Dubai Property Market Boosted by Surge in Early Home Deliveries
Dubai Land Department data show 24,537 homes were delivered in the first half of 2026, a 36% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.
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Last gathered 9 October 2026 · 12 articles
Dubai Land Department data show 24,537 homes were delivered in the first half of 2026, a 36% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.
PropertyNews.ae
UAE non-oil sectors generated AED 961.9 billion in economic activity during the first half of 2026 according to official data referenced alongside the property delivery report.
PropertyNews.ae
Dubai rental contracts reached 298,984 in the first nine months of 2026, up 6.8% year on year, led by Al Warsan First and one-bedroom homes.
Arabian Business
Dubai's branded residences pipeline is more than twice the size of Miami's, making it the world's largest such pipeline.
Arabian Business
The Central Bank of the UAE listed the Base Rate at 3.900%, EIBOR Overnight at 3.706%, MLF/CMF at 4.400% and DONIA at 4.047% as of October 6, 2026.
Central Bank of the UAE
Nakheel launched its new Bay Estate waterfront community as part of the Dubai Islands masterplan, which is designed to accommodate more than 230,000 residents across 62,000 homes.
Arabian Business
Dubai real estate transactions reached AED 24.7 billion in Q3 2026, with Dubai South and Jumeirah Village Circle leading residential transaction volumes.
Arabian Business
Etihad Rail's Dubai-Abu Dhabi passenger service launched via Al Yalayis Station in Jumeirah Golf Estates, cutting the journey between the two emirates to around 57 minutes.
Gulf News
The UAE Central Bank raised its base rate by 25 basis points, its first increase in more than three years, following a similar move by the US Federal Reserve, lifting fixed deposit returns to between 4.5% and 5.5% while banks kept personal loan rates steady.
Emirates 24|7
From January to August 2026, Azizi recorded the highest number of property sales among Dubai developers while Emaar led the market by total sales value, with DAMAC, Binghatti, Nakheel and Sobha rounding out the top tiers.
Engel & Völkers
Official CBUAE EIBOR fixings for September 3, 2026 were 1-month 3.81%, 3-month 4.00%, 6-month 4.11% and 12-month 4.34%, the benchmark most variable mortgages reference.
Mortgease
Abu Dhabi's tourism department launched an initiative covering UAE entry visa costs for up to 20,000 Indian travellers booking at least three nights in an Abu Dhabi hotel, running until October 31, 2026.
The National
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Roads & Transport Authority
Not reporting — the RTA’s own project register, read straight from their site. These are the road and transport schemes running in Dubai right now, with the authority’s own completion figures where it publishes them. Infrastructure is decided years before it shows up in a price, and this is the list it is decided from.
37 ongoing · 152 completed · refreshed weekly
Source: RTA Projects, Roads & Transport Authority, Government of Dubai. Percentages are the RTA’s own, published against each project; a dash means they have not published one. They are not all refreshed on the same schedule and some lag the RTA’s own announcements — the Blue Line still reads 10% here, from the first months of construction, while Dubai Media Office put it at 20% in May 2026. Where figures disagree we use the later one, as on our Dubai 2040 page. A project appearing here is not a statement about any property near it.
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