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Nad Al Shiba First

ند الشبا الاولى

What a square foot costs here, what it rents for, what it yields once the service charge comes off, and how all of that compares with every other community in Dubai. Taken from what was registered with the Dubai Land Department. Nothing modelled, nothing estimated.

Source export: 8 September 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department

Latest complete period · Q2 2026
Registered sale transactions

How many sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in this period. It measures activity, not price.

Registered rental contracts

How many tenancy contracts were registered in this period, new and renewed together.

Median registered annual rent

The middle registered annual rent for the period: half were agreed below it and half above.

Higher confidence, a large number of records behind this figure. Based on up to 555 registered records in the period.

Nad Al Shiba First against every other community in Dubai.

Each figure is drawn on the field it belongs to, so a number is never left to stand on its own. Latest published quarter, Q2 2026.

This communityDubai medianEvery other community

Median price per square foot

AED 3,411

The middle registered sale here, measured by area so a studio and a villa compare.

AED 1,054AED 3,516

2nd highest of 56 communities. 100% above the Dubai median.

Median rent per square foot

AED 89 a year

What a square foot let for here, from registered tenancy contracts.

AED 20 a yearAED 494 a year

33rd highest of 133 communities. 21% above the Dubai median.

Gross rental yield

5.34%

Rent per square foot over ready-property price. Before the service charge.

3.96%9.09%

30th highest of 40 communities. 3.1% above the Dubai median. In this community's favour.

Service charge

AED 15 a square foot

The yearly charge an owner pays. It comes straight off the yield above.

AED 8 a square footAED 27 a square foot

4th highest of 11 communities.

Yield after the service charge

2.16%

The gross yield above with this community’s service charge taken off, which is the figure a yield table almost never shows you. It is still not take-home: management, maintenance and the weeks a home sits empty come off after this.

Quarter by quarter

The registered record for Nad Al Shiba First

Registered sale transactions

How many sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in this period. It measures activity, not price.

Q1 2015 to Q2 2026 · 8,817 registered records · Higher confidence, a large number of records behind this figure

Registered sale transactions, Q1 2015 to Q2 2026. Full figures follow in the table below.Q1 2015: 76 from 76 registered recordsQ2 2015: 162 from 162 registered recordsQ1 2016: 106 from 106 registered recordsQ2 2016: 53 from 53 registered recordsQ3 2016: 155 from 155 registered recordsQ4 2016: 153 from 153 registered recordsQ1 2017: 125 from 125 registered recordsQ2 2017: 109 from 109 registered recordsQ3 2017: 82 from 82 registered recordsQ4 2017: 53 from 53 registered recordsQ1 2018: 82 from 82 registered recordsQ2 2018: 61 from 61 registered recordsQ3 2018: 184 from 184 registered recordsQ4 2018: 149 from 149 registered recordsQ1 2019: 63 from 63 registered recordsQ2 2019: 84 from 84 registered recordsQ3 2019: 66 from 66 registered recordsQ4 2019: 57 from 57 registered recordsQ1 2020: 80 from 80 registered recordsQ3 2020: 80 from 80 registered recordsQ4 2020: 131 from 131 registered recordsQ1 2021: 188 from 188 registered recordsQ2 2021: 188 from 188 registered recordsQ3 2021: 186 from 186 registered recordsQ4 2021: 70 from 70 registered recordsQ1 2022: 93 from 93 registered recordsQ2 2022: 166 from 166 registered recordsQ3 2022: 167 from 167 registered recordsQ4 2022: 176 from 176 registered recordsQ1 2023: 243 from 243 registered recordsQ2 2023: 167 from 167 registered recordsQ3 2023: 182 from 182 registered recordsQ4 2023: 260 from 260 registered recordsQ1 2024: 349 from 349 registered recordsQ2 2024: 266 from 266 registered recordsQ3 2024: 453 from 453 registered recordsQ4 2024: 189 from 189 registered recordsQ1 2025: 365 from 365 registered recordsQ2 2025: 221 from 221 registered recordsQ3 2025: 277 from 277 registered recordsQ4 2025: 597 from 597 registered recordsQ1 2026: 1,348 from 1,348 registered recordsQ2 2026: 555 from 555 registered records
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Registered sale transactions by quarter, with the number of registered records behind each figure.
PeriodRegistered sale transactionsRecords
Q1 20157676
Q2 2015162162
Q1 2016106106
Q2 20165353
Q3 2016155155
Q4 2016153153
Q1 2017125125
Q2 2017109109
Q3 20178282
Q4 20175353
Q1 20188282
Q2 20186161
Q3 2018184184
Q4 2018149149
Q1 20196363
Q2 20198484
Q3 20196666
Q4 20195757
Q1 20208080
Q3 20208080
Q4 2020131131
Q1 2021188188
Q2 2021188188
Q3 2021186186
Q4 20217070
Q1 20229393
Q2 2022166166
Q3 2022167167
Q4 2022176176
Q1 2023243243
Q2 2023167167
Q3 2023182182
Q4 2023260260
Q1 2024349349
Q2 2024266266
Q3 2024453453
Q4 2024189189
Q1 2025365365
Q2 2025221221
Q3 2025277277
Q4 2025597597
Q1 20261,3481,348
Q2 2026555555

Registered rental contracts

How many tenancy contracts were registered in this period, new and renewed together.

Q3 2016 to Q2 2026 · 14,875 registered records · Higher confidence, a large number of records behind this figure

Registered rental contracts, Q3 2016 to Q2 2026. Full figures follow in the table below.Q3 2016: 48 from 48 registered recordsQ4 2016: 31 from 31 registered recordsQ1 2017: 32 from 32 registered recordsQ2 2017: 52 from 52 registered recordsQ3 2017: 162 from 162 registered recordsQ4 2017: 161 from 161 registered recordsQ1 2018: 155 from 155 registered recordsQ2 2018: 151 from 151 registered recordsQ3 2018: 331 from 331 registered recordsQ4 2018: 213 from 213 registered recordsQ1 2019: 164 from 164 registered recordsQ2 2019: 151 from 151 registered recordsQ3 2019: 345 from 345 registered recordsQ4 2019: 277 from 277 registered recordsQ1 2020: 292 from 292 registered recordsQ2 2020: 219 from 219 registered recordsQ3 2020: 461 from 461 registered recordsQ4 2020: 362 from 362 registered recordsQ1 2021: 417 from 417 registered recordsQ2 2021: 306 from 306 registered recordsQ3 2021: 480 from 480 registered recordsQ4 2021: 499 from 499 registered recordsQ1 2022: 463 from 463 registered recordsQ2 2022: 390 from 390 registered recordsQ3 2022: 559 from 559 registered recordsQ4 2022: 493 from 493 registered recordsQ1 2023: 477 from 477 registered recordsQ2 2023: 397 from 397 registered recordsQ3 2023: 583 from 583 registered recordsQ4 2023: 528 from 528 registered recordsQ1 2024: 449 from 449 registered recordsQ2 2024: 432 from 432 registered recordsQ3 2024: 591 from 591 registered recordsQ4 2024: 609 from 609 registered recordsQ1 2025: 532 from 532 registered recordsQ2 2025: 495 from 495 registered recordsQ3 2025: 738 from 738 registered recordsQ4 2025: 687 from 687 registered recordsQ1 2026: 593 from 593 registered recordsQ2 2026: 550 from 550 registered records
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Registered rental contracts by quarter, with the number of registered records behind each figure.
PeriodRegistered rental contractsRecords
Q3 20164848
Q4 20163131
Q1 20173232
Q2 20175252
Q3 2017162162
Q4 2017161161
Q1 2018155155
Q2 2018151151
Q3 2018331331
Q4 2018213213
Q1 2019164164
Q2 2019151151
Q3 2019345345
Q4 2019277277
Q1 2020292292
Q2 2020219219
Q3 2020461461
Q4 2020362362
Q1 2021417417
Q2 2021306306
Q3 2021480480
Q4 2021499499
Q1 2022463463
Q2 2022390390
Q3 2022559559
Q4 2022493493
Q1 2023477477
Q2 2023397397
Q3 2023583583
Q4 2023528528
Q1 2024449449
Q2 2024432432
Q3 2024591591
Q4 2024609609
Q1 2025532532
Q2 2025495495
Q3 2025738738
Q4 2025687687
Q1 2026593593
Q2 2026550550

Median registered annual rent

The middle registered annual rent for the period: half were agreed below it and half above.

Q3 2016 to Q2 2026 · 14,875 registered records · Higher confidence, a large number of records behind this figure · Scale AED 63,000 to AED 187,000

Median registered annual rent, Q3 2016 to Q2 2026. Full figures follow in the table below.Q3 2016: AED 170,000 from 48 registered recordsQ4 2016: AED 175,000 from 31 registered recordsQ1 2017: AED 157,500 from 32 registered recordsQ2 2017: AED 120,000 from 52 registered recordsQ3 2017: AED 115,155 from 162 registered recordsQ4 2017: AED 110,000 from 161 registered recordsQ1 2018: AED 85,000 from 155 registered recordsQ2 2018: AED 100,000 from 151 registered recordsQ3 2018: AED 100,000 from 331 registered recordsQ4 2018: AED 95,000 from 213 registered recordsQ1 2019: AED 95,000 from 164 registered recordsQ2 2019: AED 95,000 from 151 registered recordsQ3 2019: AED 95,000 from 345 registered recordsQ4 2019: AED 90,000 from 277 registered recordsQ1 2020: AED 85,000 from 292 registered recordsQ2 2020: AED 90,000 from 219 registered recordsQ3 2020: AED 90,000 from 461 registered recordsQ4 2020: AED 85,000 from 362 registered recordsQ1 2021: AED 80,000 from 417 registered recordsQ2 2021: AED 80,000 from 306 registered recordsQ3 2021: AED 85,000 from 480 registered recordsQ4 2021: AED 80,000 from 499 registered recordsQ1 2022: AED 75,000 from 463 registered recordsQ2 2022: AED 75,000 from 390 registered recordsQ3 2022: AED 90,000 from 559 registered recordsQ4 2022: AED 85,000 from 493 registered recordsQ1 2023: AED 80,000 from 477 registered recordsQ2 2023: AED 85,000 from 397 registered recordsQ3 2023: AED 93,000 from 583 registered recordsQ4 2023: AED 90,000 from 528 registered recordsQ1 2024: AED 98,000 from 449 registered recordsQ2 2024: AED 94,000 from 432 registered recordsQ3 2024: AED 99,750 from 591 registered recordsQ4 2024: AED 100,000 from 609 registered recordsQ1 2025: AED 105,502 from 532 registered recordsQ2 2025: AED 97,789 from 495 registered recordsQ3 2025: AED 105,000 from 738 registered recordsQ4 2025: AED 105,000 from 687 registered recordsQ1 2026: AED 109,000 from 593 registered recordsQ2 2026: AED 115,000 from 550 registered records
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Median registered annual rent by quarter, with the number of registered records behind each figure.
PeriodMedian registered annual rentRecords
Q3 2016AED 170,00048
Q4 2016AED 175,00031
Q1 2017AED 157,50032
Q2 2017AED 120,00052
Q3 2017AED 115,155162
Q4 2017AED 110,000161
Q1 2018AED 85,000155
Q2 2018AED 100,000151
Q3 2018AED 100,000331
Q4 2018AED 95,000213
Q1 2019AED 95,000164
Q2 2019AED 95,000151
Q3 2019AED 95,000345
Q4 2019AED 90,000277
Q1 2020AED 85,000292
Q2 2020AED 90,000219
Q3 2020AED 90,000461
Q4 2020AED 85,000362
Q1 2021AED 80,000417
Q2 2021AED 80,000306
Q3 2021AED 85,000480
Q4 2021AED 80,000499
Q1 2022AED 75,000463
Q2 2022AED 75,000390
Q3 2022AED 90,000559
Q4 2022AED 85,000493
Q1 2023AED 80,000477
Q2 2023AED 85,000397
Q3 2023AED 93,000583
Q4 2023AED 90,000528
Q1 2024AED 98,000449
Q2 2024AED 94,000432
Q3 2024AED 99,750591
Q4 2024AED 100,000609
Q1 2025AED 105,502532
Q2 2025AED 97,789495
Q3 2025AED 105,000738
Q4 2025AED 105,000687
Q1 2026AED 109,000593
Q2 2026AED 115,000550

Registered sale transactions by year

The same registrations grouped annually, which smooths the seasonal pattern quarters carry.

2015 to 2025 · 6,994 registered records · Higher confidence, a large number of records behind this figure

Registered sale transactions by year, 2015 to 2025. Full figures follow in the table below.2015: 290 from 290 registered records2016: 467 from 467 registered records2017: 369 from 369 registered records2018: 476 from 476 registered records2019: 270 from 270 registered records2020: 319 from 319 registered records2021: 632 from 632 registered records2022: 602 from 602 registered records2023: 852 from 852 registered records2024: 1,257 from 1,257 registered records2025: 1,460 from 1,460 registered records
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Registered sale transactions by year by year, with the number of registered records behind each figure.
PeriodRegistered sale transactions by yearRecords
2015290290
2016467467
2017369369
2018476476
2019270270
2020319319
2021632632
2022602602
2023852852
20241,2571,257
20251,4601,460

Median price per square foot by quarter

What a square foot actually changed hands for here, quarter by quarter. The count charts say how busy the market was; this one says what it cost.

Q1 2019 to Q3 2023 · 1,556 registered records · Moderate confidence, a smaller number of records behind this figure · Scale AED 716 / sq ft to AED 1,510 / sq ft

Median price per square foot by quarter, Q1 2019 to Q3 2023. Full figures follow in the table below.Q1 2019: AED 1,000 / sq ft from 47 registered recordsQ2 2019: AED 998 / sq ft from 50 registered recordsQ3 2019: AED 793 / sq ft from 40 registered recordsQ4 2019: AED 860 / sq ft from 37 registered recordsQ1 2020: AED 1,065 / sq ft from 56 registered recordsQ3 2020: AED 987 / sq ft from 68 registered recordsQ4 2020: AED 1,001 / sq ft from 93 registered recordsQ1 2021: AED 1,173 / sq ft from 123 registered recordsQ2 2021: AED 1,142 / sq ft from 84 registered recordsQ3 2021: AED 1,192 / sq ft from 97 registered recordsQ4 2021: AED 1,034 / sq ft from 53 registered recordsQ1 2022: AED 1,223 / sq ft from 68 registered recordsQ2 2022: AED 1,058 / sq ft from 146 registered recordsQ3 2022: AED 1,328 / sq ft from 73 registered recordsQ4 2022: AED 1,112 / sq ft from 73 registered recordsQ1 2023: AED 1,433 / sq ft from 203 registered recordsQ2 2023: AED 1,341 / sq ft from 120 registered recordsQ3 2023: AED 1,315 / sq ft from 125 registered records
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Median price per square foot by quarter by quarter, with the number of registered records behind each figure.
PeriodMedian price per square foot by quarterRecords
Q1 2019AED 1,000 / sq ft47
Q2 2019AED 998 / sq ft50
Q3 2019AED 793 / sq ft40
Q4 2019AED 860 / sq ft37
Q1 2020AED 1,065 / sq ft56
Q3 2020AED 987 / sq ft68
Q4 2020AED 1,001 / sq ft93
Q1 2021AED 1,173 / sq ft123
Q2 2021AED 1,142 / sq ft84
Q3 2021AED 1,192 / sq ft97
Q4 2021AED 1,034 / sq ft53
Q1 2022AED 1,223 / sq ft68
Q2 2022AED 1,058 / sq ft146
Q3 2022AED 1,328 / sq ft73
Q4 2022AED 1,112 / sq ft73
Q1 2023AED 1,433 / sq ft203
Q2 2023AED 1,341 / sq ft120
Q3 2023AED 1,315 / sq ft125

Registered rental contracts by year

Annual tenancy registrations, which show whether the rental base here is growing or steady.

2016 to 2025 · 13,748 registered records · Higher confidence, a large number of records behind this figure

Registered rental contracts by year, 2016 to 2025. Full figures follow in the table below.2016: 95 from 95 registered records2017: 407 from 407 registered records2018: 850 from 850 registered records2019: 937 from 937 registered records2020: 1,334 from 1,334 registered records2021: 1,702 from 1,702 registered records2022: 1,905 from 1,905 registered records2023: 1,985 from 1,985 registered records2024: 2,081 from 2,081 registered records2025: 2,452 from 2,452 registered records
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Registered rental contracts by year by year, with the number of registered records behind each figure.
PeriodRegistered rental contracts by yearRecords
20169595
2017407407
2018850850
2019937937
20201,3341,334
20211,7021,702
20221,9051,905
20231,9851,985
20242,0812,081
20252,4522,452

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Source export: 8 September 2026. DLX Properties is independent of the Dubai Land Department; this information is provided for information only.

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