Sara Al Mansouri
Meridian Properties
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sara@meridianproperties.ae
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Community market report · Business Bay · August 2026
Business Bay
Source: Dubai Land Department open data · Sales through September 2, 2026 · Rents through August 21, 2026
Period covered: Sep 24 to Aug 26 · Ref AR-P13-202608
Key takeaways
- Median price for apartments: AED 1,530,000 (AED 22,190 per sqm), down 21.8% year on year.
- Per sqm, apartments here are 21% above the Dubai median of AED 18,311 (every registered sale in Dubai that month).
- 244 sales recorded in August 2026, down 82% from a year earlier.
- 33% of the apartments sold in August 2026 were off-plan; ready homes traded at AED 20,288 per sqm against AED 24,918 off-plan.
- New rental contracts at a median AED 68,001 per year, an estimated 4.4% gross yield.
1.Apartments244 sales · August 2026
Sale price per sqm and monthly sales · 24 months
Median annual rent and new contracts · 24 months
Six-month summary
| Month | Sales | Median price | AED / sqm | Median rent | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 244 | AED 1,530,000 | AED 22,190 | AED 68,001 | 4.4% |
| July 2026 | 254 | AED 1,545,000 | AED 22,055 | AED 75,000 | 4.8% |
| June 2026 | 286 | AED 1,875,914 | AED 24,117 | AED 74,000 | 3.9% |
| May 2026 | 181 | AED 1,719,777 | AED 23,391 | AED 95,000 | 5.5% |
| April 2026 | 260 | AED 2,019,499 | AED 25,333 | AED 65,000 | 3.2% |
| March 2026 | 320 | AED 1,989,499 | AED 26,758 | AED 90,000 | 4.5% |
2.Most-traded buildingsin Business Bay, last 3 months · each links to its own report
3.Methodology and source
Source. Sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and rental contracts registered with Ejari, both published as open data (sales through September 2, 2026, rents through August 21, 2026). No listings, asking prices, or estimates.
Statistics. All figures are medians. Sale records with a price per sqm outside the 1st to 99th percentile of their area and property type are excluded. Rental figures use new registrations only; renewals are excluded. Partial months are never shown; months resting on fewer than thirty sales carry a small-sample note.
Gross yield. Median annual rent of new contracts divided by median sale price for the same area, month, and property type. Indicative only; it does not account for service charges, fees, or vacancy.
Limitations. The DLD publishes with a lag of one to three months. Area and building names are normalized from multiple official spellings. This report is informational and is not a valuation or investment advice.