Market report · edition 2026-07 · sources read to 30 July 2026
UAE off-plan, July 2026: the month in the numbers we hold
2,962 off-plan projects and 52,882 priced unit records across the emirates, 2,351 of the projects in Dubai. Every figure below is the same table the rest of the site is built from, stamped with this edition’s read date, so the page does not move after it is published. This is the first edition; the next one carries the change column.
Where Dubai asking prices sit
42,490 priced units. Half sit between AED 1,608 and AED 2,649 per sqft; the mean of 2,257 sits above the median because the top of the market is long.
Dubai median rate over time
One snapshot so far: AED 2,021 per sqft median over 42,490 priced units on 2026-07-30. A trend needs a second read; it is drawn here the day the next snapshot lands, one point per read, never interpolated.
By emirate
| Emirate | Off-plan projects | Priced units | Median AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 2,351 | 42,490 | 2,021 |
| Abu Dhabi | 286 | 1,757 | 1,981 |
| Ras Al Khaimah | 129 | 2,429 | 2,721 |
| Sharjah | 125 | 1,383 | 1,193 |
| Ajman | 37 | 2,327 | 764 |
| Umm Al Quwain | 30 | 2,229 | 2,599 |
| City not stated | 4 | 267 | n/a |
The last row is the difference between the header counts and the emirate rows: published records whose listing states no city. They are in every UAE figure on this page and in no emirate row.
Dearest and cheapest communities
| Community | Median AED/sqft | Units | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 5,629 | 261 | 29 |
| Dubai Marina | 4,678 | 203 | 20 |
| Dubai Harbour | 4,124 | 278 | 21 |
| Nad Al Sheba | 3,552 | 2,987 | 25 |
| Al Wasl | 3,528 | 246 | 14 |
| Downtown Dubai | 3,463 | 231 | 24 |
| Jabal Ali | 3,200 | 564 | 2 |
| Business Bay | 3,188 | 1,458 | 68 |
| Community | Median AED/sqft | Units | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Amerah Ajman | 511 | 322 | 8 |
| Al Rashidiya Ajman | 692 | 449 | 2 |
| Free Zone Ajman | 822 | 855 | 1 |
| Al Warsan | 1,200 | 226 | 25 |
| The Valley | 1,250 | 242 | 42 |
| Dubailand Residence Complex | 1,251 | 215 | 13 |
| Muwaileh Sharjah | 1,294 | 515 | 43 |
| Damac Suncity | 1,295 | 423 | 1 |
The floor keeps a community with a handful of penthouses off the top of the table. The same medians on a map, every ranking.
Payment plan norms, Dubai
57% of plans ask 60% or more before the keys; 41% ask half or less. Every structure, how the plan discount is derived.
Handover pipeline, Dubai
Scheduled dates as the listings state them; a stated date is not a delivery. The pipeline by emirate and community.
At the launch stage
The launch calendar lists every one by the quarter it hands over.
Editions and method
Each edition is the state of the corpus at its read date: a read in a new month adds an edition, a second read in the same month replaces that month’s figures. The series: July 2026.
Figures are derived from developer-published asking prices for the units we track, never from registered sales, and each carries the count it rests on. Delivered buildings and duplicate groups are excluded by the same publish gate as every page on the site. Methodology. The full tables, as CSV and JSON, are the data licence; the quarter’s book as a PDF is the report.