Abu Dhabi Market Pulse
Where the money is moving
Official figures from the Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre (ADREC) first: transactions, district sales, prices, rents, the rent cap and supply. Other numbers are labelled “Market estimate”.
Headline figures
Abu Dhabi’s first half, by the numbers
Official figures from the Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre (ADREC) for January to June 2026.
ADREC has not yet published Q3 or nine-month 2026 figures (checked 31 Oct 2026). Q3 market estimates are in Market Pulse, labelled as such.
Abu Dhabi Market Pulse
Where the money is moving
ADREC’s official figures first. Other numbers are labelled “Market estimate”.
Transaction value
H1 2026 alone reached 82% of the full 2025 total.
Source: ADREC, 2025 Source: ADREC, Q1 2026 Source: ADREC, H1 2026
Home sales by district, H1 2026
Residential sales totalled 70.4bn in H1 2026, against 25.3bn a year earlier. Off-plan was 89% of value and 82% of deals.
Prices and rents, year on year
In investment zones, new-lease prices rose 21% for apartments and 16% for villas. In the ready market, 61% of purchases were in cash. Offices were 95% occupied.
Since June: early reads
- Nine months to September: 175.7bn in transactions and 95.8bn of home sales from 21,416 deals. ADREC has not yet published this itself.
Market estimate - Q3 2026: 6,070 home sales worth 27.4bn; median 1,837/sq ft.
Market estimate - Q3 2026: 6,006 home sales worth 27.39bn, 80.8% off-plan.
Market estimate - Q3 2026: 21.5bn from 6,085 home sales, 81% off-plan (a different scope from the two above).
Market estimate
Rent rules and supply
Abu Dhabi set the annual rent increase at 0% for residential, commercial and industrial renewals from June 2026, “until further notice”. New agreements refer to the last registered Tawtheeq contract. No later change has been published as of 31 Oct 2026.
Source: ADREC, Jun 2026Al Reem and Al Maryah are in ADGM, which has its own lease register and rules. Check how rent rules apply there before you renew.
About 409,000 homes today, with around 71,000 more due by 2030. Completions peak at about 21,800 in 2028.
Source: ADREC, H1 2026“Transactions” covers sales, mortgages and other registered deals; “sales” is the sales part only. District figures are averages of all registered sales, off-plan and ready. Yields are gross: a year’s rent divided by the price, before costs.
FAQ
Questions, answered
How much real estate was transacted in Abu Dhabi in H1 2026?
ADREC reported 117bn of real estate transactions in January to June 2026, up 112% on H1 2025, with deal volume up 61.7%. Sales were 86.1bn from 16,838 deals.
Can my landlord raise the rent in Abu Dhabi in 2026?
Abu Dhabi set the annual rent increase at 0% for residential, commercial and industrial renewals from June 2026, “until further notice”. No later change had been published as of 31 Oct 2026. Al Reem and Al Maryah are in ADGM, which has its own lease rules.
Are Abu Dhabi property prices rising?
Yes. ADREC’s H1 2026 report shows repeat-sales prices up 20% for apartments and 12% for villas year on year, and new-lease prices up 17% for apartments and 9% for villas.
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