Two live auctions on CDA's own notice board, dated: 16 hotel plots going under the hammer 13 October 2026, and the August round that raised Rs 16.44 billion in two days. Mechanics, results and what happens after you win — sourced from CDA's own notices and press releases.
CDA runs two different kinds of "auction," and its own notices page mixes them together. Property auctions — commercial plots, agro-farms, hotel plots — are announced separately from municipal auctions of scrap and confiscated goods, but both sit under the same "Auction Notices" tab on cda.gov.pk. As of 4 September 2026, one property auction has a confirmed forward date: the Open Auction of Hotel Plots on 13 October 2026. The most recent property auction to actually conclude was the three-day commercial-plot round of 4–6 August 2026, which raised more than Rs 16 billion in its first two days alone. Here is how CDA's own notices say the mechanics work, what those two auctions actually sold, and what happens after you win.
The following payment schedule is stated identically in CDA's 5 August 2026 press release on the commercial-plot auction and in the Open Auction of Hotel Plots notice (published 3 Sep 2026) — it is CDA's standing mechanism, not a one-off:
What is not stated in either notice: a public bid-security percentage or a generic eligibility rule for property bidders. That is worth flagging because CDA's notices page also carries a completely different kind of auction — on 21 August 2026 it published a notice literally titled "Auction," but that one is the Capital Emergency Service (Fire Brigade) selling old scrap and confiscated goods, open only to FBR/Sales-Tax-registered dealers against a Rs 50,000 earnest money. Those terms belong to that scrap sale, not to any plot auction — if you see them quoted as "CDA auction rules" for property, that is the wrong notice.
The August 2026 auction also came with one structural change worth knowing if you plan to bid on a commercial plot: CDA revised its parking requirement for commercial buildings from 750 sq ft to 1,000 sq ft per car, applied to that auction and "all future open auctions," per the same 5 August press release.
Sixteen hotel-designated plots, published on CDA's notices page 3 September 2026 for auction on 13 October 2026, 10:00 am, at the Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad:
| S.No. | Plot | Sector / location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | D-12 Markaz |
| 2 | Convention Center Hotel Plot No. 6 | F-5/1 |
| 3 | Convention Center Hotel Plot No. 6-A | F-5/1 |
| 4 | Five Star Hotel Plot No. 8 | F-5/1 |
| 5 | Five Star Hotel Plot No. 8-A | F-5/1 |
| 6 | Shopping Mall (Deluxe Hotel) | F-7/G-8 |
| 7 | Hotel | E-11 Northern Strip |
| 8 | 5-Star Hotel | C-13 |
| 9 | 1 | Murree Road |
| 10 | 8 | Murree Road |
| 11 | 29 | Murree Road |
| 12 | 30 | Murree Road |
| 13 | 31 | Murree Road |
| 14 | 32 | Murree Road |
| 15 | 33 | Murree Road |
| 16 | Hotel | Srinagar Highway (between Sports Complex & Margalla Hotel) |
Overseas-investor facility, as stated in the notice: token issuance at least one day before the auction date, and payment accepted through Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) or local banking channels. The official brochure is available from CDA's One Window Directorate, from designated branches of MCB, HBL, UBL, Askari Bank and Bank of Punjab, or from cda.gov.pk. Contact for this auction: Directorate of Estate Management-II, +92-51-925 2481.
No date has been published for CDA's next general commercial-plot auction. We checked CDA's own Auction Notices index on 4 September 2026 and found no forward date beyond the hotel-plot auction above. Do not travel or plan a bid around a "next auction" date quoted anywhere else without confirming it on cda.gov.pk first.
The most recent completed commercial-plot auction ran three days at the Jinnah Convention Centre, 4–6 August 2026. CDA published results for the first two days in its own press releases; the results below are transcribed from those, not estimated:
| Plot | Sold for |
|---|---|
| Plot No. 2, G-1, I-9 Markaz | Rs 529.575 million |
| Plot No. 18, Blue Area | Rs 9,134.65 million |
| Plot C-1, Blue Area | Rs 3,513.32 million |
| Plot No. 2, Sector G-6 I&T, Aabpara Market | Rs 629.32 million |
| Day 1 total — 4 plots | Rs 13,806.87 million |
| Plot | Sold for |
|---|---|
| Agro Farm No. 18, Murree Road | Rs 1,212 million |
| Agro Farm No. 17-A, Murree Road | Rs 966 million |
| Shop No. 8-A, Blue Area Parking Plaza | Rs 151.66 million |
| Shop No. 10-A, Blue Area Parking Plaza | Rs 147.71 million |
| Shop No. 12-A, Blue Area Parking Plaza | Rs 153.63 million |
| Day 2 total | Rs 2,630.87 million |
| Two-day cumulative | Rs 16.44 billion (as headlined by CDA) |
The auction continued to a third day, 6 August 2026, at the same venue. CDA's press office had not published a day-3 total in either release on file as of this page's last check (4 Sep 2026) — that figure is not included here rather than estimated. For an earlier, already-concluded reference point: Plot 1-E, F-11/1 sold for approximately Rs 251.3 million at a CDA auction that closed 17 July 2025 — see the F-11 sector guide for that figure in context.
A winning bid is not a finished purchase. In order: the bid is scrutinised and taken to the CDA Board for approval; 25% of the bid amount buys you the right to get building plans approved; 75% buys possession (with a bank guarantee for the balance, per the hotel-plot notice); and only then does the file move into CDA's ordinary transfer process — the same mutation and no-demand-certificate steps as any other CDA plot, covered in full in our CDA plot transfer guide. Winning at auction does not exempt you from federal property tax either: §236K/236C are computed on the higher of your bid price and FBR's notified value for that sector, in the FBR valuation table. And if the plot sits in one of the auction's headline sectors — Blue Area, I-9, G-6, E-11 — it is worth checking where that sector actually ranks against Islamabad's rest in our most expensive sectors ranking before you decide the bid was a bargain.
The only forward-dated CDA property auction we could confirm as of 4 September 2026 is the Open Auction of Hotel Plots on 13 October 2026, 10:00 am at the Jinnah Convention Centre — published on CDA's own notices page 3 September 2026. CDA has not published a date for its next general commercial-plot auction; the last one ran 4–6 August 2026. Check CDA's Auction Notices page directly before planning to attend, since dates and plot lists can change.
For the hotel-plot and commercial-plot auctions, CDA's own notices point to the official brochure — available from CDA's One Window Directorate, from designated branches of MCB, HBL, UBL, Askari Bank and Bank of Punjab, or from cda.gov.pk — and to showing up at the stated venue and time. Neither notice on file publishes a generic bid-security percentage for property bidders (that number, Rs 50,000 and FBR-dealer registration, belongs to a separate scrap-material auction, not a plot sale). Overseas investors get token issuance at least a day before the auction date and can pay via Roshan Digital Accounts.
The 4–6 August 2026 commercial-plot auction raised Rs 13,806.87 million on day one (four plots, including Plot 18 Blue Area at Rs 9,134.65 million) and a further Rs 2,630.87 million on day two, taking the two-day total to Rs 16.44 billion — both figures from CDA's own press releases. CDA had not published a day-three total as of this page's last check. A year earlier, Plot 1-E in F-11/1 sold for roughly Rs 251.3 million at a CDA auction concluded 17 July 2025.
Your bid goes to the CDA Board for scrutiny and approval first — it is not final the moment the hammer falls. Then the payment schedule kicks in: 25% of the bid amount for building-plan approval, 75% for possession (against a bank guarantee for the rest, per the hotel-plot notice), with a 5% rebate for full payment within 30 days and another 5% for paying in US dollars. After that the file follows CDA's ordinary transfer process, and §236K/236C tax still applies on the higher of your bid and the FBR notified value for that sector.
CDA ke apne notices ke mutabiq, hotel-plot aur commercial-plot auctions ke liye official brochure One Window Directorate, CDA se, ya MCB/HBL/UBL/Askari Bank/Bank of Punjab ki mutayyan branches se, ya cda.gov.pk se milta hai — phir mutayyan waqt par Jinnah Convention Centre mein hazir hona hota hai. Kisi bhi notice mein property bidders ke liye ek aam bid-security feesad shaya nahi hai — wo (Rs 50,000 aur FBR-registered dealer ki shart) ek bilkul alag scrap-material auction ka usool hai, plot ka nahi. Overseas investors ko auction se kam az kam ek din pehle token milta hai aur Roshan Digital Account se payment ho sakti hai.
The One Window route, the full document list, NDC in 4 working days, family transfer at PKR 5,000, the 1%→3%→1% transfer-fee timeline — and CDA's own rule that outstanding dues block any transfer. From CDA's primary pages, dated.
The gazette table nobody publishes readably: E-7 tops FBR's own ladder at Rs 225,000/sq yd, F-6/F-7 at 210,000, Bahria Enclave A/B/C at 35,000 — plus what these values actually decide (§236C/K, CGT), the market-vs-FBR ratio, and the SRO timeline through the 7-Aug E-8 amendment.
Blogs contradict each other on Islamabad's #1 sector. We rank it two ways nobody else can: FBR's official valuation ladder (E-7 first at Rs 225,000/sq yd) and our dated live asking sweeps — with the ladder, the outliers, and where the value actually hides.
Send the plot number and sector. The current FBR value, the transfer checklist and an honest read on the sector come back — before you pay, not after.