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 — Q4 1998
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 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 308 property sales in Q4 1998, worth AED 769.38M in total, across 46 communities. That is 542% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 822,500 at AED 88/sqft, 29.8% below the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 110 registered sales, while Al Hamriya took the most money at AED 116.31M.
Against the previous quarter, Mirdif rose 18% to 110 sales.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 1998, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 110 | +18.3% | 64.57M | 464K | 41/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim | 36 | -33.3% | 70.09M | 1.29M | 115/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah | 13 | +62.5% | 50.79M | 2.02M | 190/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 12 | +9.1% | 29.18M | 1.90M | 349/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Rashid | 9 | +80.0% | 9.18M | 600K | 51/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 8 | -52.9% | 5.94M | 605K | 271/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar | 8 | -11.1% | 7.45M | 500K | 33/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Tawar | 8 | +33.3% | 11.32M | 978K | 81/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz East | 8 | -20.0% | 17.58M | 850K | 164/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha | 7 | -41.7% | 16.29M | 690K | 46/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 7 | +75.0% | 116.31M | 18.24M | 600/sqft | 0% |
| Al Musalla (Dubai) | 6 | +500.0% | 30.00M | 3.25M | 819/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 5 | -50.0% | 38.00M | 5.70M | 1,767/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 5 | +25.0% | 3.20M | 500K | 223/sqft | 0% |
| Al Dhagaya | 4 | +300.0% | 4.53M | 1.23M | 1,192/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hamriya | 116.31M | 7 |
| Um Suqaim | 70.09M | 36 |
| Mirdif | 64.57M | 110 |
| Zareeba Duviya | 61.00M | 1 |
| Jumeirah | 50.79M | 13 |
| Al Raffa | 38.48M | 3 |
| Al Baraha | 38.00M | 5 |
| Al Hudaiba | 36.33M | 4 |
| Port Saeed | 32.81M | 3 |
| Al Musalla (Dubai) | 30.00M | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 110 | +18.3% |
The largest sales of Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 1998 | Zareeba Duviya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,454 sqft | AED 1,721/sqft | AED 61,000,000 |
| 30 Dec 1998 | Al Raffa | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 45,375 sqft | AED 750/sqft | AED 34,031,250 |
| 15 Oct 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,540 sqft | AED 919/sqft | AED 31,750,000 |
| 17 Dec 1998 | Al Hudaiba | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,705 sqft | AED 597/sqft | AED 26,700,000 |
| 30 Dec 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,048 sqft | AED 600/sqft | AED 25,228,800 |
| 23 Nov 1998 | Jumeirah | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,774 sqft | AED 340/sqft | AED 22,000,000 |
| 8 Oct 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,865 sqft | AED 374/sqft | AED 20,500,000 |
| 4 Nov 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,800 sqft | AED 800/sqft | AED 18,240,000 |
| 5 Oct 1998 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,034 sqft | AED 850/sqft | AED 15,328,900 |
| 10 Nov 1998 | Al Mamzer | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,212 sqft | AED 742/sqft | AED 15,000,000 |
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.