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 — April 2009
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 2009. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 8,517 property sales in April 2009, worth AED 12.73B in total, across 55 communities. That is 301% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 999,000 at AED 912/sqft, 88.9% above the same month last year. 63% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,984 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.71B.
Against the previous month, Wadi Al Safa 2 rose 395% to 282 sales, while Al Thanayah Fourth fell 47% to 63.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2009, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,984 | +265.4% | 2.71B | 1.13M | 1,088/sqft | 76% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,160 | +100.3% | 1.48B | 1.17M | 905/sqft | 89% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 881 | +51.9% | 1.35B | 1.15M | 539/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warsan First | 807 | -27.9% | 314.10M | 350K | 544/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 775 | +301.6% | 764.47M | 918K | 905/sqft | 100% |
| Business Bay | 684 | +1854.3% | 1.23B | 1.57M | 2,846/sqft | 100% |
| Jabal Ali First | 343 | +363.5% | 161.32M | 431K | 709/sqft | 8% |
| Me'Aisem First | 327 | +2872.7% | 262.74M | 586K | 1,055/sqft | 100% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 282 | +394.7% | 179.68M | 577K | 690/sqft | 100% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 272 | +2372.7% | 220.53M | 667K | 820/sqft | 100% |
| Al Thanyah First | 234 | +431.8% | 514.54M | 1.70M | 1,392/sqft | 93% |
| Al Hebiah First | 114 | — | 312.70M | 782K | 728/sqft | 0% |
| Al Jadaf | 113 | -38.6% | 520.21M | 2.53M | 1,755/sqft | 95% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 83 | -19.4% | 146.57M | 1.05M | 870/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 73 | -26.3% | 700.17M | 1.64M | 1,076/sqft | 5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 2.71B | 1,984 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.48B | 1,160 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.35B | 881 |
| Business Bay | 1.23B | 684 |
| Jabal Ali | 993.22M | 59 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 764.47M | 775 |
| Burj Khalifa | 700.17M | 73 |
| Al Jadaf | 520.21M | 113 |
| Al Thanyah First | 514.54M | 234 |
| Al Warsan First | 314.10M | 807 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 282 | +394.7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 343 | +363.5% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 775 | +301.6% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,984 | +265.4% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,160 | +100.3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 881 | +51.9% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 63 | -47.1% |
| Al Jadaf | 113 | -38.6% |
| Al Warsan First | 807 | -27.9% |
| Burj Khalifa | 73 | -26.3% |
The largest sales of April 2009
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 2009 | Burj Khalifa | THE OPUS BY OMNIYATBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 151,303 sqft | AED 1,350/sqft | AED 204,260,000 |
| 16 Apr 2009 | Burj Khalifa | BRISTOLBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 117,111 sqft | AED 1,500/sqft | AED 175,667,000 |
| 28 Apr 2009 | Burj Khalifa | CITADEL TOWERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 70,580 sqft | AED 1,615/sqft | AED 114,000,000 |
| 1 Apr 2009 | Burj Khalifa | LANGHAM PLACE DOWNTOWN DUBAI BY OMNIYATBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 97,177 sqft | AED 900/sqft | AED 87,460,000 |
| 14 Apr 2009 | Muhaisanah Fourth | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,175 sqft | AED 3,222/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 6 Apr 2009 | Al Hebiah First | AC3Motor City | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 145,669 sqft | AED 367/sqft | AED 53,529,175 |
| 27 Apr 2009 | Al Thanyah First | —Barsha Heights | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,315 sqft | AED 1,327/sqft | AED 53,500,000 |
| 30 Apr 2009 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 50,106 sqft | AED 967/sqft | AED 48,461,140 |
| 13 Apr 2009 | Al Hebiah First | Capital OneMotor City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 174,279 sqft | AED 267/sqft | AED 46,478,520 |
| 13 Apr 2009 | Al Hebiah First | —Motor City | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 178,650 sqft | AED 251/sqft | AED 44,763,120 |
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.