Dubai Real Estate Market Update - January 2026
Dubai’s property market reached unprecedented heights in 2025, closing the year with 215,700 real estate transactions worth AED 686.8 billion, the highest figures ever recorded for the emirate.
Strong activity in December helped cap off this landmark year, with monthly sales jumping 46.4 % in value to AED 63.1 billion and transactions rising 21.3 % to 18,587 deals compared with the same month in 2024.
According to a comprehensive market report by fäm Properties, 2025 was driven by robust investor confidence, high demand across different property types and significant delivery of housing stock aligned with buyer needs + trends that point to sustained market strength as Dubai moves into 2026.
Key highlights from the year include:
- Record-breaking total sales: 215,700 transactions, up 18.7 % year-on-year.
- All-time high sales value: AED 686.8 billion, a 30.9 % increase from 2024.
- Primary market growth: 149,230 first-time sales worth AED 448.1 billion, up 33.6 %.
- Secondary market expansion: 66,400 resale transactions valued at AED 238.8 billion, up 26.2 %.
- Price rises: Average prices climbed to AED 1,700 per sq ft in the primary market and AED 1,500 per sq ft in resales.
- New supply: Developers completed 42,784 units (45 % more than in 2024) while launching 177,624 new units.
- Over the past five years, transaction value jumped from AED 71.5 billion in 2020 to AED 686.8 billion in 2025, showing the market’s rapid expansion.
All major property segments recorded gains in 2025. Apartment transactions rose nearly 20 %, villa sales were up 11 %, and commercial and plot deals also saw significant increases.
The most notable high-end deals included a AED 550 million apartment at Bugatti Residences in Business Bay and a AED 425 million villa in Emirates Hills.
Among the top-performing areas were Jumeirah Village Circle, Business Bay, Wadi Al Safa 5, Dubai South and Jebel Ali First, which collectively led activity by volume and value.
