Q3 2026 Dubai Sales Report: Average Prices Rise 14%

Set against the DLD lag, Allsopp & Allsopp's own Q3 figures are the more current signal, and they point to a business gaining ground rather than losing it. Average sales price rose 14% quarter-on-quarter and 5% year-on-year to AED 5,447,110, in the same quarter the wider market's average price eased. That's the headline, and it's a pattern that's held across much of this year even as DLD's own figures have moved the other way.

Transaction volume was up 4% on Q2, and total transaction value rose 19% over the same period, with year-on-year volume and value levelling out against an exceptionally strong Q3 2025.

The mechanics behind this price story are worth spelling out. By price bracket, transactions above AED 10M rose 38% quarter-on-quarter, the strongest growth of any bracket, while the AED 1-3M segment was up 11%. Only the sub-AED 1M bracket moderated against Q2. This wasn't a market-wide repricing, it was more buyers transacting higher up the market.

Villas offered the sharpest example of this story, continuing a pattern that's shown up consistently across 2026. Average villa and townhouse sale price rose 15% quarter-on-quarter to AED 8,619,368, with transaction volume up 2% and total value up 17%, a segment that simply didn't experience the same softness as DLD's own villa and townhouse figures, which eased against Q2. Amongst the quarter's top transaction was a villa at Garden Homes, Frond F, Palm Jumeirah for AED 56M, with further notable sales at Balqis Residence on Palm Jumeirah for AED 55M and a Wildflower villa in Jumeirah Golf Estates for AED 44M.

Jumeirah Golf Estates led transacting villa and townhouse areas again this quarter at an average price of AED 20,447,308, followed by Arabian Ranches and Damac Hills 2.

Apartments moved with the market rather than against it, with average price up 3% quarter-on-quarter to AED 2,589,504, transaction volume up 4%, and total value up 7%. Dubai Marina remained the top transacting area at AED 2,778,192, followed by Motor City and Dubai Hills Estate.

There's a quieter shift running underneath all of this worth flagging. Finance accounted for 67% of purchases this quarter against 33% cash, keeping financing the clear majority of how buyers transacted, consistent with the broader move toward financed purchases that's built across 2026. It's worth noting this is a quarterly average: August alone saw an even sharper split, with cash share dipping as low as 23%, so Q3's blended figure reflects some give back toward cash later in the quarter rather than a continued month-on-month slide.

Paired with the price bracket data above, financing still appears to be supporting demand higher up the market, and it's worth watching how that balance moves into Q4. British buyers led nationality data at 26% of transactions, followed by Indian buyers at 13% and Italian buyers at 5%, a reminder of the breadth of international demand underpinning the market. Listings activity moderated 9% quarter-on-quarter, while viewings held steady.

Put together, Q3 makes the case that Allsopp & Allsopp's transaction data is arguably a better real-time read on Dubai's actual market health than this quarter's transfer figures alone suggest.

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