Dubai real estate transactions reached about AED625 billion in the first 10 months of 2026 across nearly 182,000 deals, according to Dubai Land Department data compiled by Emarat Al Youm and Al Bayan.
The total covers trading from January through the end of dealings in October. It equals about 68% of the AED919 billion in transactions recorded for the whole of 2025, Emarat Al Youm said.
Sales accounted for the largest share, at about AED412 billion from roughly 134,700 deals, or about 66% of the total value.
Ready properties made up AED215.6 billion of sales across about 44,000 deals. Off-plan sales reached about AED196.3 billion across 90,760 deals.
Mortgages totaled about AED164 billion from roughly 39,500 transactions. Gifted property transfers were worth about AED49 billion across about 7,680 transactions.
Business Bay recorded the highest sales value of any area in the period, followed by Dubai Airport City with about AED18.3 billion and Al Yelayiss 1 with about AED16.6 billion. Dubai Islands, formerly Deira Islands, recorded about AED13.8 billion, and Palm Jumeirah about AED12.7 billion.
In October alone, transactions totaled about AED52 billion. Sales in the month were AED34.1 billion across about 11,600 deals, of which ready properties accounted for AED20.99 billion and off-plan units for AED13.13 billion, Emarat Al Youm reported.
