Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q1 1998
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 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 146 property sales in Q1 1998, worth AED 598.65M in total, across 39 communities. That is 14,500% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,089,110 at AED 127/sqft, 154.6% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Um Suqaim was the busiest community with 28 registered sales, while Rega Al Buteen took the most money at AED 74.87M.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 1998, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Um Suqaim | 28 | +100.0% | 59.28M | 1.21M | 80/sqft | 0% |
| Mirdif | 27 | +440.0% | 17.34M | 510K | 38/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 13 | +1200.0% | 8.74M | 550K | 216/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah | 9 | +80.0% | 13.72M | 1.30M | 125/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz East | 7 | +250.0% | 62.18M | 900K | 243/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 5 | — | 22.24M | 5.97M | 971/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha | 5 | +400.0% | 28.31M | 6.38M | 270/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Murar Jadeed | 4 | — | 8.32M | 1.41M | 1,194/sqft | 0% |
| Al Qusais Old | 4 | +300.0% | 8.07M | 1.92M | 158/sqft | 0% |
| Al Karama | 3 | +50.0% | 4.40M | 1.20M | 484/sqft | 0% |
| Al Raffa | 3 | +200.0% | 7.20M | 2.10M | 849/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Safiyyah | 3 | — | 3.50M | 1.15M | 506/sqft | 0% |
| Al Asbaq | 2 | 0.0% | 1.85M | 925K | 318/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Aweer | 2 | — | 8.80M | 4.40M | 55/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 2 | +100.0% | 32.66M | 16.33M | 617/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rega Al Buteen | 74.87M | 2 |
| Zareeba Duviya | 67.80M | 2 |
| Hor Al Anz East | 62.18M | 7 |
| Um Suqaim | 59.28M | 28 |
| Al Garhoud | 44.28M | 1 |
| Al Hamriya | 32.66M | 2 |
| Al Barsha | 28.31M | 5 |
| Al Baraha | 22.24M | 5 |
| Port Saeed | 22.16M | 2 |
| Al-Nahdah | 21.60M | 1 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|
The largest sales of Q1 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 Mar 1998 | Zareeba Duviya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,120 sqft | AED 2,695/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 25 Feb 1998 | Hor Al Anz East | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 151,600 sqft | AED 350/sqft | AED 53,060,000 |
| 23 Mar 1998 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,008 sqft | AED 2,350/sqft | AED 49,368,800 |
| 18 Feb 1998 | Al Garhoud | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 147,600 sqft | AED 300/sqft | AED 44,280,000 |
| 11 Mar 1998 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 1,700/sqft | AED 25,500,000 |
| 4 Mar 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,200 sqft | AED 550/sqft | AED 22,660,000 |
| 10 Mar 1998 | Al-Nahdah | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,000 sqft | AED 600/sqft | AED 21,600,000 |
| 5 Jan 1998 | Um Suqaim | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 203,600 sqft | AED 100/sqft | AED 20,360,000 |
| 16 Mar 1998 | Al Muteena | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,062 sqft | AED 1,575/sqft | AED 19,000,000 |
| 17 Mar 1998 | Tawaa Al Sayegh | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,680 sqft | AED 700/sqft | AED 13,776,000 |
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.