Dubai property, week 42 2026: 2,447 home sales, 70% off-plan

Dubai registered 2,447 home sales in week 42 (12 to 18 October 2026), 1.3% more than the week before. Of those, 1,714 were off-plan, 70.0% of the total. The four-week rolling median price was AED 1,672 per sq ft, flat on the week.

The count was ordinary. The value was not. Sales were worth AED 5.72 billion, 20% more than in week 41, and all of the rise came from ready homes: fewer of them sold, at larger tickets.

Counting every property type, 2,666 sales worth AED 8.54 billion were registered in the same week. We count apartment and villa sales only, so the gap is 219 land sales worth AED 2.82 billion.

Dubai's market in week 42: the numbers

Table: residential sales registered with the Dubai Land Department, week 42 2026 vs week 41 and the four-week average before it (weeks 38–41). Median price is a four-week rolling median, n = 9,236 sales. Source: DLD registered sales, Peak Trust Research.

Off-plan value, AED 3.22 billion, was near its four-week average. Ready sales were 733, fewer than week 41's 790, but worth AED 2.50 billion against AED 1.59 billion. The median ready ticket rose 14%, to AED 1.35 million; the average ready sale rose to AED 3.4 million from AED 2.0 million. The extra value sat above the median, in the larger tickets. One week is not a trend.

The rolling median has slipped AED 36 since mid-August, from AED 1,708 in the four weeks to 14 August. For the rate side, see our note on the 3.90% base rate.

Which projects did DLD register this week?

The register is complete for the week: 11 projects, 3,008 units, six of them on 13 October alone.

Table: projects registered by DLD, 12–18 October 2026. Units and declared value as registered; completion is the scheduled date on the register. Source: DLD project register, Peak Trust Research.

What developers did: Binghatti registered Binghatti Spectre in Al Jadaf on 14 October, 966 units with AED 541 million declared, the week's largest by far. Four projects of 300 units or more held 2,150 units, 72% of the total. Berkeley Tower in Business Bay and Sea Mirror Residences declared AED 5.6 million and AED 16.8 million a unit, against a week average of AED 0.82 million.

Which off-plan projects sold most?

Table: the busiest off-plan projects by registered sales, week 42 2026 (14 rows, two tied at 59). Projects with n ≥ 20; median is AED per sq ft. Area names are DLD registry areas, with the common name in brackets where it differs. Source: DLD registered sales, Peak Trust Research.

The table was flatter: the 14 projects above took 29% of off-plan sales and the busiest had 59, against week 41, when Binghatti Skyterraces alone recorded 105 and the top 20 took 41%.

The week belonged to Azizi. Three Azizi Venice phases in Dubai South sold 125 homes, and sales registered to Azizi rose to 266 from 158, the most since week 37. Dubai South was the city's busiest area with 254 sales, 251 of them off-plan, up from 109 a week earlier: 15% of the week's off-plan sales. Binghatti fell to 221 from 388. DAMAC's Lagoon Views 13 in DAMAC Lagoons and Imtiaz's RAW District 2 tied for first at 59, and Emaar's Valia in Dubai Creek Harbour sold at a median AED 2,559 per sq ft.

Table: unit-type share of registered off-plan sales, week 42 2026 (n = 1,714) vs weeks 38–41 (n = 6,168). Source: DLD registered sales, Peak Trust Research.

Villas and townhouses were 11.5% of off-plan sales, 197 homes. Weeks 40 (11.7%) and 42 are the two highest villa shares since the week to 3 May. They came from Lunaya in Saih Shuaib 1 (26), four Verdana phases in Dubai Investments Park (50 together) and Hayat 7 in Dubai South (18).

The week's news

DLD: 104 projects completed in the first half, 52% more by value (14 Oct). At the RISE 2026 summit DLD said 104 real estate projects were completed in the first half of 2026, valued at more than AED 111 billion, 52% more by value than a year earlier. Khaleej Times reported more than 24,000 units in those projects and 3,200 buyers through the First-Time Home Buyer programme in its first year, worth AED 5 billion. Why it matters for developers: every completed project adds ready stock, which sold at a lower median than off-plan over the last four weeks: AED 1,453 per sq ft against AED 1,741. For investors: the first-time buyer programme is a small demand channel so far. Its 3,200 buyers in a year compare with 2,447 home sales in this one week.

Dubai Media Office: AED 2.1 trillion of projects under way (13 Oct). The Dubai Media Office reported nearly AED 2.1 trillion of projects under way, AED 1.1 trillion of it allocated to real estate through 2030, and plans for about 350,000 residential units. The list includes more than AED 100 billion for DIFC's second phase and AED 100 billion for roads and the Metro Blue and Gold lines. Why it matters for developers: 350,000 planned homes is the supply backdrop for every launch this decade. This week's 11 registrations added 3,008 units to it. For investors: transport lines decide which outer areas are a reasonable commute. Dubai South, this week's busiest area, sold at a median AED 1,633 per sq ft against the city's four-week AED 1,672.

What it means for developers

• The register is busy. Eleven projects and 3,008 units in a week, 966 of them in one Al Jadaf tower. Anyone launching into Q4 is pricing against that pipeline.
• One developer can move the area table. Azizi's three Venice phases put Dubai South at the top of the city with 254 sales; a week earlier it had 109. Wait a week before reading release timing as demand.
• Villas are above 11% of off-plan for the second time in three weeks. If the share holds through November, that is a mix shift worth planning for.

Peak Trust advises developers and investors. Rankings use registered DLD data only.

Planning a launch? See Peak Trust for developers. Last week's issue is week 41; the month in full is in the September Off-Plan Monitor.