Residential transactions reached 12,428 in January-August, already above full-year 2025 volumes, while studios and one-bedroom homes accounted for about 76 per cent of sales. Dubai South recorded more residential transactions in the first eight months of 2026 than in any other year, registering 12,428 transactions, an increase of 27 per cent compared with the 9,788 recorded in all of 2025, as buyers increasingly preferred smaller units, according to a report by property.