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 — Q3 2003
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 511 property sales in Q3 2003, worth AED 1.25B in total, across 74 communities. That is 42% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 930,000 at AED 127/sqft, 26.7% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 62 registered sales, while Mankhool took the most money at AED 115.34M.
Against the previous quarter, Mirdif fell 30% to 62.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2003, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 62 | -30.3% | 102.50M | 1.15M | 97/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 32 | +113.3% | 27.50M | 825K | 55/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 30 | -6.3% | 26.80M | 810K | 54/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 26 | -7.1% | 24.37M | 575K | 221/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 26 | +62.5% | 25.03M | 585K | 242/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Hamar | 17 | -37.0% | 10.86M | 660K | 47/sqft | 0% |
| Naif | 17 | +325.0% | 39.42M | 1.15M | 560/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warqa Third | 15 | +114.3% | 8.05M | 500K | 40/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 13 | -18.8% | 9.89M | 580K | 182/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mararr | 13 | +44.4% | 31.71M | 1.30M | 623/sqft | 0% |
| Al Rashidiya | 13 | +85.7% | 5.83M | 410K | 113/sqft | 0% |
| Al Waheda | 11 | -8.3% | 10.96M | 500K | 155/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 10 | +150.0% | 15.91M | 1.18M | 507/sqft | 0% |
| Mankhool | 10 | +66.7% | 115.34M | 2.25M | 218/sqft | 0% |
| Um Al Sheif | 10 | +42.9% | 14.63M | 1.39M | 92/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 | 115.34M | 10 |
| Mirdif | 102.50M | 62 |
| Al Karama | 63.24M | 6 |
| Rega Al Buteen | 52.00M | 1 |
| Marsa Dubai | 51.78M | 1 |
| Al Raffa | 46.16M | 8 |
| Al Murqabat | 43.56M | 7 |
| Naif | 39.42M | 17 |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 38.50M | 1 |
| Jumeirah Second | 37.18M | 3 |
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 | 62 | -30.3% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 Jul 2003 | Mankhool | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,160 sqft | AED 2,445/sqft | AED 68,850,000 |
| 1 Jul 2003 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,269 sqft | AED 4,238/sqft | AED 52,000,000 |
| 28 Jul 2003 | Marsa Dubai | The Residences, Al Habtoor Grand | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 77,567 sqft | AED 667/sqft | AED 51,775,335 |
| 9 Jul 2003 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,497 sqft | AED 1,262/sqft | AED 38,500,000 |
| 14 Jul 2003 | Jumeirah Second | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 160,036 sqft | AED 206/sqft | AED 33,000,000 |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Mankhool | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,837 sqft | AED 1,887/sqft | AED 28,000,000 |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,031 sqft | AED 375/sqft | AED 24,000,000 |
| 16 Jul 2003 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 22,000,000 |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Al Goze Industrial First | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,840 sqft | AED 478/sqft | AED 20,000,000 |
| 4 Aug 2003 | Al Karama | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,600 sqft | AED 650/sqft | AED 19,240,000 |
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.