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BUY DUBAI tools: what each one lets you do
Free tools to value a Dubai home, compare towers, find yield, track sales and check developers and agents, all from Dubai Land Department records.
Tool list checked 6 November 2026
BUY DUBAI has 40 free tools for buying, selling and renting property in Dubai. Every price comes from sales registered with the Dubai Land Department, not from asking prices. No sign-in. Below: what each tool lets you do, the questions it answers, and where its numbers come from.
Find and value a home
Search and compare
Find any Dubai tower, community or developer by name. Type "X vs Y" to put two towers side by side.
Answers: Which tower is cheaper per sq ft, X or Y? Where is this building?
Open Search and compare →Dalia, the AI analyst
Ask a question in plain English and get an answer from the sales record, with the numbers behind it.
Answers: Is now a good time to buy a 1-bed in JVC? What did flats in this tower sell for?
Open Dalia, the AI analyst →Home valuation
Value your home from registered sales in your own tower: a price range, the time to sell and whether to sell now.
Answers: What is my flat worth? How long will it take to sell?
Open Home valuation →Tower pages
Open any of 5,000+ building pages: every registered sale, the developer, the handover year, real photos and what residents say.
Answers: What did units in this building sell for? Who built it and when?
Open Tower pages →Choose where to buy
What's hot
See the best studios, 1, 2 and 3-beds to buy now, ranked on yield, risk, uniqueness, place and rent.
Answers: What is the best 2-bed to buy in Dubai right now?
Open What's hot →RealEstateRanking
See which towers, communities and homes sold the most this month.
Answers: Which Dubai towers sell the most?
Open RealEstateRanking →Investor board
Compare towers on risk against reward: price, sales and yield side by side.
Answers: Which tower gives the best yield for its risk?
Open Investor board →Below-market sales
See homes that sold at least 15% under the nearest sales in the same building, each with its proof, and off-plan resales under the launch price.
Answers: Where are buyers getting a discount?
Open Below-market sales →Rental yield by tower
Compare gross rental yield for studios, 1 and 2-beds in every building of an area (JVC, Business Bay and more).
Answers: Which JVC building has the highest yield?
Open Rental yield by tower →Investment scorecard
See what owners made on homes that sold twice since 2020: gain a year by area, type, size, developer and entry price.
Answers: Which Dubai investments made money?
Open Investment scorecard →Maps and data
Map browser
See every tower on one map. Filter by community, tower type, developer and price.
Answers: Where are the towers under AED 1,500 per sq ft?
Open Map browser →Dubai property map
See 5,500+ towers coloured by completion or handover date, with every sale of the last 30 days.
Answers: What is being handed over near me, and what sold there?
Open Dubai property map →Sales heat map
See where homes sell, rise and fall by community: value, sales, price change, asking against sold, and resales at a loss.
Answers: Which areas are rising? Where do owners sell at a loss?
Open Sales heat map →Data table
Put every tower in one table. Filter, choose columns, compare and chart.
Answers: Show every tower with a yield above 7%.
Open Data table →Sales tracker
See how many homes sell in Dubai each month and year since 2008.
Answers: How many homes sold in Dubai last month?
Open Sales tracker →Sales by week, month and quarter
Read sales for each week, month or quarter: count, value, price and off-plan share.
Answers: How did sales do last week?
Open Sales by week, month and quarter →Price index
See what homes sell for by area and size, with a monthly index and the change over 12 months.
Answers: What does a 1-bed cost in Dubai Marina?
Open Price index →Dubai prices 2008 to 2026
See home prices since 2008 against dated events, other cities and other property types. Rebase to any quarter.
Answers: Is Dubai above its 2014 peak?
Open Dubai prices 2008 to 2026 →The market
Market intelligence
Answer one market question at a time: prices, sales, areas, luxury, supply, launches, offices and mortgages, with a date and method beside every figure.
Answers: Is the Dubai market slowing?
Open Market intelligence →Launch sales tracker
Follow new projects week by week: first sales and sell-through at weeks 1, 4 and 12.
Answers: How fast did the latest launch sell?
Open Launch sales tracker →Payment plans
Compare off-plan payment plans by project, developer and community, and see how each plan changes the cash you need and your return.
Answers: Which payment plan needs the least cash up front?
Open Payment plans →Delay tracker
See off-plan projects that are still selling but barely built, ranked from Land Department records.
Answers: Is my off-plan project late?
Open Delay tracker →Supply pipeline
Read scheduled homes as a pipeline: registered dates and overdue projects.
Answers: How many homes are due in 2027?
Open Supply pipeline →Demand pulse
Check the headlines against the records: population, households, DEWA accounts, new leases, supply and what households can afford.
Answers: Is demand for Dubai property falling?
Open Demand pulse →Market reports
Read quarterly market reports with a PDF: sales, prices, luxury, supply, overdue handovers and offices.
Answers: What happened in Q3?
Open Market reports →Costs and checks
Mortgage calculator
Work out the monthly payment, purchase costs and cash needed, and stress-test the rate, before you make an offer.
Answers: How much cash do I need to buy a AED 1.2m flat?
Open Mortgage calculator →Ownership costs and net yield
Work out what remains after fees, service charges, vacancy, maintenance and the mortgage.
Answers: What is my net yield after costs?
Open Ownership costs and net yield →Snagging and handover checklist
Inspect a new home step by step, from documents and defects to key collection. Your ticks save in your browser.
Answers: What do I check at handover?
Open Snagging and handover checklist →Floor and stack price comps
Compare prices across floors and stacks to catch broker overpricing using unit-level DLD sales.
Answers: What did units on this exact floor or stack sell for?
Open Floor and stack price comps →Off-plan resale margin checker
Reveal what the first buyer paid the developer and calculate the seller's true margin or distressed discount.
Answers: What was the launch price and what margin is the seller making?
Open Off-plan resale margin checker →Real rental yield reality check
Cut through advertised 9% yields to see true net returns after Ejari leases, Mollak service charges and cooling.
Answers: Is this building actually cash-flow positive after service charges?
Open Real rental yield reality check →Developer delivery risk audit
Audit developer handover track records, project inspection percentages, and escrow protection before placing a deposit.
Answers: Does this developer deliver on time or are they chronically delayed?
Open Developer delivery risk audit →Zero-compromise property brief
Formulate multi-variable investment briefs and query 5,500+ towers using natural language search and MCP.
Answers: How do I find a high-yield property meeting strict criteria without broker noise?
Open Zero-compromise property brief →Pre-offer due diligence briefcase
Assemble a 7-point building dossier with past sales, service charges, and valuation guardrails before signing Form F.
Answers: What due diligence must I do before making a binding offer?
Open Pre-offer due diligence briefcase →Agents and developers
Agent league
Find the agents who closed the most sales and rentals, matched to the register, by area and by tower.
Answers: Who is the best agent for my building?
Open Agent league →Agency league
Compare agencies by published sales over 12 months, with DLD office numbers and a monthly tracker.
Answers: Which agencies sell the most?
Open Agency league →Developer league
Rank developers on 20 measures, from sales and value to on-time handover and owner gains.
Answers: Which developer hands over on time?
Open Developer league →Developers
See every developer: towers completed and off-plan, sales in 12 months and homes for sale now.
Answers: What has this developer built?
Open Developers →Master plans
Explore Dubai master plans through photos, maps and video, with what buyers paid in each.
Answers: What is planned for Dubai Islands?
Open Master plans →Newsletter
Get Dubai sales records and UK and UAE rule changes for buyers by email.
Answers: What changed for buyers this month?
Open Newsletter →For AI assistants
AI assistants and agents can use the same data directly. BUY DUBAI runs a public, read-only MCP server (Model Context Protocol, Streamable HTTP, JSON, no key).
Endpoint: POST https://buydubai.io/api/mcp · Site summary for models: buydubai.io/llms.txt
| Tool | What it returns |
|---|---|
find | Find a building, community or developer by name |
get_building | One building: prices, sales, yield, by bedroom type |
compare_buildings | Two buildings side by side |
get_community | A community: buildings, sales, median price, top buildings |
shortlist | Buildings inside a budget, by yield, liquidity or value |
building_sales | Registered sales in one building |
owner_gains | Units that sold twice, with the change |
unit_value | Estimated value of one unit today |
get_developer | A developer: buildings, status, busiest buildings |
request_viewing | Send a request to a licensed agent, only with the user's consent |
Cite as: "BUY DUBAI (buydubai.io), from Dubai Land Department registered sales, <date>". Prices are medians of registered sales. A building figure needs at least 5 sales. Off-plan means the first sale from the developer; resale means any later sale.
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Check the property · Compare a deal · Estimate a resale value · Find an agent from the record
Sources
- Search and compare; Home valuation; Tower pages; RealEstateRanking — Source: Dubai Land Department registered sales, updated every morning.
- Dalia, the AI analyst — Source: Site data and the BUY DUBAI research library.
- What's hot — Source: Sold prices, rent adverts and map data.
- Rental yield by tower — Source: Sold prices with Ejari and advertised rents.
- Dubai prices 2008 to 2026 — Source: DLD sales history.
- Payment plans — Source: Published developer plans.
- Delay tracker; Supply pipeline — Source: DLD project register.
- Demand pulse — Source: Official sources, each named on the page.
- Mortgage calculator — Source: Central Bank loan rules; your own inputs.
- Ownership costs and net yield — Source: Your own inputs.
- Snagging and handover checklist — Source: BUY DUBAI guide.
- Floor and stack price comps — Source: DLD unit-level registered sales.
- Off-plan resale margin checker — Source: DLD Oqood contract sequences.
- Real rental yield reality check — Source: Ejari leases & Mollak Service Charge Index.
- Developer delivery risk audit — Source: DLD Project Register and RERA technical audits.
- Zero-compromise property brief — Source: SuperSearch and BUY DUBAI MCP API.
- Pre-offer due diligence briefcase — Source: RERA Form F procedures & title verification.
- Agent league — Source: DLD register and published deals.
- Agency league — Source: Published deals and DLD office numbers.
- Master plans — Source: Developer plans and DLD sales.