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Flagship expertise: Palm Jumeirah & Dubai Hills.

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5
Years in the Dubai market: 6 hours
Fastest closing: Palm Jumeirah · Dubai Hills Estate
Flagship expertise

Elina Zosimenko, real estate advisor in Dubai

Median price per sq ft as of September 2026

Palm Jumeirah: 3,231 AED / sq ft +101% over 10 years
Dubai Hills Estate: 2,300 AED / sq ft +137% over 10 years

Dubai Land Department recorded sales updated 2 October

Estimate

What your property is worth

Calculated from registered transactions over the last six months, for your district and your property type separately — not from listings.

This covers apartments — including penthouses, duplexes and studios — from registered Dubai Land Department transactions. Villa and townhouse data (Garden Homes, Signature Villas) is not published at this level of detail, so villas are not covered here and the tool will not produce a number for them.

The figures include both completed and off-plan sales: the source does not expose the registration type, so the two cannot be separated. For Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Hills this is almost entirely completed stock; in Dubai South it is mostly off-plan.

Districts covered: Palm Jumeirah · Dubai Hills Estate · Palm Jebel Ali · Downtown Dubai · Dubai Creek Harbour · Business Bay · Dubai Marina · DAMAC Hills · Dubai South · Jumeirah Village Circle

District Size, sq ft as stated on your title deed

The market since March 2026

Price levels by district

Price per square foot for apartments, the change over the last six months, and transaction volume. Registration lag was checked by comparing two source runs six days apart: settled months do not change, so recent data is complete.

District	AED / sq ft, since March	Price since March	Sales a month
Palm Jebel Ali	3,582	+2.9%	43
Palm Jumeirah	3,231	−5.8%	68
Downtown Dubai	2,717	−9.4%	141
Dubai Creek Harbour	2,496	−1.9%	201
Dubai Hills Estate	2,300	−7.9%	102
Business Bay	2,222	−15.3%	290
Dubai Marina	2,204	−14.7%	169
Dubai South	1,693	+6.8%	1,413
DAMAC Hills	1,638	+7.5%	106
Jumeirah Village Circle	1,408	−5.2%	567

The market that already grew

Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Hills carry the highest price per square foot among the established districts. Transaction volume in both is well below where it was six months ago: there are more sellers than buyers, and that is a buyer’s market.

The market that is growing

Dubai South produces more transactions than any other district here, at the lowest price per square foot. Most of that is off-plan, and off-plan is currently counted together with completed stock — that split is not available in the data, so read this district with care.

Median price per square foot, apartments, registered transactions. "Volume recovered" is the last full month against the average month of December–February. "Share of market" is the share of all wartime transactions in that district.

Data through 30 September 2026

Case · Palm Jumeirah

6 → 22 → 28

the path of one Palm Jumeirah villa, in AED millions. Between the first and second figure — six hours

Three scenarios instead of one price

AED 22M sell as is, fast
above 22M a light upgrade
AED 30–35M plot extension

What happened to the villa

6 → 22M the owner held it for years without spending a dirham on it. Sold in six hours, +267%
22 → 28M the investor did light cosmetic work of about 500K, left the plot alone — and resold three months later

Both sides made money. I do not name a price — I show what each path costs, and the client chooses. Read the full case

Case

A villa on Palm Jumeirah. Six hours from listing to signature.

The owner had held a Garden Home for years. Old, unrenovated, nothing invested in it. It appreciated on its own — simply because it is Palm Jumeirah.

I did not give a price. I gave three scenarios

01

AED 22M

Sell as is, at a distress price

Fast, with nothing invested. Below market — that is the price of speed, and it has to be said out loud before the deal, not after.
02

above AED 22M

A light upgrade, done by the owner

Cosmetic work before listing. Several months longer, money up front, and the result depends on how well it is done.
03

AED 30–35M

Plot extension and a full rebuild

The maximum the asset can give. It takes time, approvals, and capital that stays locked up.

The client chose speed

He needed money quickly, not the highest number. We went out at AED 22M. Form F was signed the same day — six hours after the villa hit the market.

What both sides got

The owner

AED 6M → 22M

Bought at AED 6M. Sold at 22M. 3.7× the purchase price, +267% — with no renovation and nothing invested across the whole holding period.

The investor who bought it

+AED 5.5M in 3 months

Put in AED 22M plus roughly 500K of light cosmetic work. No plot extension. Resold at AED 28M about three months later — around +24% on capital deployed.

Why this works

The gap between 22M and 28M is not a valuation error. It is precisely what the owner paid for speed, and he knew the figure in advance. My job is not to name one price — it is to show what each path costs and let the client choose. Both sides made money.

Deal details are published without anything that would identify the parties.

How I work

I take a property on an exclusive mandate only

This is not about my fee. It is about your property having one person accountable for it — the way a lawyer runs one case, not twenty at once.

01

I take the calls, not you

I answer everyone — every real person reaches you. The call takes five minutes and establishes three things: how they are paying and whether the mortgage is approved, what timeline they are working to, and what they have already viewed. After that I know whether this is a buyer or an agent without one. You step in at the viewing, not on the twentieth call of the day.
02

The property has one price

When a property sits with five agencies, it appears on the market at five different prices with five different descriptions. A buyer reads that one way only: the seller is desperate. From that point the negotiation goes one direction. An exclusive closes that gap.
03

The property is worth investing in

Photography, preparation, working a buyer list, talking to owners in the same building — that is time and money. Nobody spends it on a property someone else may sell tomorrow. An exclusive is what makes that work possible.
04

One person to hold accountable

If the property is not selling, you know exactly who to ask and who owes you an explanation. On an open listing nobody is responsible — every agent points at the others.

The Palm villa went in six hours not by luck. Every call landed in one place, the property was ready, and the buyer was already on my list. That does not happen on an open listing.

Market

Why Dubai now

Figures from official sources. Each one carries its source and the date it holds true. You can check them yourself, without asking me.

AED 917 bn

Value of Dubai real estate transactions

2025, over 270,000 transactions, up 20% year on year

Dubai Land Department 2026-01-12
AED 252 bn

Transactions in a single quarter

Q1 2026, 60,303 transactions, up 31% in value year on year

Dubai Land Department 2026-04
AED 148.35 bn

Foreign investment in Dubai property

Q1 2026, 48,445 investments, up 26% in value

Dubai Land Department 2026-04
29,312

New investors entering the market in a quarter

Q1 2026, up 14% year on year

Dubai Land Department 2026-04
0%

Personal income tax on rental income, UAE

Applies to individuals holding property in their own name

UAE Federal Tax Authority 2026-08
4.58 million

Population of the Emirate of Dubai

End of 2025, up 7.5% year on year

Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment, Digital Dubai 2026-07

Strategies

Three ways into the market

The choice depends less on the property than on what you need the money to do: grow, be used, or turn over. Below is the mechanics of each, and what you carry as risk.

Off-plan

Bought during construction

For whom

An investor who is not in a hurry and can wait for handover.

Horizon

Until the property is handed over. Usually a matter of years; the exact date sits in the developer’s contract.

What happens to the money

Payments are spread across the construction schedule and go into the project’s escrow account, not to the developer directly. The exit is at handover, or earlier by assigning the contract.

Risk

Handover dates move. The market at handover is not the market you bought into. Developers restrict assignment until a share of the price is paid.
Secondary, to live in

A completed property

For whom

Anyone moving in themselves, or letting the property from the first month.

Horizon

Weeks, not years. The property exists — it can be inspected and verified.

What happens to the money

The price is known and negotiable. Paid in full or through a UAE bank mortgage. Rent starts as soon as the keys change hands.

Risk

Condition of the unit and of the building. The size and history of service charges. The quality of the owners’ association — which you will not control.
Secondary, as a project

Buy, rebuild, resell

For whom

Anyone prepared to run a renovation and hold the property while the work runs.

Horizon

Purchase, works, exit. The contractor and the approvals set the timeline, not the market.

What happens to the money

The investment splits in two: the property itself and the works budget. The outcome is set by location and quality of work, not by floor area.

Risk

Contractor costs and dates. Approvals from the master developer and the utilities. An error in the works budget eats the price difference.

None of the three strategies guarantees a return. What is described here is mechanics, not a forecast. Actual market figures sit in the section above, with their source.

Locations

Where I work

Two flagship addresses I know building by building, eight more Dubai districts covered by registered transaction data, and Abu Dhabi alongside them. If your area is not on this page, send it anyway — it does not mean I cannot price it.

Man-made island, Nakheel

Palm Jumeirah

The island is built, not zoned. The number of villas on the fronds is fixed — supply cannot be increased, only resold.
Freehold for foreign buyers under Regulation No. 3 of 2006. Full ownership of the unit, no time limit.
Who lives here: owners from Europe, the CIS and the Middle East, with a high share of second homes rather than primary residences.
What it means for a buyer: the entry price is set by what someone is willing to release, not by what a developer is willing to build.

+ 101%

Median price per sq ft: change over 10 years

Dubai Land Department · зарегистрированные сделки 2026-02

Master plan, Emaar

Dubai Hills Estate

A single master plan between Downtown and the Marina: golf course, park, hospital, mall and schools inside the community rather than a drive away.
Freehold for foreign buyers. Built and handed over in phases by one developer, which keeps the architecture and the service standard consistent.
Who lives here: families with school-age children and long-term residents. Occupancy is year-round, not seasonal.
What it means for a buyer: demand is driven by people who need to live here, which behaves differently from demand driven by people who want to own here.

+ 137%

Median price per sq ft: change over 10 years

Dubai Land Department · зарегистрированные сделки 2026-02

Coverage

Each district page carries the median, the movement since March, the number of registered sales and the typical corridor — all from Dubai Land Department records.

Abu Dhabi A different emirate and a different registry. Published figures only.

Law and procedure

What a foreign buyer should know

The questions people actually ask, usually at night and from another country. Answered without softening.

Can a foreign national own property in Dubai

Yes, within the areas designated for foreign ownership. This is full ownership of the property with no time limit — not a lease and not a right of use. Most of the districts people ask about — Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, Business Bay, Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai South and others — are designated areas. Outside them, registration in a foreign name is not carried out, so the area is the first thing to check, before the price.

Basis Law No. 7 of 2006, Regulation No. 3 of 2006, Dubai Land Department

Who registers the transaction, and what does the buyer end up holding

The Dubai Land Department registers it through an accredited Trustee Office. The entry goes into the state register and the buyer receives a Title Deed in their own name. The contract with the seller does not by itself transfer ownership — the register entry does.

Basis Dubai Land Department

What protects the money on an off-plan purchase

The developer must open a separate escrow account for each project with a RERA-approved bank. Buyer payments go to the project account rather than to the developer, and are released in tranches against verified construction progress. Once a completion certificate is issued, part of the balance is retained in the account.

Basis Law No. 8 of 2007, RERA

Can the purchase be done remotely, without flying in

Yes, under a power of attorney. It is executed before a notary in your country, then legalised and translated, or executed at a UAE consulate. Registration proceeds without you present. I give you the full set of requirements before you go to the notary — redoing a power of attorney is expensive and slow.

Basis Dubai Land Department

How does the money move, and is a UAE bank account required

An account is not required for the transaction itself, but you will need one for utilities and to receive rent. The bank and the developer will ask you to evidence the source of funds — this is standard procedure, not suspicion. The document list depends on your country and is better assembled in advance.

Basis Central Bank of the UAE, KYC/AML requirements

Does buying give a residence visa

Yes. Property ownership in Dubai can qualify an investor for a UAE residence visa, subject to the property value and applicable eligibility requirements.

Visa thresholds, validity periods and documentation requirements may change. I verify the current rules with the relevant authorities at the time of purchase rather than relying on potentially outdated information published online.

Basis ICP, GDRFA Dubai

What about tax, and what happens on resale

The UAE levies no personal income tax on rental income. On resale, the Dubai Land Department registration fee and commission apply. Separately: your obligations in your country of tax residence remain, and they are calculated by your tax adviser, not by a broker.

Basis Federal Tax Authority, Dubai Land Department

Living here

Moving with a family

For anyone choosing not a property but a place where children will grow up. No comparisons in anyone’s favour — only how the procedures work.

Safety

Low street crime and dense public surveillance — one of the reasons families give for moving. You notice it in small things: children go down to the lobby alone, a bicycle stays where it was left.

Schools and universities

British, American and IB curricula. Every school is inspected by the KHDA and its rating is published openly — a parent checks the school before signing anything. Branch campuses of foreign universities operate in Dubai International Academic City.

Visas and family

Residence comes through property, employment or your own company. The visa holder sponsors a spouse and children. Residence does not lead to citizenship — the UAE grants it in very few cases, and that is better known before the move than after.

Running a business

Two regimes: mainland and free zone. They differ on company structure, office requirements and permitted activities. The regime you pick determines whether you can invoice local clients directly.

Speed of procedure

A cash transaction is registered at the Trustee Office the same day; with a mortgage it takes longer. A residence visa takes weeks. Set against the US and Europe, that is the real difference: a short cycle and a predictable rulebook instead of a queue and discretion.

What is not here

No change of seasons, and three months that families with children usually spend elsewhere. No citizenship by length of residence. No free schooling for residents. All of it belongs in the budget before the move.

Process

How I work

Five steps from the first call to the keys. Being there in person at each one is not a service line — it is how you avoid losing money on what a presentation does not show.

The call

Budget, purpose, timeline, country of tax residence. If Dubai does not fit what you are trying to do, I say so on the first call rather than after four viewings.
The short list

48 hours. Five to seven properties. Each with the reason it made the list, and what is wrong with it. The second part matters more.
Viewings and site visits

We look in person: the unit, the building, the neighbours, the view at different hours. I go to the developer with you or without you — in which case I film it and ask the questions you would have asked.
Checks and the transaction

Encumbrances, outstanding service charges, the history of the owners’ association, the state of the building services. Then registration with the Dubai Land Department through a Trustee Office.
After the keys

Registration is complete and the keys are yours. I hand you over to a management company if you need one — I do not run the property myself. When you decide to sell, come back to me. A client who returns three years later is the only metric I care about.

For owners

Your property is worth more than you were told

If the price came from someone who needs the deal closed quickly, that was not a valuation of your property. That was their deadline.

Valuation by location

Calculated from closed transactions in your district over recent months, not from what is sitting in listings. The gap between asking and closing price is what you need to know before going to market. The valuation is free and commits you to nothing.
Preparing the property

What to do before the shoot and what never to do. Layout, light, documents, service charges cleared. In my experience a property that reaches the market unprepared takes its worst offers in the first two weeks — the weeks when attention is highest.
Defending the price

I negotiate, you do not. A first offer below asking is a test, not the buyer’s limit. Coming down becomes a calculated decision rather than a reaction to pressure.
Buyer channel

Buyers come to a broker, not to a listing. I hold a list of people already looking at your district, alongside the portals and my Property Finder profile. I show the property in person — I do not hand keys to anyone.

What that looks like in practice: a Palm villa, three scenarios, six hours →

I will send you a breakdown of your building: what actually sold over the last year, at what price per square foot, and the spread between the strongest and the weakest sale. From Land Department records, not from listings. Free, and I reply within the working day.

Properties

Currently on my desk

Some properties are not published, at the owner's request. If what you need is not here, write to me — I will look for it in the district.

The current list of properties is on my Property Finder profile.

Open the profile

References

What clients say

Client references will appear here — with names and dates, and real. There will be no invented ones. Until they are on the site, ask me directly: I will put you in touch with clients willing to talk.

Ask about clients

Contact

Write to me

Tell me the budget and the purpose. In 48 hours you will have a short list.

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I don’t show properties. I find the solution.

I did not give a price. I gave three scenarios

The client chose speed

What both sides got

Why this works

I take the calls, not you

The property has one price

The property is worth investing in

One person to hold accountable

Off-plan

Secondary, to live in

Secondary, as a project

Palm Jumeirah

Dubai Hills Estate

Safety

Schools and universities

Visas and family

Running a business

Speed of procedure

What is not here

The call

The short list

Viewings and site visits

Checks and the transaction

After the keys

Valuation by location

Preparing the property

Defending the price

Buyer channel

Value my property

Direct

Write to me