Some home types in Business Bay (DLD area) have enough registered ready sales for a price range; the others say so.
Off-plan is 85% of sales here: we count it but compare prices only with ready sales.
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Last 12 months. Typical = the middle half of registered deals. Outlook and comparables are under each home type.
By home type
Studio apartment · ≈450 sqft
Typical price
AED 800k – 900k
Median
AED 840k
Ready sales, 12 months
13
Size (median)
446 sq ft
Per sq ft (median)
AED 1,937
AED 800kmedian AED 840kAED 900k
Why this range: the middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of 13 registered ready sales in the last 12 months.
33 off-plan sales were counted but not priced.
Rent: AED 55k – 68k a year, median AED 60k (73 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
12-month outlook
p10 AED 685kp50 AED 840kp90 AED 1.17M
Central case 0.0% on today's median.
Eight times out of ten we expect the outcome inside the band. Method: simple median of the last 12 months (the trend model did not beat it in the backtest); p10/p90 from backtest errors.
Recent registered sales (8: 3 ready, 5 off-plan)
Date
Building
Sq ft
Price, AED
13 Oct 2026 Ready
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
427
840,000
5 Oct 2026 Ready
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
485
780,000
2 Sep 2026 Ready
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
446
850,000
24 Aug 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
445
1,832,000
17 Aug 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 101 By Danube
374
1,407,000
14 Aug 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 101 By Danube
374
1,281,000
13 Aug 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 101 By Danube
374
1,281,840
15 Jul 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 101 By Danube
374
1,190,640
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
1BR apartment · ≈810 sqft
Typical price
AED 1.4M – 1.8M
Median
AED 1.64M
Ready sales, 12 months
41
Size (median)
810 sq ft
Per sq ft (median)
AED 1,914
AED 1.4Mmedian AED 1.64MAED 1.8M
Why this range: the middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of 41 registered ready sales in the last 12 months.
488 off-plan sales were counted but not priced.
Rent: AED 85k – 110k a year, median AED 100k (312 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
12-month outlook
p10 AED 1.34Mp50 AED 1.64Mp90 AED 2.28M
Central case 0.0% on today's median.
Eight times out of ten we expect the outcome inside the band. Method: simple median of the last 12 months (the trend model did not beat it in the backtest); p10/p90 from backtest errors.
Recent registered sales (8: 1 ready, 7 off-plan)
Date
Building
Sq ft
Price, AED
12 Oct 2026 Ready
AMNA TOWER
872
1,750,000
9 Oct 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
749
2,615,280
8 Oct 2026 Off-plan
AYKON CITY 3 - TOWER D
775
1,420,000
7 Oct 2026 Off-plan
AYKON CITY 3 - TOWER D
771
2,000,000
7 Oct 2026 Off-plan
Al Habtoor Tower
1,001
2,420,000
6 Oct 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
772
2,850,830
5 Oct 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 101 By Danube
753
2,275,000
5 Oct 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
749
2,618,340
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
2BR apartment · ≈1,220 sqft
Typical price
AED 1.5M – 2.6M
Median
AED 2.31M
Ready sales, 12 months
88
Size (median)
1,221 sq ft
Per sq ft (median)
AED 1,799
AED 1.5Mmedian AED 2.31MAED 2.6M
Why this range: the middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of 88 registered ready sales in the last 12 months.
333 off-plan sales were counted but not priced.
Rent: AED 109k – 151k a year, median AED 130k (671 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
12-month outlook
p10 AED 1.89Mp50 AED 2.31Mp90 AED 3.21M
Central case 0.0% on today's median.
Eight times out of ten we expect the outcome inside the band. Method: simple median of the last 12 months (the trend model did not beat it in the backtest); p10/p90 from backtest errors.
Recent registered sales (8: 3 ready, 5 off-plan)
Date
Building
Sq ft
Price, AED
13 Oct 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
1,276
3,483,000
12 Oct 2026 Off-plan
AYKON CITY 3 - TOWER A
1,106
2,549,960
5 Oct 2026 Ready
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
814
1,440,000
1 Oct 2026 Off-plan
One.B Tower
1,796
3,738,000
25 Sep 2026 Ready
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
947
1,520,000
24 Sep 2026 Ready
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
799
1,320,000
21 Sep 2026 Off-plan
Al Habtoor Tower
1,445
3,788,854
17 Sep 2026 Off-plan
Al Habtoor Tower
2,024
4,926,355
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
3BR apartment · ≈1,940 sqft
Typical price
AED 2.79M – 3.73M
Median
AED 3.47M
Ready sales, 12 months
18
Size (median)
1,941 sq ft
Per sq ft (median)
AED 1,858
AED 2.79Mmedian AED 3.47MAED 3.73M
Why this range: the middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of 18 registered ready sales in the last 12 months.
68 off-plan sales were counted but not priced.
Rent: AED 155k – 206k a year, median AED 175k (219 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
12-month outlook
p10 AED 2.83Mp50 AED 3.47Mp90 AED 4.82M
Central case 0.0% on today's median.
Eight times out of ten we expect the outcome inside the band. Method: simple median of the last 12 months (the trend model did not beat it in the backtest); p10/p90 from backtest errors.
Recent registered sales (8: 4 ready, 4 off-plan)
Date
Building
Sq ft
Price, AED
12 Oct 2026 Off-plan
DOWNTOWN RESIDENCES
2,197
5,956,021
30 Sep 2026 Ready
NOURA TOWER
1,965
3,450,000
28 Sep 2026 Ready
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
1,302
2,043,122
25 Sep 2026 Ready
NOURA TOWER
1,965
3,680,000
21 Sep 2026 Off-plan
DOWNTOWN RESIDENCES
1,641
5,218,503
27 Aug 2026 Ready
NOURA TOWER
1,976
3,900,000
23 Jul 2026 Off-plan
Al Habtoor Tower
2,283
5,270,834
23 Jul 2026 Off-plan
Al Habtoor Tower
2,283
5,243,226
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
4BR apartment
No price range. Only 4 registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6. 5 off-plan sales in 12 months, which we count but do not price.
Rent: AED 262k – 350k a year, median AED 305k (14 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
Recent registered sales (8: 3 ready, 5 off-plan)
Date
Building
Sq ft
Price, AED
16 Sep 2026 Off-plan
One.B Tower
3,956
12,212,000
11 Sep 2026 Off-plan
One.B Tower
3,956
12,129,000
2 Sep 2026 Ready
NOURA TOWER
3,010
5,550,000
6 Aug 2026 Ready
NOURA TOWER
2,937
5,600,000
5 Feb 2026 Off-plan
Sobha SkyParks
2,601
12,421,781
23 Dec 2025 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
2,009
7,341,000
10 Dec 2025 Ready
NOURA TOWER
2,902
5,750,000
17 Nov 2025 Off-plan
DOWNTOWN RESIDENCES
5,964
21,283,564
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
5+BR apartment
No price range. Only 2 registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6. 2 off-plan sales in 12 months, which we count but do not price.
Rent: Only 4 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.
Recent registered sales (8: 2 ready, 6 off-plan)
Date
Building
Sq ft
Price, AED
20 Aug 2026 Ready
NOURA TOWER
10,137
20,000,000
26 Mar 2026 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
7,503
29,707,920
23 Mar 2026 Ready
AMNA TOWER
9,439
34,097,750
8 Dec 2025 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
6,827
27,799,660
21 Jul 2025 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
7,503
27,220,500
21 Jul 2025 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
6,827
25,376,400
17 Jun 2025 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
7,503
29,584,030
28 Feb 2025 Off-plan
Bayz 102 By Danube
8,320
32,130,000
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
Apartments by building
Buildings in Business Bay (DLD area) with at least 6 registered ready sales of one apartment type in the last 12 months (4 in all; the 4 busiest here). Prices in a building can sit well above or below the area range.
Building
Type
Typical price
Sales
AYKON CITY (2) -TOWER C
Studio
AED 800k – 900k AED 1,937/sq ft
13
1BR
AED 935k – 1.09M AED 1,800/sq ft
8
2BR
AED 1.41M – 1.54M AED 1,770/sq ft
39
NOURA TOWER
1BR
AED 1.52M – 1.73M AED 1,884/sq ft
18
2BR
AED 2.32M – 2.7M AED 1,743/sq ft
17
3BR
AED 3.52M – 3.83M AED 1,872/sq ft
7
PARAMOUNT TOWER HOTEL & RESIDENCES
1BR
AED 1.72M – 1.95M AED 2,115/sq ft
6
2BR
AED 2.45M – 2.73M AED 2,019/sq ft
17
AMNA TOWER
1BR
AED 1.76M – 1.88M AED 1,931/sq ft
6
2BR
AED 2.6M – 2.74M AED 1,787/sq ft
14
Ready sales in the last 12 months; price per sq ft is the median.
Quarterly index of ready-sale prices and new rents, adjusted for the mix of home types and sizes sold each quarter (2025Q1 = 100).
Ready-sale prices: 96.1 in 2026Q3New rents (Ejari): 82.9 in 2026Q3Index figures
Quarter
Sale index
Rent index
2026Q3
96.1(n 36)
82.9(n 456)
2026Q2
106(n 36)
90.9(n 211)
2026Q1
107.1(n 42)
100.8(n 246)
2025Q4
104.1(n 52)
96.3(n 366)
2025Q3
104.7(n 57)
91.5(n 414)
2025Q2
95.3(n 217)
92.5(n 292)
2025Q1
100(n 124)
100(n 234)
2024Q4
103.7(n 83)
96.1(n 371)
2024Q3
104.3(n 52)
94.1(n 441)
2024Q2
102.5(n 55)
98.5(n 257)
2024Q1
102.8(n 45)
102.1(n 250)
2023Q4
103.9(n 43)
101(n 245)
2023Q3
102.4(n 40)
93(n 267)
2023Q2
103.3(n 57)
95.9(n 189)
2023Q1
111.3(n 81)
86.8(n 265)
2022Q4
97.1(n 57)
86.5(n 265)
2022Q3
84.3(n 25)
80.1(n 249)
2022Q2
82.8(n 18)
73.6(n 267)
2022Q1
75.7(n 79)
64.2(n 624)
2021Q4
77.3(n 88)
61.6(n 621)
Mix-adjusted price change: -5.1% a year over the last 12 months, -5.6% a year over 24 months. Ready sales in the last 6 months: 72, against 94 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
15.4%
Past predictions checked
66
Outcomes inside the 80% band
91%
On 66 past 12-month predictions, our model did not beat simply carrying forward the median price (its error was 14% higher). So the outlook on this page uses the simple median instead.
An honest 80% band should contain about 80% of outcomes; ours contained 91%.
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