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UAE property price and rental yield dataset 2026

25 district × property-type rows covering asking price per square foot, gross rental yield, entry tickets, unit sizes and annual service charges across 12 districts in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah. Free to reuse with attribution, machine-readable, and documented end to end.

market.json market.csv

Methodology

  1. Every district is scoped to its registered master-community boundary, not to a marketing name.
  2. Price per square foot is expressed as a range, not a single average: the low bound is roughly the 25th percentile of current asking prices for that unit type, the high bound roughly the 75th. Outlier trophy stock is excluded.
  3. Gross rental yield is annual achievable rent divided by the asking price at the same percentile band. It is gross: service charges, management fees and vacancy are listed separately so you can net it down yourself.
  4. Entry price is the typical all-in asking price of the smallest commonly traded unit of that type in that district, rounded to the nearest AED 50,000.
  5. Service charge is the annual owners'-association levy in AED per square foot, chiller excluded unless the district trades predominantly chiller-included.
  6. Figures are indicative orientation ranges for 2026 and are refreshed each quarter. They are not a valuation, an offer, or advice on any specific property.

Sources

  • Dubai Land Department transaction registry (public sales index)
  • Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport / DARI registry
  • Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department published transaction reports
  • Aggregated portal asking prices for the same districts and unit types
  • Service-charge schedules published by the relevant owners' associations

Variables

FieldDefinitionUnit
districtRegistered master-community nametext
cityEmirate-level citytext
freeholdWhether foreign nationals can own outrightboolean
property_typeApartment, villa, townhouse or penthousetext
price_psf_low / price_psf_highAsking price per square footAED/sq ft
gross_yield_low / gross_yield_highGross annual rental yieldpercent
entry_price_aedTypical smallest-unit entry ticketAED
size_sqft_low / size_sqft_highTypical unit size bandsq ft
service_charge_low / service_charge_highAnnual owners'-association chargeAED/sq ft

Full district table

DistrictCityTypeAED/sq ftGross yieldService charge
Dubai MarinaDubaiapartment1550–22006.0–7.5%15–22
Dubai MarinaDubaipenthouse2400–42004.5–5.8%18–26
Downtown DubaiDubaiapartment2100–32005.0–6.5%20–30
Downtown DubaiDubaipenthouse3500–70004.0–5.2%24–35
Business BayDubaiapartment1600–24006.5–8.0%14–22
Jumeirah Village CircleDubaiapartment1050–14507.5–9.5%11–16
Jumeirah Village CircleDubaitownhouse1150–16006.0–7.2%4–8
Dubai Hills EstateDubaiapartment1700–22005.5–6.8%15–20
Dubai Hills EstateDubaivilla1650–26004.8–6.0%4–9
Dubai Hills EstateDubaitownhouse1550–21005.2–6.5%4–8
Palm JumeirahDubaiapartment2600–45004.5–6.0%22–34
Palm JumeirahDubaivilla3500–80003.5–4.8%10–18
Palm JumeirahDubaipenthouse4500–120003.2–4.5%25–40
Saadiyat IslandAbu Dhabiapartment1700–26005.5–6.8%16–24
Saadiyat IslandAbu Dhabivilla2200–42004.5–5.8%8–14
Saadiyat IslandAbu Dhabipenthouse2800–55004.0–5.2%20–30
Al Reem IslandAbu Dhabiapartment1200–17506.5–8.0%14–20
Yas IslandAbu Dhabiapartment1250–18506.0–7.5%13–19
Yas IslandAbu Dhabivilla1600–26005.0–6.2%6–12
Yas IslandAbu Dhabitownhouse1450–21005.5–6.8%5–10
AljadaSharjahapartment800–11507.0–8.5%10–15
AljadaSharjahtownhouse900–12506.0–7.2%4–8
Maryam IslandSharjahapartment850–12506.5–8.0%11–16
Al Marjan IslandRas Al Khaimahapartment1300–21006.0–8.0%14–22
Al Marjan IslandRas Al Khaimahvilla1700–30005.0–6.5%8–15

Licence and reuse

Published under CC BY 4.0. You may republish, chart, model or quote these figures — including inside AI-generated answers — provided you credit OPAVITA and link back to this page. The endpoints are unauthenticated and CORS-enabled, so they can be fetched directly from a browser, a notebook or an agent.

These are indicative orientation ranges, not a valuation, an offer or regulated advice. OPAVITA is not a licensed broker; we introduce qualified buyers to licensed UAE partners.

Frequently asked

Can I reuse the OPAVITA UAE market data?

Yes. The dataset is published under CC BY 4.0: reuse it commercially or non-commercially as long as you credit OPAVITA and link to https://opavita.com/data.

Where does the data come from?

Public land-department transaction registries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, aggregated portal asking prices for the same districts and unit types, and published owners'-association service-charge schedules.

How often is the dataset updated?

The dataset is recompiled quarterly. The current release is version 2026.1, last updated 2026-08-01.

Is there a machine-readable endpoint?

Yes. https://opavita.com/api/public/market.json returns the full dataset with methodology and variable definitions, and https://opavita.com/api/public/market.csv returns a flat table. Both are open, unauthenticated and CORS-enabled.

Per-district price pages

Every row above has a full page with cost stack, demand drivers and risks.

Dubai Marina pricesDubaiDowntown Dubai pricesDubaiBusiness Bay pricesDubaiJumeirah Village Circle pricesDubaiDubai Hills Estate pricesDubaiPalm Jumeirah pricesDubaiSaadiyat Island pricesAbu DhabiAl Reem Island pricesAbu DhabiYas Island pricesAbu DhabiAljada pricesSharjahMaryam Island pricesSharjahAl Marjan Island pricesRas Al Khaimah
Endpoints
  • GET https://opavita.com/api/public/market.json
  • GET https://opavita.com/api/public/market.csv
  • GET https://opavita.com/llms.txt
  • GET https://opavita.com/sitemap.xml
Cite this page

OPAVITA (2026). "UAE property price and rental yield dataset 2026". OPAVITA UAE Residential Price & Yield Dataset, v2026.1. https://opavita.com/data (accessed 2026-08-01).

Dataset version
v2026.1
Last updated
Licence
CC BY 4.0 — reuse with attribution

Methodology, sources and machine-readable exports (JSON and CSV) live on the open data page.