Dubai Real Estate Market Review: January 2026
| January 2026 closed with a total traded value of AED104.09B across 21,707 transactions, nearly double January 2025’s AED54.08B (+92.5% YoY). The month’s headline feature was Land, which accounted for the majority of value, while Off-Plan remained the strongest built-property engine by traded value. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Market Composition |
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Off-Plan Market Performance |
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| Total Off-Plan Value: AED29.35B (28.2% of the month) Off-plan was led overwhelmingly by Flats, which made up over two-thirds of off-plan value. |
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| January’s off-plan market was essentially a flat-driven, with villas a solid secondary pillar and commercial meaningful but clearly third. The highest ticket value for flats was Island 2 – AED80.0M, and for villas was The World – AED71.44M. | |||||||||||||||
Top Performing Areas |
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| Area | Value Traded (AED Billion) |
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| Damac Islands | 3.61 |
| Business Bay | 2.96 |
| Dubai Islands | 2.03 |
| Dubai Creek Harbour | 1.36 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1.32 |
Ready Market Performance |
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| Total Ready Value: AED16.04B (15.4% of the month) Ready also skewed toward flats, but with a noticeably higher share for Hotel Apt. & Rooms versus off-plan. |
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| Ready demand remained broad-based, with flats leading, and hotel/room product showing a more material footprint than in off-plan. The highest ticket value for flats was Jumeirah Bay – AED71.90M, and for villas was Palm Jumeirah – AED220.0M. | |||||||||||||||
Top Performing Areas |
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| Area | Value Traded (AED Billion) |
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| Business Bay | 1.69 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.44 |
| Dubai Marina | 1.00 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 0.97 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 0.92 |
On The Micro Level
Market Insights & Outlook |
| January 2026 printed an exceptional headline (AED104.09B, +92.5% YoY) primarily because Land dominated the value stack (56.4%), amplified by at least one ultra-ticket transaction. Underneath that, the built market stayed structurally consistent: flats led both off-plan and ready, with off-plan showing stronger recently launched concentration (top projects = ~19.4% of off-plan value) and ready reflecting broader distribution (top projects = ~9.7% of ready value). If land intensity normalizes in the following months, the key question becomes whether off-plan launch velocity (e.g., Damac Islands scale) can sustain overall market value at elevated levels without relying on land’s outsized contribution. |
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