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 — August 1999
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 1999. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 62 property sales in August 1999, worth AED 70.97M in total, across 29 communities. That is 30% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 790,000 at AED 123/sqft, 11.7% below the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 19 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 13.99M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 1999, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 19 | +26.7% | 13.99M | 628K | 43/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 6 | +50.0% | 3.90M | 540K | 403/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim | 3 | -50.0% | 3.90M | 1.10M | 156/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 2 | — | 11.25M | 5.63M | 1,266/sqft | 0% |
| Al Karama | 2 | — | 5.65M | 2.83M | 775/sqft | 0% |
| Al Qusais Old | 2 | +100.0% | 3.00M | 1.50M | 60/sqft | 0% |
| Al Safaa | 2 | — | 2.09M | 1.05M | 62/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 2 | -33.3% | 3.95M | 1.98M | 790/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah | 2 | -33.3% | 1.58M | 790K | 143/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Rashid | 2 | +100.0% | 980K | 490K | 58/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim Second | 2 | — | 2.40M | 1.20M | 187/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 1 | -50.0% | 53K | 53K | 100/sqft | 0% |
| Al Bada | 1 | 0.0% | 1.30M | 1.30M | 338/sqft | 0% |
| Al Khawaneej | 1 | — | 1.00M | 1.00M | 4/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mamzer | 1 | — | 175K | 175K | 120/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 13.99M | 19 |
| Al Hamriya | 11.25M | 2 |
| Al Karama | 5.65M | 2 |
| Mankhool | 4.86M | 1 |
| Al Satwa | 3.95M | 2 |
| Hor Al Anz | 3.90M | 6 |
| Um Suqaim | 3.90M | 3 |
| Al Qusais Old | 3.00M | 2 |
| Um Suqaim Second | 2.40M | 2 |
| Al Safaa | 2.09M | 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 August 1999
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 1999 | Al Hamriya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,232 sqft | AED 1,595/sqft | AED 6,750,000 |
| 9 Aug 1999 | Mankhool | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,307 sqft | AED 340/sqft | AED 4,864,380 |
| 2 Aug 1999 | Al Hamriya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,798 sqft | AED 938/sqft | AED 4,500,000 |
| 23 Aug 1999 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,398 sqft | AED 1,000/sqft | AED 4,400,000 |
| 30 Aug 1999 | Al Satwa | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,500 sqft | AED 1,240/sqft | AED 3,100,000 |
| 31 Aug 1999 | Mirdif | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 201/sqft | AED 3,020,000 |
| 23 Aug 1999 | Um Suqaim | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,800 sqft | AED 156/sqft | AED 2,000,000 |
| 2 Aug 1999 | Um Suqaim Second | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,400 sqft | AED 313/sqft | AED 2,000,000 |
| 10 Aug 1999 | Al Mararr | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,237 sqft | AED 760/sqft | AED 1,700,120 |
| 2 Aug 1999 | Tawaa Al Sayegh | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 996 sqft | AED 1,543/sqft | AED 1,537,500 |
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.