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 — April 2005
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 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 243 property sales in April 2005, worth AED 1.64B in total, across 68 communities. That is 16% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 2,100,000 at AED 280/sqft, 75% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 31 registered sales, while Oud Metha took the most money at AED 117.00M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2005, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 31 | -6.1% | 91.39M | 2.00M | 180/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 15 | -25.0% | 18.98M | 900K | 447/sqft | 0% |
| Al Rashidiya | 11 | 0.0% | 12.21M | 920K | 156/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 11 | +22.2% | 12.02M | 1.15M | 460/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha First | 9 | -78.0% | 116.26M | 3.42M | 319/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 9 | -10.0% | 19.35M | 2.02M | 135/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar Second | 6 | +100.0% | 10.70M | 1.78M | 89/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah First | 6 | -25.0% | 31.53M | 1.70M | 347/sqft | 0% |
| Naif | 6 | +20.0% | 41.29M | 6.92M | 1,909/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim Second | 6 | -33.3% | 67.79M | 7.35M | 327/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mararr | 5 | -37.5% | 29.60M | 5.80M | 2,557/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 5 | +25.0% | 69.76M | 15.25M | 520/sqft | 0% |
| Al Twar Third | 5 | +150.0% | 14.21M | 2.10M | 125/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah Third | 5 | +400.0% | 28.37M | 3.73M | 250/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 4 | -33.3% | 6.05M | 1.48M | 390/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oud Metha | 117.00M | 1 |
| Al Barsha First | 116.26M | 9 |
| Marsa Dubai | 110.88M | 3 |
| Al Safouh Second | 105.00M | 2 |
| Mirdif | 91.39M | 31 |
| Burj Khalifa | 90.00M | 1 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 69.76M | 5 |
| Um Suqaim Second | 67.79M | 6 |
| Al Nahda First | 67.57M | 1 |
| Al Buteen | 55.10M | 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 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr 2005 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,685 sqft | AED 2,064/sqft | AED 117,000,000 |
| 26 Apr 2005 | Burj Khalifa | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 6,000/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 27 Apr 2005 | Al Safouh Second | ICONICSite A | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,547 sqft | AED 1,167/sqft | AED 80,000,000 |
| 11 Apr 2005 | Marsa Dubai | SULAFA TOWERDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,677 sqft | AED 1,938/sqft | AED 73,000,000 |
| 11 Apr 2005 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 102,318 sqft | AED 680/sqft | AED 69,576,240 |
| 4 Apr 2005 | Al Nahda First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 99,371 sqft | AED 680/sqft | AED 67,572,280 |
| 4 Apr 2005 | Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,322 sqft | AED 4,844/sqft | AED 50,000,000 |
| 27 Apr 2005 | Al Safouh First | —Sufouh Gardens | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,756 sqft | AED 650/sqft | AED 35,591,497 |
| 12 Apr 2005 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,317 sqft | AED 3,392/sqft | AED 35,000,000 |
| 19 Apr 2005 | Um Suqaim Second | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 159,600 sqft | AED 205/sqft | AED 32,718,000 |
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.