Monthly numbers from the projects we verify: prices, plans and handovers.
Ajman registered 1,140 real estate transactions in October 2026, including AED 1.22 billion of sales and AED 373 million of mortgages. Emirates City was the most traded major project.
The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre recorded 38,483 transactions worth AED 171.26 billion to the end of September. Sales value more than doubled to AED 119.33 billion, and foreign investment in the investment zones rose 131%.
Mortgages still funded 56% of the brokerage's deals. The Central Bank raised its base rate to 3.90% in September and held it in October.
Off-plan made up 72.2% of Q3 sales. About 291,800 homes are scheduled for 2027 and 2028, and new contracts outpaced renewals.
Ready homes took the larger share of value at AED 20.99 billion, while off-plan led by number of deals. The 10-month sales total is about AED 412 billion.
Residential plots made up 61% of the value to 26 October, with Me'aisem 2 and Al Yelayiss 5 the top areas and Palm Jebel Ali third.
Metropolitan Capital Real Estate expects roughly one new residential project every three days. More than AED 40 billion of homes have sold in Abu Dhabi since January, about 82% of deals off-plan.
ValuStrat's third-quarter review puts annual growth at 24% for apartments, 10.2% for villas and 16.8% across the residential market. Rents were stable under the emirate's rent-increase freeze.
ValuStrat's third-quarter review counts 9,491 ready-home sales worth about AED 25 billion and 24,375 off-plan registrations. Its citywide price index stood at 218.6 points, and monthly moves had slowed by September.
Most affordable and mid-tier communities moved by less than 3% in the quarter. Al Barari villas and Palm Jumeirah apartments were among the few that rose more, and estimated yields reach 9.5% in Dubai Investments Park.
Bayut's third-quarter report shows the biggest gains in affordable and mid-market areas. Rents were broadly stable, and estimated yields reach 11.5% for mid-tier villas in Al Dhafrah.
Dubai South recorded 12,428 home sales worth AED 15.9 billion from January to August 2026, 27% more than in the whole of 2025. Anarock counts 38,116 homes due for handover between 2027 and 2029, peaking in 2028.
About 20,200 office leases were signed in Dubai in the third quarter, two in three of them for units under 1,000 sq ft. Savills expects 20.4 million sq ft of new office space by 2030, most of it arriving from 2028.
A new report from Global Branded Residences counts 31 branded projects in the emirate, and 92% of those coming are standalone buildings rather than homes attached to a hotel.
Knight Frank counts AED 5.77 billion of $10m-plus sales in the third quarter, down from 103 deals a year earlier. The year so far is still ahead of 2025, with 412 sales in nine months.
Real estate made up 11.8% of Dubai's economy in H1 2026, according to the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment. Overall real GDP fell 2.3% to about AED 473 billion.
Savills counts 6,085 residential sales worth AED 21.5 billion in the third quarter. Volumes fell, but value rose 32% on a year earlier as buyers moved to larger off-plan and luxury homes.
Project value rose 52% on a year earlier, and more than 24,000 homes were added, according to the Dubai Land Department. The count has since passed 150 projects.
Buyers from 130 nationalities invested in Sharjah property in the first nine months of 2026, and almost 10,000 were buying there for the first time.
Savills' third-quarter report shows rents lower than a year ago in most communities it tracks, a busier leasing market, and far fewer new launches than in 2025.
The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department recorded 91,560 transactions from January to September 2026. Muwaileh Commercial led on both number and value.
Al Mamzar, Al Nabba and Al Mahatah led apartment rents over the past year. Villa rents rose fastest in Al Mansoura. Sharjah's property sales reached AED 29.5 billion in the first half.
The ratings agency expects lower sales and softer apartment prices as new homes complete in 2027 and 2028. It says the four Dubai developers it rates have large sales backlogs and few late payers.
Buyers registered 3,695 office sales between January and September. Business Bay took almost half the money, and September was up 54 per cent on a year earlier.
Of 717 projects launched since mid-2023, 44 have reduced prices by at least 5 per cent and 28 are selling below their launch price. Studios are the one size selling faster than last year.
Off-plan made up two in three Dubai property sales between July and September. Studios and one-bedroom apartments were three in four of the off-plan homes sold, and Dubai South was the busiest area.
Sobha Realty topped Dubai's developer sales by value in September 2026, ahead of Emaar and Binghatti at AED 1.2 billion each, according to registered sales data.
Dubai accounts for 46 of the 65 projects we verify. Two in three ask 10 per cent or less on booking where the deposit is published, and 2029 is the busiest handover year.
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