Whole buildings for sale in Dubai: 55 registered sales in 12 months
DLD building sales with a commercial, industrial or mixed use (residential buildings are counted as homes). Market sales 12 months to 3 November 2026, with the areas, the projects and, where Ejari has them, the rents.
DLD registered sales to 3 November 2026; Ejari contracts to 15 October 2026. Market sales only (Delayed Sell, the late registration of old contracts, is left out) unless a column says registrations. Built 4 November 2026. This page gives information. It is not legal, tax or financial advice.
In 30 seconds
- 55 market sales of whole buildings in the 12 months to 3 November 2026 (79 registrations including Delayed Sell), -82% on the 12 months before.
- Median price AED 13.0m; median AED 1,984 per sq ft, +10% on the 12 months before, from 45 sales with a usable size.
- 0% off-plan. Most of this market is resale of built stock.
- 0 areas have 20 or more sales and their own page: .
- Since the record begins: 7,653 market sales, first 25 January 2000, last 31 December 2025.
“A whole building sells on its rent roll. The register gives you the price and the plot; the Ejari contracts in the same building give you the income.”
By area
| Area | Market sales 12m | Prior 12m | Value | Median price | Median AED/sq ft | AED/sq ft change | Off-plan | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Karama | 6 | 26 | AED 52.3m | AED 8.0m | – | – | 0% | Dec 2025 |
| Al Muteena | 4 | 7 | AED 10.4m | – | – | – | 0% | Dec 2025 |
| Al Hamriya | 4 | 6 | AED 40.0m | – | – | – | 0% | Dec 2025 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 3 | 13 | AED 134.3m | – | – | – | 0% | Dec 2025 |
| Al Nahda First | 3 | 1 | AED 328.0m | – | – | – | 0% | Dec 2025 |
| Naif | 3 | 14 | AED 32.4m | – | – | – | 0% | Nov 2025 |
| Hor Al Anz | 3 | 19 | AED 11.2m | – | – | – | 0% | Dec 2025 |
Areas with 3 or more market sales, 12 months to 3 November 2026. Areas with 20 or more have their own page.
Questions people ask
How many whole buildings sold in Dubai in the last 12 months?
55 market sales (79 registrations), worth AED 3.9bn, in the 12 months to 3 November 2026. Source: DLD registered sales.
What is the median price of a building in Dubai?
AED 13.0m, and AED 1,984 per sq ft, +10% on the 12 months before. Source: DLD registered sales.
Which area sells the most whole buildings?
Al Karama, with 6 sales at a median AED – per sq ft. Source: Area table.
Are whole buildings mostly off-plan?
0% of the last 12 months’ market sales were off-plan. Source: DLD registered sales.
What counts as a market sale here?
A sale, pre-registration sale or sale on payment plan. Delayed Sell is counted in registrations only. Source: How to read these numbers.
How to read these numbers
Every sale on this page is a registration at the Dubai Land Department. We count a sale as a market sale when the procedure is a sale, a pre-registration sale or a sale on a payment plan. A Delayed Sell is the late registration of a contract signed years ago at its original price, so it is left out of prices and counts unless a column says registrations. Price per square foot uses the DLD procedure area; for land that is the plot, so land and unit figures never mix. A median needs 5 sales to show; an area gets its own page at 20 market sales in 12 months. Rents come from Ejari. A commercial Ejari can be a licence-only virtual office with no floor space, so rent medians use single physical units only and the virtual contracts are counted apart.
The register codes use differently across years: offices and shops carry a Residential use flag in the 2026 feed, so we classify by the DLD sub type first and the use second. Reidin’s Q3 2026 office count (1,131) matches ours (1,113) on the same basis.