A typical residential sale here is AED 2,650,000 for about 1,115 sqft in the last 12 months (3,858 sales); across all 26,289 recorded sales the median is AED 2,100,000.
Ready-home prices here have moved +32.6% across the 89 months (Mar 2019 – Aug 2026) of Land Department records we hold — a pace of +4% a year if it continued.
That is the whole 89 months of records for this area, expressed as an annual pace. It averages across every cycle in that period, so it describes the long run rather than the market today. Treat it as history, not a forecast.
Off-plan and ready are different markets
Comparing a launch price against a resale price without separating them is the most common way Dubai price-per-square-foot figures mislead.
75%
Sold off-plan
of 26,289 sales
Off-plan
AED 2,050/sqft
19,842 recorded sales
Ready
AED 2,145/sqft
6,447 recorded sales
Off-plan trades 4% below completed homes here. A single blended figure would sit between the two and describe neither.
What each size costs in Dubai Creek Harbour
Median size and price for every bedroom count with at least 15 recorded sales. Dubai Land Department records a room count on nearly every sale, so this is a breakdown of real transactions rather than an estimate. The headline price is the last 12 months; the median across every sale on record sits under it.
Rent is matched to homes by bedroom count where Ejari records one, which most contracts do, and by floor area where it does not — each row says which. Every figure is the median of registered new lets: a renewal is capped under Decree 43 of 2013 and sits below what the same home lets for today.
Size
Typical home
Price, last 12 months · ready and off-plan
Per sqft, all years
Typical rent
Sales, all years
1 bed
743 sqft
AED 1,941,888
1,627 sales
all years AED 1,539,888
AED 2,081/sqft
AED 100,000/yr
1,487 tenancies
10,223
2 beds
1,144 sqft
AED 3,118,888
1,628 sales
all years AED 2,410,888
AED 2,095/sqft
AED 155,000/yr
1,494 tenancies
11,219
3 beds
1,685 sqft
AED 4,272,500
584 sales
all years AED 3,550,000
AED 2,066/sqft
AED 225,000/yr
561 tenancies
4,539
4 beds
2,994 sqft
AED 8,375,000
18 sales
all years AED 6,276,888
AED 2,101/sqft
AED 460,000/yr
24 tenancies
301
What exists here, and who may own it
Every other figure on this page is about homes that sold. This is the standing stock, from the Land Department’s unit register.
Registered units
19,322
In Dubai Creek Harbour, from the Land Department's register of flats.
Freehold
100%
Every unit in Dubai Creek Harbour with a recorded type is freehold, so foreign ownership is permitted throughout.
Typical size
1,109 sqft
Median of the 19,322 units that record one.
By size of home
2 B/R8,246
1 B/R7,578
3 B/R3,298
4 B/R194
6 B/R4
5 B/R2
Apartments, stacked townhouses and commercial units. Villas are not in this dataset.
Rental market
From 5,632 tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in the last 12 months — agreed rents, not advertised ones.
Typical annual rent
AED 132,000/yr
for ~1,081 sqft
Rent per sqft
AED 130/sqft
per year
Renewals
39%
of contracts
Contracts
5,632
last 12 months
What it costs to rent here
Median annual rent, by size of home.
1 bedAED 100,000/yr
2 bedsAED 155,000/yr
3 bedsAED 225,000/yr
4 bedsAED 460,000/yr
Matched to tenancies by bedroom count where Ejari records one — most contracts do — and by floor area where it does not; the table below says which for each row. Renewing tenants pay about 8% less per sqft than someone signing a new lease here.
What it returns
A year’s rent against what completed homes of that size actually sold for in Dubai Creek Harbour over the same twelve months — both from registered records. Off-plan sales are left out of the price, because rent is paid on built homes and off-plan sells at a premium.
Size
Costs now, ready
Rents for
Gross yield
Ready sales, 12m
1 bed
AED 1.74M
AED 100,000/yrby bedroom · 1,487 new lets
5.8%
445
2 beds
AED 2.65M
AED 155,000/yrby bedroom · 1,494 new lets
5.8%
565
3 beds
AED 4M
AED 225,000/yrby bedroom · 561 new lets
5.6%
257
4 beds
AED 8.5M
AED 460,000/yrby bedroom · 24 new lets
5.4%
11
The best gross yield here is on a 2 beds at 5.8%. Smaller homes almost always yield more than larger ones — they cost proportionally less and rent for proportionally more.
Why this is lower than yields quoted elsewhere
The usual shortcut divides today’s rent by an average price — and in a market that has risen as far as Dubai’s, the average is a historical price. On that arithmetic a 1 bed here reads 6.5% instead of 5.8%, because it prices the home at AED 1.54M — the median across every sale on record — rather than the AED 1.74M a completed one costs today. Every figure above uses the same twelve months, and completed homes only, on both sides.
What it returns after service charges
Starting from the middle filed owners-association budget in this area — AED 20/sqft across 4 buildings, most recently filed for 2022. Charges have risen since then, so replace it with your own invoice if you have one. How to check it.
Size
Charge / year
Rent after it
Gross
Net
1 bed
AED 14,856
AED 85,144
5.8%
4.9%
2 beds
AED 22,884
AED 132,116
5.8%
5.0%
3 beds
AED 33,697
AED 191,303
5.6%
4.8%
4 beds
AED 59,880
AED 400,120
5.4%
4.7%
Still not the final number: agency commission on re-letting, and any month the home sits empty, both come out of net rent too. This subtracts the service charge only, because it is the one cost that is the same every year whether or not the home is let.
Gross yield: rent before costs. Service charges, agency commission, and any month the home sits empty all come out of it — in Dubai the service charge alone is commonly a fifth to a third of the rent, so treat these as the ceiling rather than the return.
Common questions about Dubai Creek Harbour
How much is rent in Dubai Creek Harbour?
a 1-bedroom rents for a median AED 100,000/yr, a 2-bedroom for AED 155,000/yr, a 3-bedroom for AED 225,000/yr, a 4-bedroom for AED 460,000/yr. These are medians of tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in Dubai Creek Harbour over the last twelve months — what tenants agreed to pay, not advertised asking rents. Rent is matched to homes by bedroom count where Ejari records one — most contracts do — and by floor area where it does not; each row on this page says which.
How much do properties cost in Dubai Creek Harbour?
The median residential sale price in Dubai Creek Harbour was AED 2,491/sqft in August 2026, from 203 sales registered that month. Over the last 12 months a typical home here sold for about AED 2.65M and measured about 1,115 sqft (3,858 sales). These are medians of sales actually registered with the Dubai Land Department, not of asking prices.
What rental yield does Dubai Creek Harbour give?
Gross yields on ready homes in Dubai Creek Harbour run about 5.8% on a 1-bedroom apartment, 5.8% on a 2-bedroom apartment, 5.6% on a 3-bedroom apartment, 5.4% on a 4-bedroom apartment, dividing a year of registered rent by what completed homes of that size actually sold for over the same twelve months. Smaller homes yield more. These are gross figures: service charges, agency commission and void periods are not deducted, and in Dubai the service charge alone commonly takes a fifth to a third of the rent.
Is Dubai Creek Harbour freehold?
Yes. Every unit in Dubai Creek Harbour whose tenure is recorded in the Land Department's register is freehold, so foreign nationals may own property here outright. The register holds 19,322 units for the area.
How have property prices in Dubai Creek Harbour changed over the last two years?
Ready homes in Dubai Creek Harbour sold for a median AED 2,303/sqft in Q2 2026 (263 sales), against AED 2,211/sqft in Q3 2024 (295 sales): +4.2% across those quarters. By quarter, the ready-home median was AED 2,211/sqft in Q3 2024, AED 2,279/sqft in Q4 2024, AED 2,287/sqft in Q1 2025, AED 2,243/sqft in Q2 2025, AED 2,331/sqft in Q3 2025, AED 2,385/sqft in Q4 2025, AED 2,417/sqft in Q1 2026, AED 2,303/sqft in Q2 2026. Off-plan registrations ran at AED 2,678/sqft in Q2 2026 (676 registrations) and are never pooled with ready homes here. These are medians of registered sales, not an index: a quarter's move against the one before it partly reflects which homes sold, and registrations for Q2 2026 are still being filed.
Is Dubai Creek Harbour mostly off-plan or completed homes?
67% of the 3,858 sales registered in Dubai Creek Harbour in the last 12 months were off-plan, and the rest were completed homes. The two trade at different prices, so a single blended price per square foot for the area would describe neither.
Prices by quarter, Q3 2024 to Q2 2026
Median registered sale price per sqft in Dubai Creek Harbour, by calendar quarter of the transaction date, ready homes and off-plan registrations kept apart. Complete quarters only; a quarter's median prints on 60 or more sales.
Quarter
Ready homes · median per sqft
vs a year earlier
Off-plan · median per sqft
Q3 2024
AED 2,211/sqft295 sales
+9.8%
AED 2,626/sqft1,467 registrations
Q4 2024
AED 2,279/sqft289 sales
+9.6%
AED 2,422/sqft471 registrations
Q1 2025
AED 2,287/sqft344 sales
+1.4%
AED 2,300/sqft220 registrations
Q2 2025
AED 2,243/sqft433 sales
-1.0%
AED 2,478/sqft757 registrations
Q3 2025
AED 2,331/sqft350 sales
+5.4%
AED 2,492/sqft732 registrations
Q4 2025
AED 2,385/sqft428 sales
+4.7%
AED 2,608/sqft660 registrations
Q1 2026
AED 2,417/sqft372 sales
+5.7%
AED 2,599/sqft839 registrations
Q2 2026still registering
AED 2,303/sqft263 sales
+2.7%
AED 2,678/sqft676 registrations
Ready-home median +4.2% from Q3 2024 (AED 2,211/sqft, 295 sales) to Q2 2026 (AED 2,303/sqft, 263 sales).
Q2 2026 holds 263 ready sales against about 383 in each of the three quarters before it: registrations for it are still being filed, and its median will settle in later months.
A median is not an index: it moves when the mix of what sold moves, and a single quarter's move against the one before it reverses the next quarter about half the time on this register. Read the level, its sample, and the change against the same quarter a year earlier.
Median price per sqft trend
Every registered residential sale in this area by month, ready homes and off-plan together, so this is the history of what sold rather than a rate. The newest month is still being registered and will move. The rates on this page read ready homes alone.
Areas at a similar price
Closest to Dubai Creek Harbour on median price per square foot. Areas with fewer than 10 recorded sales are left out, because a median drawn from a handful of deals is not worth comparing against.
