Market Insights
The Abu Dhabi market, read straight from the registry.
A live analytics view of Abu Dhabi's residential market - pricing, transaction volume, and market structure, every figure computed from official ADREC records. Not a portal's asking prices. The registry, measured.
City median
AED 1,686
City-wide median recorded sale price per built-up square foot from the dated Hub snapshot. Do not compare with another window or property mix without checking its methodology.
Quarter on quarter
-1.5%
Movement in the city median against the prior quarter.
Recorded sales · YTD
21,615
Registered residential sales across covered districts so far this year.
Districts covered
60
Districts with a large enough sample to report a reliable median.
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- -1.5% QoQ
- Fahid Island
- Al Reem Island · 5,892
- Al Hidayriyyat · +228.5%
City median price trend
ADREC · 12-month seriesMedian sale price · AED per built-up sqft
In plain terms - The city median is up 2.8% on its recent three-month average - momentum is building. Across the year it has moved through a 34.3% peak-to-trough range, so read any single month against the trend, not on its own.
Median vs average - the honest number
ADREC · composition-adjustedMedian unit (typical sale)
AED 1,686
Transaction-weighted average
AED 1,650
In plain terms - Here the transaction-weighted average sits below the median - a sign that the emirate's highest-volume districts are also its more affordable ones, pulling the weighted average down while half of all individual sales still clear the higher median price. Either direction is a real, computable signal, which is why we show both numbers rather than a single blended one.
District leaderboard
| District | Confidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Reem Island | 1,393 | 1,436 | 5,892 | High |
| Yas Island | 1,759 | 1,825 | 4,105 | High |
| Al Hidayriyyat | 1,506 | 1,362 | 3,225 | High |
| Al Saadiyat Island | 2,287 | 2,687 | 1,882 | High |
| Al Rahah | 1,486 | 1,591 | 781 | High |
| Zayed City | 1,406 | 1,391 | 770 | High |
| Khalifa City | 1,156 | 1,141 | 768 | High |
| Al Shamkhah | 1,088 | 968 | 766 | High |
| Fahid Island | 3,698 | 3,674 | 505 | High |
| Al Maryah Island | 1,851 | 2,308 | 393 | Medium |
| Ghadeer Al Tayr | 1,667 | 1,970 | 392 | Medium |
| Al Bahyah | 466 | 641 | 315 | Medium |
In plain terms - Each district carries a confidence tier set by how many sales sit behind its median, so you can tell a firmly-priced market from a thin one at a glance - instead of trusting one blended number for all of them.
Primary vs resale premium
ADREC · matched by districtIn plain terms - Where new-build prices sit well above resale, buyers are paying a launch premium; where they don't, the secondary market is holding its own. It is a fast read on how much of a district's price is developer pricing versus proven demand.
Median by unit type
ADREC · apartment vs villaApartment Villa
In plain terms - Apartments and villas move on different clocks within the same district - a single blended area price hides which one you are actually buying.
Why you can trust these numbers
Every figure on this page is computed from official Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre (ADREC) transaction records - recorded sales, not advertised asking prices. Where a district or a split has not traded enough to be reliable, we say so rather than print a shaky number.
- Source
- ADREC official records
- Basis
- Recorded sales, not listings
- Price
- Median, per built-up sqft
- Window
- Varies by metric; see each chart's scope and the snapshot date
- Sample floor
- 10+ sales per district
- Refresh
- Live from the hub
District confidence, right now
Confidence reflects how many recorded sales sit behind each district's median: High is 500 or more this year, Medium 100 to 499, Low under 100. We publish the tier for every district rather than a single blended accuracy score - because a market is only as measurable as the district you are standing in.
Abu Dhabi in numbers
Median price by district
Source: ADREC · recorded sales through 2 Sept 2026
| District | Median AED/sqft · YTD | Recorded sales · YTD |
|---|---|---|
| Fahid Island | AED 3,698 | 505 |
| Ramhan Island | AED 3,247 | 267 |
| Nourai Island | AED 3,108 | 1 |
| Al Kasir | AED 2,429 | 23 |
| Al Saadiyat Island | AED 2,287 | 1,882 |
| Ghantout | AED 2,099 | 217 |
| Al Maryah Island | AED 1,851 | 393 |
| Yas Island | AED 1,759 | 4,105 |
| Ghadeer Al Tayr | AED 1,667 | 392 |
| Al Jubail Island | AED 1,563 | 166 |
| Al Hidayriyyat | AED 1,506 | 3,225 |
| Al Rahah | AED 1,486 | 781 |
| Al Muntazah | AED 1,444 | 16 |
| Zayed City | AED 1,406 | 770 |
| Al Reem Island | AED 1,393 | 5,892 |
| Khalifa City | AED 1,156 | 768 |
| Al Samhah | AED 1,133 | 91 |
| Rabdan | AED 1,094 | 56 |
| Al Shamkhah | AED 1,088 | 766 |
| Bani Yas | AED 991 | 127 |
| Falaj Hazza' | AED 956 | 6 |
| Mbazzarah Al Khadra | AED 909 | 2 |
| Al Reef | AED 847 | 253 |
| Al Layyan | AED 805 | 154 |
| Al Manhal | AED 719 | 19 |
| Hadbat Al Za`faranah | AED 711 | 6 |
| Al Qurm | AED 703 | 7 |
| Al Sa`adah | AED 682 | 40 |
| Al Mushrif | AED 674 | 9 |
| Al Nahyan | AED 625 | 14 |
| Al Tiwayya | AED 592 | 7 |
| Al Khalidiyah | AED 571 | 5 |
| Al Hisn | AED 564 | 6 |
| Al Bateen | AED 559 | 18 |
| Al Falah | AED 544 | 1 |
| Zakhir | AED 522 | 17 |
| Al Markhaniyyah | AED 520 | 4 |
| Al Danah | AED 516 | 27 |
| Al Fou'ah | AED 516 | 4 |
| Al Bahyah | AED 466 | 315 |
| Al Zahiyah | AED 458 | 6 |
| Al Aamerah | AED 435 | 7 |
| Al Jahili | AED 417 | 9 |
| Madinat Al Riyad | AED 415 | 23 |
| Al Nahdah | AED 412 | 5 |
| Shakhbout City | AED 390 | 17 |
| Al Khibeesi | AED 388 | 21 |
| Al Mu'tarid | AED 388 | 9 |
| Al Dhahir | AED 366 | 6 |
| Mohamed Bin Zayed City | AED 362 | 55 |
| 'Asharij | AED 342 | 5 |
| Al Sarouj | AED 337 | 9 |
| Central District | AED 325 | 17 |
| Al Shahamah | AED 308 | 5 |
| Al Muwaij'i | AED 302 | 12 |
| Madinat Zayed | AED 297 | 12 |
| Al Jimi | AED 287 | 20 |
| Hili | AED 284 | 8 |
| Al Faqa' | AED 277 | 8 |
| Al Rahbah | AED 218 | 4 |
Every figure on this page is computed from recorded ADREC sale transactions - settled deals, not asking prices. Median price is per built-up square foot and covers the current year to date; the district page for each area carries the full 2019-onward series. Nothing here is investment advice.
What this dataset covers
Every figure in this section comes from recorded ADREC sale transactions. Settled deals, not asking prices or portal listings. Here is the sample behind them.
- Recorded sale transactions
- 111,627
- Period covered
- 2019–2026
- Districts
- 112
- Named projects
- 379
Across the whole dataset the median recorded sale is AED 1,920,200, at AED 1,212 per built-up sqft, on a median floor area of 148 m². Per-sqft figures are converted from the registry's square-metre basis at 10.7639 sqft per sqm.
Latest recorded transaction: 2026-09-02
Cite these figures
Quote them freely in articles, reports and client material. Please attribute and link back so readers can check the sample and the date:
Knownable, "Abu Dhabi Real Estate in Numbers", https://www.knownable.com/en/insights#dataset-coverage
Published under CC BY 4.0.
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Al Reem, Yas, Saadiyat and every other district with enough recorded sales to publish a reliable median.
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Project prices
What actually sold inside each development - not asking prices, and with phases rolled up into the community buyers search for.
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