A typical residential sale here is AED 2,750,000 for about 1,255 sqft in the last 12 months (3,490 sales); across all 99,874 recorded sales the median is AED 1,690,000.
Ready-home prices here have moved +191.6% across the 231 months (May 2007 – Aug 2026) of Land Department records we hold — a pace of +6% a year if it continued.
That is the whole 231 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.
32%
Sold off-plan
of 99,874 sales
Off-plan
AED 2,211/sqft
31,999 recorded sales
Ready
AED 1,223/sqft
67,875 recorded sales
Off-plan trades 81% above completed homes here. A single blended figure would sit between the two and describe neither.
What each size costs in Dubai Marina
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
Studio
491 sqft
AED 1,244,944
194 sales
all years AED 778,550
AED 1,581/sqft
AED 65,000/yr
748 tenancies
5,934
1 bed
839 sqft
AED 2,010,000
1,277 sales
all years AED 1,250,000
AED 1,424/sqft
AED 100,000/yr
4,422 tenancies
37,991
2 beds
1,371 sqft
AED 3,250,000
1,230 sales
all years AED 1,960,000
AED 1,406/sqft
AED 150,000/yr
3,579 tenancies
35,045
3 beds
1,998 sqft
AED 5,489,774
594 sales
all years AED 2,900,000
AED 1,331/sqft
AED 220,000/yr
1,316 tenancies
16,223
4 beds
3,023 sqft
AED 8,600,000
157 sales
all years AED 4,556,000
AED 1,253/sqft
AED 300,000/yr
223 tenancies
3,667
5 beds
6,339 sqft
AED 25.99M
16 sales
all years AED 8,400,000
AED 1,466/sqft
AED 717,500/yr
16 tenancies
361
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
55,466
In Dubai Marina, from the Land Department's register of flats.
Freehold
100%
Every unit in Dubai Marina with a recorded type is freehold, so foreign ownership is permitted throughout.
Typical size
1,237 sqft
Median of the 55,462 units that record one.
By size of home
1 B/R20,326
2 B/R19,893
3 B/R9,241
Studio3,304
4 B/R2,183
PENTHOUSE260
Apartments, stacked townhouses and commercial units. Villas are not in this dataset.
Rental market
From 18,084 tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in the last 12 months — agreed rents, not advertised ones.
Typical annual rent
AED 121,000/yr
for ~1,161 sqft
Rent per sqft
AED 108/sqft
per year
Renewals
44%
of contracts
Contracts
18,084
last 12 months
What it costs to rent here
Median annual rent, by size of home.
StudioAED 65,000/yr
1 bedAED 100,000/yr
2 bedsAED 150,000/yr
3 bedsAED 220,000/yr
4 bedsAED 300,000/yr
5 bedsAED 717,500/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 10% 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 Marina 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
Studio
AED 1.11M
AED 65,000/yrby bedroom · 748 new lets
5.9%
160
1 bed
AED 1.76M
AED 100,000/yrby bedroom · 4,422 new lets
5.7%
1,016
2 beds
AED 2.7M
AED 150,000/yrby bedroom · 3,579 new lets
5.6%
897
3 beds
AED 4.3M
AED 220,000/yrby bedroom · 1,316 new lets
5.1%
442
4 beds
AED 5.02M
AED 300,000/yrby bedroom · 223 new lets
6.0%
104
The best gross yield here is on a 4 beds at 6.0%. 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 studio here reads 8.3% instead of 5.9%, because it prices the home at AED 778.55K — the median across every sale on record — rather than the AED 1.11M 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 17/sqft across 36 buildings, most recently filed for 2023. 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
Studio
AED 8,348
AED 56,652
5.9%
5.1%
1 bed
AED 14,255
AED 85,745
5.7%
4.9%
2 beds
AED 23,312
AED 126,688
5.6%
4.7%
3 beds
AED 33,973
AED 186,027
5.1%
4.3%
4 beds
AED 51,383
AED 248,618
6.0%
5.0%
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 Marina
How much is rent in Dubai Marina?
a studio rents for a median AED 65,000/yr, a 1-bedroom for AED 100,000/yr, a 2-bedroom for AED 150,000/yr, a 3-bedroom for AED 220,000/yr. These are medians of tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in Dubai Marina 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 Marina?
The median residential sale price in Dubai Marina was AED 2,246/sqft in August 2026, from 232 sales registered that month. Over the last 12 months a typical home here sold for about AED 2.75M and measured about 1,255 sqft (3,490 sales). These are medians of sales actually registered with the Dubai Land Department, not of asking prices.
What rental yield does Dubai Marina give?
Gross yields on ready homes in Dubai Marina run about 5.9% on a studio apartment, 5.7% on a 1-bedroom apartment, 5.6% on a 2-bedroom apartment, 5.1% on a 3-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 Marina freehold?
Yes. Every unit in Dubai Marina whose tenure is recorded in the Land Department's register is freehold, so foreign nationals may own property here outright. The register holds 55,466 units for the area.
How have property prices in Dubai Marina changed over the last two years?
Ready homes in Dubai Marina sold for a median AED 1,854/sqft in Q2 2026 (492 sales), against AED 1,623/sqft in Q3 2024 (1,018 sales): +14.2% across those quarters. By quarter, the ready-home median was AED 1,623/sqft in Q3 2024, AED 1,672/sqft in Q4 2024, AED 1,816/sqft in Q1 2025, AED 1,889/sqft in Q2 2025, AED 1,859/sqft in Q3 2025, AED 2,055/sqft in Q4 2025, AED 2,079/sqft in Q1 2026, AED 1,854/sqft in Q2 2026. Off-plan registrations ran at AED 4,480/sqft in Q2 2026 (139 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 Marina mostly off-plan or completed homes?
24% of the 3,490 sales registered in Dubai Marina 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 Marina, 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 1,623/sqft1,018 sales
+8.9%
AED 2,227/sqft745 registrations
Q4 2024
AED 1,672/sqft1,126 sales
+11.2%
AED 2,816/sqft1,058 registrations
Q1 2025
AED 1,816/sqft1,035 sales
+5.4%
AED 3,208/sqft1,372 registrations
Q2 2025
AED 1,889/sqft993 sales
+12.1%
AED 3,493/sqft1,073 registrations
Q3 2025
AED 1,859/sqft767 sales
+14.6%
AED 3,436/sqft559 registrations
Q4 2025
AED 2,055/sqft881 sales
+23.0%
AED 3,895/sqft309 registrations
Q1 2026
AED 2,079/sqft687 sales
+14.5%
AED 4,224/sqft244 registrations
Q2 2026still registering
AED 1,854/sqft492 sales
-1.9%
AED 4,480/sqft139 registrations
Ready-home median +14.2% from Q3 2024 (AED 1,623/sqft, 1,018 sales) to Q2 2026 (AED 1,854/sqft, 492 sales).
Q2 2026 holds 492 ready sales against about 778 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.
Mortgage registrations in Dubai Marina
1,727 mortgage procedures were registered here in the last 12 months. These are registrations, not buyers: the register files a loan as its own entry and does not link it to a sale, so this cannot tell you what share of purchases were financed.
1,488new registrations
56delayed, on off-plan
85modifications
39lease finance
14pre-registrations
13portfolio registrations
32other procedures
A modification is an existing borrower changing terms and a transfer is a loan moving between lenders; neither is a new purchase. Counted from the procedure the Land Department recorded on each registration.
Areas at a similar price
Closest to Dubai Marina 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.
