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Dubai property market — July 2005

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside July 2005. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales159Registered in July 2005down30% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 723.86MRegistered in July 2005Across 49 communities
Price per sqftAED 293/sqftMedian across July 2005up32.2% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 2.27MMedian across July 20050% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 159 property sales in July 2005, worth AED 723.86M in total, across 49 communities. That is 30% fewer than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 2,275,000 at AED 293/sqft, 32.2% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.

Mirdif was the busiest community with 30 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 182.02M.

Sales by month

Price per square foot by month

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in July 2005, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Mirdif30+15.4%AED 182.02MAED 5.13MAED 188/sqft0%
Al Rashidiya9+125.0%AED 12.00MAED 1.25MAED 167/sqft0%
Al Muteena8+33.3%AED 13.18MAED 1.25MAED 454/sqft0%
Hor Al Anz7-12.5%AED 9.82MAED 1.12MAED 494/sqft0%
Al Barsha Second60.0%AED 17.91MAED 2.41MAED 165/sqft0%
Al Satwa6-33.3%AED 16.72MAED 1.41MAED 488/sqft0%
Al Thanyah Third5-37.5%AED 83.64MAED 5.20MAED 242/sqft0%
Muhaisanah Third5+66.7%AED 6.01MAED 1.29MAED 86/sqft0%
Abu Hail4+100.0%AED 4.37MAED 1.11MAED 456/sqft0%
Al Bada4-42.9%AED 6.21MAED 1.53MAED 501/sqft0%
Al Barsha Third4-20.0%AED 16.24MAED 3.76MAED 244/sqft0%
Al Mizhar Second4-20.0%AED 10.21MAED 2.47MAED 124/sqft0%
Al Warqa Third4+100.0%AED 8.57MAED 1.76MAED 146/sqft0%
Naif4-42.9%AED 7.94MAED 1.65MAED 997/sqft0%
Um Al Sheif4+300.0%AED 25.82MAED 6.58MAED 438/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
MirdifAED 182.02M30
Al Thanyah ThirdAED 83.64M5
Al MurqabatAED 76.00M2
Al Barsha FirstAED 36.52M3
Um Al SheifAED 25.82M4
Um Suqaim SecondAED 22.51M3
Um Hurair SecondAED 20.79M1
Al RegaAED 19.76M1
Al Barsha SecondAED 17.91M6
Al SatwaAED 16.72M6

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.

CommunitySalesChange

The largest sales of July 2005

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
4 Jul 2005Al Murqabat—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified40,000 sqftAED 1,150/sqftAED 46,000,000
25 Jul 2005Al Thanyah Third—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified47,137 sqftAED 820/sqftAED 38,652,594
18 Jul 2005Al Thanyah Third—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified47,137 sqftAED 650/sqftAED 30,639,251
19 Jul 2005Al Murqabat—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified7,074 sqftAED 4,241/sqftAED 30,000,000
11 Jul 2005Mirdif—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified162,273 sqftAED 180/sqftAED 29,209,140
18 Jul 2005Al Barsha First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified26,531 sqftAED 870/sqftAED 23,081,970
4 Jul 2005Mirdif—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified274,279 sqftAED 80/sqftAED 21,942,320
27 Jul 2005Um Hurair Second—Dubai Health Care City Phase 1BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified26,007 sqftAED 799/sqftAED 20,789,600
4 Jul 2005Al Rega—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified15,439 sqftAED 1,280/sqftAED 19,761,920
4 Jul 2005Um Suqaim Second—VillaExisting PropertiesNot specified39,449 sqftAED 342/sqftAED 13,500,000

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.