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Budget finder (Dubai and Abu Dhabi)
Enter a budget, property type and bedrooms: see the areas where it buys a typical home (median registered price) and those where it buys a cheaper one (25th percentile).
How to read it
- Registered sale prices, before the DLD fee (4%), agency fee (2% + VAT) and registration costs: budget about 7% on top.
- Median: the middle price of this bedroom type in the area over the last 12 months; cheaper: the 25th percentile. Buildings, floors and views vary widely within an area.
- Off-plan gap: how much more off-plan apartments sell for than completed ones with the same bedrooms. Gross yields from Ejari (Dubai) and ADREC published averages (Abu Dhabi); different methods.
- Bedroom types with fewer than 10 sales in 12 months are not shown.
Data as of 2026-10-13; prices registered 2025-10 to 2026-09. Information only, not investment advice. Check a specific listing with the price check; run the numbers with the calculator.
Sources: Dubai Land Department (DLD Open Data; Dubai sales before 2026 via the CC BY 4.0 republication by Dubai Real Estate Data, dubairealestatedata.com), Ejari rent contracts, Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre (ADREC), FRED, New York Fed, US Treasury. Residential (apartment and villa) sales only; cells with fewer than 5 sales are hidden. Information only, not investment advice.