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Dubai property market — December 2009

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

Sales3,026Registered in December 2009up52.8%
Total value5.15BRegistered in December 2009Across 59 communities
Price per sqft898/sqftMedian across December 2009up45.5%
Sale price1.21MMedian across December 200938% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 3,026 property sales in December 2009, worth AED 5.15B in total, across 59 communities. That is 53% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,206,370 at AED 898/sqft, 45.5% above the same month last year. 38% of sales were off-plan.

Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 817 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.32B.

Against the previous month, Marsa Dubai rose 108% to 817 sales, while Jabal Ali First fell 74% to 106.

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 December 2009, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Marsa Dubai817+107.9%1.32B1.29M1,017/sqft66%
Al Thanyah Fifth318-27.1%307.45M740K750/sqft14%
Al Warsan First196-49.7%83.77M389K574/sqft4%
Burj Khalifa186+19.2%406.75M1.79M1,390/sqft16%
Business Bay186-9.3%384.99M2.02M1,345/sqft42%
Palm Jumeirah172+91.1%406.91M1.54M795/sqft12%
Me'Aisem First171+35.7%141.40M635K1,041/sqft85%
Al Thanyah Third144-7.1%244.67M1.13M867/sqft3%
Nadd Hessa135+365.5%94.84M644K850/sqft81%
Al Hebiah First123-47.0%279.85M1.63M788/sqft8%
Jabal Ali First106-74.1%52.13M450K692/sqft0%
Al Thanayah Fourth70-55.1%145.70M1.75M550/sqft0%
Al Barsha South Fourth66+288.2%145.87M1.20M1,085/sqft94%
Al Thanyah First61+221.1%126.21M1.74M1,242/sqft69%
Wadi Al Safa 661-9.0%149.88M2.14M387/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
Marsa Dubai1.32B817
Palm Jumeirah406.91M172
Burj Khalifa406.75M186
Business Bay384.99M186
Al Thanyah Fifth307.45M318
Al Hebiah First279.85M123
Al Thanyah Third244.67M144
Wadi Al Safa 6149.88M61
Al Barsha South Fourth145.87M66
Al Thanayah Fourth145.70M70

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 Dubai817+107.9%
Palm Jumeirah172+91.1%
Jabal Ali First106-74.1%
Al Hebiah Fourth50-58.3%
Al Thanayah Fourth70-55.1%
Al Warsan First196-49.7%
Al Hebiah First123-47.0%
Me'Aisem First171+35.7%
Al Thanyah Fifth318-27.1%
Burj Khalifa186+19.2%

The largest sales of December 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
9 Dec 2009Al Barsha South Fourth—Jumeirah Village CircleLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified60,021 sqftAED 867/sqftAED 52,032,300
21 Dec 2009Dubai Investment Park SecondDUNES VILLAGEDubai Investment Park SecondBuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified462,914 sqftAED 112/sqftAED 51,846,480
14 Dec 2009Al Nahda Second—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified19,946 sqftAED 2,344/sqftAED 46,750,000
30 Dec 2009Nad Al Shiba—International Media Production ZoneLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified56,786 sqftAED 600/sqftAED 34,071,600
21 Dec 2009Naif—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified3,060 sqftAED 10,131/sqftAED 31,000,000
21 Dec 2009Jabal Ali—LandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified15,161 sqftAED 1,971/sqftAED 29,882,694
23 Dec 2009Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified13,000 sqftAED 1,923/sqftAED 25,000,000
29 Dec 2009Al Jadaf—Jaddaf WaterfrontBuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified15,689 sqftAED 1,424/sqftAED 22,341,000
14 Dec 2009Al Barsha South FifthThe CommunityJumeirah Village TriangleBuildingResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified22,362 sqftAED 902/sqftAED 20,178,900
30 Dec 2009Al Ras—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified8,001 sqftAED 2,500/sqftAED 20,000,000

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.