Dubai Real Estate Market Review 04-Nov-2025

Dubai real estate hit AED559.4bn YTD in 2025, already surpassing 2024’s record

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Read the full article on Gulf News

Industry reports say dynamic pricing can lift developers’ revenue 15–30% and profit 10–20%, yet UAE developers largely haven’t adopted it. Startup DPrice launches in the Gulf, offering AI-driven pricing to maximize sales amid record UAE transactions, arguing real-time, predictive pricing beats fixed increments and slow, target-based strategies.

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Dar Global says its GDV has topped $19bn, driven by expansion in Saudi and a GCC pipeline exceeding $19bn. With Saudi’s property market opening to expatriates in Jan 2026, the Dubai-based developer positions itself to channel global capital into the kingdom’s next growth phase.

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Dubai Real Estate Transactions as Reported on the 3rd of November 2025

On 03-Nov-2025, the total transacted value reached AED 2,655,480,786. Off-plan dominated with AED 1,712,062,013 (64.5%), while Ready accounted for AED 943,418,773 (35.5%).

Category

Off-Plan (AED millions)

Ready (AED millions)

Flats

1,430.2

660.5

Villas

125.0

144.0

Hotel Apt. & Rooms

2.5

67.8

Commercial

154.3

71.0

Total

1,712.1

943.4

Off-Plan Market Performance

Total Value: AED 1,712,062,013

  • Flats: AED 1,430,202,746 (83.5%)

  • Villas: AED 125,006,357 (7.3%)

  • Hotel Apts & Rooms: AED 2,540,135 (0.1%)

  • Commercial: AED 154,312,775 (9.0%)

Off-plan activity was overwhelmingly led by flats, with meaningful support from commercial deals; villas were steady and hospitality negligible.

Ready Market Performance

Total Value: AED 943,418,773

  • Flats: AED 660,512,562 (70.0%)

  • Villas: AED 144,029,650 (15.3%)

  • Hotel Apts & Rooms: AED 67,841,766 (7.2%)

  • Commercial: AED 71,034,794 (7.5%)

Ready transactions were flat driven, with balanced contributions from commercial and hospitality alongside villas.

On The Micro Level

Market Insights & Outlook

A strong flat-led day on both off-plan and ready sides underscores depth in apartment demand, while commercial volumes remain supportive. Barring one-off launches, expect apartments to continue anchoring daily turnover with villas providing secondary lift.

Data Source: Dubai Land Department

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