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1 Jan 2026 – 26 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
11,788 apartment sales
Highest yield
12.7%
Jumeirah Beach Residence

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 26 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2026.

By sales volume

Most active areas

Full ranking
  1. 01Dubai SouthAED 762.72K median · AED 1,703/sqft11,788 salesup+196%
  2. 02Jumeirah Village CircleAED 1M median · AED 1,450/sqft7,836 salesup+19.2%
  3. 03DubaiLand Residence ComplexAED 806.61K median · AED 1,425/sqft5,081 salesdown−5.9%
  4. 04MajanAED 723K median · AED 1,424/sqft4,199 salesup+30.6%
  5. 05Business BayAED 2.05M median · AED 2,378/sqft3,800 salesdown−11.4%
  6. 06Dubai IslandsAED 2.86M median · AED 2,802/sqft3,400 salesdown−48.8%
  7. 07City Of ArabiaAED 614K median · AED 1,701/sqft2,699 salesup+1221%
  8. 08ArjanAED 934.64K median · AED 1,588/sqft2,619 salesup+30.1%
  9. 09Dubai Production CityAED 951.9K median · AED 1,345/sqft2,437 salesdown−14.8%
  10. 10Jebel Ali FirstAED 1.66M median · AED 1,662/sqft2,398 salesup+17.8%

By rental volume

Most rented areas

  1. 01Jumeirah Village CircleAED 65K median rent · 6.3% yield28,217 contracts
  2. 02Dubai International CityAED 37K median rent · 8.3% yield22,139 contracts
  3. 03Dubai Creek HarbourAED 115K median rent · 5.4% yield21,066 contracts
  4. 04Business BayAED 90K median rent · 4.7% yield19,412 contracts
  5. 05Downtown DubaiAED 165K median rent · 5.6% yield18,773 contracts
  6. 06Jebel Ali FirstAED 58.42K median rent · 4.5% yield17,539 contracts
  7. 07Al Nahda 2AED 52.5K median rent13,468 contracts
  8. 08Al Barsha 1AED 75K median rent · 4.4% yield11,171 contracts
  9. 09Al KaramaAED 65K median rent10,499 contracts
  10. 10Al MuraqqabatAED 70K median rent10,259 contracts

By gross yield

Highest rental yield

Full ranking
  1. 01Jumeirah Beach ResidenceAED 250K median rent · 211 contracts12.7%
  2. 02Al Khail HeightsAED 35K median rent · 214 contracts10.8%
  3. 03Za'abeel 1AED 550K median rent · 98 contracts8.9%
  4. 04Dubai International CityAED 37K median rent · 22,139 contracts8.3%
  5. 05Mohammed Bin Rashid CityAED 55K median rent · 69 contracts7.6%
  6. 06RemraamAED 58K median rent · 5,751 contracts7.6%
  7. 07Damac Hills 2AED 42K median rent · 509 contracts7.5%
  8. 08Town SquareAED 63.25K median rent · 3,446 contracts7.3%
  9. 09RukanAED 61.25K median rent · 583 contracts7.3%
  10. 10Dubai International CityAED 50.2K median rent · 364 contracts7.1%

By price change

Biggest price rise

Full ranking
  1. 01Jumeirah 1AED 6,853/sqft · 68 salesup+68.0%
  2. 02Sufouh GardensAED 2,275/sqft · 89 salesup+47.0%
  3. 03Living LegendsAED 1,373/sqft · 403 salesup+25.4%
  4. 04Downtown Jebel AliAED 1,616/sqft · 966 salesup+24.3%
  5. 05Barsha HeightsAED 1,350/sqft · 63 salesup+22.2%
  6. 06Al BarariAED 2,482/sqft · 244 salesup+15.5%
  7. 07Dubai International CityAED 1,350/sqft · 356 salesup+12.2%
  8. 08Damac HillsAED 1,694/sqft · 961 salesup+11.9%
  9. 09Jebel Ali FirstAED 1,662/sqft · 2,398 salesup+8.2%
  10. 10LiwanAED 1,090/sqft · 596 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.