A typical residential sale here is AED 2,459,550 for about 795 sqft in the last 12 months (3,875 sales); across all 14,220 recorded sales the median is AED 2,324,785.
Ready-home prices here have moved +31.5% across the 51 months (May 2022 – Aug 2026) of Land Department records we hold — a pace of +7% a year if it continued.
That is the whole 51 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.
98%
Sold off-plan
of 14,220 sales
Off-plan
AED 2,617/sqft
13,949 recorded sales
Ready
AED 1,890/sqft
271 recorded sales
Off-plan trades 38% above completed homes here. A single blended figure would sit between the two and describe neither.
What each size costs in Dubai Maritime City
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
427 sqft
AED 1,377,000
786 sales
all years AED 1,299,000
AED 2,853/sqft
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1,723
1 bed
776 sqft
AED 2,396,000
1,960 sales
all years AED 2,063,000
AED 2,637/sqft
AED 75,000/yr
180 tenancies
6,724
2 beds
1,269 sqft
AED 4,038,612
893 sales
all years AED 2,933,888
AED 2,328/sqft
AED 109,000/yr
160 tenancies
4,494
3 beds
1,743 sqft
AED 6,019,000
218 sales
all years AED 4,446,444
AED 2,376/sqft
AED 143,999/yr
25 tenancies
1,224
4 beds
2,982 sqft
AED 12.97M
18 sales
all years AED 10.93M
AED 3,237/sqft
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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
19,013
In Dubai Maritime City, from the Land Department's register of flats.
Freehold
100%
Every unit in Dubai Maritime City with a recorded type is freehold, so foreign ownership is permitted throughout.
Typical size
807 sqft
Median of the 19,013 units that record one.
By size of home
1 B/R9,638
2 B/R5,318
Studio2,451
3 B/R1,514
4 B/R80
5 B/R12
Apartments, stacked townhouses and commercial units. Villas are not in this dataset.
Rental market
From 1,727 tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in the last 12 months — agreed rents, not advertised ones.
Typical annual rent
AED 78,829/yr
for ~1,311 sqft
Rent per sqft
AED 63/sqft
per year
Renewals
79%
of contracts
Contracts
1,727
last 12 months
What it costs to rent here
Median annual rent, by size of home.
1 bedAED 75,000/yr
2 bedsAED 109,000/yr
3 bedsAED 143,999/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 27% 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 Maritime City 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 75,000/yrby bedroom · 180 new lets
4.3%
20
2 beds
AED 2.73M
AED 109,000/yrby bedroom · 160 new lets
4.0%
25
The best gross yield here is on a 1 bed at 4.3%. Smaller homes almost always yield more than larger ones — they cost proportionally less and rent for proportionally more.
What it returns after service charges
We hold no filed budget for this one, so this starts from a placeholder rather than a measurement — it’s on the service charge invoice, or on RERA’s Service Charge Index. How to check it.
Size
Charge / year
Rent after it
Gross
Net
1 bed
AED 11,644
AED 63,356
4.3%
3.6%
2 beds
AED 19,039
AED 89,961
4.0%
3.3%
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 Maritime City
How much is rent in Dubai Maritime City?
a 1-bedroom rents for a median AED 75,000/yr, a 2-bedroom for AED 109,000/yr, a 3-bedroom for AED 143,999/yr. These are medians of tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in Dubai Maritime City 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 Maritime City?
The median residential sale price in Dubai Maritime City was AED 2,976/sqft in August 2026, from 81 sales registered that month. Over the last 12 months a typical home here sold for about AED 2.46M and measured about 795 sqft (3,875 sales). These are medians of sales actually registered with the Dubai Land Department, not of asking prices.
What rental yield does Dubai Maritime City give?
Gross yields on ready homes in Dubai Maritime City run about 4.3% on a 1-bedroom apartment, 4.0% on a 2-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 Maritime City freehold?
Yes. Every unit in Dubai Maritime City whose tenure is recorded in the Land Department's register is freehold, so foreign nationals may own property here outright. The register holds 19,013 units for the area.
Is Dubai Maritime City mostly off-plan or completed homes?
98% of the 3,875 sales registered in Dubai Maritime City 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 Maritime City, 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
—12 sales, under the 60 floor
—
AED 2,331/sqft1,087 registrations
Q4 2024
—5 sales, under the 60 floor
—
AED 2,505/sqft874 registrations
Q1 2025
—10 sales, under the 60 floor
—
AED 2,659/sqft1,105 registrations
Q2 2025
—18 sales, under the 60 floor
—
AED 2,953/sqft856 registrations
Q3 2025
—26 sales, under the 60 floor
—
AED 3,040/sqft1,526 registrations
Q4 2025
—24 sales, under the 60 floor
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AED 3,150/sqft1,892 registrations
Q1 2026
—17 sales, under the 60 floor
—
AED 3,088/sqft957 registrations
Q2 2026still registering
—10 sales, under the 60 floor
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AED 3,096/sqft423 registrations
Q2 2026 holds 10 ready sales against about 22 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 Maritime City 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.
