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 — 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.
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
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in September 2009, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 698 | +197.0% | 388.26M | 581K | 679/sqft | 100% |
| Jabal Ali First | 357 | +44.5% | 230.85M | 726K | 750/sqft | 0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 293 | -68.8% | 552.48M | 1.30M | 987/sqft | 34% |
| Al Warsan First | 292 | -14.9% | 97.75M | 325K | 504/sqft | 1% |
| Me'Aisem First | 233 | -40.3% | 195.75M | 801K | 870/sqft | 91% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 230 | -45.9% | 257.64M | 878K | 730/sqft | 18% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 187 | +70.0% | 233.99M | 1.00M | 979/sqft | 1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 161 | -10.6% | 369.28M | 1.60M | 1,367/sqft | 6% |
| Al Hebiah First | 160 | -70.4% | 305.81M | 1.36M | 778/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 88 | -65.9% | 115.76M | 850K | 761/sqft | 70% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 75 | -21.9% | 201.30M | 1.57M | 432/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 72 | -80.3% | 261.83M | 2.60M | 1,001/sqft | 46% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 52 | +20.9% | 116.93M | 2.18M | 438/sqft | 0% |
| Business Bay | 45 | -93.8% | 66.41M | 1.24M | 1,257/sqft | 100% |
| Nadd Hessa | 41 | -93.5% | 43.23M | 967K | 875/sqft | 32% |
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 | 552.48M | 293 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 388.26M | 698 |
| Burj Khalifa | 369.28M | 161 |
| Al Hebiah First | 305.81M | 160 |
| Nad Al Shiba | 292.84M | 14 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 261.83M | 72 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 257.64M | 230 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 233.99M | 187 |
| Jabal Ali First | 230.85M | 357 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 201.30M | 75 |
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 5 | 698 | +197.0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 72 | -80.3% |
| Al Hebiah First | 160 | -70.4% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 187 | +70.0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 293 | -68.8% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 88 | -65.9% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 230 | -45.9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 357 | +44.5% |
| Me'Aisem First | 233 | -40.3% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 75 | -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.
| Date | Community | Project / building | Type | Beds | Size | Price/sqft | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sept 2009 | Nad Al Shiba | —Falcon City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 542,990 sqft | AED 137/sqft | AED 74,566,133 |
| 10 Sept 2009 | Nad Al Shiba | WESTERN QUARTERSFalcon City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 600,724 sqft | AED 116/sqft | AED 69,744,652 |
| 10 Sept 2009 | Nad Al Shiba | —Falcon City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 530,042 sqft | AED 116/sqft | AED 61,699,150 |
| 28 Sept 2009 | Jabal Ali | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,810/sqft | AED 56,500,000 |
| 10 Sept 2009 | Nad Al Shiba | —Falcon City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 418,304 sqft | AED 116/sqft | AED 48,556,197 |
| 28 Sept 2009 | Jabal Ali | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,161 sqft | AED 3,067/sqft | AED 46,500,000 |
| 14 Sept 2009 | Jabal Ali | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 13,619 sqft | AED 2,577/sqft | AED 35,100,973 |
| 2 Sept 2009 | Marsa Dubai | Marina LivingDubai Marina | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,200 sqft | AED 958/sqft | AED 34,697,120 |
| 14 Sept 2009 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,550 sqft | AED 1,240/sqft | AED 23,000,000 |
| 8 Sept 2009 | Al Dhagaya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,798 sqft | AED 4,377/sqft | AED 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. Refresh times vary by dataset; records shown here are not a live feed.