Dubai Community Data · Dubai Islands

Dubai Islands: Prices, Yields & Resale Performance

Market name first, official registry name in brackets: Dubai Islands (DLD: Palm Deira). All figures are medians of registered transactions.

Data through July 2026 · Dubai Land Department registry

How have prices per square metre moved?

The median residential transaction price in Dubai Islands is AED 30,571 per square metre in 2026 year-to-date, across 2,990 sales registered with the Dubai Land Department (data through July 2026). That is 17.7% above the 2025 full-year median. The table below shows the full annual series since 2019.

Residential sales only. Source: Dubai Land Department transaction records (1.66M parsed sales; 5.6M rental contracts), AXD in-house database. Data through 2026-07-29.

How large is the off-plan share?

99.7% of the 5,052 residential transactions registered in Dubai Islands in the trailing 12 months to July 2026 were off-plan, per Dubai Land Department registration type — the rest were ready/existing sales.

DLD registration type, trailing 12 months to 2026-07-29.

Which projects trade the most?

Hado By Beyond is the most-traded project in Dubai Islands, with 615 registered residential sales in the trailing 24 months at a median of AED 33,944 per square metre (DLD registry through July 2026).

Ranked by number of registered residential sales, trailing 24 months. Linked names lead to the AXD project data page.

What do units cost by type?

A one-bedroom unit in Dubai Islands had a median transaction price of AED 2,291,410 in the 12 months to July 2026, across 2,314 registered sales (Dubai Land Department).

Residential units, trailing 12 months.

What gross rental yield do apartments achieve?

Median new rental contract ÷ median sale price of the SAME unit type, both trailing 12 months. Gross figure — before service charges, vacancy and management. Rent source: DLD/Ejari registered contracts.

What share of resales sold at a loss?

40.4% of 664 matched resales in Dubai Islands closed below purchase price, per the full DLD registry history (through July 2026). Annualised returns span -18.0% at the 10th percentile to 34.0% at the 90th, with a median of 2.5% per year.

Matched buy-sell pairs of identical units across the full DLD history. Bands, not averages: the 10th-90th percentile range shows realistic dispersion.

Analyst note

The Dubai Islands market data, through 2026-07-29, indicates varied price movements across recent years. The median price per square meter has trended from 27,031 AED in 2023 to 22,975 AED in 2024, before rising to 25,978 AED in 2025. Year-to-date figures for 2026 show the median price per square meter at 30,571 AED, supported by 2,990 transactions recorded so far this year. Market activity remains heavily skewed toward new inventory, with the off-plan share standing at 99.7% over the last 12 months. Data for gross yield by bedroom type is not provided. Analyzing historical resale performance across 664 pairs reveals a median annual return of 2.5%, with returns ranging from a 10th percentile of -18.0% to a 90th percentile of 34.0%. Notably, 40.4% of the analyzed resales resulted in losses.

Dubai market context

Frequently asked questions

What is the median price per square metre in Dubai Islands?

AED 30,571 per square metre is the 2026 year-to-date median in Dubai Islands, based on 2,990 residential sales in Dubai Land Department records through July 2026. The registry lists the community as Palm Deira. Figures are medians of registered transaction prices — not asking prices, which typically sit above closed deals.

What gross rental yield can apartments in Dubai Islands achieve?

No reliable yield figure can be published for Dubai Islands: the 12 months to July 2026 contain too few matched sale and rental records per unit type. We only publish bedroom-matched yields with at least 30 sales and 30 rental contracts per bracket, so thin data returns no number here.

How did resale investments in Dubai Islands perform historically?

2.5% per year is the median annualised resale return in Dubai Islands, across 664 matched buy-sell pairs in the full DLD registry history through July 2026. The band runs from -18.0% at the 10th percentile to 34.0% at the 90th, and 40.4% of resales closed below purchase price — dispersion, not an average.

What share of Dubai Islands transactions are off-plan?

99.7% of the 5,052 residential transactions registered in Dubai Islands in the 12 months to July 2026 were off-plan, per Dubai Land Department registration type. The remainder were ready/existing sales. The off-plan share indicates how much current activity depends on developer launches rather than the secondary market.

Which communities trade in a similar price band?

Ranked by proximity of the trailing-12-month median to Dubai Islands (AED 28,918/sqm), from Dubai Land Department registered sales:

• Palm Jumeirah transaction data (DLD registry) median AED 28,294/sqm, trailing 12 months
• Downtown Dubai transaction data (DLD registry) median AED 27,772/sqm, trailing 12 months
• Median prices & yields in Sobha Hartland II / Riverside Crescent median AED 26,697/sqm, trailing 12 months
• Median prices & yields in Dubai Creek Harbour median AED 26,322/sqm, trailing 12 months

Sources & methodology. Transaction and rental figures: Dubai Land Department transaction records (1.66M parsed sales; 5.6M rental contracts), AXD in-house database, data through 2026-07-29. Resale pairs: 47,350 matched buy-sell pairs (AXD repeat-sales dataset). Market context: sources named per item. Medians are used throughout (robust to outliers). Page generated 2026-08-27; figures are not updated in real time.

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This page is informational market research, not investment advice. Historical transaction data does not predict future performance. All figures are medians of registered transactions and can differ from asking prices.

Published by AXD Immobilien Dubai — Dubai real estate advisory for German-speaking investors, over 30 years of family history in Dubai real estate. Generated 2026-08-27.