Dubai’s property market kept its momentum in August 2025, with Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) emerging as the strongest performer for apartment price growth. Affordable housing options, excellent road links, and the possibility of a future metro connection helped DSO outpace other communities. Yet, citywide data shows that villas still hold the upper hand in long-term capital appreciation.
According to the latest ValuStrat Price Index, overall property values rose to 227.3 points—up 1.4% from July and 22.1% higher than a year earlier. Using January 2021 as the base of 100, villa prices climbed to 302.1 points while apartments reached 178.5.
Villas posted a 1.8% monthly increase and a striking 27.1% year-on-year jump. Standout performers included Jumeirah Islands (39.8%), Palm Jumeirah (39.3%), Green Community West (25.7%), and The Meadows (25.5%). Mudon saw the lowest annual growth at 8.8%. Today, the average value of freehold villas in Dubai is 190% above pre-pandemic levels and 76% higher than the 2014 peak.
Apartments recorded a 1.1% monthly uptick, translating to a 17% annual rise. Communities with the strongest yearly gains were Dubai Silicon Oasis (22.7%), The Greens (22.6%), Remraam (22%), Dubailand Residence Complex (21.9%), Dubai Production City (21.1%), and Town Square (21%). By contrast, Business Bay (14%), Discovery Gardens (13.5%), and International City (10.2%) saw the slowest annual increases. Overall, apartment prices remain 2.5% below their 2014 high but stand 77% above pre-pandemic averages.
Off-plan Oqood registrations, which represented 77.8% of all residential sales, slipped 22.4% compared with July but were still 22.5% higher than a year ago. Ready secondary-home transactions fell 2.5% year-on-year and 20.6% month-on-month.
Business Bay led off-plan sales with a record monthly total, followed by Jumeirah Village Circle (8.3%), Dubai Investment Park Second (7.8%), Dubai Science Park (5.1%), Dubai South (4.1%), and Dubailand Residence Complex (3.9%). For ready-to-move-in properties, the busiest locations were Jumeirah Village Circle (10.1%), Business Bay (5.4%), Dubai Marina (4%), Downtown Dubai (3.7%), International City (3.4%), Dubai Creek Harbour (3.1%), and Dubai Sports City (3.1%).
