Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q4 2006
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 2006. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 933 property sales in Q4 2006, worth AED 5.74B in total, across 76 communities. That is 115% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 2,188,800 at AED 280/sqft, 15% below the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanayah Fourth was the busiest community with 341 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 687.26M.
Against the previous quarter, Al Thanyah Fifth fell 49% to 88.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2006, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 341 | +2523.1% | 687.26M | 1.56M | 232/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 88 | -48.8% | 256.79M | 2.10M | 204/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 55 | +175.0% | 148.79M | 1.85M | 867/sqft | 0% |
| Mirdif | 35 | -36.4% | 156.42M | 2.90M | 347/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 33 | +371.4% | 244.72M | 4.07M | 378/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 21 | +40.0% | 48.94M | 2.00M | 740/sqft | 0% |
| Al Rashidiya | 16 | +45.5% | 25.52M | 1.50M | 366/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Hamar | 15 | +200.0% | 56.65M | 2.33M | 147/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha First | 14 | +133.3% | 307.06M | 18.01M | 1,050/sqft | 0% |
| Al Muteena | 12 | +300.0% | 74.58M | 3.00M | 774/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warqa First | 12 | +1100.0% | 74.87M | 5.70M | 380/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 11 | +37.5% | 17.38M | 1.45M | 503/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 11 | +10.0% | 40.31M | 3.30M | 220/sqft | 0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 11 | +83.3% | 480.57M | 39.29M | 640/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim First | 11 | +175.0% | 52.65M | 3.80M | 595/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 Thanayah Fourth | 687.26M | 341 |
| Marsa Dubai | 480.57M | 11 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 436.11M | 1 |
| Al Barsha First | 307.06M | 14 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 256.79M | 88 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 244.72M | 33 |
| Al Nahda Second | 235.10M | 10 |
| Rega Al Buteen | 229.45M | 3 |
| Al Raffa | 174.99M | 10 |
| Mankhool | 173.88M | 8 |
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.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 88 | -48.8% |
The largest sales of Q4 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2006 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,894,293 sqft | AED 89/sqft | AED 436,109,375 |
| 29 Nov 2006 | Um Hurair Second | —Dubai Health Care City Phase 1 | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,817 sqft | AED 3,630/sqft | AED 130,000,000 |
| 25 Dec 2006 | Al Safouh First | —Sufouh Gardens | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,160 sqft | AED 1,719/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
| 15 Nov 2006 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 6,333/sqft | AED 95,000,000 |
| 16 Nov 2006 | Marsa Dubai | TRIDENT GRANDDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 83,143 sqft | AED 1,076/sqft | AED 89,468,280 |
| 2 Oct 2006 | Marsa Dubai | STELLA MARISDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,718 sqft | AED 2,000/sqft | AED 71,436,000 |
| 11 Dec 2006 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,007 sqft | AED 5,663/sqft | AED 68,000,000 |
| 1 Nov 2006 | Rega Al Buteen | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,208 sqft | AED 3,200/sqft | AED 67,865,600 |
| 1 Nov 2006 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,808 sqft | AED 3,200/sqft | AED 66,585,600 |
| 20 Dec 2006 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,423 sqft | AED 1,363/sqft | AED 66,000,000 |
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.