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 — May 2007
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 2007. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 507 property sales in May 2007, worth AED 4.29B in total, across 74 communities. That is 104% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 2,600,000 at AED 348/sqft, 1.4% below the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanayah Fourth was the busiest community with 84 registered sales, while Trade Center First took the most money at AED 1.00B.
Against the previous month, Al Thanayah Fourth rose 33% to 84 sales.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2007, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 84 | +33.3% | 201.80M | 1.47M | 238/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 58 | +38.1% | 136.13M | 2.16M | 289/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 52 | +108.0% | 154.88M | 2.10M | 204/sqft | 2% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 33 | -26.7% | 149.14M | 4.65M | 388/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 24 | +200.0% | 95.19M | 869K | 443/sqft | 0% |
| Mirdif | 24 | +41.2% | 114.76M | 3.67M | 380/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 15 | +25.0% | 44.54M | 2.00M | 814/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Shiba | 14 | +55.6% | 94.67M | 6.07M | 140/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warsan First | 13 | +116.7% | 232.19M | 15.54M | 990/sqft | 0% |
| Al Waheda | 11 | +175.0% | 16.77M | 1.60M | 379/sqft | 0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 11 | — | 210.49M | 11.30M | 869/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warqa Third | 10 | +150.0% | 18.29M | 1.68M | 140/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha First | 7 | +40.0% | 277.25M | 28.60M | 1,335/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 6 | +100.0% | 47.06M | 7.85M | 3,402/sqft | 0% |
| Al Goze First | 6 | +50.0% | 12.82M | 2.19M | 205/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trade Center First | 1.00B | 1 |
| Al Barsha First | 277.25M | 7 |
| Al Warsan First | 232.19M | 13 |
| Mankhool | 219.46M | 4 |
| Marsa Dubai | 210.49M | 11 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 201.80M | 84 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 154.88M | 52 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 149.14M | 33 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 136.13M | 58 |
| Mirdif | 114.76M | 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 84 | +33.3% |
The largest sales of May 2007
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2007 | Trade Center First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 88,178 sqft | AED 11,341/sqft | AED 1,000,000,000 |
| 7 May 2007 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,405 sqft | AED 7,790/sqft | AED 120,000,000 |
| 24 May 2007 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,650 sqft | AED 3,509/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 1 May 2007 | Burj Khalifa | CRYSTAL TOWERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,668 sqft | AED 1,500/sqft | AED 82,002,000 |
| 23 May 2007 | Mankhool | — | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,665 sqft | AED 2,500/sqft | AED 71,662,500 |
| 24 May 2007 | Al Suq Al Kabeer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 45,974 sqft | AED 1,523/sqft | AED 70,000,000 |
| 23 May 2007 | Mankhool | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 26,919 sqft | AED 2,500/sqft | AED 67,297,500 |
| 7 May 2007 | Nad Al Hamar | — | BuildingStorage · Existing Properties | Not specified | 124,583 sqft | AED 500/sqft | AED 62,296,000 |
| 7 May 2007 | Al Thanyah Third | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 113,715 sqft | AED 525/sqft | AED 59,754,000 |
| 2 May 2007 | Marsa Dubai | ZUMURUD DUBAI MARINADubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,089 sqft | AED 1,368/sqft | AED 56,227,420 |
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.