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 — May 2003
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 2003. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 170 property sales in May 2003, worth AED 503.38M in total, across 53 communities. That is 11% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 987,500 at AED 97/sqft, 4.8% below the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 35 registered sales, while Mankhool took the most money at AED 67.00M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2003, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 35 | +25.0% | 44.69M | 1.05M | 80/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 15 | +36.4% | 12.66M | 780K | 53/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 10 | 0.0% | 7.14M | 535K | 202/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar First | 7 | +40.0% | 7.36M | 780K | 50/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Amardi | 6 | +500.0% | 11.45M | 1.77M | 9/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 4 | -20.0% | 3.04M | 600K | 224/sqft | 0% |
| Al Dhagaya | 4 | +300.0% | 5.40M | 1.25M | 963/sqft | 0% |
| Al Manara | 4 | +100.0% | 31.47M | 7.98M | 227/sqft | 0% |
| Al Murqabat | 4 | +33.3% | 29.88M | 1.71M | 297/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 4 | +100.0% | 1.27M | 360K | 160/sqft | 0% |
| Muhaisanah Third | 4 | +100.0% | 1.96M | 480K | 32/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Hamar | 4 | -20.0% | 2.75M | 675K | 45/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha First | 3 | +50.0% | 15.42M | 5.03M | 88/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 3 | — | 7.33M | 1.13M | 411/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mararr | 3 | 0.0% | 4.72M | 2.05M | 490/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mankhool | 67.00M | 1 |
| Oud Metha | 55.00M | 1 |
| Mirdif | 44.69M | 35 |
| Al Manara | 31.47M | 4 |
| Al Murqabat | 29.88M | 4 |
| Rega Al Buteen | 26.00M | 1 |
| Um Suqaim Second | 21.62M | 3 |
| Al Karama | 16.00M | 2 |
| Al Barsha First | 15.42M | 3 |
| Al Raffa | 13.80M | 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 May 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2003 | Mankhool | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,180 sqft | AED 2,465/sqft | AED 67,000,000 |
| 14 May 2003 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 49,157 sqft | AED 1,119/sqft | AED 55,000,000 |
| 26 May 2003 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,780 sqft | AED 1,648/sqft | AED 26,000,000 |
| 19 May 2003 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 13,458 sqft | AED 1,932/sqft | AED 26,000,000 |
| 6 May 2003 | Um Suqaim Second | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 79,173 sqft | AED 195/sqft | AED 15,438,735 |
| 14 May 2003 | Al Manara | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,977 sqft | AED 354/sqft | AED 14,500,000 |
| 14 May 2003 | Al Manara | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,977 sqft | AED 354/sqft | AED 14,500,000 |
| 5 May 2003 | Ras Al Khor | — | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 157,875 sqft | AED 85/sqft | AED 13,419,375 |
| 12 May 2003 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 1,090/sqft | AED 10,900,000 |
| 27 May 2003 | Jabal Ali | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 49,989 sqft | AED 175/sqft | AED 8,730,000 |
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.