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The Sustainable City Dubai · property prices and rents
In the 12 months to 4 November 2026, the ready price per sq ft of the same home types fell 0.8% (Dubai +6.4%), and registered sales fell 38.5% to 32.
In DLD records: THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
The full The Sustainable City report
Price growth over 1, 3 and 5 years, rents by home type, service charges and net yield, comparables and every project ranked, with a PDF.
Data to 4 November 2026
- Median ready price
- AED 2,133
- Per sq ft
Median ready price
The median price per sq ft of the ready homes sold in the last 12 months: half sold for more, half for less, so one unusual sale moves it little. Plots and whole buildings are left out; off-plan sales are counted apart.
Price change Ready homes · Same home types
| 1 year | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|
| The Sustainable City | -0.8% | +29.1% |
| Dubai | +6.4% | +31.6% |
Price change
How much the median ready price per sq ft changed. It is worked out home type by home type (class and bedrooms) and weighted by each type’s sales now, so a shift from studios to villas does not read as a change in price.
3 months: the last 3 months against the same months a year before, so a turn in the market shows sooner. 1 year: the last 12 months against the 12 months before. 3 years: the last 12 months against the 12 months that ended three years earlier.
Dubai: the same change for the whole of Dubai, worked out the same way, to read the area against.
5 years: the area report adds the change over 5 years and the yearly growth rate.
A home type counts only with at least 5 ready sales in both periods. Share of the ready sales in the home types compared: 1 year 100% · 3 years 100%.
- Registered sales
- 32
- Last 12 months
Registered sales
Residential sales registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, ready and off-plan, plots and whole buildings included. Mortgages and gifts are not sales and are left out.
In the last 12 months, Dubai Land Department registered 32 sales in The Sustainable City, worth AED 146.6M in total. The number of sales was 38.5% lower than in the 12 months before. The median price of ready homes was 2,133 AED/sqft.
Source: Dubai Land Department open data, published on Dubai Data under the Dubai Data Open Data Licence: registered sales and new rent contracts. Medians use at least 5 transactions.
The Sustainable City prices, over time.
Median registered price, AED per sq ft
Show the figures
| Month | Ready (registered sales) |
|---|---|
| Nov 2023 | — 4 sales |
| Dec 2023 | — 2 sales |
| Jan 2024 | — 1 sale |
| Feb 2024 | 1,881 AED/sqft 5 sales |
| Mar 2024 | — 4 sales |
| Apr 2024 | 1,323 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| May 2024 | — 4 sales |
| Jun 2024 | 1,940 AED/sqft 5 sales |
| Jul 2024 | 1,953 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| Aug 2024 | — 1 sale |
| Sep 2024 | — 4 sales |
| Oct 2024 | — 4 sales |
| Nov 2024 | 2,057 AED/sqft 5 sales |
| Dec 2024 | — 4 sales |
| Jan 2025 | — |
| Feb 2025 | 2,064 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| Mar 2025 | 2,071 AED/sqft 16 sales |
| Apr 2025 | 2,067 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| May 2025 | 2,093 AED/sqft 6 sales |
| Jun 2025 | 2,067 AED/sqft 5 sales |
| Jul 2025 | — 1 sale |
| Aug 2025 | — 2 sales |
| Sep 2025 | — 1 sale |
| Oct 2025 | — 1 sale |
| Nov 2025 | — 3 sales |
| Dec 2025 | 1,547 AED/sqft 7 sales |
| Jan 2026 | — 2 sales |
| Feb 2026 | — 1 sale |
| Mar 2026 | — 2 sales |
| Apr 2026 | — 3 sales |
| May 2026 | — 2 sales |
| Jun 2026 | — 2 sales |
| Jul 2026 | — 2 sales |
| Aug 2026 | 2,180 AED/sqft 5 sales |
| Sep 2026 | — 1 sale |
| Oct 2026 | — 2 sales |
Where the change in sales came from.
Registered sales in the last 12 months against the 12 months before, by DLD registration type, beside all of Dubai.
- Ready-38.5%Ready sales fell by 38.5%, from 52 to 32.Dubai: -27.8%
The projects whose number of sales moved most
- The Sustainable City32 sales, against 52
Counts of registered sales, not prices: a project’s count follows its launches and how many homes it has left to sell.
What does each home type sell and rent for in The Sustainable City?
Apartment · Studio
- Ready median price
- —
- Median yearly rent
- AED 52K
- Gross yield
- Rent only
Apartment · 1 bed
- Ready median price
- —
- Median yearly rent
- AED 75K
- Gross yield
- Rent only
Villa or townhouse · 3 beds
- Ready median price
- AED 4.5M
- Median yearly rent
- AED 260K
- Gross yield
- 5.8%
Villa or townhouse · 4 beds
- Ready median price
- AED 5M
- Median yearly rent
- AED 275K
- Gross yield
- 5.5%
Last 12 months. Medians of at least 5 registered sales or new rent contracts; the median price of all sales mixes ready and off-plan. Gross yield is the median new yearly rent over the ready median price, shown where a home type has at least 10 ready sales and 5 new rents (“rent only” otherwise), before service charges and other costs.
Off-plan or ready.
The middle half of prices
Middle half of Villa or townhouse · 4 beds · Ready sales: AED 1,547–2,165 per sq ft (AED 4,600,000–5,900,000), 18 sales in the last 12 months. The full spread by home type is in the area report.
A quarter of these sales were below the band and a quarter above it. Registered sales, not a valuation.
Future supply
No project in the register is under construction or planned here.
- Finished498 homes1 project
From the DLD project register for this area, counting apartments and villas. Records still not finished more than 5 years after their DLD end date are left out as stale.
Sales of AED 2M or more.
90.6%
90.6% of the area’s home sales in the last 12 months were for AED 2M or more (29 of 32). Dubai: 32.9%.
AED 2M is the minimum total property value for the UAE’s 10-year Golden Residence (golden visa) for real-estate investors, according to ICP and GDRFA Dubai (rules checked on 5 November 2026). This count shows registered sale prices only; the authorities decide each application on their own conditions, such as the owner’s share, how the value is certified and how the home is financed.
- ICP: UAE Golden Residency, conditions for real-estate investors
- GDRFA Dubai: golden residence permit for investors
Home sales of the last 12 months, every home type together. The area report has every price band, by home type.
Projects in The Sustainable City
Browse all projectsThe latest registered sales in The Sustainable City.
| Date | Project | Unit | Size | Price | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 3 beds · Ready | 2,091 sqft | AED 4,350,000 | 2,080 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 4 beds · Ready | 2,340 sqft | AED 5,000,000 | 2,137 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 3 beds · Ready | 2,097 sqft | AED 4,500,000 | 2,146 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 3 beds · Ready | 2,104 sqft | AED 4,750,000 | 2,258 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 4 beds · Ready | 2,328 sqft | AED 5,075,000 | 2,180 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 3 beds · Ready | 2,105 sqft | AED 3,822,346 | 1,816 |
| 19 Aug 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 3 beds · Ready | 2,112 sqft | AED 4,850,000 | 2,296 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 4 beds · Ready | 4,652 sqft | AED 6,500,000 | 1,397 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 3 beds · Ready | 2,120 sqft | AED 4,750,000 | 2,241 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | The Sustainable City | Villa · 4 beds · Ready | 2,313 sqft | AED 4,950,000 | 2,140 |
16 Oct 2026
Villa3 bedsReady2,091 sqft
AED 4,350,0002,080 AED/sqft
14 Oct 2026
Villa4 bedsReady2,340 sqft
AED 5,000,0002,137 AED/sqft
24 Sep 2026
Villa3 bedsReady2,097 sqft
AED 4,500,0002,146 AED/sqft
31 Aug 2026
Villa3 bedsReady2,104 sqft
AED 4,750,0002,258 AED/sqft
25 Aug 2026
Villa4 bedsReady2,328 sqft
AED 5,075,0002,180 AED/sqft
25 Aug 2026
Villa3 bedsReady2,105 sqft
AED 3,822,3461,816 AED/sqft
19 Aug 2026
Villa3 bedsReady2,112 sqft
AED 4,850,0002,296 AED/sqft
17 Aug 2026
Villa4 bedsReady4,652 sqft
AED 6,500,0001,397 AED/sqft
16 Jul 2026
Villa3 bedsReady2,120 sqft
AED 4,750,0002,241 AED/sqft
8 Jul 2026
Villa4 bedsReady2,313 sqft
AED 4,950,0002,140 AED/sqft
Questions about The Sustainable City
What is the price per sq ft in The Sustainable City?
In the 12 months to 4 November 2026, the median registered sale price of ready homes was 2,133 AED/sqft.
How did prices and sales in The Sustainable City change over the last year?
In the 12 months to 4 November 2026, the ready price per sq ft of the same home types fell 0.8% (Dubai +6.4%), and registered sales fell 38.5% to 32.
Where do these figures come from?
From Dubai Land Department open data, published on Dubai Data, to 4 November 2026: registered sales, new rent contracts and the project register. They are registered sales, not a valuation, and not investment advice.
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