Monthly Dubai Real Estate Market Report · September 2026

Business Bay property sales and prices, September 2026 (DLD data)

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Business Bay registered 389 residential property sales in September 2026: 16.1% more than in August and 70.3% fewer than in September 2025. The median price was AED 1,988 per sq ft (26.2% lower than a year earlier).

389Sales this month−70.3% YoY
AED 1,988Price per sq ft this month (median)−26.2% YoY
AED 2mMedian deal price, 12 months
51.9%Off-plan share, 12 months
5.7%Gross yield, 12 months

Sales and price per sq ft by month

1.0kOct0.8kNov1.0kDec0.7kJan0.6kFeb0.4kMar0.5kApr0.3kMay0.4kJun0.4kJul0.3kAug0.4kSep
MonthSalesAED per sq ft
September 20263891,988
August 20263352,079
July 20263762,058
June 20264072,246
May 20263392,167
April 20264642,351
March 20263992,492
February 20266382,384
January 20266902,514
December 20251,0012,545
November 20258492,448
October 20251,0032,412

Apartments by bedrooms (12 months)

TypeMedian priceAED per sq ftMedian annual rentGross yield
StudioAED 1.15m2,508AED 65k6.4%
1 bedroomAED 1.9m2,333AED 85k5.9%
2 bedroomsAED 2.7m2,165AED 130k5.7%
3 bedroomsAED 4.1m2,040AED 188k5.7%
4 bedroomsAED 6.35m2,082AED 300k5.7%

Questions and answers

How many homes were sold in Business Bay in September 2026?

389 according to DLD open data. Year to date in 2026: 4,037, 52.7% fewer than in the same period last year.

How much does property cost in Business Bay?

The median deal price over the last 12 months is AED 2m, and the median is AED 2,367 per sq ft. The median is the middle of the market: specific properties cost more or less.

What is the rental yield in Business Bay?

The gross yield over 12 months is 5.7% before service charges, vacancy and fees. Net yields are lower.

District guide: Business Bay · All of Dubai this month — main report

Other districts this month: Downtown Dubai · Dubai Marina · Palm Jumeirah · Dubai Hills Estate · Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) · Dubai Creek Harbour · Al Furjan · Dubai South Residential District

Source and methodology

Source: Dubai Land Department open data aggregated by Dubai Data (datadubai.ae), Continental Club Property, licensed CC BY 4.0. Sales are all registered residential sales in the community for the month, off-plan included. Price per sq ft is the median for apartments, villas, hotel apartments and townhouses (land plots and whole buildings excluded), with outliers outside the 1st–99th percentiles removed; with fewer than 20 sales the median is not shown. Yields are gross (before costs, vacancy and fees). Year-on-year comparisons can be distorted by a changing mix of deals (for example the off-plan share in new towers) and by re-mapped communities in DLD data. Community boundaries follow DLD data and may differ from the everyday name of the area. Not an official DLD product; figures are frozen on the publication date. A district statistic, not the price of a specific property. CC BY 4.0 · datadubai.ae · DLD Open Data

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