Indicator · Q3 2026
Dubai residential supply pipeline
An estimated 368,502 units remain to be built in 1,559 active registered projects, 2.35 times the 156,776 residential sales of the 12 months to 30 September 2026. 78% of them sit in projects less than a quarter built.
Charts
Dubai supply maturity ladder: estimated remaining units by construction stage
Pipeline-to-absorption ratio by Dubai area
Data
Supply maturity ladder
| Completion stage | Projects | Registered units | Estimated remaining units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-25% built | 932 | 305,254 | 287,433 |
| 25-50% | 252 | 80,107 | 51,506 |
| 50-75% | 215 | 57,696 | 22,667 |
| 75-90% | 96 | 29,648 | 5,454 |
| 90-100% | 64 | 21,564 | 1,442 |
| All active projects | 1,559 | 494,269 | 368,502 |
Areas with the most remaining units
| Area | Active projects | Registered units | Estimated remaining | Sales, 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai South | 114 | 40,813 | 30,308 | 15,885 | 1.91x |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 131 | 33,511 | 21,886 | 11,775 | 1.86x |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | 91 | 26,617 | 21,100 | 8,731 | 2.42x |
| Al Furjan | 72 | 19,092 | 15,864 | 5,793 | 2.74x |
| Business Bay | 47 | 22,528 | 15,681 | 6,229 | 2.52x |
| Majan | 72 | 18,102 | 14,756 | 7,545 | 1.96x |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 30 | 14,585 | 14,087 | 3,735 | 3.77x |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 (City of Arabia) | 18 | 14,488 | 13,595 | 4,024 | 3.38x |
| Mina Rashid and Dubai Maritime City | 45 | 15,519 | 12,035 | 3,602 | 3.34x |
| Dubai Islands | 109 | 13,136 | 10,933 | 4,689 | 2.33x |
| Motor City | 12 | 11,574 | 10,032 | 3,824 | 2.62x |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 31 | 10,508 | 9,416 | 3,727 | 2.53x |
Definition and method
Projects with status Active, Not Started or Conditional Activating in the DLD project-status export of 7 Oct 2026 and a registered unit count in the DLD per-project register (8 Oct 2026; the Dubai Data projects dataset of 15 Jun 2026 where DLD returned none). Units = apartments + villas registered. Prop971 estimate: registered units multiplied by the share of construction still to complete (100% minus the completion %). Not a DLD-published number. Estimated remaining registered units / residential sales in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.
Estimated remaining units are a Prop971 estimate from two official fields, not a DLD-published figure. 94 active projects (6% of remaining units) have no area on record and count only in the Dubai total.
Sources
- DLD project-status export (7 Oct 2026) and DLD per-project register (8 Oct 2026)
- Dubai Land Department (DLD) open transaction data, Prop971 analysis
Cite
Cite the Q3 2026 edition
Prop971 Research (2026), Real Estate Market Balance: Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Q3 2026. Dubai residential supply pipeline. https://www.prop971.com/research/q3-2026/dubai-supply-pipeline
