Upper Crest, Downtown Dubai: asking prices vs. registered sale prices

27 live resale listings, 3 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 Upper Crest run +23.0% against what buyers paid in this building. The comparison is the median asking price per square metre of the 27 live listings against the median of 3 registered sales in this building (all unit sizes in the building, last 3 months). 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: 27. 27 live resale listings against 3 sales registered in this building in the last three months, so the buyer 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
Studio	7	AED 970,000	2,039	1,723	+18.4%	medium
1 bedroom	8	AED 1,675,000	1,786	1,723	+3.7%	medium
2 bedrooms	7	AED 2,490,000	1,878	1,736	+8.2%	high
3 bedrooms	5	AED 2,950,000	1,578	1,723	-8.4%	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
2026-08-17	2 bedrooms	99	1,061	AED 1,720,000	1,621
2026-08-10	1 bedroom	77	828	AED 1,200,000	1,449
2026-08-04	1 bedroom	77	828	AED 1,250,000	1,509
2026-06-08	2 bedrooms	106	1,143	AED 2,000,000	1,749
2026-04-27	3 bedrooms	160	1,723	AED 2,650,000	1,538
2026-04-17	2 bedrooms	113	1,219	AED 2,100,000	1,723
2026-04-09	Studio	41	442	AED 1,000,000	2,263
2026-04-01	Studio	41	441	AED 1,000,000	2,265
2026-03-31	2 bedrooms	106	1,142	AED 2,025,000	1,773

12-month history: 25 sales registered in this building over the last twelve months, median AED 17,688 per m² (AED 1,643 per sqft).

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