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2 Jun 2003 – 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
13,128 apartment sales
Highest yield
12.9%
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 866K median · AED 1,703/sqft13,128 salesup+104%
  2. 02Jumeirah Village CircleAED 1M median · AED 1,450/sqft10,896 salesdown−35.8%
  3. 03DubaiLand Residence ComplexAED 805K median · AED 1,425/sqft6,598 salesdown−40.4%
  4. 04MajanAED 722K median · AED 1,424/sqft6,018 salesdown−34.7%
  5. 05Business BayAED 2.05M median · AED 2,378/sqft5,835 salesdown−55.9%
  6. 06Dubai IslandsAED 2.85M median · AED 2,802/sqft4,458 salesdown−65.2%
  7. 07Jumeirah Village TriangleAED 1.15M median · AED 1,659/sqft3,699 salesdown−64.1%
  8. 08ArjanAED 905.45K median · AED 1,588/sqft3,631 salesdown−31.1%
  9. 09Dubai Production CityAED 936.35K median · AED 1,345/sqft3,064 salesdown−42.3%
  10. 10City Of ArabiaAED 615K median · AED 1,701/sqft2,897 salesup+547%

By rental volume

Most rented areas

  1. 01Jumeirah Village CircleAED 65K median rent · 6.3% yield32,725 contracts
  2. 02Dubai International CityAED 37K median rent · 8.2% yield25,986 contracts
  3. 03Business BayAED 92K median rent · 4.7% yield22,187 contracts
  4. 04Dubai Creek HarbourAED 115K median rent · 5.4% yield21,878 contracts
  5. 05Jebel Ali FirstAED 58K median rent · 4.5% yield20,953 contracts
  6. 06Downtown DubaiAED 165K median rent · 5.6% yield20,255 contracts
  7. 07Al Nahda 2AED 52.43K median rent15,807 contracts
  8. 08Al Barsha 1AED 75K median rent · 4.4% yield13,223 contracts
  9. 09Al KaramaAED 64.47K median rent12,257 contracts
  10. 10Al MuraqqabatAED 70K median rent12,141 contracts

By gross yield

Highest rental yield

Full ranking
  1. 01Jumeirah Beach ResidenceAED 250K median rent · 248 contracts12.9%
  2. 02Al Khail HeightsAED 37K median rent · 415 contracts9.7%
  3. 03Za'abeel 1AED 545K median rent · 116 contracts9.0%
  4. 04Dubai International CityAED 37K median rent · 25,986 contracts8.2%
  5. 05Mohammed Bin Rashid CityAED 58K median rent · 184 contracts7.7%
  6. 06RemraamAED 58K median rent · 6,076 contracts7.6%
  7. 07Damac Hills 2AED 42K median rent · 588 contracts7.5%
  8. 08RukanAED 60K median rent · 689 contracts7.5%
  9. 09Town SquareAED 65K median rent · 3,926 contracts7.3%
  10. 10Dubai International CityAED 51K median rent · 517 contracts7.2%

By price change

Biggest price rise

Full ranking
  1. 01Jumeirah 1AED 6,853/sqft · 128 salesup+68.0%
  2. 02Sufouh GardensAED 2,275/sqft · 104 salesup+47.0%
  3. 03Living LegendsAED 1,373/sqft · 505 salesup+25.4%
  4. 04Downtown Jebel AliAED 1,616/sqft · 1,051 salesup+24.3%
  5. 05Barsha HeightsAED 1,350/sqft · 80 salesup+22.2%
  6. 06Al BarariAED 2,482/sqft · 252 salesup+15.5%
  7. 07Dubai International CityAED 1,350/sqft · 366 salesup+12.2%
  8. 08Damac HillsAED 1,694/sqft · 1,381 salesup+11.9%
  9. 09Jebel Ali FirstAED 1,662/sqft · 2,735 salesup+8.2%
  10. 10LiwanAED 1,090/sqft · 967 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.