Studio apartment
No price range. No registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.
Rent: AED 52k – 52k a year, median AED 52k (43 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
The Sustainable City: 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
27
Off-plan sales, 12 months
0
New rents (Ejari), 12 months
125
Home types priced
2 of 6
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At a glance
| Home type | Typical price | Rent a year |
|---|---|---|
| Studio apartment | Abstain 0 ready sales | AED 52k – 52k 43 new leases |
| 1BR apartment | Abstain 0 ready sales | AED 69k – 77k 7 new leases |
| 3BR villa or townhouse | AED 4.25M – 4.91M 11 ready sales | AED 240k – 280k 29 new leases |
| 4BR villa or townhouse | AED 4.86M – 5.97M 16 ready sales | AED 260k – 300k 40 new leases |
Last 12 months. Typical = the middle half of registered deals. Outlook and comparables are under each home type.
By home type
1BR apartment
No price range. No registered ready sales in the last 12 months; we need at least 6.
Rent: AED 69k – 77k a year, median AED 75k (7 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
3BR villa or townhouse · BUA ≈3,370 sqft
Typical price
AED 4.25M – 4.91M
Median
AED 4.75M
Ready sales, 12 months
11
Plot (median)
2,104 sq ft
Built-up (median)
3,368 sq ft
Why this range: the middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of 11 registered ready sales in the last 12 months. Plot, built-up area and condition move villa prices more than size alone, so we show them instead of one price per square foot.
Rent: AED 240k – 280k a year, median AED 260k (29 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
12-month outlook
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)
| Date | Plot, sq ft | Built-up, sq ft | Price, AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 Ready | 2,097 | 3,416 | 4,500,000 |
| 31 Aug 2026 Ready | 2,104 | 3,368 | 4,750,000 |
| 25 Aug 2026 Ready | 2,105 | 3,368 | 3,822,346 |
| 19 Aug 2026 Ready | 2,112 | 3,368 | 4,850,000 |
| 16 Jul 2026 Ready | 2,120 | 3,372 | 4,750,000 |
| 6 May 2026 Ready | 2,103 | 3,369 | 4,000,000 |
| 4 May 2026 Ready | 2,072 | 3,361 | 4,950,000 |
| 15 Apr 2026 Ready | 2,117 | 3,396 | 3,900,000 |
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
4BR villa or townhouse · BUA ≈3,800 sqft
Typical price
AED 4.86M – 5.97M
Median
AED 5M
Ready sales, 12 months
16
Plot (median)
2,335 sq ft
Built-up (median)
3,796 sq ft
Why this range: the middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of 16 registered ready sales in the last 12 months. Plot, built-up area and condition move villa prices more than size alone, so we show them instead of one price per square foot.
Rent: AED 260k – 300k a year, median AED 282k (40 new Ejari contracts started in the last 12 months)
12-month outlook
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)
| Date | Plot, sq ft | Built-up, sq ft | Price, AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2026 Ready | 2,328 | 3,786 | 5,075,000 |
| 17 Aug 2026 Ready | 4,652 | 5,471 | 6,500,000 |
| 8 Jul 2026 Ready | 2,313 | 3,787 | 4,950,000 |
| 19 Jun 2026 Ready | 2,315 | 3,788 | 3,404,700 |
| 19 Jun 2026 Ready | 2,308 | 3,771 | 4,170,912 |
| 22 Apr 2026 Ready | 2,339 | 3,796 | 4,990,000 |
| 20 Apr 2026 Ready | 4,653 | 5,470 | 7,400,000 |
| 31 Mar 2026 Ready | 2,314 | 3,771 | 5,900,000 |
From the DLD open data, without unit or plot numbers.
No registered sales or enough new rents in 12 months for: 2BR apartment, 5BR villa or townhouse.
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).
Index figures
| Quarter | Sale index | Rent index |
|---|---|---|
| 2026Q3 | — | 102.3(n 33) |
| 2026Q2 | — | 105.8(n 27) |
| 2026Q1 | — | 107(n 30) |
| 2025Q4 | — | 105.1(n 38) |
| 2025Q3 | — | 106.5(n 33) |
| 2025Q2 | 99.6(n 16) | 108.5(n 24) |
| 2025Q1 | 100(n 22) | 100(n 22) |
| 2024Q4 | 98.3(n 13) | 106.2(n 47) |
| 2024Q3 | 96.8(n 11) | 104.4(n 51) |
| 2024Q2 | 88.3(n 14) | 105.8(n 30) |
| 2024Q1 | — | 95.7(n 31) |
| 2023Q4 | 83.5(n 14) | 94.8(n 27) |
| 2023Q3 | 82.1(n 15) | 95.6(n 41) |
| 2023Q2 | 78(n 16) | 88.6(n 30) |
| 2023Q1 | 73.7(n 21) | 78.6(n 31) |
| 2022Q4 | 72(n 14) | 79.3(n 46) |
| 2022Q3 | 73(n 27) | 79.9(n 42) |
| 2022Q2 | 73.2(n 68) | 82.8(n 24) |
| 2022Q1 | 73.6(n 49) | 75.5(n 32) |
| 2021Q4 | 68.9(n 25) | 70.7(n 42) |
Mix-adjusted price change: -3.1% a year over the last 12 months, +4.8% a year over 24 months. Ready sales in the last 6 months: 15, against 12 in the 6 months before.
Track record
Track record
How well have our forecasts done?
Our model, average error
9.6%
Simple median, average error
15.4%
Past predictions checked
38
Outcomes inside the 80% band
100%
On 38 past 12-month predictions, made only with data available at the time, our model's average error was 38% lower than simply carrying forward the median price. Even so, under our conservative rule the outlook on this page uses the simple median.
An honest 80% band should contain about 80% of outcomes; ours contained 100%.
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: Wadi Al Safa 7. For software and AI agents: MCP server and API.
Coverage: segments with a price range cover ≥ 80% of the area's ready sales in 12 months, with rent, at least one forecast, and off-plan at most 50% of sales (off-plan is not priced).