UAE Residential Price Index
21 years of quarterly price data from the Bank for International Settlements. Track market cycles, booms, and corrections.
Current Index
175.38
2024-Q1
YoY Change
+22.8%
From COVID Low
+111.8%
Since Q2 2020
All-Time High
175.38
2024-Q1
Property Price Index Over Time
Base year: 2010 = 100. Source: BIS via FRED
Market Cycles
Pre-GFC Boom
Speculative boom driven by oil wealth and global liquidity. Prices tripled in 5 years.
GFC Crash
Global financial crisis. Prices fell 41% from peak in just over a year.
Recovery & Expo Rally
Recovery driven by Expo 2020 announcement and returning confidence.
Correction
Prolonged correction due to oversupply, oil price crash, and VAT introduction.
Post-COVID Boom
Record-breaking rally driven by visa reforms, remote workers, Russian capital flows, and limited supply.
Current Top Performers
Dubai communities with the highest year-over-year price growth
Residential Rent Price Index (RRPI)
Dubai's official city-wide rent index from the Land Department / Dubai Statistics — data through March 2026.
Index level
114.2
base period = 100
Year-on-year
+7.03%
rents vs March last year
Month-on-month
+0.49%
latest month
| Segment | Index | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments — new lease | 117.05 | +8.7% |
| Apartments — renewal | 112.53 | +6.16% |
| Villas — new lease | 112.65 | +6.39% |
| Villas — renewal | 114.59 | +6.66% |
New-lease rents are rising faster than renewals — renewal caps (RERA rental index) hold sitting tenants below market. Source: DLD / Dubai Statistics RRPI. The per-community Ejari median rents power individual community pages.
Construction & Supply Pipeline
How much new supply Dubai is building — buildings currently under construction across the emirate, as of January 2026. Source: Dubai Statistics Center / Land Department open data.
Apartments under construction
84,287
residential units in the pipeline
Villas under construction
21,055
private + investment villas
Total housing stock (2023)
838,072
79% apartments, 18% villas
| Under construction — by type | Count |
|---|---|
| Residential apartments | 84,287 |
| Villas (private + investment) | 21,055 |
| Stores / retail units | 5,849 |
| Multi-storey buildings | 1,263 |
| Public buildings | 1,043 |
| Industrial buildings | 730 |
A large apartment pipeline signals future supply that can soften price and rent growth as units complete; a thin pipeline tightens it. Counts are emirate-wide building counts from Dubai Statistics Center open data, not unit-level launches.
Data Source & Methodology
UAE Residential Property Price Index from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published via FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data). Index base year: 2010 = 100. Quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted. This index tracks nominal residential property prices across the UAE. Community-level data from Dubai Land Department (DLD) official transaction records.