Abu Dhabi Property Market October 2026: ADREC Home Sales Report

Abu Dhabi registered 2,765 home sales worth AED 12.64bn in October 2026. Sales increased 32.7% from September and their value rose 28.6%, with off-plan activity supplying most of the increase.

Compared with October 2025, registered value was 35.9% higher, despite 3.1% fewer homes selling. Apartment registrations also rose from September, with more of those sales below AED 2m.

October at a glance

• Off-plan homes supplied 82.9% of sales and 90.4% of value: 2,293 registrations worth AED 11.43bn.
• Hudayriyat led activity: 630 homes worth AED 4.70bn, accounting for 37.2% of the emirate’s home-sale value.
• January–October reached 24,056 sales worth AED 108.42bn, up 40.5% in count and 97.8% in value from the same ten months of 2025.

Home sales only; excludes plots and whole residential assets. Data available on 2 November 2026. Property-classification notes appear below.

Off-plan activity led the monthly increase

Off-plan registrations rose from 1,676 to 2,293, supplying 617 of the 682 additional home sales compared with September. Their value increased from AED 8.82bn to AED 11.43bn, accounting for 92.9% of the monthly gain in registered value. Ready-home sales also increased, from 407 to 472, worth AED 1.21bn.

More apartments sold below AED 2m

Apartment registrations increased 9.2% to 1,306, while their combined value fell 5.7% to AED 2.89bn.

Registrations below AED 2m rose from 564 to 738, while those at AED 2m or more fell from 632 to 568. Lower-priced homes made up 56.5% of apartment sales, versus 47.2% in September. This shift helps explain why the number of apartment sales increased while their combined value fell.

The median apartment price fell from AED 2.09m to AED 1.77m, while the median price per square foot increased slightly, from AED 1,960 to AED 2,013. These measures describe the mix of apartments changing hands; they do not measure how the value of an individual property changed.

Where apartment activity was concentrated

The Canopies at Yas Point recorded 214 apartment sales worth AED 653.9m, the largest named project by home-sale count. It was joined by 106 at River Cove Residences, worth AED 193.9m, and 88 at The Artery Residences, worth AED 163.5m. Together, these three projects supplied 31.2% of apartment sales.

Across all homes, Al Reem Island recorded 438 sales worth AED 916.1m, while Yas Island had 407 worth AED 1.18bn.

About the data

This report covers 1–31 October 2026, using data available on 2 November, with registrations dated through 30 October. Comparisons cover September, October 2025 and matching January–October periods. Home totals exclude plots, whole residential assets and non-sale transactions. Home totals include 218 registrations with property types estimated by Projectory; details appear below. See our research methodology.

Property classifications and calculation notes

The totals include 384 registrations whose home types were assessed by Projectory: 166 using project names and project evidence, and 218 using estimates based on project and comparable-sale evidence. These assessments are not ADREC-certified classifications. Their reported dates and prices are retained; bedrooms and usable floor areas have not been inferred. Differences in classification can affect comparisons between villas and townhouses.

A further 15 registrations worth AED 116.4m remain outside home totals: 11 have insufficient evidence of their type, and four may represent whole buildings or compounds. The price-per-square-foot sample includes 2,361 October homes, including all 1,306 apartments; the 384 reviewed sales have no confirmed usable floor area and are excluded from that calculation.

September now stands at 2,083 home sales worth AED 9.827bn, compared with 2,081 worth AED 9.822bn in the original report. No registrations dated 31 October appear in the available source; this does not confirm that no activity occurred that day. Later registrations and corrections may revise the figures.

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Projectory Research, Abu Dhabi Property Market October 2026: ADREC Home Sales Report, 2 November 2026, dataset version 1.1. Link to this report. Please include the reporting period and data date when quoting these figures.

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Related research

• Abu Dhabi’s September report
• Abu Dhabi’s Q3 report
• Dubai’s October report
• 26 October–1 November weekly report
• Browse Abu Dhabi transactions.

Sources

• Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre: Market Data