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The latest real estate price data in Dubai in September 2026 showed an 8.3% year-on-year decline in the average price of apartments, while the average price of villas’ square foot fell by 7.7%, while the average price of townhouses fell by 13.3%, according to data from DXB Interact, which specializes in real estate data, which was seen by Al Masdar Real Estate platform.
The data revealed a clear disparity in the price movement of apartments and villas in Dubai in addition to townhouses, whether between properties sold directly from real estate developers in Dubai, which constitute the primary market, or real estate traded in the resale market, i.e. the secondary market, with villas sold from developers recording the highest rise in the price of square foot by 21.8% compared to September 2025.
These indicators are based on the intermediate price of real estate transactions, which is the price at which half of the recorded trades fall above and the other half below it, not the average price.
Prices of apartments in Dubai during September 2026
The average price of apartments in Dubai fell by 8.3% in September 2026, to about $317.3 thousand (AED 1.17 million), compared to the same month last year.
The price of square foot for apartments fell by 3.5% to about $456 (1,676 dirhams).
The data showed a difference between the prices of apartments sold directly from developers and the prices of apartments in the resale market.
The average price of apartments sold by developers fell by 11.5% to about $309.2 thousand (AED 1.14 million), and the price of square foot fell by 4.9% to about $464 (AED 1,703).
In contrast, the intermediary price of apartments in the resale market increased by 5.4% to about $344.4 thousand (AED 1.26 million), while the price of square foot increased by 2.6% to about $416 (AED 1,528).
These figures indicate that the price per square foot of apartments sold by developers is about 11.5% higher than in the resale market, although the average price of resold apartments is higher.
In the long term, apartment prices in Dubai remained above their levels 12 years ago, with the average price rising from about $265.5 thousand (AED 975 thousand) in September 2014 to about $317.3 thousand (AED 1.17 million) in September 2026, an increase of nearly 19.5%.
Villas prices in Dubai in September 2026
The price of square foot for villas in Dubai increased by 7.7% year-on-year during September 2026, reaching about $427 (1,568 dirhams), while the average price of the villa fell by 3% to about $1.33 million (4.9 million dirhams).
The villas sold directly from the developers recorded the strongest rise in the price of square foot among the real estate categories included in the data, by 21.8%, to reach about $449 (1,650 dirhams).
Despite this rise, the average price of villas sold by developers fell by 3% to about $1.32 million (AED 4.85 million), compared to AED 5 million in September 2025.
The prices of villas in the resale market in Dubai recorded a decline in the level of the intermediate price of the unit and the price of the square foot.
The intermediary price of resale fell by 9.1% to about $1.35 million (AED 4.96 million), while the price of square foot fell by 6.4% to about $408 (AED 1,497).
Thus, the price of square foot for villas sold by developers is about 10.2% higher than the resale market, despite the convergence of the intermediate price of the villa between the two markets.
When comparing the prices of villas in Dubai with the levels of September 2014, it is clear that the price of square foot rose from 687 dirhams to 1,568 dirhams in September 2026, an increase of nearly 128% in 12 years.
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