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Dubai property market — September 2009

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside September 2009. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales3,146Registered in September 2009up59.4% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 4.31BRegistered in September 2009Across 52 communities
Price per sqftAED 743/sqftMedian across September 2009up30.9% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 751KMedian across September 200940% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 3,146 property sales in September 2009, worth AED 4.31B in total, across 52 communities. That is 59% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 750,510 at AED 743/sqft, 30.9% above the same month last year. 40% of sales were off-plan.

Wadi Al Safa 5 was the busiest community with 698 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 552.48M.

Against the previous month, Wadi Al Safa 5 rose 197% to 698 sales, while Palm Jumeirah fell 80% to 72.

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 2009, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Wadi Al Safa 5698+197.0%AED 388.26MAED 581KAED 679/sqft100%
Jabal Ali First357+44.5%AED 230.85MAED 726KAED 750/sqft0%
Marsa Dubai293-68.8%AED 552.48MAED 1.30MAED 987/sqft34%
Al Warsan First292-14.9%AED 97.75MAED 325KAED 504/sqft1%
Me'Aisem First233-40.3%AED 195.75MAED 801KAED 870/sqft91%
Al Thanyah Fifth230-45.9%AED 257.64MAED 878KAED 730/sqft18%
Al Thanyah Third187+70.0%AED 233.99MAED 1.00MAED 979/sqft1%
Burj Khalifa161-10.6%AED 369.28MAED 1.60MAED 1,367/sqft6%
Al Hebiah First160-70.4%AED 305.81MAED 1.36MAED 778/sqft0%
Al Hebiah Fourth88-65.9%AED 115.76MAED 850KAED 761/sqft70%
Al Thanayah Fourth75-21.9%AED 201.30MAED 1.57MAED 432/sqft0%
Palm Jumeirah72-80.3%AED 261.83MAED 2.60MAED 1,001/sqft46%
Wadi Al Safa 652+20.9%AED 116.93MAED 2.18MAED 438/sqft0%
Business Bay45-93.8%AED 66.41MAED 1.24MAED 1,257/sqft100%
Nadd Hessa41-93.5%AED 43.23MAED 967KAED 875/sqft32%

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
Marsa DubaiAED 552.48M293
Wadi Al Safa 5AED 388.26M698
Burj KhalifaAED 369.28M161
Al Hebiah FirstAED 305.81M160
Nad Al ShibaAED 292.84M14
Palm JumeirahAED 261.83M72
Al Thanyah FifthAED 257.64M230
Al Thanyah ThirdAED 233.99M187
Jabal Ali FirstAED 230.85M357
Al Thanayah FourthAED 201.30M75

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
Wadi Al Safa 5698+197.0%
Palm Jumeirah72-80.3%
Al Hebiah First160-70.4%
Al Thanyah Third187+70.0%
Marsa Dubai293-68.8%
Al Hebiah Fourth88-65.9%
Al Thanyah Fifth230-45.9%
Jabal Ali First357+44.5%
Me'Aisem First233-40.3%
Al Thanayah Fourth75-21.9%

The largest sales of September 2009

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
7 Sept 2009Nad Al Shiba—Falcon CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified542,990 sqftAED 137/sqftAED 74,566,133
10 Sept 2009Nad Al ShibaWESTERN QUARTERSFalcon CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified600,724 sqftAED 116/sqftAED 69,744,652
10 Sept 2009Nad Al Shiba—Falcon CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified530,042 sqftAED 116/sqftAED 61,699,150
28 Sept 2009Jabal Ali—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified14,829 sqftAED 3,810/sqftAED 56,500,000
10 Sept 2009Nad Al Shiba—Falcon CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified418,304 sqftAED 116/sqftAED 48,556,197
28 Sept 2009Jabal Ali—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified15,161 sqftAED 3,067/sqftAED 46,500,000
14 Sept 2009Jabal Ali—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified13,619 sqftAED 2,577/sqftAED 35,100,973
2 Sept 2009Marsa DubaiMarina LivingDubai MarinaLandExisting PropertiesNot specified36,200 sqftAED 958/sqftAED 34,697,120
14 Sept 2009Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingLandExisting PropertiesNot specified18,550 sqftAED 1,240/sqftAED 23,000,000
8 Sept 2009Al Dhagaya—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified4,798 sqftAED 4,377/sqftAED 21,000,000

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.