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AED 1,710 a sq ft: what buyers actually paid, from the official sales records
Each emirate sets its own rules for foreign buyers, its own fees and its own land office; pick an emirate to see its own.
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What do flats sell for in Dubai?
AED 1,710
a sq ft · what buyers actually paid, from the official sales records
What a typical flat sold for across Dubai, 1 January to 15 October 2026
What does a one-bedroom flat rent for?
AED 52,000
a year · rents in new leases, from the official lease records
A typical one-bedroom flat in Dubai South, the busiest of these areas, in leases signed July to September 2026
This is one figure for the whole emirate. The areas below each have their own figure, so a single area can sit well above or below it.
What this meansA typical Dubai flat sold for about AED 1,710 a square foot from 1 January to 15 October 2026. Each area has its own figure, from about AED 1,350 in Al Furjan to 3,093 in Dubai Maritime City, so compare the areas you like.
Understand · how dubai is selling
How busy is buying in Dubai?
What this meansBuying is busy: 124,436 homes sold by 15 October 2026, and 7 in 10 were bought before they were built. A property agency counts 28,300 more homes due by December, so you have a wide choice: compare finished and unfinished homes side by side.
Choose · flats, area by area
Which areas cost more, and which less?
What a typical flat sold for in each area, 1 January to 15 October 2026, a sq ft: what buyers actually paid, from the official sales records. Areas where at least 1,500 homes were sold this year.
Understand · coming up
What is being built around Dubai?
What this meansPassenger trains to Abu Dhabi and Fujairah began on 30 September 2026, and the Metro Blue Line aims to open on 9 September 2029. Homes near a station gain once it opens; check the dated plan before you pay for that.
Check · before you pay
How do I check a project and a seller?
Each emirate keeps its own land register and its own rules for off-plan projects.
- See how far an off-plan project is built, as a percentage, on the Land Department’s Project Status service (website, Dubai REST app, WhatsApp 800 4488).
- Your payments for an off-plan home go into the project’s own escrow account, used only for that project and kept from the developer’s creditors; 5% stays there for a year after the homes are registered.
- The developer registers your off-plan purchase on the interim register (Oqood) within 90 days, and you get a certificate by email. A sale not registered there is void.
Dubai Land Department800 4488 · info@dubailand.gov.ae
What this meansOff-plan payments go into the project's own escrow account, kept from the developer's creditors, and an off-plan sale left off the Oqood record is void. Ask for your Oqood certificate and see how far the project is built on Project Status.
Buy · in Dubai
What will buying cost on top of the price?
- Land Department feeShared equally, 2% each, unless buyer and seller agree otherwise
- 4% of the price
- Title deed, map and small feesPaid at registration
- AED 520
- Registration Trustee officePaid at registration
- AED 4,000 plus VAT (AED 2,000 plus VAT below AED 500,000)
- Off-plan purchase (Oqood)2% seller, 2% buyer
- 4% of the price, plus AED 10 + AED 10
- Mortgage registrationPaid when the mortgage is registered
- 0.25% of the loan, plus AED 250 for the deed, AED 10 + AED 10 and the Trustee fee of AED 4,000 plus VAT
What this meansThe Land Department fee is 4% of the price, shared 2% each unless you agree otherwise, plus AED 520 and the Trustee office fee. Write the true price in the contract: a lower one is fined at double the fee.
Check, then buy · your papers
Which papers do I need, and from whom?
What to get, in order, and who gives it to you.
What this meansYour papers start with the title deed and a property statement, then the developer's no-objection certificate for a freehold area. At the Trustee office a valid passport is enough for a buyer from abroad, and the deed comes electronically.
Own · owning in dubai
What comes after I buy?
What this meansDubai charges no yearly tax on owning a home, only on events such as a sale, a mortgage or a lease. The cost that stays is the service charge, approved for each building by RERA, Dubai's property regulator; look up your building's rate before you buy.
Where these figures come from +
- Dubai Land Department, sales and lease records
- JLL
- Dubai Media Office; Roads and Transport Authority
- NITARYA ownership guide for Dubai
- Papers and steps: NITARYA ownership guide for Dubai; Dubai Land Department; DEWA, checked 5 November 2026