Buying an apartment in Dubai under one million AED
Buying below one million AED is possible in Dubai, though not everywhere. In the seven areas on this page it is the normal case rather than the exception: Arjan, Jumeirah Village Circle, Al Furjan, Dubai South, Motor City, Dubai Sports City and Town Square. Every figure comes from registered sale contracts, with resale and off-plan kept apart. Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026. One note up front: Dubai Sports City is filed as Al Hebiah Fourth, and that register area also covers parts of Tilal Al Ghaf, so the figures describe the register area rather than Sports City on its own.
Resale: the entry segments in figures
The lowest median is in Dubai Sports City: AED 436,455 for a studio from 195 sale contracts, with Dubai South next at AED 470,000 from 86 contracts. The deepest sample is Jumeirah Village Circle, where 970 contracts sit behind the one bedroom median of AED 859,880.
| Area | Type | Sale contracts | Median | Middle half (p25 to p75) | Median per m2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Sports City | Studio | 195 | AED 436,455 | AED 380,000 to AED 504,000 | AED 10,672 |
| Dubai South | Studio | 86 | AED 470,000 | AED 400,000 to AED 499,000 | AED 12,020 |
| Town Square | Studio | 18 | AED 505,000 | AED 470,000 to AED 550,000 | AED 16,076 |
| Al Furjan | Studio | 70 | AED 540,300 | AED 330,000 to AED 575,000 | AED 13,371 |
| Arjan | Studio | 219 | AED 550,000 | AED 480,000 to AED 610,000 | AED 14,248 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Studio | 417 | AED 581,000 | AED 500,000 to AED 630,000 | AED 13,523 |
| Motor City | Studio | 18 | AED 630,000 | AED 540,000 to AED 675,000 | AED 10,225 |
| Dubai Sports City | 1 bedroom | 248 | AED 672,457 | AED 552,000 to AED 800,000 | AED 9,093 |
| Dubai South | 1 bedroom | 110 | AED 675,675 | AED 584,000 to AED 798,361 | AED 10,270 |
| Town Square | 1 bedroom | 73 | AED 720,000 | AED 612,000 to AED 820,000 | AED 13,542 |
| Al Furjan | 1 bedroom | 153 | AED 840,000 | AED 756,000 to AED 1,032,000 | AED 11,871 |
| Arjan | 1 bedroom | 276 | AED 852,500 | AED 720,000 to AED 1,020,000 | AED 12,673 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 1 bedroom | 970 | AED 859,880 | AED 676,800 to AED 1,025,000 | AED 11,162 |
| Motor City | 1 bedroom | 122 | AED 911,800 | AED 740,000 to AED 970,000 | AED 10,221 |
Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026. Sorted by median, cheapest first. Two rows are thin: the Motor City and Town Square studios, on 18 sale contracts each. Read both with care.
All fourteen rows have medians below one million AED. The per square metre column tells a second story: a one bedroom trades at AED 9,093 per m2 in Dubai Sports City, AED 10,221 per m2 in Motor City and AED 12,673 per m2 in Arjan. The lowest ticket price is not automatically the best rate per square metre.
Two bedrooms below one million
At two bedrooms the room gets tight, but the contracts exist. In Al Furjan the lower quartile of sale contracts sits at AED 929,500 across 250 contracts, with a median of AED 1,192,408. In Dubai South the lower quartile is AED 675,675 from 171 contracts, against a median of AED 1,100,000. A quarter of two bedroom deals there closed at or below AED 675,675. Dubai Sports City sits just over the line, with a median of AED 1,010,000 from 155 contracts and a lower quartile of AED 840,000; Town Square reads AED 1,050,000 and AED 920,000 from 145 contracts. Two bedrooms below one million are the lower half of those markets, not the standard case.
Off-plan: the studios in the entry band
Off-plan belongs in its own table. Below one million AED it is mostly the studio.
| Area | Type | Sale contracts | Median | Middle half (p25 to p75) | Median per m2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Furjan | Studio | 31 | AED 590,730 | AED 572,220 to AED 625,670 | AED 18,774 |
| Dubai South | Studio | 62 | AED 597,812 | AED 553,656 to AED 711,648 | AED 17,406 |
| Dubai Sports City | Studio | 135 | AED 612,750 | AED 538,780 to AED 751,290 | AED 15,341 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Studio | 345 | AED 746,278 | AED 667,000 to AED 815,360 | AED 19,446 |
| Arjan | Studio | 346 | AED 789,832 | AED 632,000 to AED 826,999 | AED 19,767 |
| Motor City | Studio | 64 | AED 800,000 | AED 750,000 to AED 856,813 | AED 20,870 |
Source: Dubai Land Department, sale contract register, September 2026. The premium over resale is sharpest on small units: in Arjan AED 19,767 per m2 off-plan against AED 14,248 per m2 in resale.
What the entry price rents for
Three of the seven areas have registered new leases. Source: Dubai Land Department, Ejari contract register, September 2026, new contracts only. In Arjan a one bedroom lets at AED 5,796 a month across 606 lease contracts, so AED 69,552 a year; against the purchase median of AED 852,500 from 276 sale contracts that is 8.2 percent gross. Jumeirah Village Circle comes out at 8.1 percent on AED 5,833 monthly rent from 963 lease contracts. The Al Hebiah Fourth register area covering Dubai Sports City carries the highest figures on this page: 9.2 percent for studios and 8.9 percent for one bedroom units, on a purchase median of AED 672,457 from 248 sale contracts against AED 59,664 of annual rent from 525 leases. For Dubai South, Motor City and Town Square we hold no contract rents, and Al Furjan appears in the lease register only together with Discovery Gardens, which is a different geography. So no yield is shown for those four.
Questions and answers
Where is the entry price lowest?
By median, Dubai Sports City: AED 436,455 for a studio from 195 sale contracts, middle half AED 380,000 to AED 504,000, and AED 672,457 for a one bedroom from 248 contracts. Dubai South follows at AED 470,000 for a studio from 86 contracts and AED 675,675 for a one bedroom from 110.
Where is the choice widest?
Jumeirah Village Circle and Arjan. Their one bedroom medians rest on 970 and 276 sale contracts, their studios on 417 and 219. More contracts means more units changing hands and more comparable properties to view.
Do these tables contain asking prices?
No. This page carries registered sale contracts only. Portal asking prices run systematically higher and are never mixed into a table with contract data on this site.
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