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Dubai · Units + Villas · Last 12 months · Updated through Jul 2026

Why this matters

Market activity remains concentrated in a small set of leading districts. Off-plan continues to dominate transaction flow.

Latest month holds close to the prior cycle.

Updated through Jul 2026

Market structure
  • Top 3 areas share of value63%
  • Top developer market share9.5%
  • Off-plan share of transactions69%

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

June 2026

ValueProjects

ELTIERA VIEWS vs AZIZI VENICE 14: value concentration meets transaction breadth in June 2026

June’s project table puts ELTIERA VIEWS and AZIZI VENICE 14 side by side on transaction value, with ELTIERA VIEWS recording AED 698.6M across 254 unit and villa transactions and AZIZI VENICE 14 posting AED 557.7M across 731. The comparison is useful because the two projects show very different count-and-value profiles, while the remaining metrics in this slice are not part of the project comparison.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

June 2026

ValueDevelopers

AZIZI Developments leads Dubai developers by transaction value in June 2026

AZIZI Developments recorded the highest transaction value among Dubai developers in June 2026, supported by 3,775 unit and villa transactions worth AED 3.24B. The ranking visual also points to a pronounced spread between value and count across the leading developers, with AZIZI combining the largest total value in the table and a mid-range median value of AED 670,000.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

June 2026

ValueAreas

Madinat Al Mataar leads Dubai areas by transaction value in June 2026

Madinat Al Mataar was the largest Dubai area by transaction value in June 2026, recording AED 3.11B across 2,924 unit and villa transactions. The top-areas-by-value view also shows a notable gap to the next-ranked areas on value, with the broader monthly slice carrying a cautious tone because the reporting set is not stable.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

January–June 2026

ValueAreas

Business Bay leads Dubai by transaction value in January–June 2026

Business Bay generated AED 18.64B in unit and villa transactions between January and June 2026, alongside 4,849 transactions. In the published area ranking by value, that scale stands out against other high-activity Dubai areas and gives brokers and developers a clear read on where capital concentration was strongest in this six-month period.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

January–June 2026

TransactionsAreas

Dubai’s unit and villa activity stayed concentrated in a narrow set of areas in H1 2026

Dubai’s unit and villa transactions in the first half of 2026 were concentrated in a small group of areas, with Madinat Al Mataar setting the pace on deal count and a cluster of other districts close behind. The monthly pattern also shows a strong start to the year, a softer May, and a partial June reading that should be read as month-to-date activity through 30 June.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

March–May 2026

ValueMarket overview

Dubai property market cooled in March–May 2026 after an early-2026 peak

Dubai’s unit and villa market moved through a clear three-month sequence in the latest monthly trend: March opened with AED 37.97B in transaction value across 15,580 deals, April climbed to AED 42.41B across 16,488 deals, and May eased to AED 24.82B across 11,032 deals. That pattern matters because it separates the shape of value from the shape of volume, while March also supplies a pricing reference through a median transaction value of AED 1.48M and a median sale price of AED 20,116 per sqm.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

May 2026

TransactionsMarket overview

Business Bay and Wadi Al Safa 3 Led Dubai Unit and Villa Transactions in May 2026

Dubai’s May 2026 unit and villa transactions were led by a small set of areas on both count and value, with Business Bay, Wadi Al Safa 3 and Palm Jumeirah carrying much of the visible activity. The latest slice also carries an explicit quality caution, so the clearest reading is descriptive: where transactions clustered, how value stacked up, and where the market mix was concentrated.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

May 2026

Developers

Dubai unit and villa transactions cluster in the 1M–2M and 500K–1M bands

Dubai’s May 2026 unit and villa transactions were concentrated in the middle price bands, with the 1M–2M bracket recording 284,043 transactions and the 500K–1M bracket close behind at 280,272. The same visual also shows a long tail at the upper end, where 5M–10M transactions numbered 22,595.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

May 2026

TransactionsDevelopers

Top three developers recorded 45 unit and villa transactions in Dubai in May 2026

Dubai’s May 2026 unit and villa transactions were led by a small cluster of developers. AVENEW Real Estate Development recorded 21 transactions, Damac Prime Development 14 and Marquis Home Developer 10, while the top three together totalled 45 transactions and $181,028,326 in transaction value.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

May 2026

TransactionsAreas

Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar) leads Dubai areas by unit and villa transactions in May 2026

Madinat Al Mataar finished May 2026 with 1,060 unit and villa transactions, putting it ahead of the next-highest area by count in Dubai's monthly area table. The same ranking also shows that activity concentration did not move in lockstep with value concentration: some lower-volume areas carried larger transaction totals than the leader.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

November 2025 – April 2026

TransactionsDevelopers

Dubai unit and villa transactions stay concentrated in Business Bay over Nov 2025 to Apr 2026

Dubai’s unit and villa market over November 2025 to April 2026 is best read through concentration: Business Bay leads the area table on both transaction count and transaction value, and the monthly trend visual shows how the market moved across the six months, with April naturally carrying a partial-month caution. SOBHA L.L.C also features in the broader market context, giving the snapshot an identifiable developer reference without stretching beyond the evidence.

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Market Intelligence· Dubai

November 2025 – April 2026

TransactionsDevelopers

Sobha and Binghatti define Dubai’s developer transaction-count race in November 2025 to April 2026

Dubai’s unit and villa transactions over November 2025 to April 2026 put Sobha L.L.C and Binghatti Developers FZE side by side at the top of the developer transaction-count table. The wider market frame is still concentrated in a few hotspots, with Business Bay leading both transactions and value, and project activity led by THE MERIVA COLLECTION.

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