Both residential and commercial property prices continued to grow in 2Q 2025, with residential properties’ price growth easing slightly from 1Q 2025 and commercial prices seeing a faster pace of growth, according to data from Digital Dubai.

The general residential property price index rose around 11% y-o-y in 2Q 2025, easing slightly from 12% in 1Q, according to the data (pdf).

Villas are seeing the biggest price growth, up 18.3% y-o-y in 2Q, after a 19.7% jump in 1Q. Apartments, which accounted for nearly three-quarters of the index, recorded a growth in prices of 7.6% y-o-y in 2Q, down from 8.5% in 1Q. On a quarterly basis, villa prices grew 5.3%, up from 2.4% in 1Q, while apartment price growth slowed to 0.4% from 3.8%, according to quarterly data (pdf).

The headline commercial property index rose 10.19% y-o-y in 2Q 2025, faster than the 8.35% growth in 1Q, according to separate data (pdf). Offices led price growth with a 15.81% increase, while hotel apartment prices grew at a 9.45% clip, and shop prices rose 7.99%, compared to a 22.5% jump the year before.

On a quarterly basis, prices grew 2.2% q-o-q in 2Q 2025, reversing a 0.8% contraction in 1Q, according to quarterly data (pdf). Offices and shops together rose 3.24% q-o-q. Shops swung to a 7.3% quarterly drop after a 9.7% surge in 1Q, while offices rebounded 8.5% after a 4.8% fall. Meanwhile, both hotel apartments and hotel rooms were up 1.1%.

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