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Ridge Dubai Resale Index — March 2026

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RDRI · 2014 = 100149.0
Month-on-month-6.8%
Year-on-year+0.3%
Secondary medianAED 1,423.7/sqft

The Ridge Dubai Resale Index eased 6.8% month-on-month in March 2026; the mix-controlled median (2014 = 100) printed 149.0, up 0.3% year-on-year. 11,906 residential transactions were registered in the month — 2,675 secondary resales and 9,231 off-plan sales — at a secondary median of AED 1,423.7/sqft. The headline is a median of registered ready resales and is sensitive to sales mix; the stratified RDRI companion below controls composition explicitly.

Stratified companions — base May 2025 = 100

RDRI 107.83 — ready-resale, Laspeyres fixed basket over 149 strata, 2,453 prints. ROPI 110.35 — off-plan pipeline, 129 strata, 7,461 prints.

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Ridge Ratings, “Ridge Dubai Resale Index — March 2026 release”, ridgeratings.com/release/2026-03. Methodology v1.5 · registered land-registry transactions.
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About Ridge Ratings. Ridge is an independent Dubai property intelligence house: letter-grade liquidity ratings for Dubai's communities and buildings, and the Ridge Dubai Resale Index (RDRI), computed solely from registered land-registry transactions. Ridge holds no inventory, takes no commissions and sells no listings — its only product is independent measurement.

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Vintage: 2026-07-29 17:29 GST · data through March 2026 · methodology v1.5 · next monthly release: first build after month-end · press: contact the desk
Preliminary — values may revise as late registrations land; final on the next scheduled build. Material methodology changes are announced per ridgeratings.com/governance.
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