The Dubai Real Estate Market Q2 2025 report captures a city in motion. With nearly 69,200 transactions worth AED 237.8 billion, Dubai showed a balance between ready homes and off-plan launches. Compact apartments powered liquidity, while villas and branded residences anchored value, highlighting a market that thrives on both accessibility and aspiration.

Yet behind these citywide headlines lies a sharper lens. AIQYA’s SSOT scope, focused on freehold flats and sales-only, records 37,208 sales worth AED 76.3B in Q2 2025, ensuring consistency when comparing across micro-markets.

– The Pulse of a City in Motion

(AIQYA Insights – Real Value, Decoded)

Market Overview – Q2 2025

Dubai’s residential engine shifted up a gear in Q2. On our SSOT scope (freehold flats, sales-only), the city recorded 37,208 transfers totaling ~AED 76.3B. Price momentum edged higher median AED 1,700/sq.ft – even as the typical ticket eased slightly with a marginally smaller median unit size. The quarter’s liquidity remained off-plan led (≈73.5% of sales), reflecting investor appetite for phased entry and payment plans, while ready stock continued to anchor end-user moves.

What changed vs Q1 2025 (context)

• Transactions: +22.9% (30,264 → 37,208)
• Total value: +33.2% (AED 57.3B → AED 76.3B)
• Median ppsf: +2.0% (≈AED 1,667 → AED 1,700)
• Median ticket: –2.7% (≈AED 1.33M → AED 1.30M)
• Median size: –0.8% (≈811 → 804 sq.ft)
• Mix: Off-plan share rose (≈69.9% → ≈73.5%)

Scope note: Citywide headlines you may see elsewhere (e.g., 69,174 transactions; AED 237.78B total) are all-transactions counts (include mortgages, grants, commercial, land). AIQYA’s core metrics here are residential freehold flats, sales-only for like-to-like comparability with micro-markets.

This is a two-speed quarter: compact inventory kept price-per-foot buoyant, while a tilt toward slightly smaller homes nudged median ticket down. The value surge outpaced volume, signalling healthier cheque sizes at the upper bands even as the city digested a broad base of mid-ticket deals.