Qatar Real Estate Market October 2026: Transactions and Prices

During the 21 working days between 1 and 31 October 2026, 652 real estate transactions worth QR 2.26 billion were registered with the Ministry of Justice, according to data released in the ministry’s weekly real estate market bulletins.

This compares with QR 2.15 billion worth of real estate registered in 671 transactions during September 2026, covered in Arady’s report on the Qatar real estate market for September 2026. As such, the value of property transactions in October was 5.1% higher than in September despite 19 fewer transactions. The sections below break October down by transaction type and provide details of the top 10 transactions by value, the median land price per sq ft by area and apartment sales by area, closing with the most popular searches on Arady.

October in Three Numbers

• October real estate transactions totalled QR 2.26 billion, up 5.1% from September’s QR 2.15 billion, with 652 transactions registered against 671 a month earlier. October managed more value from fewer deals.
• October’s average transaction size was QR 3.47m, up 8.2% from QR 3.21m last month, with the two biggest October transactions each bigger than September’s biggest at QR 73.0m.
• The biggest October transaction was for a vacant 64,279 sq m plot of land in Lebday worth QR 185.0m (QR 267 per sq ft) and registered on Wednesday 21 October, the biggest single registration since Arady began keeping monthly tabs.

A Forum Week Worth a Billion

The Minister of Municipality opened the fourth Qatar Real Estate Forum on 27 October under the patronage of the Prime Minister. The three-day event, organized by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Aqarat in association with Informa Tharawat and taking place alongside Cityscape Qatar at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, focused on stability as the foundation of investment and attracted 60 exhibitors and over 70 speakers.

Aqarat said the forum and the exhibition witnessed real estate sales worth more than QR 1 billion, twice as much as the previous edition, with 16,000 visitors over the three days. At its pavilion, the Ministry of Justice announced a full revamp of its real estate services and debuted the Smart Real Estate Appraiser, a tool intended to provide more reliable indicative property information.

Sales announced at forums do not show up in transaction statistics straight away. It takes time for developer sales signed at the stands to materialize in official transaction data, since buyers have to register their new properties with the Ministry of Justice, so sales made at the forum should appear in the statistics of the coming months rather than in those for October.

A Heavy Finish to the Month

Trading started on a modest note with QR 90.2m on Thursday 1 October, the only trading day of that week. The first full week of trading (4 – 8 October) totalled QR 499.8m with the following week (11 – 15 October) marginally stronger at QR 500.9m. Trading strengthened further during the fourth week of the month (18 – 22 October) totalling QR 600.4m before easing somewhat in the final week of October (25 – 29 October) to QR 572.5m.

The most active trading day of October was Wednesday 21 October totalling QR 270.7m helped by a QR 185.0m plot in Lebday. This was followed by Sunday 25 October totalling QR 234.0m supported by one transaction worth QR 157.2m for three properties including a hotel building in Al Sadd. The quietest trading day was Tuesday 27 October totalling just QR 38.4m.

Trading exceeded QR 100m on ten of the twenty-one trading days in October (one more than last month) and ranged between QR 45m and QR 100m on a further ten trading days. Trading during the final ten trading days of October totalled QR 1.17 billion accounting for 51.8% of October’s total.

Breakdown of Sales

Value of registrations detailed in the bulletins for the period 1 – 31 October summed to QR 2,263,778,777.

• Villas and houses sold worth QR 1,006.0m (44.4% of value), 288 deals with a median price of QR 2.75m, the same median as September. Value was up by QR 80.4m (8.7%) from QR 925.6m in September through 29 more deals.
• Land sold worth QR 517.4m (22.9% of value), 128 plots with a median price of QR 1.69m, compared to QR 2.2m registered in September, as smaller plots made up a larger share of sales this month. 96.3% of the value of land sold was zoned for villas and houses.
• Apartments sold worth QR 349.8m (15.5% of value), 206 apartments with a median price of QR 1.50m. Value was up by QR 68.9m (24.5%) from QR 280.9m in September, through 30 more deals and a 17.0% increase on September’s 176 apartments.
• Buildings sold worth QR 284.4m (12.6% of value), 29 buildings with a median price of QR 7.4m, compared to QR 270.0m worth of 37 buildings last month.
• One hotel building in Al Sadd was registered for QR 106.2m, a category with no registrations at all last month.

Villas and houses, apartments and land zoned for villas and houses accounted for 81.9% of the value of registrations in October. The same categories lead views of villas for sale on Arady and land for sale on Arady.

Top 10 Sales

The most expensive land sale of the month was for a 64,279 sq m vacant land located in Lebday and zoned for villas and houses. The land was registered for QR 185.0m at QR 267 per sq ft, on Wednesday 21 October. All 2,400 shares were transferred as part of the deal, which was worth two and a half times September’s costliest sale of QR 73.0m.

The costliest residential sale of the month was for a house located on The Pearl Island. The 3,037 sq m house was registered for QR 65.0m, on Wednesday 7 October. September’s costliest residential sale was worth QR 58.8m.

Other expensive sales include a hotel building (2,084 sq m) located in Al Sadd which was registered for QR 106.2m (QR 50,963 per sq m), on Sunday 25 October, a plot of land (26,412 sq m) located in Al Wakra registered for QR 40.0m (2,167 shares transferred out of a total of 2,400 shares), a house (3,075 sq m) located in New Salata registered for QR 36.0m, and two residential buildings located in Fereej Abdul Aziz registered for QR 26.4m and QR 24.6m respectively, registered along with the aforementioned hotel for a total of QR 157.2m. Completing the list were a residential complex located in Fereej Abdul Aziz registered for QR 27.9m, a residential building with shops located in Al Wakra registered for QR 23.4m and a commercial building located in Fereej Al Manaseer registered for QR 17.0m.

Land Prices Across Qatar

The median vacant residential land prices in the bulletins for locations that registered three or more plot sales during the month are given below, in prices per sq ft. In total 103 vacant residential plots worth QR 252.4m were sold in the 15 locations that qualified, four locations fewer than in September.

• Al Ebb registered the highest median vacant residential land price in Qatar at QR 440 per sq ft (5 plot sales ranging between QR 410 – 465 per sq ft, up from a September median of QR 429 per sq ft). Abu Hamour (QR 367.5 per sq ft in September) and Al Kharaitiyat (not in the table last month) followed with medians of QR 400 per sq ft.
• Umm Lekhba’s median decreased to QR 350 per sq ft (3 plot sales) from QR 450 last month. Al Thumama’s median decreased to QR 345.5 per sq ft (10 plot sales spread across a wide QR 188 – 420 per sq ft band) from a steady QR 400 in September. Ain Khaled (3 small plot sales) registered a median of QR 200 per sq ft in October after 18 plots sold at a median of QR 400 per sq ft in September.
• Al Wukair saw the most residential plot sales (28 plots totalling QR 37.4m) with a slight increase in median price to QR 249.5 per sq ft (September median of QR 240 per sq ft). Al Sakhama followed with 14 residential plot sales totalling QR 38.9m and a median price of QR 275 per sq ft.
• Al Wakra recorded the largest land sale value totalling QR 46.6m from only 4 plot sales, including the sale of a 26,412 sq m plot for QR 40.0m. Al Ruwais registered the lowest median price for vacant residential land in Qatar at QR 141 per sq ft, almost unchanged from September’s median of QR 144 per sq ft.

The medians represent the specific sets of plots sold, so a single month’s numbers do not make a trend. For asking prices, Arady’s residential land prices in Qatar covers 74 areas with live listings.

Apartment Sales by Area

A total of 206 apartments worth QR 349.8m changed hands in October, up 17.0% and 24.5% respectively from September’s 176 apartments worth QR 280.9m. The Pearl Island, Lusail and Rawdat Al Khail accounted for 69.6% of the total value of apartments sold in October, and Lusail and The Pearl Island are freehold areas in which foreign nationals can buy property in Qatar outright.

• With 35 apartments sold for QR 102.4m (29.3% of the national total), The Pearl Island was the top area in terms of value in October. The median apartment sold on the island cost QR 2.40m (QR 12,416 per sq m), and the most expensive apartment sold in Qatar in October was also located on The Pearl, a 778 sq m apartment (the biggest in the country that month) sold for QR 9.7m.
• Lusail was the top area in terms of number of transactions in October with 77 apartments changing hands for a total of QR 93.1m (26.6% of the national value). The median apartment in Lusail cost QR 1.02m, for a median size of 99 sq m at QR 10,534 per sq m. The cheapest apartment sold in Qatar in October was also located in Lusail, a 42 sq m unit sold for QR 410,000.
• Rawdat Al Khail made its first appearance in October with 32 transactions totalling QR 48.0m (13.7% of the national value). The median apartment sold in Rawdat Al Khail was 144 sq m in size and cost QR 1.50m. As no transactions were registered in the area in September, the October figure likely reflects the handover of apartments in a recently completed building.
• Al Wukair accounted for 23 transactions worth QR 30.3m, down from 37 transactions worth QR 51.3m the previous month. The highest price per sq m was registered in the Fox Hills zone of Ghar Thuaileb (QR 22,935 per sq m on the back of 3 transactions only), the biggest median apartment size was in Al Gharrafa (408 sq m from 9 transactions), and apartments in the Al Kharayej area of Lusail (16 transactions worth QR 23.3m) sold for a median of QR 12,942 per sq m.
• Overall median apartment prices in October increased from September’s QR 1.22m (for a 119 sq m apartment at QR 9,909 per sq m) to QR 1.50m (for a 137 sq m apartment at QR 10,421 per sq m). This reflects a higher share of bigger apartments in October, mostly in areas outside Lusail.

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What Buyers Searched For

October saw 99,418 searches on Arady, a 6.2% decline from 105,990 in September counted on the same basis, in a month when registrations rose. Searches measure the number of times a location search page or a property listing page has been viewed.

Breaking the views down by the type of property, villas were the most viewed type, accounting for 53.7% of property listing page views (30,805 views out of the 57,412 views for which the type was available), followed by land at 27.7% (15,883 views) and apartments at 12.5% (7,182 views). Buildings, compounds and other types of properties accounted for 3,542 views. The share of villas increased to 53.7% in October from 51.3% in September, while the share of land eased to 27.7% from 29.0%, in a month when villas and houses were again the largest category recorded by the ministry.

Villa Demand by Bedrooms

Villas with six bedrooms or more accounted for 78.2% of all villa views, almost on par with September's 79.0%. Villas with seven bedrooms received the most views of any villa category with 8,899 views (28.9%).

• Villas with seven bedrooms received 8,899 views. Villas in Umm Salal Ali received the most views (744), followed by Al Wukair (671) and Al Thumama (646).
• Villas with eight bedrooms received 8,020 views. Villas in Al Wukair received the most views (688), followed by Al Thumama (534) and Onaiza (447).
• Villas with six bedrooms received 7,156 views. Villas in Umm Salal Ali received the most views (598), followed by Al Wukair (399) and Al Meshaf (363).
• Villas with five bedrooms received 2,985 views. Villas in Umm Ebairiya received the most views (207), followed by Al Wakra (165) and Huzoom Lusail (160).
• Villas with four bedrooms received 2,948 views. Villas in Al Wukair received the most views (326), followed by Al Khor (167) and Al Kharaitiyat (163).
• Villas with three bedrooms or less received a total of 783 views.

Al Wukair was the most viewed villa location receiving 2,165 views, followed by Umm Salal Ali (1,728), Al Thumama (1,566), Muaither (1,476) and Al Kharaitiyat (1,328).

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Apartment Demand by Bedrooms

Two bedroom apartments attracted the most interest in October with 2,953 views, narrowly ahead of one bedroom apartments which received 2,283 views and led in September. Together these two types of apartment accounted for 72.9% of all apartment views in October. Lusail and The Pearl Island accounted for the majority of these.

• Two bedroom apartments drew 2,953 views, with Porto Arabia (547) ahead of Marina District (318) and Al Erkyah City (268).
• One bedroom apartments received 2,283 views, led by Fox Hills (474), Al Erkyah City (374) and Porto Arabia (357).
• Three bedroom apartments received 974 views, with Porto Arabia on 216, Fox Hills on 156 and Marina District on 99.
• Studios received 626 views, most of them in Fox Hills (207), followed by Yasmeen City (91) and Porto Arabia (70).
• Four bedroom apartments received 223 views, and apartments with five or more bedrooms were viewed 123 times.

The most viewed apartment locations overall were Porto Arabia (1,307), Fox Hills (1,130), Al Erkyah City (723) and Marina District (629). Sales in Lusail continued to outpace other locations with 77 of the 206 apartments sold during the month located in Lusail, although The Pearl Island again recorded the highest sales value.

The Most Searched Areas

Al Wukair was Qatar's most searched location in October receiving 5,144 searches, down 7.8% on September but comfortably ahead of the field for another month.

• Al Thumama (down 6.0% to 3,822) overtook Al Wakra (down 21.7% to 3,616) to take second place. Umm Salal Ali was fourth with 3,553 searches and Muaither rose from ninth to fifth (up 15.2% to 3,478).
• Among locations receiving 1,500+ searches, Duhail (up 20.0% to 1,845), The Pearl Island (up 16.9% to 1,809), Muaither, Ain Khaled (up 14.2% to 2,651) and Al Kharaitiyat (up 13.0% to 2,859) posted the biggest increases. The Pearl Island rose in the same month in which it again led the value of registered apartments.
• Lusail (up 4.7% to 3,444, with 77 units registered in October) rose from eighth to sixth. Al Kharaitiyat entered the top 10 in ninth place as Al Sakhama (down 25.4% to 2,242) dropped out. Ain Khaled (2,651), Huzoom Lusail (2,597) and Izghawa (2,315) sit just outside the top 10.
• Among 1,500+ search locations, Al Khor (down 24.8% to 2,781), Umm Qarn (down 23.2% to 3,242 and from third to seventh) and Al Wakra had the biggest declines, with Al Wakra falling in the same month in which it recorded the highest vacant land value of any location. New Al Rayyan (up 57.3%) and Gharrafat Al Rayyan (up 50.5%), both below 1,500 searches, had the largest increases overall.

About the Data

• Property data is as per the Ministry of Justice real estate bulletins, issued on a weekly basis, that list all real estate transactions registered during 1 - 31 October 2026. Where only a share in the ownership of a property changed hands, the total value of the property as published in the bulletins has been counted, as in the ministry's weekly announcements. 46 out of the 446 property transactions in October concerned the transfer of ownership shares only. Values are as published in the bulletins and have been cross-checked wherever possible against the ministry's weekly real estate trading announcements, with results in line.
• The total value of real estate transactions as per Arady's September 2026 report, based on the same bulletins and the same methodology, stood at QR 2,153,053,104 for a total of 671 registrations (495 properties and 176 residential units).
• Where there is a discrepancy between the descriptions of a property in the English and Arabic versions of the bulletins, the Arabic description is followed.
• Searches refer to the number of times a location or property page on Arady was viewed during 1 - 31 October 2026. Using this same definition, the total number of searches during September stood at 105,990, against the 105,654 mentioned in the September article. Locations that have more than one zone with a separate Arady page (Al Thumama, Muaither and Izghawa) have been aggregated into one. Note that only properties for sale are listed on Arady.
• Areas are referred to by location name, not zone code, so all zones of Al Thumama 46 - 50 are aggregated under Al Thumama. The exceptions are the Lusail locations of Al Kharayej and Ghar Thuaileb, which appear separately as they do in the bulletins.

Sources

• Ministry of Justice, weekly real estate trading bulletins covering 27 September to 29 October 2026, filtered to registrations dated 1 - 31 October, and the ministry's weekly trading announcements for October 2026.
• Qatar News Agency, Minister of Municipality inaugurates 4th Qatar Real Estate Forum 2026
• Qatar News Agency, Fourth Qatar Real Estate Forum tops QAR 1 billion in sales
• The Peninsula, Justice Ministry Undersecretary announces revamp of real estate services
• Arady, Qatar real estate market in September 2026
• Arady platform data, 1 - 31 October 2026.