Lead stories, one market snapshot, one compact trend, and a named leaders summary.
May 2026
Dubai’s May 2026 unit and villa transactions were concentrated in the middle price bands, with the 1M–2M bracket recording 284,043 transactions and the 500K–1M bracket close behind at 280,272. The same visual also shows a long tail at the upper end, where 5M–10M transactions numbered 22,595.
May 2026
Dubai’s May 2026 unit and villa transactions were led by a small cluster of developers. AVENEW Real Estate Development recorded 21 transactions, Damac Prime Development 14 and Marquis Home Developer 10, while the top three together totalled 45 transactions and $181,028,326 in transaction value.
May 2026
Madinat Al Mataar finished May 2026 with 1,060 unit and villa transactions, putting it ahead of the next-highest area by count in Dubai's monthly area table. The same ranking also shows that activity concentration did not move in lockstep with value concentration: some lower-volume areas carried larger transaction totals than the leader.
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November 2025 – April 2026
Dubai’s unit and villa market over November 2025 to April 2026 is best read through concentration: Business Bay leads the area table on both transaction count and transaction value, and the monthly trend visual shows how the market moved across the six months, with April naturally carrying a partial-month caution. SOBHA L.L.C also features in the broader market context, giving the snapshot an identifiable developer reference without stretching beyond the evidence.
November 2025 – April 2026
Dubai’s unit and villa transactions over November 2025 to April 2026 put Sobha L.L.C and Binghatti Developers FZE side by side at the top of the developer transaction-count table. The wider market frame is still concentrated in a few hotspots, with Business Bay leading both transactions and value, and project activity led by THE MERIVA COLLECTION.
November 2025 – April 2026
Palm Deira’s units-and-villas profile combines a defined rent marker with sizeable transaction activity over the November 2025 to April 2026 window. The area recorded AED 250,000 in rent value and an 18.95 rental yield, while also posting 3,364 transactions worth AED 11,395,703,928.41.
November 2025 – April 2026
Dubai’s unit and villa transactions over the six months to 30 April 2026 are shaped by a concentrated developer field, with SOBHA L.L.C, Binghatti Developers FZE and Danube Properties Development L.L.C forming the main activity cluster. The same period also shows that transaction value is led by a small set of projects and areas, reinforcing how activity is clustered rather than broadly spread across the market.
November 2025 – April 2026
SOBHA L.L.C heads the developer ranking for Dubai unit and villa transactions across the six-month period, while the broader market remains concentrated in a handful of high-activity areas. Business Bay stands out on both transaction count and transaction value, reinforcing how area-level depth shapes the overall picture.
May 2025 – April 2026
Dubai’s unit and villa transactions over the 12-month period were led by a clear two-area frame: Business Bay at the top of both transaction count and transaction value, with Palm Jumeirah in second place on each measure. The comparison is useful because it pairs activity volume with value concentration, while the wider charts show how that pattern sits alongside developer concentration, monthly shifts, and the property-type mix.
May 2025 – April 2026
Dubai's unit and villa market is anchored by a clear area concentration: Business Bay leads both activity and value, with Palm Jumeirah following on each leaderboard. The monthly transaction trend, top developer mix, and property-type split add context to how that concentration sits within the wider market structure.
Dubai · All property types · Last 12 months · Jun 2025-May 2026 · Data through May 2026
Market snapshot · Dubai · Units + Villas · Last 12 months · Jun 2025-May 2026 · Updated through May 2026 · Deltas vs previous month
Transactions
101,565
Transaction value
AED 151.1B
Median value
AED 1.1M
Price / sqm
AED 15.5K
Off-plan share
67.1%
May 2026
Dubai’s May 2026 unit and villa transactions were led by a small set of areas on both count and value, with Business Bay, Wadi Al Safa 3 and Palm Jumeirah carrying much of the visible activity. The latest slice also carries an explicit quality caution, so the clearest reading is descriptive: where transactions clustered, how value stacked up, and where the market mix was concentrated.
