What is the median price per square metre in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor?

AED 25,349 per square metre is the 2026 year-to-date median in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor, based on 258 residential sales in Dubai Land Department records through July 2026. The registry lists the community as Ras Al Khor Industrial First. Figures are medians of registered transaction prices — not asking prices, which typically sit above closed deals.

What gross rental yield can apartments in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor achieve?

No reliable yield figure can be published for Sobha One / Ras Al Khor: 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 Sobha One / Ras Al Khor perform historically?

0.0% per year is the median annualised resale return in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor, across 176 matched buy-sell pairs in the full DLD registry history through July 2026. The band runs from -5.2% at the 10th percentile to 10.5% at the 90th, and 39.8% of resales closed below purchase price — dispersion, not an average.

What share of Sobha One / Ras Al Khor transactions are off-plan?

100.0% of the 614 residential transactions registered in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor 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.

Dubai Community Data · Sobha One / Ras Al Khor

Sobha One / Ras Al Khor: Prices, Yields & Resale Performance

Market name first, official registry name in brackets: Sobha One / Ras Al Khor (DLD: Ras Al Khor Industrial First). 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 Sobha One / Ras Al Khor is AED 25,349 per square metre in 2026 year-to-date, across 258 sales registered with the Dubai Land Department (data through July 2026). That is 2.4% above the 2025 full-year median. The table below shows the full annual series since 2019.

Year	Transactions	Median AED/sqm	Median price (AED)
2024	2,499	23,142	1,848,423
2025	856	24,757	2,075,007
2026	258	25,349	2,124,388

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?

100.0% of the 614 residential transactions registered in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor in the trailing 12 months to July 2026 were off-plan, per Dubai Land Department registration type — the rest were ready/existing sales.

Registration type	Transactions	Median AED/sqm
Off-Plan Properties	614	25,138

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

Which projects trade the most?

SOBHA ONE is the most-traded project in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor, with 1,174 registered residential sales in the trailing 24 months at a median of AED 23,465 per square metre (DLD registry through July 2026).

Project / building	Transactions	Median AED/sqm
SOBHA ONE	1,174	23,465
The Element at Sobha One	260	27,932
AMAAL 8	243	23,035

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 Sobha One / Ras Al Khor had a median transaction price of AED 1,756,452 in the 12 months to July 2026, across 320 registered sales (Dubai Land Department).

Unit type	Transactions	Median price (AED)	Median AED/sqm
1 B/R	320	1,756,452	24,864
2 B/R	222	3,022,971	24,967
3 B/R	52	5,018,622	28,040
4 B/R	20	6,423,617	28,282

Residential units, trailing 12 months.

What gross rental yield do apartments achieve?

Bedrooms	Median annual rent (AED)	Median sale price (AED)	Gross yield %	Sales n	Rentals n

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?

39.8% of 176 matched resales in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor closed below purchase price, per the full DLD registry history (through July 2026). Annualised returns span -5.2% at the 10th percentile to 10.5% at the 90th, with a median of 0.0% per year.

Resale pairs	p10 ann. return %	Median ann. return %	p90 ann. return %	Sold at a loss %
176	-5.2	0	10.5	39.8

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

Analysis of the Sobha One / Ras Al Khor dataset, covering activity through 2026-07-29, indicates a consistent upward trend in median pricing per square meter across recent periods. The median price increased from 23,142 AED in 2024 to 24,757 AED in 2025, and reached 25,349 AED year-to-date in 2026. Transaction volume has been relatively stable, with the last 12 months recording 614 transactions. A notable characteristic of recent market activity is the off-plan share, which registered at 100.0% over the last 12 months. Regarding income metrics, specific gross yield ranges by bedroom type are not provided in the dataset. Analyzing historical resale performance across 176 pairs reveals a median annual return of 0.0%, with returns spanning from a 10th percentile of -5.2% to a 90th percentile of 10.5%. Furthermore, nearly 40% of recorded resales (39.8%) resulted in negative annual returns.

Dubai market context

296 Verkäufe über US-$10 Mio. in H1 2026 — stärkstes Halbjahr der Geschichte — Knight Frank MENA, 2026-07-07
US-$5,1 Mrd. Ultra-Prime-Volumen H1 2026, +14% vs. H1 2025, +49% vs. H1 2024 — Knight Frank MENA, 2026-07-07
Dubai Hills Estate führt mit 51 $10M+-Verkäufen, vor Palm Jumeirah (50) und Palm Jebel Ali (40) — Knight Frank MENA, 2026-07-07

Frequently asked questions

What is the median price per square metre in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor?: AED 25,349 per square metre is the 2026 year-to-date median in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor, based on 258 residential sales in Dubai Land Department records through July 2026. The registry lists the community as Ras Al Khor Industrial First. Figures are medians of registered transaction prices — not asking prices, which typically sit above closed deals.
What gross rental yield can apartments in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor achieve?: No reliable yield figure can be published for Sobha One / Ras Al Khor: 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 Sobha One / Ras Al Khor perform historically?: 0.0% per year is the median annualised resale return in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor, across 176 matched buy-sell pairs in the full DLD registry history through July 2026. The band runs from -5.2% at the 10th percentile to 10.5% at the 90th, and 39.8% of resales closed below purchase price — dispersion, not an average.
What share of Sobha One / Ras Al Khor transactions are off-plan?: 100.0% of the 614 residential transactions registered in Sobha One / Ras Al Khor 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 Sobha One / Ras Al Khor (AED 25,138/sqm), from Dubai Land Department registered sales:

Median prices & yields in Dubai Hills Estate median AED 24,248/sqm, trailing 12 months
Business Bay: prices, yields & resale data median AED 26,272/sqm, trailing 12 months
Median prices & yields in Dubai Creek Harbour median AED 26,322/sqm, trailing 12 months
Sobha Hartland II / Riverside Crescent market data 2026 median AED 26,697/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.

Ali Daioub — Dubai real estate advisor, AXD Immobilien

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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.