The Market
The Market
Understand the value.
Jumeirah Islands transaction intelligence: every registered villa sale, what has actually been achieved, and what that means for a buyer or an owner today. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
- Sales, last 12 months
- 61
- −38.4% on the year before
- Median sale price
- AED 23.25M
- +2.4% on the year before
- Median per sq ft
- AED 4,378
- +6.2% on the year before
- Highest registered sale
- AED 52M
- Cluster 12, Jan 2026
The last twelve months
Fewer sales, firmer prices.
Compared with the twelve months before
- Villa sales registered
- 61
- −38.4%
- Total value
- AED 1.57bn
- −33.1%
- Median sale price
- AED 23.25M
- +2.4%
- Median AED per sq ft
- 4,378
- +6.2%
Highest registered sale
AED 52M
Cluster 12, Islamic, 20 Jan 2026. A five-bedroom Master View villa on a plot of around 14,000 sq ft, reported to have been bought as a renovation project.
Never compare two Jumeirah Islands villas simply because they have the same BUA.
Median price per square foot is a useful indicator of the market’s direction. It is not a valuation. Position, outlook, plot, villa type and condition move individual villas far from the average, in both directions.
The trajectory
A decade of registered sales
Median price per square foot of built-up area rose from AED 885 in 2019 to AED 4,171 in 2025, almost 4.7 times. Select a measure, then move across the years.
AED 4,496
2026 to date, +7.8% on 2025
* 2026 to 2 Oct 2026.
Every sale since 2019
Each point is a villa that changed hands.
558 registered sales. Highlight a cluster style to see how its villas have traded, and hover any point for the detail.
Market direction
High value, thin volume, slowing growth.
Prices have held at or near record levels through 2026, while the number of sales has roughly halved. The latest quarter rests on a very small number of transactions, so read it with care.
Jumeirah Islands remained the strongest villa community in ValuStrat’s index in August 2026, at +12.2% year on year, against −1.7% for Dubai villas overall. That annual growth has been easing since June.
Registered villa sales per quarter
Hover a quarter for its median price.
By cluster style
Architecture is part of the price.
Registered sales of island villas by the architectural style of their cluster, against today’s median asking price. Small samples move these figures easily.
| Style | 2025 sales | 2025 median | 2025 AED / sq ft | 2026 median to date | Median asking today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediterranean | 30 | AED 22M | 4,171 | AED 21.63M (12) | AED 29M |
| Islamic | 12 | AED 23.8M | 4,570 | AED 23.25M (5) | AED 28.5M |
| Oasis | 19 | AED 23.25M | 4,446 | AED 24.98M (12) | AED 29.98M |
| European | 17 | AED 21.95M | 4,303 | AED 24.8M (3) | AED 29.95M |
| Contemporary | 14 | AED 20M | 3,805 | AED 38.45M (2) | AED 32.5M |
The top of the market
The highest registered sales
A higher figure of AED 65M has been reported for a fully upgraded Master View villa. It does not yet appear in the registered sales data, so it isn’t listed here.
| Price | Date | Location | Beds | BUA sq ft | Plot sq ft | AED / sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AED 52M | 20 Jan 2026 | Cluster 12, Islamic | 5 | 6,479 | 14,026 | 8,026 |
| AED 46M | 25 Jun 2025 | Cluster 24, Mediterranean | 5 | 6,501 | 14,023 | 7,076 |
| AED 45M | 7 May 2025 | Cluster 25, Contemporary | 4 | 5,176 | 10,781 | 8,694 |
| AED 44M | 27 Nov 2025 | Cluster 17, Oasis | 5 | 7,200 | 14,024 | 6,111 |
| AED 42.24M | 15 Jan 2026 | Cluster 27, Oasis | 5 | 7,200 | 14,023 | 5,867 |
| AED 42M | 14 May 2025 | Cluster 27, Oasis | 5 | 7,200 | 14,023 | 5,833 |
| AED 41.9M | 18 Jun 2026 | Cluster 25, Contemporary | 4 | 5,177 | 11,044 | 8,093 |
| AED 41.5M | 23 Jan 2026 | Cluster 5, Mediterranean | 5 | 6,501 | 14,024 | 6,384 |
Current competition
Asking prices sit around 29% above what has been achieved.
The median island villa on the portals is asking AED 30M. The median registered sale over the last twelve months was AED 23.25M. Listings lean towards upgraded homes, so this is a gap between two markets rather than a discount to expect on any one villa.
- Villas listed for sale
- 112
- Unique listings; portals show up to 146 including duplicates
- Asking range
- 19.9M – 74M
- AED, island villas and Mansions
- Median asking, four bedrooms
- AED 28.99M
- Five bedrooms: AED 36M
- Median asking, The Mansions
- AED 46M
- A small number of listings
Beyond the public record
What registered sales can’t tell you.
A registered sale records the price, the size and the date. It doesn’t record whether the villa faced the main lake, whether it had just been renovated, what it was originally asking, or how long it took to sell. That is the difference between data and intelligence, and it’s what Kevin tracks villa by villa.
- Lake versus non-lake values
- Renovated versus original values
- Discount from asking to sold price
- How long villas take to sell
- Original villa type behind each sale
- Which buyers are active, and for what
About these figures
Dubai Land Department registered sales, as published in Property Finder's transaction history (outliers removed by Property Finder). Island villas and The Mansions; Jumeirah Heights townhouses excluded.
Medians and per-square-foot figures exclude a small number of transfers priced far below the market (likely part-interest or family transfers) and a 2022 portfolio transfer of whole clusters. Per-square-foot figures use built-up area as registered, which excludes some later extensions. Asking prices are from portal listings on 9 Oct 2026. Index figures are from ValuStrat. Figures are a guide and do not constitute a valuation.