Act One, Downtown Dubai: asking prices vs. registered sale prices

23 live resale listings, 13 registered sales in the last three months.

Area: Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa). Data as of 17 September 2026. Listings collected 20 September 2026.

Asking prices in Act One run +20.5% against what buyers paid in this building. 7 of the 23 live resale listings ask 30% or more above what the registry recorded, and 0 ask at or below it. Each listing is compared with sales of similar units in this same building. There is room to negotiate: the gap is wide enough that the registered price, not the asking price, is the number to start from.

Months of stock: 5. 23 live resale listings against 13 sales registered in this building in the last three months, so the seller has the upper hand.

By bedrooms

Paid AED/sqft: median of the sales registered in this building with the same number of bedrooms, last three months where there are at least three, otherwise six months, otherwise every unit size in the building. Where the registry has no recent sale in the building at all, the difference falls back on area comparables and the reliability drops to low.
Bedrooms	Listings	Median asking price	Asking AED/sqft	Paid AED/sqft	Difference	Reliability
1 bedroom	7	AED 2,400,000	3,542	3,000	+16.7%	high
2 bedrooms	11	AED 3,650,000	3,212	2,448	+28.7%	high
3 bedrooms	5	AED 6,000,000	3,511	3,046	+15.3%	medium

What the registry recorded

Sales of existing property registered at the Dubai Land Department in this building over the last six months. Public record.
Date	Bedrooms	Size m²	Size sqft	Price	AED/sqft
2026-09-08	2 bedrooms	110	1,187	AED 2,750,000	2,316
2026-09-03	2 bedrooms	34	370	AED 752,800	2,032
2026-09-03	3 bedrooms	161	1,728	AED 5,375,000	3,110
2026-09-01	1 bedroom	67	717	AED 2,025,000	2,825
2026-08-10	2 bedrooms	109	1,175	AED 2,950,000	2,512
2026-08-07	2 bedrooms	109	1,174	AED 2,950,000	2,512
2026-07-30	1 bedroom	67	717	AED 2,150,000	3,000
2026-07-29	1 bedroom	67	717	AED 2,100,000	2,930
2026-07-27	1 bedroom	57	610	AED 2,100,000	3,440
2026-07-21	1 bedroom	67	720	AED 2,225,000	3,089
2026-07-20	2 bedrooms	109	1,175	AED 2,800,000	2,384
2026-07-17	2 bedrooms	123	1,325	AED 3,750,000	2,829
2026-06-30	3 bedrooms	206	2,213	AED 6,600,000	2,983
2026-06-22	1 bedroom	61	652	AED 2,000,000	3,068
2026-06-12	3 bedrooms	140	1,509	AED 4,850,000	3,215
2026-05-22	1 bedroom	61	657	AED 2,000,000	3,044
2026-05-21	2 bedrooms	103	1,111	AED 2,755,000	2,479
2026-05-14	2 bedrooms	113	1,214	AED 2,900,000	2,388
2026-05-13	1 bedroom	61	662	AED 2,150,000	3,249
2026-05-13	2 bedrooms	109	1,174	AED 2,900,000	2,470
2026-05-06	1 bedroom	56	607	AED 2,100,000	3,460
2026-05-01	1 bedroom	62	665	AED 2,100,000	3,156
2026-04-21	3 bedrooms	257	2,768	AED 7,000,000	2,528
2026-04-14	1 bedroom	56	607	AED 2,050,000	3,377

12-month history: 53 sales registered in this building over the last twelve months, median AED 33,190 per m² (AED 3,083 per sqft).

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