Price per sq ft rose about 14% a year from 2023 to 2025
Avg price per sq ft by quarter (AED)
7 in 10 sales are apartments
Share of transactions by property type
Palm Jumeirah costs 4× Dubai South per sq ft
Avg price per sq ft by area (AED), sorted
Dubai South and JVC pay over 7%; Palm Jumeirah about 4%
Avg gross yield % by area (ready units). Orange = best in view
The cheaper the area, the higher the yield
Each bubble is an area · size = number of ready sales
Yield depends on the area more than on the property type
Avg gross yield % · rows: area · columns: property type · darker = higher
January is the busiest month; sales slow in summer and during Ramadan
Transactions by month · stacked by Ramadan period
Homes sell about a week faster since 2025
Avg days on market by quarter
Inside every area, off-plan costs more per sq ft than ready
Avg price per sq ft (AED) by area and status. Off-plan only looks cheaper overall because most of it is in low-cost areas
Emaar and Damac off-plan units sell fastest
Avg days on market, off-plan sales by developer
70/30 and 60/40 are the most common payment plans
Off-plan transactions by payment plan
Price per sq ft has a long right tail from Palm Jumeirah
Transactions by price-per-sq-ft bin · solid line = mean, dashed orange line = median
Large villas pull the mean sale price above the median
Mean vs median sale price by area (AED)
Key insights
- Dubai South (7.5%) and JVC (7.1%) have the highest gross yields of ready units, compared with 4.2% in Palm Jumeirah. The ANOVA confirms that areas differ on price (F = 952, p < 0.001).
- Price per sq ft rose 14.0% (2024) and 16.0% (2025) when Jan–Sep is compared with Jan–Sep. The 2025 increase is significant (t = 5.37, p < 0.001).
- Off-plan looks 7% cheaper overall (AED 2,240 vs 2,406 per sq ft). Inside every one of the 9 areas, though, it is 4–14% more expensive. The overall gap comes from the area mix.
Recommendation
For an AED 1.5M rental-income budget, buy a ready apartment in JVC. The average price is AED 0.97M, the yield is 7.3%, and the rent is about AED 71k a year, from 45 comparable sales.
Dubai South yields slightly more (7.6%). However, it has fewer comparable sales (28) and takes the longest to sell (45 days). Business Bay (6.2%) is the best choice for a more central location.