Downtown Dubai registered 164 residential property sales in September 2026: 16.3% more than in August and 25.8% fewer than in September 2025. The median price was AED 2,660 per sq ft (3.0% lower than a year earlier).
Sales and price per sq ft by month
| Month | Sales | AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 164 | 2,660 |
| August 2026 | 141 | 2,555 |
| July 2026 | 158 | 2,464 |
| June 2026 | 139 | 2,660 |
| May 2026 | 115 | 2,576 |
| April 2026 | 125 | 2,715 |
| March 2026 | 148 | 2,848 |
| February 2026 | 230 | 2,794 |
| January 2026 | 246 | 3,059 |
| December 2025 | 320 | 3,212 |
| November 2025 | 468 | 3,751 |
| October 2025 | 415 | 3,615 |
Apartments by bedrooms (12 months)
| Type | Median price | AED per sq ft | Median annual rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 1.78m | 3,834 | AED 72k | 5.9% |
| 1 bedroom | AED 2.38m | 2,727 | AED 115k | 5.2% |
| 2 bedrooms | AED 3.92m | 2,802 | AED 180k | 4.9% |
| 3 bedrooms | AED 6.11m | 3,183 | AED 300k | 5.3% |
| 4 bedrooms | AED 12m | 3,835 | AED 1.5m | 12.0% |
Questions and answers
How many homes were sold in Downtown Dubai in September 2026?
164 according to DLD open data. Year to date in 2026: 1,466, 42.2% fewer than in the same period last year.
How much does property cost in Downtown Dubai?
The median deal price over the last 12 months is AED 2.9m, and the median is AED 3,030 per sq ft. The median is the middle of the market: specific properties cost more or less.
What is the rental yield in Downtown Dubai?
The gross yield over 12 months is 5.2% before service charges, vacancy and fees. Net yields are lower.
District guide: Downtown Dubai · All of Dubai this month — main report
Other districts this month: Business Bay · 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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