Dubai Property Market July 2026: DLD Home Sales Report
Dubai recorded 12,599 home sales worth AED 21.4bn in July 2026 as ready transactions rose 21.5% and off-plan activity eased.
Dubai registered 12,599 home sales worth AED 21.4bn in July 2026. Sales volume rose 2.0% from June and registered value increased 0.6%, extending the recovery from May’s low.
The source of that growth changed. Ready-home sales climbed 21.5% to 3,330, while off-plan registrations eased 3.6% to 9,269. Off-plan still accounted for 73.6% of all home sales, down from 77.8% in June.
Projectory’s data, pulled directly from Dubai Land Department records, covers apartments, villas, stacked townhouses and hotel apartments sold from 1 to 31 July. Commercial property, residential land, whole buildings, mortgages and gifts are excluded. Our H1 2026 DLD report provides the wider first-half context.
July 2026 at a glance:
- 12,599 home sales, up 2.0% from June
- AED 21.4bn in registered value, up 0.6%
- 3,330 ready-home sales, up 21.5%
- 9,269 off-plan sales, down 3.6%
- AED 1,680 per sqft median across all home sales
- 28 project numbers recorded their first DLD off-plan sale during July
Ready homes powered July’s increase
Dubai recorded 245 more home sales in July than in June. Ready properties added 590 registrations, which more than covered a 345-sale decline in off-plan activity.
| Home market | June 2026 | July 2026 | Monthly change |
|---|---|---|---|
| All home sales | 12,354 | 12,599 | +2.0% |
| Off-plan sales | 9,614 | 9,269 | -3.6% |
| Ready-home sales | 2,740 | 3,330 | +21.5% |
| Registered value | AED 21.3bn | AED 21.4bn | +0.6% |
The increase also had a clear geographic shape. Four DLD areas supplied 339 of the 590 additional ready-home sales, equal to 57.5% of the net monthly rise.
| DLD area | June ready sales | July ready sales | Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha South Fourth (JVC) | 341 | 509 | +168 |
| Marsa Dubai | 195 | 262 | +67 |
| Al Merkadh | 115 | 170 | +55 |
| Burj Khalifa (Downtown Dubai) | 108 | 157 | +49 |
DLD area names follow administrative boundaries, so they can cover projects marketed under several familiar community names. The strongest increase came from Jumeirah Village Circle, while Marsa Dubai remained the second-busiest ready-home area by sales count.
Sales remained below July 2025
July improved on the previous month, although activity remained well below the unusually strong market seen a year earlier. Home sales fell 25.5% against July 2025 and registered value declined 40.5%.
The median price per square foot moved far less. It came in at AED 1,680, only 0.6% below July 2025. Fewer transactions and a lower-priced sales mix explain more of the annual value decline than the citywide price-per-square-foot reading.
| Metric | July 2025 | July 2026 | Annual change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home sales | 16,920 | 12,599 | -25.5% |
| Registered value | AED 36.0bn | AED 21.4bn | -40.5% |
| Median sale price | AED 1.32m | AED 1.06m | -19.8% |
| Median price per sqft | AED 1,690 | AED 1,680 | -0.6% |
These citywide medians describe the homes that happened to sell during each month. They do not measure the change in value of an individual apartment or villa.
78% of home sales were below AED 2m
The lower price bands carried July’s volume. DLD recorded 9,830 home sales below AED 2m, equal to 78.0% of all home transactions. Those sales generated 43.4% of registered value.
At the other end of the market, 149 sales above AED 10m represented just 1.2% of volume and 15.2% of value. Their combined value reached AED 3.26bn.
| Sale price | Home sales | Share of sales | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under AED 1m | 5,928 | 47.1% | 18.3% |
| AED 1m to 2m | 3,902 | 31.0% | 25.2% |
| AED 2m to 5m | 2,332 | 18.5% | 32.5% |
| AED 5m to 10m | 288 | 2.3% | 8.8% |
| AED 10m+ | 149 | 1.2% | 15.2% |
Off-plan homes recorded a median AED 1,731 per sqft, compared with AED 1,341 for ready homes. The gap reflects where and what buyers purchased: newer stock, location, unit size, building age and specification all influence the citywide mix.
28 projects entered DLD sales history
Twenty-eight DLD project numbers recorded their first off-plan sale during July. Together, they generated 953 registrations worth AED 1.27bn during the month, equal to 10.3% of off-plan home sales and 8.6% of off-plan value.
Activity spread well beyond the newest releases. A total of 873 project numbers recorded at least one off-plan home sale in July, and the ten busiest accounted for 28.6% of off-plan volume. DLD off-plan registrations include original purchases from developers and homes resold by buyers before handover.
The first registered sale provides a consistent way to identify when a project enters DLD transaction history. Marketing and reservations can begin earlier.
Projectory’s take: July extended the recovery from May, with completed homes taking a larger role in the market. Off-plan remained dominant and activity was spread across hundreds of projects, giving buyers plenty of competing stock to compare. The ready-home increase also creates a deeper pool of recent evidence for anyone negotiating in JVC, Marsa Dubai and other active resale areas. August will show whether that balance holds for a second month.
How these figures are built
Projectory pulled the data directly from DLD records and refreshed the July window on 6 August 2026. Each DLD transaction ID is counted once. DLD’s registration type separates off-plan from ready property, and the report uses the transaction date shown in the register.
DLD can add or correct historical registrations after month-end, so totals may move slightly in later snapshots. Median price per square foot uses the registered sale value and property area for each home.
Cite this research
For research, press or analyst citations, use: Projectory Research, “Dubai Property Market July 2026: DLD Home Sales Report”, August 2026. The analysis covers Dubai home sales registered from 1 through 31 July 2026 using a DLD dataset refreshed on 6 August.
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