Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Annual report
Dubai property market — 2005
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside 2005. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,560 property sales in 2005, worth AED 15.69B in total, across 106 communities. That is 9% fewer than the year before.
The median sale was AED 2,402,850 at AED 281/sqft, 50.7% above the year before. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 324 registered sales, while Al Barsha First took the most money at AED 2.22B.
Against the previous year, Al Barsha First rose 347% to 228 sales, while Al Barsha Second fell 36% to 65.
Sales by year
Price per square foot by year
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in 2005, and how each moved against the year before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 324 | +20.4% | 1.12B | 2.26M | 199/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha First | 228 | +347.1% | 2.22B | 5.23M | 362/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 128 | -11.1% | 224.05M | 1.09M | 472/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 112 | 0.0% | 146.01M | 1.20M | 481/sqft | 0% |
| Al Rashidiya | 86 | +1.2% | 102.01M | 1.05M | 188/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 72 | -21.7% | 214.24M | 2.25M | 150/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 65 | -36.3% | 152.47M | 2.25M | 156/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim Second | 61 | -4.7% | 403.64M | 3.75M | 332/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 52 | -26.8% | 56.83M | 900K | 354/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 52 | +10.6% | 933.02M | 13.09M | 271/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar First | 51 | -15.0% | 117.86M | 1.50M | 98/sqft | 0% |
| Al Waheda | 48 | -33.3% | 62.31M | 1.14M | 258/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mararr | 47 | -13.0% | 325.39M | 5.30M | 1,589/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar Second | 45 | 0.0% | 94.40M | 1.80M | 95/sqft | 0% |
| Muhaisanah Third | 45 | -16.7% | 69.12M | 1.29M | 88/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha First | 2.22B | 228 |
| Mirdif | 1.12B | 324 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 933.02M | 52 |
| Nad Al Shiba | 517.24M | 42 |
| Al Nahda Second | 430.48M | 32 |
| Al Murqabat | 411.94M | 23 |
| Um Suqaim Second | 403.64M | 61 |
| Marsa Dubai | 385.12M | 9 |
| Port Saeed | 380.13M | 22 |
| Al Nahda First | 339.61M | 15 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous year. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha First | 228 | +347.1% |
| Al Barsha Second | 65 | -36.3% |
| Abu Hail | 52 | -26.8% |
| Al Barsha Third | 72 | -21.7% |
| Mirdif | 324 | +20.4% |
| Al Mizhar First | 51 | -15.0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 128 | -11.1% |
| Um Suqaim Second | 61 | -4.7% |
| Al Rashidiya | 86 | +1.2% |
| Al Satwa | 112 | 0.0% |
The largest sales of 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb 2005 | Nad Al Shiba | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,006,043 sqft | AED 10/sqft | AED 200,060,710 |
| 23 Aug 2005 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 55,293 sqft | AED 3,255/sqft | AED 180,000,000 |
| 26 Dec 2005 | Jabal Ali Industrial First | — | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,191,380 sqft | AED 110/sqft | AED 131,052,020 |
| 28 Feb 2005 | Marsa Dubai | DAMAC HEIGHTSDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,292 sqft | AED 3,218/sqft | AED 120,000,000 |
| 7 Dec 2005 | Al Rega | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,400 sqft | AED 8,333/sqft | AED 120,000,000 |
| 30 May 2005 | Al Hamriya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,120 sqft | AED 4,975/sqft | AED 120,000,000 |
| 4 Apr 2005 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,685 sqft | AED 2,064/sqft | AED 117,000,000 |
| 10 May 2005 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 50,000 sqft | AED 2,200/sqft | AED 110,000,000 |
| 30 May 2005 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 102,318 sqft | AED 1,000/sqft | AED 102,318,000 |
| 31 Oct 2005 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,958 sqft | AED 2,761/sqft | AED 91,000,000 |
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.