Market analysis
Dubai property guides, practical checks and analysis, with sources for further verification.
Where Dubai Prices Moved
Seven months of official transactions, read area by area — which parts of the city carry the premium, which carry the volume, and what the spread between them shows.
The Off-Plan Majority
Most Dubai sales in the period were off-plan, but the split varies enormously by area — from near-total in new districts to barely half in the established ones.
The 6× Price Spread Across Dubai
Between the most and least expensive areas sits a gap wide enough that a citywide average describes almost nobody.
Where the Volume Actually Is
Ten areas account for most of Dubai's recorded sales. Transaction activity is far more concentrated than the map suggests.
What Dubai Actually Buys
The transaction market is dominated by smaller units — with consequences for anyone buying to let.
Month by Month
Volume swung substantially across the period. What monthly movement can tell you, and what it cannot.
Two Markets, One City
The citywide off-plan figure conceals two markets that behave nothing alike.
Where Dubai Starts
The lowest quartile of sales is a better guide to entry cost than any median.
Inside the Premium Tier
Dubai's most expensive areas span a band as wide as the entire affordable market.
Dubai's Record Launch Pipeline: What's Actually New Supply
New project value passed AED 275bn by mid-2026 — the largest half-year launch cycle in Dubai's history. Strip out one announcement and the picture changes considerably.
Dubai Property Market Conditions: What August 2026 Shows
Average price per square foot fell 1.7% year-on-year in August — the first annual decline since February 2021 — while the launch pipeline hit a record. Both are true at once.
Five Things to Watch in Dubai Property Through the Rest of 2026
From the still-unnamed Emaar masterplan to whether the August softening extends into Q4, here is what actually moves the numbers on this site next.
Dubai Real Estate News: How to Tell Signal From Marketing
How to read Dubai property news critically — who publishes what, the five questions that expose a press release, and which sources are actually worth following.
Which Dubai News Actually Moves Property Prices? (2026)
Which Dubai news genuinely affects property prices — visa policy, interest rates, supply approvals, regulation — and which headlines are noise. With the transmission mechanisms.
Dubai Real Estate 2026–2036: Tokenisation, PropTech & What's Next
What's actually changing in Dubai real estate — title tokenisation, fractional platforms, AI valuation, digital transactions — and which trends will matter by 2036.