Dubai Property Market August 2026: DLD Home Sales Report

Dubai registered 11,147 home sales worth AED 21.43bn in August 2026. Sales fell 11.5% from July, while registered value was effectively unchanged as the mix shifted towards more expensive homes.

The clearest signal in the August Dubai real estate market was at the upper end. Sales below AED 2m declined by 16.2%, while registrations above AED 5m increased by 29.3%. DLD recorded 193 homes at AED 10m or more, worth AED 4.04bn—up from 149 sales worth AED 3.26bn in July.

August also had fewer working days. After the public holiday on Friday 28 August, the month contained 20 available Monday-to-Friday days compared with 23 in July. Raw registrations averaged approximately 557 per available working day, 1.7% above July’s 548. This provides useful calendar context; the figures are not seasonally adjusted because DLD records can also appear on weekends and holidays.

What this report counts: Projectory’s home series covers apartments, villas, stacked townhouses and hotel apartments. It excludes residential land, complete buildings, commercial property, mortgages and gifts. Broader Dubai property transaction totals published elsewhere can therefore be higher.

The same home-only definition is used in the July 2026 report and H1 2026 analysis, allowing like-for-like comparisons over time.

August sales fell while value held

Both parts of the home market recorded fewer sales. Off-plan registrations fell 10.8% to 8,270, while ready-home sales declined 13.6% to 2,877. Off-plan’s share therefore edged up from 73.6% to 74.2%.

Sales above AED 5m increased by 29%

The upper end moved against the wider market. DLD recorded 565 home sales above AED 5m, compared with 437 in July. Within that total, 193 homes sold for at least AED 10m, an increase of 29.5%. Their AED 4.04bn of registered value represented 18.9% of the month’s total.

The largest home sale was a ready villa in Signature Villas on Palm Jumeirah, registered at AED 110m. The next largest was an AED 97.75m off-plan villa in Emirates Hills.

The median sale price rose from AED 1.06m in July to AED 1.16m in August. The median registered price per square foot moved much less, from AED 1,680 to AED 1,693. A higher-value mix lifted the typical ticket size without producing a similar movement in the citywide price-per-square-foot measure.

Azizi Venice supplied one in seven sales

Azizi Venice remained Dubai’s busiest named development with 1,503 home sales worth AED 1.22bn across 16 DLD project numbers. It accounted for 13.5% of all August home sales and 18.2% of off-plan volume.

Its activity eased from 2,014 sales in July, although it remained almost nine times its August 2025 level. DLD uses separate project numbers for phases and buildings, so Projectory combines matching names for the development total and preserves the project-number distinction when measuring newly selling inventory.

Dubai South was the busiest location with 2,079 home sales worth AED 2.65bn. Azizi Venice supplied most of that volume, with Golf Fields and Golf Trails adding another 246 registrations.

Fewer new project numbers produced slightly more value

Twenty-two DLD project numbers recorded their first off-plan home sale in August, down from 28 in July. They generated 554 sales worth AED 1.31bn. Sales were lower than July’s 953, but registered value increased by 3.1% from AED 1.27bn.

Golf Fields led the newly selling group by count with 181 registrations. Hayat 6 recorded the highest value at AED 349.9m, closely followed by Golf Fields at AED 346.8m. Golf Trails and Valia added 65 and 61 sales respectively.

A total of 843 project numbers recorded at least one off-plan home sale during August, compared with 873 in July. The first registered sale gives every project number a consistent entry point into DLD transaction history; marketing, reservations and contract signing may occur earlier.

What the August figures mean for buyers

Fewer sales below AED 2m means fewer lower-priced registrations completed during the month. Completed registration volume alone cannot tell us whether asking prices changed. The near-flat median price per square foot suggests that the rise in median sale price came mainly from the types and price bands of homes that sold.

Off-plan supply remained broad, although headline activity was unusually concentrated in Azizi Venice. Citywide averages are therefore a weak guide to an individual purchase. The more useful comparison is within the same development: building, unit type, payment schedule and recent registered transactions.

August remained below last year’s exceptional market

August 2025 recorded 17,202 home sales worth AED 40.07bn. Against that high base, August 2026 sales declined 35.2% and value fell 46.5%. Off-plan sales were 38.7% lower, while ready-home activity declined by a smaller 22.5%.

The small movement in median price per square foot contrasts with the much larger falls in sales and value. Transaction volume and the mix of homes sold explain more of the annual difference than the citywide per-square-foot reading.

“August’s lower transaction count masks a clear shift in mix. Higher-value sales expanded and median price per square foot barely moved. The figures point to a change in the homes sold; they do not show a citywide repricing,” said Alex Lovell, Co-founder and Head of Research at Projectory.

How these figures are built

Projectory analysed canonical DLD home-sale registrations dated from 1 through 31 August 2026. Each transaction ID is counted once. The July comparison uses Projectory’s published July dataset; the annual comparison uses a refreshed August 2025 window processed through the same home classification.

Off-plan and ready status follows DLD’s registration type. A newly selling project number recorded an August off-plan home sale and had no earlier canonical off-plan sale. Matching project names are combined when describing a named development, while the underlying DLD project numbers remain separate in the launch analysis.

Prices are registered values. Medians describe the homes sold during the month and should not be read as a repeat-sales price index. DLD can add or correct historical registrations after month-end, so later snapshots may move slightly.

Cite this research

For articles, posts and market commentary, use: Projectory Research, “Dubai Property Market August 2026: DLD Home Sales Report”, September 2026.

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Sources

• Dubai Land Department: Real Estate Data
• Abu Dhabi Mobility: UAE public holiday on Friday 28 August 2026