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1 Jan 2026 – 14 Oct 2026

Where buyers are buying

Most Active Areas in Dubai

The communities with the most sales and the most rental contracts, the highest rental yield and the biggest price rise. Switch property type, period, primary or resale market and bedrooms.

Area performanceAll communities
Most active
Dubai South
11,518 apartment sales
Highest yield
8.4%
Liwan

Top 10

Where the market is moving

Four rankings for the same view: what sells, what rents, what yields and what is getting more expensive.

Bedrooms

Market sales and rents from 14 Oct 2025 to 14 Oct 2026.

By sales volume

Most active areas

Full ranking
  1. 01Dubai SouthAED 767.6K median · AED 1,703/sqft11,518 salesup+233%
  2. 02Jumeirah Village CircleAED 1M median · AED 1,450/sqft7,592 salesup+33.2%
  3. 03DubaiLand Residence ComplexAED 805.45K median · AED 1,423/sqft4,875 salesup+2.7%
  4. 04MajanAED 722K median · AED 1,424/sqft4,131 salesup+41.9%
  5. 05Business BayAED 2.05M median · AED 2,389/sqft3,682 salesdown−2.6%
  6. 06Dubai IslandsAED 2.87M median · AED 2,808/sqft3,344 salesdown−17.2%
  7. 07City Of ArabiaAED 611.91K median · AED 1,704/sqft2,592 salesup+1248%
  8. 08ArjanAED 935K median · AED 1,586/sqft2,533 salesup+44.3%
  9. 09Dubai Production CityAED 960.15K median · AED 1,345/sqft2,382 salesdown−3.3%
  10. 10Jebel Ali FirstAED 1.66M median · AED 1,660/sqft2,346 salesup+74.1%

By rental volume

Most rented areas

  1. 01Jumeirah Village CircleAED 60K median rent · 6.3% yield1,582 contracts
  2. 02Business BayAED 85K median rent · 4.6% yield1,293 contracts
  3. 03Downtown DubaiAED 170K median rent · 5.8% yield1,113 contracts
  4. 04Jebel Ali FirstAED 57K median rent · 4.6% yield897 contracts
  5. 05Dubai International CityAED 38K median rent · 8.4% yield869 contracts
  6. 06Dubai Creek HarbourAED 110K median rent · 5.2% yield868 contracts
  7. 07ArjanAED 60.64K median rent · 5.3% yield667 contracts
  8. 08Dubai MarinaAED 110K median rent · 2.3% yield606 contracts
  9. 09Dubai Silicon OasisAED 53K median rent582 contracts
  10. 10Al Nahda 2AED 52.76K median rent558 contracts

By gross yield

Highest rental yield

Full ranking
  1. 01LiwanAED 41K median rent · 23 contracts8.4%
  2. 02Dubai International CityAED 38K median rent · 869 contracts8.4%
  3. 03RemraamAED 53.75K median rent · 228 contracts8.3%
  4. 04RukanAED 50K median rent · 27 contracts8.0%
  5. 05Damac Hills 2AED 40K median rent · 29 contracts7.8%
  6. 06Al Khail HeightsAED 47K median rent · 98 contracts7.7%
  7. 07Al FurjanAED 46.5K median rent · 48 contracts7.5%
  8. 08Town SquareAED 60K median rent · 138 contracts7.3%
  9. 09Dubai Production CityAED 60K median rent · 433 contracts6.9%
  10. 10Jumeirah Lakes TowersAED 86.1K median rent · 151 contracts6.9%

By price change

Biggest price rise

Full ranking
  1. 01Jumeirah 1AED 6,853/sqft · 68 salesup+79.0%
  2. 02Sufouh GardensAED 2,275/sqft · 86 salesup+45.9%
  3. 03Living LegendsAED 1,373/sqft · 377 salesup+26.6%
  4. 04Downtown Jebel AliAED 1,618/sqft · 933 salesup+24.4%
  5. 05Al BarariAED 2,445/sqft · 242 salesup+16.8%
  6. 06Barsha HeightsAED 1,350/sqft · 58 salesup+15.7%
  7. 07Dubai International CityAED 1,362/sqft · 348 salesup+12.0%
  8. 08Damac HillsAED 1,690/sqft · 929 salesup+11.9%
  9. 09Meydan AvenueAED 1,663/sqft · 143 salesup+10.8%
  10. 10Al Khail HeightsAED 950/sqft · 77 salesup+7.7%
How these rankings are calculated
  • Market sales only. Sales, off-plan sales and delayed sales; mortgages and gifts are left out. Primary is off-plan sales from developers, resale is ready property.
  • Sales volume is the number of market sales in the period; the arrow compares the later half of the period with the earlier half.
  • Rental volume counts registered tenancy contracts of about a year in the period. Contracts record neither bedrooms (for most flats) nor a market, so rental and yield lists follow property type and period only.
  • Gross yield is the community's median rent per sqft divided by its median sale price per sqft. Only communities with at least 20 sales and 20 contracts are ranked, so a handful of records cannot produce an extreme yield.
  • Price rise compares the median price per sqft in the later half of the period with the earlier half, where each half has at least 10 priced sales.