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 2002
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 2002. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 574 property sales in Q1 2002, worth AED 1.25B in total, across 70 communities. That is 78% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 913,840 at AED 80/sqft, 4.5% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 191 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 205.03M.
Against the previous quarter, Mirdif rose 117% to 191 sales.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2002, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 191 | +117.0% | 205.03M | 825K | 65/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Hamar | 20 | +122.2% | 11.06M | 545K | 37/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 17 | +54.5% | 13.75M | 780K | 52/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim | 15 | +25.0% | 36.47M | 2.64M | 150/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim Second | 15 | +114.3% | 35.29M | 1.60M | 163/sqft | 0% |
| Al Manara | 14 | 0.0% | 22.07M | 1.37M | 89/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah Third | 14 | +100.0% | 46.17M | 1.76M | 147/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar First | 13 | +550.0% | 12.42M | 525K | 38/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 12 | +20.0% | 31.68M | 2.53M | 118/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warqa Third | 12 | +71.4% | 4.21M | 338K | 28/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim First | 11 | +57.1% | 34.31M | 1.68M | 187/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha First | 10 | +42.9% | 81.68M | 7.54M | 325/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 10 | -33.3% | 9.16M | 738K | 48/sqft | 0% |
| Al Waheda | 10 | +150.0% | 5.72M | 395K | 123/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 10 | +66.7% | 5.80M | 440K | 186/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 | 205.03M | 191 |
| Al Barsha First | 81.68M | 10 |
| Al Murqabat | 79.37M | 5 |
| Al Buteen | 70.80M | 8 |
| Port Saeed | 66.66M | 3 |
| Mankhool | 48.20M | 5 |
| Jumeirah Third | 46.17M | 14 |
| Oud Metha | 42.10M | 2 |
| Al Karama | 37.05M | 6 |
| Naif | 36.50M | 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 | 191 | +117.0% |
The largest sales of Q1 2002
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb 2002 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,775 sqft | AED 1,303/sqft | AED 37,500,000 |
| 18 Feb 2002 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,140 sqft | AED 815/sqft | AED 34,344,100 |
| 25 Mar 2002 | Mankhool | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,635 sqft | AED 1,405/sqft | AED 29,000,000 |
| 26 Mar 2002 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 7,074 sqft | AED 3,463/sqft | AED 24,500,000 |
| 14 Jan 2002 | Naif | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,060 sqft | AED 7,190/sqft | AED 22,000,000 |
| 18 Feb 2002 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 1,050/sqft | AED 21,000,000 |
| 13 Mar 2002 | Al Barsha First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,955 sqft | AED 350/sqft | AED 19,934,250 |
| 11 Feb 2002 | Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,017 sqft | AED 4,481/sqft | AED 18,000,000 |
| 11 Mar 2002 | Jumeirah Third | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,000 sqft | AED 386/sqft | AED 17,000,000 |
| 14 Jan 2002 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 26,063 sqft | AED 650/sqft | AED 16,940,950 |
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.