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Dubai property market — September 2007

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside September 2007. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales885Registered in September 2007up342.5% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 4.49BRegistered in September 2007Across 51 communities
Price per sqftAED 426/sqftMedian across September 2007up91.6% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.00MMedian across September 20070% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 885 property sales in September 2007, worth AED 4.49B in total, across 51 communities. That is 343% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,002,888 at AED 426/sqft, 91.6% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.

Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 329 registered sales, while Al Jadaf took the most money at AED 816.42M.

Against the previous month, Marsa Dubai rose 210% to 329 sales, while Al Thanayah Fourth fell 36% to 162.

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 2007, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Marsa Dubai329+210.4%AED 572.52MAED 699KAED 458/sqft0%
Al Thanayah Fourth162-36.5%AED 200.98MAED 832KAED 264/sqft0%
Wadi Al Safa 686-24.6%AED 127.53MAED 1.20MAED 290/sqft0%
Al Thanyah Third64-31.2%AED 60.02MAED 641KAED 533/sqft0%
Al Jadaf49-64.0%AED 816.42MAED 15.50MAED 1,094/sqft0%
Mirdif31+82.4%AED 578.93MAED 29.51MAED 1,100/sqft0%
Palm Jumeirah30+3.4%AED 118.84MAED 2.60MAED 388/sqft0%
Jabal Ali Industrial First21—AED 459.34MAED 22.30MAED 1,000/sqft0%
Al Thanyah Fifth15-16.7%AED 60.92MAED 2.40MAED 226/sqft0%
Al Warsan First9+12.5%AED 118.02MAED 12.15MAED 904/sqft0%
Nad Al Shiba6+500.0%AED 225.97MAED 39.29MAED 400/sqft0%
Al Barsha First5—AED 216.75MAED 50.00MAED 1,850/sqft0%
Al Barsha Second5+150.0%AED 20.13MAED 3.98MAED 265/sqft0%
Al Muteena5—AED 21.68MAED 2.00MAED 852/sqft0%
Al Mizhar Second4+33.3%AED 11.31MAED 2.88MAED 192/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 JadafAED 816.42M49
MirdifAED 578.93M31
Marsa DubaiAED 572.52M329
Jabal Ali Industrial FirstAED 459.34M21
Nad Al ShibaAED 225.97M6
Al Barsha FirstAED 216.75M5
Al Thanayah FourthAED 200.98M162
Wadi Al Safa 6AED 127.53M86
Um Hurair SecondAED 121.00M1
Palm JumeirahAED 118.84M30

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
Marsa Dubai329+210.4%
Al Thanayah Fourth162-36.5%
Al Thanyah Third64-31.2%
Wadi Al Safa 686-24.6%

The largest sales of September 2007

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
25 Sept 2007Marsa DubaiAba Lux LivingDubai MarinaLandExisting PropertiesNot specified59,556 sqftAED 5,037/sqftAED 300,000,000
12 Sept 2007Um Hurair Second—Dubai Health Care City Phase 1BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified21,258 sqftAED 5,692/sqftAED 121,000,000
3 Sept 2007Al Nahda Second—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified26,470 sqftAED 3,400/sqftAED 90,000,000
18 Sept 2007Al Qusais Industrial Second—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified140,308 sqftAED 600/sqftAED 84,185,190
10 Sept 2007Al Barsha First—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified35,053 sqftAED 1,850/sqftAED 64,848,050
24 Sept 2007Nad Al Shiba—International Media Production ZoneLandExisting PropertiesNot specified139,962 sqftAED 420/sqftAED 58,732,000
18 Sept 2007Wadi Al Amardi—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified639,999 sqftAED 90/sqftAED 57,600,000
24 Sept 2007Nad Al Shiba—International Media Production ZoneLandExisting PropertiesNot specified146,830 sqftAED 381/sqftAED 55,985,200
24 Sept 2007Nad Al ShibaATRIUM GOLD TOWERSSilicon OasisLandExisting PropertiesNot specified87,757 sqftAED 615/sqftAED 54,000,000
10 Sept 2007Al Barsha First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified12,640 sqftAED 4,264/sqftAED 53,900,000

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.