Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Monthly report
Dubai property market — January 1998
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside January 1998. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 24 property sales in January 1998, worth AED 89.30M in total, across 13 communities.
The median sale was AED 1,695,530 at AED 222/sqft. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Um Suqaim was the busiest community with 5 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 25.90M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in January 1998, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Um Suqaim | 5 | -50.0% | 25.90M | 1.34M | 90/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah | 3 | -25.0% | 5.09M | 1.69M | 140/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 2 | — | 7.67M | 3.84M | 923/sqft | 0% |
| Al Qusais Old | 2 | +100.0% | 3.84M | 1.92M | 134/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Safiyyah | 2 | — | 2.25M | 1.13M | 495/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz East | 2 | 0.0% | 3.07M | 1.53M | 224/sqft | 0% |
| Port Saeed | 2 | +100.0% | 22.16M | 11.08M | 1,100/sqft | 0% |
| Al Bada | 1 | — | 730K | 730K | 203/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha | 1 | 0.0% | 4.66M | 4.66M | 270/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 1 | 0.0% | 10.00M | 10.00M | 684/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 1 | 0.0% | 470K | 470K | 188/sqft | 0% |
| Al Suq Al Kabeer | 1 | — | 2.50M | 2.50M | 2,306/sqft | 0% |
| Mirdif | 1 | -66.7% | 970K | 970K | 129/sqft | 0% |
Where the money went
Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.
| Community | Value | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Um Suqaim | 25.90M | 5 |
| Port Saeed | 22.16M | 2 |
| Al Hamriya | 10.00M | 1 |
| Al Baraha | 7.67M | 2 |
| Jumeirah | 5.09M | 3 |
| Al Barsha | 4.66M | 1 |
| Al Qusais Old | 3.84M | 2 |
| Hor Al Anz East | 3.07M | 2 |
| Al Suq Al Kabeer | 2.50M | 1 |
| Al-Safiyyah | 2.25M | 2 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous month. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|
The largest sales of January 1998
Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.
| Date | Community | Project / building | Type | Beds | Size | Price/sqft | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan 1998 | Um Suqaim | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 203,600 sqft | AED 100/sqft | AED 20,360,000 |
| 7 Jan 1998 | Port Saeed | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,555 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 12,710,500 |
| 26 Jan 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,614 sqft | AED 684/sqft | AED 10,000,000 |
| 7 Jan 1998 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 8,588 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 9,446,800 |
| 28 Jan 1998 | Al Baraha | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,825 sqft | AED 875/sqft | AED 5,971,875 |
| 12 Jan 1998 | Al Barsha | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,250 sqft | AED 270/sqft | AED 4,657,500 |
| 6 Jan 1998 | Al Qusais Old | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,230 sqft | AED 240/sqft | AED 3,415,200 |
| 21 Jan 1998 | Hor Al Anz East | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,700 sqft | AED 243/sqft | AED 2,600,000 |
| 12 Jan 1998 | Al Suq Al Kabeer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,084 sqft | AED 2,306/sqft | AED 2,500,000 |
| 12 Jan 1998 | Um Suqaim | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,266 sqft | AED 120/sqft | AED 2,431,920 |
Source: Dubai Land Department open data, retrieved from the Digital Dubai data.dubai platform. Figures cover registered transactions and Ejari-registered tenancy contracts, and are statistical summaries of public record — not a valuation of any individual property. Registration data can be amended or backdated by the source after first publication. Refresh times vary by dataset; records shown here are not a live feed.