A typical residential sale here is AED 3,958,500 for about 1,266 sqft in the last 12 months (818 sales); across all 4,840 recorded sales the median is AED 2,541,888.
Ready-home prices here have moved +34.8% across the 60 months (Aug 2021 – Aug 2026) of Land Department records we hold — a pace of +6% a year if it continued.
That is the whole 60 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.
77%
Sold off-plan
of 4,840 sales
Off-plan
AED 2,140/sqft
3,727 recorded sales
Ready
AED 2,499/sqft
1,113 recorded sales
Off-plan trades 14% below completed homes here. A single blended figure would sit between the two and describe neither.
What each size costs in Zaabeel Second
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
805 sqft
AED 2,430,500
316 sales
all years AED 1,884,000
AED 2,311/sqft
AED 120,000/yr
193 tenancies
1,616
2 beds
1,202 sqft
AED 4,582,000
365 sales
all years AED 2,650,000
AED 2,226/sqft
AED 180,000/yr
273 tenancies
2,116
3 beds
1,775 sqft
AED 7,718,500
122 sales
all years AED 3,902,888
AED 2,248/sqft
AED 270,000/yr
118 tenancies
1,026
4 beds
2,731 sqft
AED 10.88M
12 sales
all years AED 7,581,888
AED 2,525/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
4,346
In Zaabeel Second, from the Land Department's register of flats.
Freehold
100%
Every unit in Zaabeel Second with a recorded type is freehold, so foreign ownership is permitted throughout.
Typical size
1,198 sqft
Median of the 4,344 units that record one.
By size of home
2 B/R1,901
1 B/R1,443
3 B/R896
4 B/R93
5 B/R9
6 B/R4
Apartments, stacked townhouses and commercial units. Villas are not in this dataset.
Rental market
From 1,037 tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in the last 12 months — agreed rents, not advertised ones.
Typical annual rent
AED 164,096/yr
for ~1,129 sqft
Rent per sqft
AED 152/sqft
per year
Renewals
45%
of contracts
Contracts
1,037
last 12 months
What it costs to rent here
Median annual rent, by size of home.
1 bedAED 120,000/yr
2 bedsAED 180,000/yr
3 bedsAED 270,000/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.
What it returns
A year’s rent against what completed homes of that size actually sold for in Zaabeel Second 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 2.11M
AED 120,000/yrby bedroom · 193 new lets
5.7%
34
2 beds
AED 3.1M
AED 180,000/yrby bedroom · 273 new lets
5.8%
51
3 beds
AED 5.2M
AED 270,000/yrby bedroom · 118 new lets
5.2%
30
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 6.4% instead of 5.7%, because it prices the home at AED 1.88M — the median across every sale on record — rather than the AED 2.11M 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
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 12,072
AED 107,928
5.7%
5.1%
2 beds
AED 18,029
AED 161,972
5.8%
5.2%
3 beds
AED 26,629
AED 243,371
5.2%
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 Zaabeel Second
How much is rent in Zaabeel Second?
a 1-bedroom rents for a median AED 120,000/yr, a 2-bedroom for AED 180,000/yr, a 3-bedroom for AED 270,000/yr. These are medians of tenancy contracts registered with Ejari in Zaabeel Second 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 Zaabeel Second?
The median residential sale price in Zaabeel Second was AED 3,115/sqft in August 2026, from 22 sales registered that month. Over the last 12 months a typical home here sold for about AED 3.96M and measured about 1,266 sqft (818 sales). These are medians of sales actually registered with the Dubai Land Department, not of asking prices.
What rental yield does Zaabeel Second give?
Gross yields on ready homes in Zaabeel Second run about 5.7% on a 1-bedroom apartment, 5.8% on a 2-bedroom apartment, 5.2% 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 Zaabeel Second freehold?
Yes. Every unit in Zaabeel Second whose tenure is recorded in the Land Department's register is freehold, so foreign nationals may own property here outright. The register holds 4,346 units for the area.
How have property prices in Zaabeel Second changed over the last two years?
Ready homes in Zaabeel Second sold for a median AED 2,769/sqft in Q1 2025 (60 sales), against AED 2,592/sqft in Q3 2024 (79 sales): +6.8% across those quarters. By quarter, the ready-home median was AED 2,592/sqft in Q3 2024, AED 2,653/sqft in Q4 2024, AED 2,769/sqft in Q1 2025. Off-plan registrations ran at AED 3,268/sqft in Q2 2026 (320 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 Zaabeel Second mostly off-plan or completed homes?
86% of the 818 sales registered in Zaabeel Second 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 Zaabeel Second, 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 2,592/sqft79 sales
+11.2%
—17 registrations, under the 60 floor
Q4 2024
AED 2,653/sqft84 sales
+7.0%
—6 registrations, under the 60 floor
Q1 2025
AED 2,769/sqft60 sales
+11.5%
—5 registrations, under the 60 floor
Q2 2025
—42 sales, under the 60 floor
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—12 registrations, under the 60 floor
Q3 2025
—45 sales, under the 60 floor
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AED 2,913/sqft317 registrations
Q4 2025
—43 sales, under the 60 floor
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AED 3,764/sqft96 registrations
Q1 2026
—27 sales, under the 60 floor
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AED 3,118/sqft209 registrations
Q2 2026still registering
—24 sales, under the 60 floor
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AED 3,268/sqft320 registrations
Ready-home median +6.8% from Q3 2024 (AED 2,592/sqft, 79 sales) to Q1 2025 (AED 2,769/sqft, 60 sales).
Q2 2026 holds 24 ready sales against about 38 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 Zaabeel Second
59 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.
49new registrations
6delayed, on off-plan
3modifications
1lease finance
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 Zaabeel Second 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.
