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Dubai area data

Dubai Islands: property prices and DLD transactions

Dubai Islands (DLD: Palm Deira): median AED 2,754 per sq ft from 5,035 registered sales in the 12 months to September 2026. Median annual rent AED 140,000.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data, as of 23 Oct 2026; calculated by Zolia.

Data to 23 Oct 2026

Key figures, last 12 months

Data as of 23 Oct 2026 · Period Oct 2025 – Sep 2026

Registered sales
5,035
+43.5% vs previous 12 months
Median price per sq ft (excluding land plots)
AED 2,754 per sq ft
+19.2% vs previous 12 months · Median sale price AED 2.9m
Median annual rent
AED 140,000
6 registered rent contracts
Gross rental yield
under 3 sales

Indicative figures from registered transactions and rent contracts, not a valuation of any unit.

“Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.

Price trend in Dubai Islands

MonthSalesMedian per sq ftRent contracts
Oct 2024119AED 2,081 per sq ftunder 3
Nov 2024252AED 2,145 per sq ftunder 3
Dec 2024174AED 2,178 per sq ftunder 3
Jan 202597AED 2,077 per sq ftunder 3
Feb 2025299AED 2,200 per sq ftunder 3
Mar 2025334AED 2,395 per sq ftunder 3
Apr 2025447AED 2,415 per sq ftunder 3
May 2025397AED 2,433 per sq ftunder 3
Jun 2025416AED 2,391 per sq ftunder 3
Jul 2025310AED 2,328 per sq ftunder 3
Aug 2025217AED 2,384 per sq ftunder 3
Sep 2025446AED 2,331 per sq ftunder 3
Oct 2025482AED 2,521 per sq ftunder 3
Nov 2025519AED 2,659 per sq ftunder 3
Dec 2025484AED 2,648 per sq ftunder 3
Jan 2026626AED 2,711 per sq ftunder 3
Feb 2026628AED 2,876 per sq ftunder 3
Mar 2026435AED 2,783 per sq ftunder 3
Apr 2026737AED 3,026 per sq ftunder 3
May 2026370AED 3,053 per sq ftunder 3
Jun 2026272AED 3,016 per sq ftunder 3
Jul 2026197AED 2,659 per sq ftunder 3
Aug 2026135AED 2,507 per sq ftunder 3
Sep 2026150AED 2,688 per sq ft3

Sales per calendar year

YearSalesMedian per sq ft
2006under 3
2007under 3
2008under 3
2009under 3
2010under 3
2011under 3
2012under 3
2013under 3
2014under 3
201519under 3 with floor area
201610under 3 with floor area
2017under 3
2018under 3
2019under 3
2020under 3
20215under 3 with floor area
202239under 3 with floor area
2023481AED 2,511 per sq ft
20241,751AED 2,134 per sq ft
20254,448AED 2,417 per sq ft

How the yearly figures are checked

Figures based on fewer than 3 records are not shown.

Off-plan and ready sales in Dubai Islands

Off-plan share of sales: 98%

StatusSalesMedian per sq ftMiddle range per sq ft
Off-plan4,913AED 2,754 per sq ftAED 2,313 – 3,168
Ready122under 3 with floor areaunder 3 with floor area

Off-plan sales are sales of properties before completion, as registered in Dubai Land Department transactions; ready sales are sales of completed properties.

Figures based on fewer than 3 records are not shown.

Rents and rental yield in Dubai Islands

Registered rent contracts
6
Median annual rent
AED 140,000
Middle range of registered annual rents: AED 117,850 – AED 155,000
Median annual rent per sq ft
AED 64 per sq ft
Gross rental yield
under 3 sales

New contracts and renewals

RegistrationRent contractsMedian annual rentMedian rent per sq ft
New contracts6AED 140,000AED 64 per sq ft
Renewalsunder 3 rent contracts

Registered rent contracts by registration type: new contracts and renewals of existing contracts.

The permitted rent increase is set by the Smart Rental Index of the Dubai Land Department; this page does not compute an index value. About the Smart Rental Index

Too few ready apartment sales for a gross rental yield: fewer than 3 in the period, at least 30 needed. Land, whole buildings, villas and commercial units are not counted.

Price per sq ft and rents by unit type in Dubai Islands

Unit typeSalesMedian priceMedian per sq ftRent contractsMedian annual rentMedian rent per sq ftGross yield (ready units)
1 bedroom2,130AED 2.3mAED 2,746 per sq ftunder 3under 3under 3under 3 sales
2 bedrooms1,923AED 3.5mAED 2,691 per sq ft3AED 117,850AED 53 per sq ftunder 3 sales
3 bedrooms557AED 5.5mAED 2,799 per sq ftunder 3under 3under 3under 3 sales
4 bedrooms68AED 8.7mAED 2,674 per sq ftunder 3under 3under 3under 3 sales

Not enough data: Studio, 5 bedrooms or more (under 3 sales and under 3 rent contracts each).

Without a bedroom count in the DLD data: 355 sales and under 3 rent contracts (villas, whole buildings, land, offices and shops). They count in all figures above and in the table by property type.

Gross yield by unit type: median annual rent per sq ft divided by the median price per sq ft of ready properties. The price columns also include off-plan sales, so dividing them by the rent gives a different number.

Figures based on fewer than 3 records are not shown. Indicative figures from registered transactions and rent contracts, not a valuation of any unit.

Sales and rents by property type in Dubai Islands

Property typeSalesMedian priceMedian per sq ftRent contractsMedian annual rent
Apartments4,680AED 2.8mAED 2,730 per sq ft6AED 140,000
Villas and townhousesunder 3 salesunder 3 rent contracts
Whole buildingsunder 3 salesresidential rents only
Land plots122AED 9.8mAED 1,686 per sq ftresidential rents only
Offices, shops and hotel units233AED 2.8mAED 3,618 per sq ftresidential rents only
Other property typesunder 3 salesresidential rents only

Land plots have their own price per sq ft in this table; the other prices per sq ft on this page exclude them.

Property types as registered in the Dubai Land Department data. Rents are counted for residential use only, so whole buildings, land plots and commercial units have no rent figures here. Figures based on fewer than 3 records are not shown.

Sales and rents by time range and property type in Dubai Islands

Time rangeProperty typeSalesMedian priceMedian per sq ftRent contractsMedian annual rent
Last 3 monthsAll property types482AED 2.8mAED 2,605 per sq ft5AED 140,000
Last 3 monthsApartments406AED 2.7mAED 2,481 per sq ft5AED 140,000
Last 6 monthsAll property types1,861AED 3mAED 2,933 per sq ft6AED 140,000
Last 6 monthsApartments1,654AED 3mAED 2,861 per sq ft6AED 140,000
Last 12 monthsApartments4,680AED 2.8mAED 2,730 per sq ft6AED 140,000

Not enough data: Last 3 months – Villas and townhouses; Last 6 months – Villas and townhouses; Last 12 months – Villas and townhouses (under 3 sales and under 3 rent contracts each).

The time ranges are the last 3, 6 and 12 full months of the current period. Apartments are registered flats (rents: flats and studios), villas include townhouses. A figure is shown only above the minimum number of records; not a valuation.

Mortgage registrations in Dubai Islands

Mortgage registrations
20

Registered mortgage transactions only, without interest rates and without lenders.

Nearby areas

Around Dubai Islands

Official open data for this area (population, service charges, valuations, schools, buildings and leases), each with its source and date; figures below the minimum count are not shown.

Service charges (median rate per sq ft, latest budget year)

Latest figure from the source: 2026

Total
0.44 AED/sq ft
Residential0.47 AED/sq ft
Hospitality0.49 AED/sq ft
Offices0.44 AED/sq ft

Data as of 22 Sep 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae

Valuations (median value per area unit, 12 months)

Oct 2025 – Oct 2026

Total
AED 1,250 per sq ft
LandAED 1,250 per sq ft

Data as of 23 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae

Floors per building (median, land register)

Total
2

Data as of 23 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae

Parking spaces per building (median, land register)

Total
2

Data as of 23 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae

Land parcels by land type (register)

Total
1,797
Commercial1,750
Residential33

Data as of 23 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae

Most active projects in Dubai Islands

ProjectSales
Bay Grove Residences D - Dubai Islands185
Silena Residences121
Bay Villas - Dubai Islands107

Project names from the registered transactions; developer names are not shown.

2 project names are held back for review and not shown.

Dubai Islands: names and DLD area

جزر دبي

DLD name Palm Deira / نخلة ديرة

Registered sales, rents and prices for Dubai Islands from Dubai Land Department open data, where the area is registered as Palm Deira.

Dubai Islands lies within the larger DLD area Palm Deira. The figures are those of the whole DLD area Palm Deira, not of Dubai Islands alone.

All area names and DLD names

Market reports

Questions about Dubai Islands

What is the median price per sq ft in Dubai Islands?
The median price of registered sales in Dubai Islands was AED 2,754 per sq ft in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
How many sales were registered in Dubai Islands?
5,035 sales were registered in Dubai Islands in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
What share of sales in Dubai Islands was off-plan?
98% of the registered sales in Dubai Islands in Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 were off-plan.
What is Dubai Islands called in the Dubai Land Department data?
The Dubai Land Department registers Dubai Islands as Palm Deira (نخلة ديرة).

Method and source

All Dubai areasAll area names and DLD namesHow these figures are calculated

Figures based on fewer than 3 records are not shown.

“Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.

Source: Dubai Land Department, open data via data.dubai (as of 23 Oct 2026). Prepared by Zolia; not an official product of the Dubai Land Department.

Open data portal: data.dubai · Licence: Dubai Open Data Licence

  • Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae

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