The Confidential Investor Briefing: Dubai Islands
Three pages on Dubai Islands from recorded sales: prices by bedroom count, supply, the established waterfront districts for context, and the risks to weigh first.
Get the briefingThe Confidential Investor Briefing: Dubai Villas & Townhouses
Four pages on Dubai villas and townhouses from twelve months of recorded sales: volumes, prices by size, resale by community and the off-plan share.
What’s inside
- 16,163 villa and townhouse sales against 151,477 apartments, twelve months to August 2026
- Median price, size and price per square foot for two to five bedrooms
- Resale price per square foot, year on year, in seven communities including Mudon, The Valley and Arabian Ranches 3
- Off-plan against ready: sales, median price and price per square foot
- Four risks to weigh, and tax notes for UK or Australian residents
Overview
Villas and townhouses were 9.6% of the residential properties sold in Dubai in the twelve months to August 2026, and 22.2% of the money spent. The briefing breaks those sales down by bedroom count and by community, compares off-plan with ready, and sets out the four points we raise with every buyer before they commit.
The UK edition shows indicative GBP and UK tax notes; the Australia edition shows indicative AUD and Australian tax notes.
Figures from the Dubai Land Department and public reports as of 31 August 2026. Published 8 September 2026. Sources are listed in the PDF. Not financial, investment, tax or immigration advice.
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