2 Mar 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY2,638 4,747,662
27 Feb 2026
Off-plan
MAS BARSHA RESIDENCY2,899 5,217,894

From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.

4BR apartment

No price range. No registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.

Rent: AED 140k – 145k a year, median AED 141k (9 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

3BR villa or townhouse

No price range. No registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.

Rent: AED 198k – 302k a year, median AED 230k (15 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

4BR villa or townhouse

No price range. No registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.

Rent: AED 240k – 316k a year, median AED 278k (84 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

5BR villa or townhouse

No price range. No registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.

Rent: AED 240k – 286k a year, median AED 268k (54 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)

No registered sales or enough new rents in 12 months for: 6BR villa or townhouse.

Apartments by building

Buildings in Al Barsha First with at least 6 registered ready sales of one apartment type in the last 12 months (1 in all; the 1 busiest here). Prices in a building can sit well above or below the area range.

BuildingTypeTypical priceSales
AL MURAD TOWERS 1BR AED 925k – 1M
AED 1,153/sq ft
15

Ready sales in the last 12 months; price per sq ft is the median.

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Market trend

Quarterly index of ready-sale prices and new rents, adjusted for the mix of home types and sizes sold each quarter (2025Q1 = 100). Sale index: Base quarter 2025Q1 has fewer than 10 records.

601001102021Q42026Q3
New rents (Ejari): 97.3 in 2026Q3
Index figures
QuarterRent index
2026Q397.3(n 1,232)
2026Q289.2(n 1,008)
2026Q1103.6(n 1,034)
2025Q4108.2(n 1,254)
2025Q3104.3(n 956)
2025Q2101.6(n 842)
2025Q1100(n 993)
2024Q4101.1(n 1,142)
2024Q3101.3(n 1,064)
2024Q298.1(n 897)
2024Q194.9(n 899)
2023Q492.7(n 1,128)
2023Q388(n 1,282)
2023Q284(n 926)
2023Q181.5(n 995)
2022Q478.1(n 1,295)
2022Q373.3(n 1,348)
2022Q271.5(n 1,274)
2022Q168.2(n 1,626)
2021Q464.5(n 2,203)

Mix-adjusted price change: -12.4% a year over the last 12 months, -3.7% a year over 24 months. Ready sales in the last 6 months: 13, against 10 in the 6 months before.

Track record

Track record

How well have our forecasts done?

Our model, average error
17.5%
Simple median, average error
75.6%
Past predictions checked
8
Outcomes inside the 80% band
75%

On 8 past 12-month predictions, made only with data available at the time, our model's average error was 77% lower than simply carrying forward the median price.

An honest 80% band should contain about 80% of outcomes; ours contained 75%.

How we test: method.

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Data and licence

Source: Dubai Land Department (DLD) open data, published on data.dubai. Analysis: FairSqft. Not endorsed by the DLD or the Government of Dubai. Datasets: DLD — Real Estate Transactions (data.dubai open data) (retrieved 15 Oct 2026), DLD — Rent Contracts / Ejari (data.dubai open data) (retrieved 15 Oct 2026), DLD — Building and Property Project Records (data.dubai open data) (retrieved 15 Oct 2026). The figures on this page are derived from that data and offered under the same Dubai Open Data Licence (data.dubai), with no additional terms. Based on Dubai Land Department open data. Not a valuation, not financial advice. DLD area: Al Barsha First. For software and AI agents: MCP server and API.

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