Dubai Residential Market Review Q3 2026

Capital values held within a point of Q2 while rents moved further: the adjustment is arriving through leasing first.

Report period: Q3 2026
Published: November 2026
Coverage: Dubai apartments & villas

35,665 Residential transactions −2.7% quarter on quarter
AED 75.84Bn Residential sales value −14.1% quarter on quarter
10,439 Secondary-market sales +18.1% quarter on quarter
6.74% Apartment gross yield Villas 4.45%

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Secondary sales recover

Completed-home sales rose 18.1% to 10,439, offsetting around 62% of the fall in off-plan volume.
Off-plan still seven in ten

Off-plan took 70.7% of sales, down from 75.9% in Q2, after a fourth quarterly decline to 25,226.
Value falls faster than volume

Sales value fell 14.1% to AED 75.84 billion as the average ticket eased to AED 2.13 million.
Rents adjust before prices

Apartment rents fell 4.9% and villa rents 2.3%, against price moves of 0.4% and 1.1%.
Completed villas lead on value

Secondary villa sales of AED 13.18 billion exceeded off-plan villa sales of AED 12.88 billion.
A record pipeline

225,389 homes are scheduled for 2027, more than the previous five years of additions combined.

Apartments and Villas

Apartments carry the volume; villas carry the ticket size.

Apartments

87.9% of sales

31,350 transactions worth AED 49.78 billion; rents eased faster than prices.

Price per sq ft: AED 1,784
Gross yield: 6.74%

Villas and townhouses

12.1% of sales

4,315 transactions worth AED 26.06 billion; prices 1.1% above a year ago.

Price per sq ft: AED 2,300
Gross yield: 4.45%

Azizi VeniceLeading off-plan market, 3,898 sales

Jumeirah Village CircleLeading ready market, 1,219 sales

Dubai Residential Market Review Q3 2026 by Reliant Surveyors

Supply Sets the Tone

Stable capital values, softer rents and a delivery schedule that steepens sharply from 2027.

Dubai’s stock is projected to reach 670,667 homes by the end of 2026, with 225,389 scheduled for 2027 and 133,552 for 2028. Delivery against schedule, financing conditions and affordability will decide how prices and rents respond, community by community.

Homes scheduled for 2027: 225,389
Scheduled, 2026 to 2028: 417,522
Of end-2025 completed stock: 68.2%

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