On the Palm Jumeirah, villas are now 68 percent more expensive than they were in 2020
This was mostly observed
in the villa market, including on the Palm Jumeirah, where the units are now 68
percent more expensive than they were in 2020, according to data from property
consultant Knight Frank.
“Villas at the very top of
the price spectrum in Dubai’s most expensive neighbourhoods continue to record
strong price growth, which is lifting entire markets,” its head of Middle East
research, Faisal Durrani, said.
Prices for villas in other
prime areas such as District One and Dubai Hills Estate have also gone up by 30
percent in the last 12 months.
The increases were most
likely a combination of strong demand and restricted supply, the
London-based consultant said.
“The severity of the
shortage of new supply, combined with insatiable international demand has
driven prime residential prices up by an extraordinary 70.3 percent in the last
12 months,” according to Durrani.
Across Palm Jumeirah,
Emirates Hills, and Jumeirah Bay Island, only eight new homes are expected
to be delivered between 2023 and 2025.
Although this was the
case, Dubai is still one of the most “affordable luxury residential markets in
the world,” the Knight Frank executive said, “it is in fact four times cheaper
than prime neighbourhoods in New York, or London.”
“Last year, the market recorded 93 ultra-prime sales, which was an all-time
record. At the time, it meant that 2021 had registered nearly 40 percent of all
ultra-prime home sales ever recorded in Dubai. 2022 looks set to eclipse this
by some way,” Durrani said.
The rise in prices was not
only seen in prime areas, but across Dubai’s residential property market.
Residential values in the emirate are now 10.1 percent higher than last summer,
with prices standing at an average of AED1,100 per square foot.
The property consultant
expects the prices to continue rising by up to 7 percent more the end of the
year. In Dubai’s prime neighbourhoods, prices could go up by 15 percent more.