Dubai Q1 Property Sales Rise 23.4% in Value

06 Apr 2026 CW Team

Dubai’s real estate market recorded 47,996 sales transactions worth AED 176.7 billion in Q1 2026, marking a 5.5 per cent year-on-year rise in volume and a 23.4 per cent increase in value. As per a report by fäm Properties, the off-plan segment remained the key driver, accounting for 70 per cent of transaction volume and 71 per cent of total value, underlining the strong momentum of new project launches across the emirate.

Data from DXBinteract showed that off-plan sales in March alone reached 10,303 transactions worth AED31.2 billion, up 5.4 per cent in volume and 8.9 per cent in value over the previous year. Apartments led overall activity in Q1 with 36,428 transactions worth AED 75.2 billion, while villa sales rose 17.9 per cent in volume to 8,261 deals amounting to AED 59.1 billion. Commercial transactions surged 69.1 per cent in value to AED 10.2 billion, despite a marginal 0.6 per cent decline in volume.

Plot sales also registered growth, rising 3.2 per cent in volume to 1,193 transactions and 14.3 per cent in value to AED 31.9 billion. Mortgage transactions increased 7.5 per cent year on year to 11,829, with total mortgage value jumping 46 per cent to AED 59.8 billion. Median primary market villa prices climbed 35.3 per cent to AED 4.1 million, while off-plan apartment prices rose 3.1 per cent to AED 1.4 million. In the resale market, villa prices increased 16.2 per cent to AED 4.3 million, while apartment resale prices rose 6.3 per cent.

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