Dubai Market Data

Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.

Public records · Dubai Land Department

Compare communitiesLatest reports
All reports

Quarterly report

Dubai property market — Q4 2004

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 2004. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales659Registered in Q4 2004up18.3%
Total value3.08BRegistered in Q4 2004Across 81 communities
Price per sqft187/sqftMedian across Q4 2004up49.7%
Sale price1.50MMedian across Q4 20040% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 659 property sales in Q4 2004, worth AED 3.08B in total, across 81 communities. That is 18% more than the same quarter a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,500,000 at AED 187/sqft, 49.7% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.

Mirdif was the busiest community with 73 registered sales, while Al Thanyah Third took the most money at AED 447.78M.

Against the previous quarter, Mirdif rose 4% to 73 sales.

Sales by quarter

Price per square foot by quarter

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2004, and how each moved against the quarter before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Mirdif73+4.3%183.51M1.80M140/sqft0%
Al Thanayah Fourth34+580.0%44.67M1.28M210/sqft0%
Al Thanyah Third34+277.8%447.78M6.10M181/sqft0%
Hor Al Anz33-15.4%35.82M850K292/sqft0%
Al Barsha Second20+5.3%31.90M1.53M99/sqft0%
Al Barsha First19+46.2%94.54M3.73M303/sqft0%
Jabal Ali Industrial First19+1800.0%199.58M5.50M100/sqft0%
Nad Al Hamar19-20.8%55.40M1.32M90/sqft0%
Al Rashidiya17-19.0%11.89M670K175/sqft0%
Al Barsha Third16+14.3%25.93M1.51M105/sqft0%
Al Waheda16-30.4%14.89M710K220/sqft0%
Al Mizhar First15+25.0%17.37M1.13M75/sqft0%
Al Satwa15-53.1%14.63M970K360/sqft0%
Um Al Sheif15+275.0%37.02M1.92M130/sqft0%
Al Mararr14+55.6%70.68M4.60M1,225/sqft0%

Where the money went

Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.

CommunityValueSales
Al Thanyah Third447.78M34
Marsa Dubai391.49M9
Jabal Ali Industrial First199.58M19
Mirdif183.51M73
Al Safouh First129.60M2
Al Murqabat127.02M6
Rega Al Buteen97.56M1
Al Barsha First94.54M19
Port Saeed78.76M3
Al Mararr70.68M14

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Mirdif73+4.3%

The largest sales of Q4 2004

Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
22 Nov 2004Al Safouh FirstACACIA AVENUESTECOM Site BLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified1,005,591 sqftAED 125/sqftAED 126,000,000
25 Oct 2004Al Thanyah Third—The GreensBuildingOther · Existing PropertiesNot specified59,387 sqftAED 2,105/sqftAED 125,000,000
13 Dec 2004Al Thanyah Third—The GreensBuildingOther · Existing PropertiesNot specified55,293 sqftAED 2,170/sqftAED 120,000,000
6 Dec 2004Rega Al Buteen—BuildingResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified42,416 sqftAED 2,300/sqftAED 97,556,800
13 Dec 2004Marsa DubaiCAYAN TOWERDubai MarinaBuildingResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified34,024 sqftAED 2,645/sqftAED 90,000,000
1 Nov 2004Marsa DubaiDAMAC HEIGHTSDubai MarinaBuildingResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified37,292 sqftAED 2,145/sqftAED 80,000,000
11 Oct 2004Marsa DubaiPRINCESS TOWERDubai MarinaBuildingResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified37,410 sqftAED 2,138/sqftAED 80,000,000
27 Dec 2004Marsa DubaiOCEAN HEIGHTSDubai MarinaBuildingResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified37,410 sqftAED 1,871/sqftAED 70,000,000
18 Oct 2004Jabal Ali Industrial First—LandIndustrial · Existing PropertiesNot specified1,374,680 sqftAED 47/sqftAED 64,610,054
4 Oct 2004Al Murqabat—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified16,424 sqftAED 3,653/sqftAED 60,000,000

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.