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Emaar Properties has announced plans for a landmark AED 200 billion, approximately US$55 billion, master-planned development in the heart of Dubai. The project is expected to exceed 4.5 million square metres of built-up area and accommodate nearly 150,000 residents, positioning it as one of the most significant additions to the emirate’s future real-estate pipeline.
March–May 2026
Dubai’s unit and villa market moved through a clear three-month sequence in the latest monthly trend: March opened with AED 37.97B in transaction value across 15,580 deals, April climbed to AED 42.41B across 16,488 deals, and May eased to AED 24.82B across 11,032 deals. That pattern matters because it separates the shape of value from the shape of volume, while March also supplies a pricing reference through a median transaction value of AED 1.48M and a median sale price of AED 20,116 per sqm.
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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.
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.
Dubai Land Department now states that individual property owners may apply for a two-year property-linked residence visa regardless of property value. The rule does not change the AED 2 million real-estate requirement for Dubai’s ten-year Golden Visa.
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.
