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The Yield Ladder · Gross · May 2026 · Property Monitor

JVC 7.29% Dubai Marina 6.85%* Al Barari 6.54% Business Bay 6.49% DAMAC Lagoons 6.44% Town Square 6.20% Dubai South 6.01% Dubai Hills 5.94% JGE 5.78% Tilal Al Ghaf 4.93%

*Marina figure 2024 full-year resale data via DLD. Gross yields before service charges, management and vacancy.

Q1 2026 Price Matrix

Where resale pricing ran hardest

The twenty strongest annual movers of the ~49 communities on the resale tape — average registered resale price per square foot, Q1 2026 against Q1 2025. Villa districts dominate the top of the board; the apartment heartlands sit further down it.

Al Barari VillasAED 3,353/sqft+52.7%

Meydan ApartmentsAED 1,560/sqft+35.8%

Mudon TownhousesAED 1,581/sqft+26.0%

The Lakes Townhouses & VillasAED 3,047/sqft+25.8%

Jumeirah Park VillasAED 2,426/sqft+25.7%

Palm Jumeirah VillasAED 7,967/sqft+23.1%

Jumeirah Islands VillasAED 5,055/sqft+21.4%

DAMAC Lagoons TownhousesAED 1,210/sqft+20.6%

Jumeirah Golf Estates VillasAED 3,038/sqft+19.0%

Town Square TownhousesAED 1,416/sqft+18.2%

The Meadows VillasAED 3,327/sqft+18.1%

Dubai Hills Estate TH & VillasAED 2,940/sqft+17.1%

The Springs TownhousesAED 2,331/sqft+16.3%

Arabian Ranches 2 VillasAED 2,048/sqft+15.5%

The Valley TownhousesAED 1,377/sqft+15.4%

DAMAC Hills 2 TH & VillasAED 937/sqft+13.6%

Arabian Ranches TownhousesAED 1,984/sqft+12.8%

Palm Jumeirah ApartmentsAED 3,441/sqft+11.7%

Arabian Ranches 3 TownhousesAED 1,613/sqft+11.6%

Nad Al Sheba TH & VillasAED 1,909/sqft+11.2%

All figures: avg resale AED/sqft, Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 · DLD via resale report, retrieved Jul 2026. Ranked by annual change; ranking says nothing about liquidity — Al Barari tops the board on a handful of trades.

The Flagships · Where Every Portfolio Conversation Starts

Palm Jumeirah

The island that made Dubai’s name

AED 4,120/sqft · Trophy waterfront · +9.8% YoY

Scarcity, branded residences and the world’s most recognisable address — the benchmark every other waterfront is priced against.

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Dubai Marina

The liquidity champion

6.85% yield · 3,096 resales in 2024

AED 6.99B transacted in a single year — the deepest resale market in the city, and the exit you can always price.

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The Full Ledger · Fourteen More Districts

Business Bay

6.49% yield · Canal-side CBD

Downtown adjacency at a discount, with Dubai's deepest off-plan pipeline.

Jumeirah Village Circle

7.29% yield · Dubai's income leader

The highest gross yield in the city — a pure cash-flow allocation.

Dubai Hills Estate

5.94% yield · Emaar masterplan

The family-prime compromise: golf, schools, and Emaar's build quality.

Dubai Islands

7–9% projected · Entry AED 1.5–1.8M

Nakheel's next waterfront chapter — hospitality-led, early-cycle pricing.

Dubai South

6.01% yield · AED 1,425/sqft

The Al Maktoum airport growth thesis, still priced before the story.

DAMAC Lagoons

6.44% yield · Villa community

Resort-styled villas with rental economics that beat the villa average.

Al Barari

6.54% yield · Green ultra-low density

Dubai's botanical enclave — thin transaction data, thick privacy.

Jumeirah Golf Estates

5.78% yield · Championship golf

Fairway villas with country-club scarcity and end-user depth.

Tilal Al Ghaf

4.93% yield · Lagoon lifestyle

Majid Al Futtaim's flagship — buy for appreciation and end-use, not income.

Town Square

6.20% yield · +13.11% YoY

The entry point that out-yields prime — apartments from AED 1.28M.

Arabian Ranches

3.92% yield · +14.02% YoY

Dubai's original villa blue-chip — an appreciation play, not an income one.

Ras Al Khaimah

Apartments +32% YoY · Wynn 2027

The casino emirate priced before the ribbon-cut — a separate jurisdiction, sized as a satellite.

Mina Rashid

~8% projected · AED 5B infrastructure

Emaar's maritime district — central seafront scarcity, 20 minutes to Downtown.

Dubai Maritime City

~AED 3,000/sqft · Sales +81.4% YoY

The working peninsula turning residential — 5.4% yield on real lease evidence.

All figures dated and sourced on each guide. Gross yields before service charges, management and vacancy — every guide shows the net bridge.

Sixteen districts, underwritten.