What homes in Arabian Ranches cost, how prices and rents have moved since 2007, every building with its figures, and what it is like to live there. All of it from Dubai Land Department records.
Arabian Ranches is a gated villa district in Dubai. Its master developer, Emaar Properties, launched it in 2004. It lies inland along Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, in the direction of Global Village.
The district holds 26 villa communities with 4,346 villas in total. Saheel and Al Reem 1, 2 and 3 are among its communities. The Arabian Ranches Golf Club is part of the district, and the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club is close by.
Arabian Ranches Retail Mall is within walking distance, about 500 m away. So is the park at Village Green in Alma, about 200 m away. Optimal Clinic is about 1.9 km away.
Arabian Ranches is a villa community of about 4,346 homes, built from 2005 onwards. The villas sit in 26 communities. Every building was built by one developer, Emaar.
Over the last 12 months 265 homes changed hands in Arabian Ranches at a median of AED 2,197 per sqft, up 8.7% on the year before. The typical sale was AED 7M for a 3,489 sqft home. Rents run at AED 86 per sqft a year, a gross yield of 3.9% at today's prices, below the Dubai-wide 6.0%.
1,208 rental contracts were registered in the same 12 months, 54% of them renewals, and a typical home rents for AED 245,000 a year.
In Arabian Ranches, villas sold for around AED 3.9M for two-bed villas, AED 6.2M for three-bed villas, AED 10.4M for four-bed villas and AED 12.8M for five-bed and larger villas. Sales ranged from AED 300,000 to AED 50M, and 145 of the 265 were 3-bed homes, the most traded type.
Every one of those sales was a completed home: nothing in Arabian Ranches sold off-plan in the last 12 months.
Counted from DLD unit records of 0 completed buildings and 26 communities.
Prices and rents in Arabian Ranches since 2006
Sale price per sqft
1 year
▲ Up 8.9%
5 years
▲ Up 126.3%
Since 2007
▲ Up 572.2%
Annual rent per sqft
1 year
▲ Up 2.8%
5 years
▲ Up 63.3%
Since 2012
▲ Up 52.4%
Arabian Ranches's first registered sales, in 2007, were at about AED 330 per sqft. They have risen in most years since, to AED 2,197 over the last 12 months. The steepest recent climb was in 2024, when the annual median rose 23%. Year on year the annual median has gone up 23% in 2024, up 22% in 2025 and up 4% so far in 2026. The busiest month of the last year was January 2026, with 44 sales registered. On the monthly median of every registered sale, prices are up 8.7% over the last 12 months, up 128% over five years and up 573% on the 2007 level. Rents are up 3.0% over the last 12 months, up 63.3% over five years and up 52.7% since 2012, so rents now rise more slowly than prices and gross yields are easing.
Nothing is under construction in Arabian Ranches today, so the stock is what it is: 0 buildings and about 4,346 homes. The figures on this page refresh monthly as new sales and contracts are registered.
The line is the monthly median of every sale and rental contract, smoothed over three months; a month with fewer than ten records sits between its neighbours, and the latest such months are read together. The changes compare 12-month medians: the last 12 months against the 12 before. Source: Dubai Land Department.
Price history in Arabian Ranches
Every registered sale in Arabian Ranches in the last 12 months; the dashed line is the trend within those 12 months, grey dots are flagged outliers left out of it.
Transaction history in Arabian Ranches
2-bed · 2,436 sqftCompletedPalmera 4 10 Nov 2026AED 4,550,0001,867 /sqft
5-bed · 4,894 sqftCompletedSaheel 09 Nov 2026AED 14,300,0002,922 /sqft
3-bed · 3,574 sqftCompletedSaheel 09 Nov 2026AED 9,500,0002,658 /sqft
2-bed · 2,438 sqftCompletedPalmera 2 05 Nov 2026AED 4,775,0001,958 /sqft
Over the last 12 months Arabian Ranches recorded 268 sales; typical homes sold for around AED 7M (about AED 2,193 per sqft); with a median size of 3,489 sqft; most were 3-beds; from roughly AED 300K to AED 50M.
1,208 rental contracts were registered in Arabian Ranches in the last 12 months, 54% of them renewals. New contracts were signed about 7% above renewals of the same size per sqft, so a tenant renewing is still paying below the market rate. The gross yield across every type is 3.9%, before service charges.
Ejari registrations via Dubai Land Department; yields use the same 12 months of sales.
Who builds in Arabian Ranches
1 developer
Emaar25 buildingsAED 2,514 /sqft
Emaar built every one of Arabian Ranches's 26 completed buildings, so the area has one look, one management company and one service charge regime.
Buying or renting in Arabian Ranches
Buying
Expect a 20% deposit as a UAE resident or 25% as a non-resident on a home under AED 5M, plus the 4% Dubai Land Department transfer fee and about AED 5,000 of registration and trustee costs. On the typical sale of AED 7M, that is AED 1,400,000 down and AED 280,000 in transfer fee. Before offering, check the service charge per sqft on the building page, the registered size against the marketed one, and whether the unit has sold before and at what price.
A typical home rents for AED 245,000 a year. New contracts run about 7% above renewals, and increases on renewal are capped by the RERA rental index. Landlords in Dubai usually take one to four cheques and a 5% security deposit, and every contract is registered on Ejari, which is where the figures on this page come from.
Arabian Ranches is about 164% dearer per square foot than Riverside, its nearest neighbour, at AED 2,197 against AED 831.
Arabian Ranches in numbers
Across 265 DLD sales in the 12 months to 9 November 2026, the median price in Arabian Ranches was AED 2,197 per sqft and the typical home sold for about AED 7M.
Prices are up 8.7% on the year, 128% over five years and 573% since 2007; rents up 3.0% and 63.3% over the same periods.
0 completed buildings from 1 developer; about 4,346 homes.
A gross yield of 3.9% across every type, before service charges.
Source: Dubai Land Department. Updated 11 November 2026.
Questions about Arabian Ranches
How much does a home in Arabian Ranches cost?
Over the 12 months to 9 November 2026 the median was AED 2,197 per sqft; the typical sale was AED 7M.
Have prices in Arabian Ranches gone up?
Yes: up 8.7% in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 and up 128% over five years, on the monthly median of every registered sale. Over the whole record they are 573% above the 2007 level.
What is the rental yield in Arabian Ranches?
About 3.9% gross across all types at today's prices, before service charges.
What does it cost to rent in Arabian Ranches?
The median contract in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 was AED 245,000 a year, across 1,208 Ejari registrations.
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