Dubai Price Index

Dubai Property Research is a Dubai property research page for buyers, sellers, investors, and analysts who want market context before pricing or evaluating a deal. It uses Dubai Land Department sales and lease registration data to provide current market indices, rolling 12-month summaries, and community-level research tables.

The main view focuses on residential price per square foot, index movement, year-on-year changes, and gross rental yield. It also breaks the market down by transaction type and residential category, making it possible to compare off-plan and ready sales and see how apartments, villas, townhouses, and other property types contribute to the market.

Key Features

Residential Price Index

Track Dubai residential property values over time.

The price index shows monthly residential values going back to 2008 and is built using sold homes rather than asking prices. This provides a historical view of how residential price per square foot has changed across the Dubai market.

Rolling 12-Month Market Facts

Review recent market activity without relying on a single month.

The research page provides:

• Median sale price
• Median AED per square foot
• Sales volume
• 12-month change

The rolling figures provide additional context when monthly transaction volumes fluctuate.

Market Pulse

See what is currently trading across Dubai.

The market pulse covers:

• Sale listings
• Rental listings
• Transactions
• Community activity
• Bedroom-size breakdowns

This helps users understand where transaction activity is concentrated and how different parts of the residential market are behaving.

Community Tables

Compare individual Dubai communities using market activity and pricing data.

Active areas can be ranked by:

• Registrations
• Median price
• Median AED per square foot

This makes it easier to move from a citywide market view into specific communities and submarkets.

Developer and Project Views

Inspect sales activity at the developer and project level.

The research sections show sales counts alongside median prices and median price per square foot. This gives users another way to compare activity and pricing beyond broad community-level figures.

Off-Plan and Ready Sales

Separate transactions by the type of property sale.

The page distinguishes between off-plan and ready transactions, helping users understand how different parts of Dubai's residential market are contributing to overall activity.

Methods and Data

Make the underlying research easier to evaluate.

The page includes:

• Methodology notes
• Data sources
• Chart explanations
• Limitations
• CSV files

This provides users with additional context when using the figures for analysis or independent research.

Built for Dubai Property Research

Dubai Property Research combines historical price data, recent transaction activity, community comparisons, and methodology information into one research workflow.

Key benefits include:

• Track Dubai residential prices since 2008
• Review median AED per square foot
• Compare year-on-year market changes
• Monitor rolling 12-month sales activity
• Compare off-plan and ready transactions
• Review apartment, villa, and townhouse activity
• Compare Dubai communities
• Analyze bedroom-size transaction patterns
• Review developer and project sales
• Check gross rental yield
• Access source and methodology notes
• Download research data through CSV files

Built For

• Property Buyers
• Property Sellers
• Real Estate Investors
• Property Analysts
• Real Estate Agents
• Developers
• Market Researchers
• Dubai Property Professionals

Common Use Cases

• Researching Dubai property prices
• Evaluating a potential property purchase
• Comparing residential communities
• Checking median AED per square foot
• Comparing off-plan and ready-market activity
• Reviewing gross rental yields
• Identifying active Dubai submarkets
• Comparing developers and projects
• Tracking long-term residential price trends
• Analyzing recent transaction volumes
• Downloading property data for further research

Why It Matters

Headline property prices can hide important differences between communities, property types, and transaction categories. A citywide average may not tell a buyer or investor whether activity is increasing in a particular area or whether price changes are being driven by a different mix of properties.

The page takes a more detailed approach by combining price per square foot, transaction volumes, community activity, and property categories. Its index uses median price per square foot rather than raw sale price, which helps reduce the effect of changes in the size mix of homes being sold.

The methodology also smooths the monthly index using a centered five-month average. This makes longer-term trends easier to interpret when monthly transaction volumes move significantly. Recent incomplete months are flagged so users can distinguish developing data from more established figures.

The research page also makes its limitations visible. It explains how gross rental yield is calculated, what the figures do not adjust for, and that late records can change values for recent periods. That context is important when using the numbers to evaluate an actual property or submarket.

Research Dubai Property Markets With Transaction Data

Use the research page to move from the overall Dubai residential market into specific communities, property types, developers, and projects. Review the latest pricing and transaction data, check the methodology and limitations, and use the available tables and CSV data to support property research and analysis.