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The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre reported that total real estate transaction value reached AED171.26 billion across 38,483 deals in the first nine months of 2026. This represented a 76.1 per cent increase from AED97.19 billion in 28,977 transactions during the comparable period of 2025. Sales contributed the largest share with AED119.33 billion from 23,749 deals, more than doubling in value while rising 49.2 per cent in volume from the year-earlier figures.
Mortgage transactions added AED45.92 billion through 14,390 deals according to the centre, reflecting respective gains of 30.2 per cent in value and 13.2 per cent in volume. The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre data placed Al Reem Island at the top with AED29.86 billion in total transaction value. Al Hudayriyat Island followed with AED28.62 billion, ahead of Al Saadiyat Island at AED18.69 billion, Yas Island at AED13.4 billion and Zayed City at AED5.36 billion.
Foreign investment in Abu Dhabi’s investment zones climbed 131 per cent to AED86.11 billion in the period and accounted for 81 per cent of total investment value in those zones, the centre’s assessment found. Non-resident individual foreign direct investment reached AED17.22 billion, exceeding the AED8.2 billion recorded for the entire year of 2025. Investors from 121 nationalities participated with the United Kingdom, China, Russia, the United States, France and Germany leading by value according to the centre.
The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre had earlier placed full-year 2025 transactions at AED142 billion, a 44 per cent rise from 2024 that included AED93 billion in sales. The nine-month 2026 total already surpasses that annual figure and continues a trajectory of accelerating growth seen in prior centre reports. Residential sales in particular expanded markedly in recent years with off-plan activity supporting much of the increase.
Fifty-four new developments received approval during the first nine months while licences issued to real estate professionals rose by one-third, the centre stated. The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre has published regular market reports that track these expansions alongside rising occupancy against moderated new supply. Such data reinforce the regulator’s view of Abu Dhabi as an increasingly attractive destination for both domestic and international real estate activity.
