Abu Dhabi Weekly Market Brief

Week of 20–26 July 2026

Volume ran at 112% of the trailing 8-week average — level with it once the near-empty Eid holiday week of 25 May is set aside — and 3% below the same week a year ago.

The Chart

Weekly transactions split by sale type (bars, left) and median rate in AED/sqm (line, right), last 16 weeks. The near-empty week of 25 May was the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Following Up

Among unbuilt homes, last week's resale story went further: resales were 30% of all off-plan sales, the highest share since March. Across the market as a whole the secondary share eased a little, to 39%. Hudayriyat Island again sold mostly second-hand, 14 of 21.

Price Signal

Saadiyat pays for the week

Saadiyat Island sold 83 homes for AED 510.1M — a fifth of the week's sales and a third of its money — at a median of 36,272 AED/sqm, its dearest week since 1 June.A third of those sales were at one address. The Row Saadiyat, Aldar's Bjarke Ingels-designed development, due for handover in early 2030, sold 25 homes at a median of 40,667. Every one came from the developer — as have all 572 it has sold since it opened for sale last November. No owner has resold there yet.Developers took 56 of Saadiyat's 83 sales. That share has swung between 11% and 78% since April, so a single week says little about direction.

Project Watch

Yas sells new and second-hand at once

Yas Island had its busiest week since 18 May — 109 sales — and it split almost exactly down the middle: 57 homes sold by developers, 52 by owners selling on.The two halves priced very differently. Developer sales ran at a median of 27,179 AED/sqm, owner resales at 20,468. Each side was concentrated: Aldar's Yas Park Place supplied 39 of the developer sales, and Gardenia Bay 22 of the resales.The island's median came in at 22,794, below its twelve-week level of 25,070 — a statement about what happened to sell, not about what Yas is worth.

Two-Speed Market

On Al Reem, the finished homes outpriced the unbuilt ones

Al Reem Island sold 71 homes, under half its eight-week pace, and off-plan slipped to 59% of the island's sales against an eight-week average of 82%.The interesting part is the price. The island's 29 completed sales came in at a median of 18,296 AED/sqm, its 42 unbuilt ones at 16,858 — the first week in twenty in which finished stock has outpriced off-plan on Al Reem.Both sides moved to get there: completed homes sold 17% above their own twelve-week level, unbuilt ones 14% below theirs.Al Reem is one of Abu Dhabi's busiest building sites, and the premium normally runs the other way. One plausible reading is a mix effect on both sides: the week's completed sales landed in the island's dearer finished towers, and its off-plan sales in cheaper stock than usual.

District Snapshot — Week of 20 July

The table covers the five districts we report in detail each week.

Elsewhere

Fahid Island recorded 14 sales at 41,046 AED/sqm, the dearest district median of the week and every one from a developer; and Al Shamkha sold 29 homes at 12,980, the cheapest median of any district with more than ten sales, where ICONA Residence sold 12 homes from AED 650,000 in its third week. Al Raha Beach's 31,117 rests on 23 sales, 15 of them at a single address; Hudayriyat's 18,994 on 21, all off-plan but mostly owners reselling.

Methodology. Transaction figures are computed from ADREC registration data for residential sales in the week of 20–26 July 2026, analysed by Guru Real Estate. Registration dates lag sale dates; recent weeks may revise upward. Market news items link to their sources. This brief is for information only and is not investment advice.

Prepared by Guru Real Estate · Abu Dhabi
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