DIFC price per square foot

Registered by the Land Department as TRADE CENTER FIRST

The median registered sale in DIFC was AED 3,690 per square foot over the last twelve months to 3 September 2026, across 235 registered sales. That is 114 per cent above the city-wide median. These are prices registered with the Land Department after completion, not asking prices.

3,690
Median AED per square foot, 12 months
+2.2%
Change on the equal period before
235
Registered sales
86%
Bought off-plan from a developer

How DIFC compares

Of the 95 communities with enough registered sales to publish a median over 12 months, DIFC ranks 8. The market here is almost entirely off-plan, bought from developers before completion. The commonest size registered was a one-bedroom, median AED 2,850,000 across 115 such sales, at a typical 791 square feet.

DIFC over time

Each row is a separate window ending 3 September 2026, not a year-by-year series. Longer windows carry more sales and move less.

WindowAED/sqftChangeSalesOff-plan
12 months3,690+2.2%23586%
3 years3,634+171.2%55285%
5 years3,551+157%57881%
10 years3,515+134.3%65372%

Projects trading in DIFC

The developments with the most registered sales here over 12 months. Counts of completed transactions, not availability.

Trump Tower
111 sales
SOL LUXE
89 sales
LATIFA TOWER
10 sales
BURJ AZIZI
2 sales

Questions about DIFC

What is the price per square foot in DIFC?

The median registered sale in DIFC was AED 3,690 per square foot over the last twelve months to 3 September 2026, across 235 registered sales. That is 114 per cent above the city-wide median of AED 1,728, and ranks 8 of 95 reportable communities. This is the price registered with the Land Department once a sale completed, not an asking price.

Are property prices in DIFC rising or falling?

The median price per square foot in DIFC rose 2.2 per cent over the last twelve months, measured against the equal period immediately before it. The city-wide median rose 8.3 per cent over the same window. A large swing in a community where most sales are new launches usually reflects a change in what is being sold there rather than a repricing of the same homes.

How much does a one-bedroom home cost in DIFC?

The commonest size registered in DIFC over the last twelve months was a one-bedroom, and its median was AED 2,850,000 across 115 such sales, at a typical 791 square feet. Median rather than average, because a small number of very large sales pulls an average upward.

How much of the DIFC market is off-plan?

Over the last twelve months, 86 per cent of registered sales in DIFC were off-plan, meaning bought from a developer before completion rather than from an existing owner. Across Dubai the share was 69 per cent. Mortgage registrations equalled 9 per cent of sales here, against 22 per cent city-wide; a developer payment plan is not a mortgage and never reaches the mortgage register.

Communities at a similar price

Nearest to DIFC on median price per square foot over 12 months.

Jumeirah 1
AED 3,709 per sq ft
Al Karama
AED 3,602 per sq ft
Palm Jumeirah
AED 3,597 per sq ft
Nakhlat Jabal Ali
AED 3,471 per sq ft
Al Sufouh / Media City
AED 3,996 per sq ft
Nadd Al Shiba First
AED 3,197 per sq ft

All 111 communities

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Computed from the Dubai Land Department transaction register, via Dubai Pulse open data. Most recent sale included 3 September 2026. Shops, offices and land plots are excluded, and a community needs at least 20 priced sales within a window before a median is published for it. Method and full workings on the method page.