← All reports

Monthly report

Dubai property market — September 2005

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

Sales164Registered in September 2005down25.5% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 925.32MRegistered in September 2005Across 54 communities
Price per sqftAED 265/sqftMedian across September 2005up19.8% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 2.25MMedian across September 20050% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 164 property sales in September 2005, worth AED 925.32M in total, across 54 communities. That is 25% fewer than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 2,250,000 at AED 265/sqft, 19.8% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.

Mirdif was the busiest community with 29 registered sales, while Al Barsha First took the most money at AED 105.47M.

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 September 2005, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Mirdif29+16.0%AED 104.04MAED 2.24MAED 210/sqft0%
Al Rashidiya12+100.0%AED 14.07MAED 1.20MAED 227/sqft0%
Al Satwa9+12.5%AED 11.53MAED 1.20MAED 504/sqft0%
Hor Al Anz7+75.0%AED 7.46MAED 1.10MAED 475/sqft0%
Nad Al Shiba70.0%AED 45.54MAED 5.49MAED 119/sqft0%
Al Barsha First6+100.0%AED 105.47MAED 5.71MAED 925/sqft0%
Al Mararr5+150.0%AED 35.75MAED 8.00MAED 1,600/sqft0%
Hor Al Anz East5+400.0%AED 64.80MAED 10.65MAED 700/sqft0%
Muhaisanah Third5+66.7%AED 10.27MAED 1.65MAED 110/sqft0%
Al Barsha Second4+300.0%AED 9.54MAED 2.38MAED 155/sqft0%
Al Barsha Third4+300.0%AED 10.22MAED 2.23MAED 145/sqft0%
Al Karama4+300.0%AED 7.84MAED 2.29MAED 1,004/sqft0%
Al Mizhar First4+300.0%AED 9.72MAED 1.88MAED 125/sqft0%
Al Nahda Second4+300.0%AED 39.48MAED 9.40MAED 535/sqft0%
Abu Hail3+200.0%AED 2.65MAED 850KAED 340/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 Barsha FirstAED 105.47M6
MirdifAED 104.04M29
Hor Al Anz EastAED 64.80M5
Ras Al Khor Industrial SecondAED 58.07M2
Al RaffaAED 55.85M3
Palm JumeirahAED 55.41M2
Nad Al ShibaAED 45.54M7
NaifAED 39.60M1
Al Nahda SecondAED 39.48M4
Al MararrAED 35.75M5

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 September 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
21 Sept 2005Al Barsha First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified24,040 sqftAED 2,995/sqftAED 72,000,000
5 Sept 2005Al Raffa—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified23,491 sqftAED 2,214/sqftAED 52,000,000
19 Sept 2005Palm JumeirahEMERALD PALACE KEMPINSKIPalm JumeirahVillaExisting PropertiesNot specified507,634 sqftAED 100/sqftAED 50,763,510
27 Sept 2005Hor Al Anz East—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified25,000 sqftAED 1,600/sqftAED 40,000,000
26 Sept 2005Naif—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified7,925 sqftAED 4,997/sqftAED 39,600,000
26 Sept 2005Ras Al Khor Industrial Second—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified120,983 sqftAED 260/sqftAED 31,455,580
26 Sept 2005Ras Al Khor Industrial Second—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified120,978 sqftAED 220/sqftAED 26,615,160
28 Sept 2005Al Murqabat—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified7,856 sqftAED 2,673/sqftAED 21,000,000
26 Sept 2005Al Buteen—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified3,402 sqftAED 5,879/sqftAED 20,000,000
5 Sept 2005Al Barsha First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified17,319 sqftAED 996/sqftAED 17,250,000

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.