Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q1 2009
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 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 12,145 property sales in Q1 2009, worth AED 19.63B in total, across 75 communities. That is 238% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 612,273 at AED 650/sqft, 19% above the same quarter last year. 27% of sales were off-plan.
Al Warsan First was the busiest community with 4,544 registered sales, while Al Thanyah Fifth took the most money at AED 2.92B.
Against the previous quarter, Palm Jumeirah rose 914% to 811 sales, while Wadi Al Safa 6 fell 55% to 182.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2009, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Warsan First | 4,544 | +56.4% | 1.77B | 303K | 515/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2,099 | +438.2% | 2.92B | 1.00M | 893/sqft | 66% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,397 | +19.2% | 1.89B | 1.03M | 870/sqft | 22% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 811 | +913.7% | 2.58B | 2.20M | 561/sqft | 25% |
| Jabal Ali First | 578 | — | 160.03M | 83K | 618/sqft | 82% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 339 | -39.0% | 530.10M | 1.02M | 887/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 301 | -43.6% | 569.12M | 1.35M | 294/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 288 | +18.0% | 1.29B | 1.35M | 1,202/sqft | 0% |
| Al Jadaf | 246 | +969.6% | 1.62B | 3.02M | 2,138/sqft | 87% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 212 | — | 118.06M | 545K | 680/sqft | 100% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 193 | — | 137.38M | 684K | 862/sqft | 100% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 182 | -55.0% | 416.36M | 1.91M | 446/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 152 | +850.0% | 320.45M | 832K | 1,102/sqft | 91% |
| Jabal Ali | 129 | +104.8% | 1.12B | 2.21M | 207/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 127 | +98.4% | 293.28M | 593K | 664/sqft | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2.92B | 2,099 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2.58B | 811 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.89B | 1,397 |
| Al Warsan First | 1.77B | 4,544 |
| Al Jadaf | 1.62B | 246 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.29B | 288 |
| Jabal Ali | 1.12B | 129 |
| Trade Center Second | 1.03B | 113 |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 623.02M | 5 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 569.12M | 301 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 811 | +913.7% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2,099 | +438.2% |
| Jabal Ali | 129 | +104.8% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 127 | +98.4% |
| Al Warsan First | 4,544 | +56.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 182 | -55.0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 301 | -43.6% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 339 | -39.0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,397 | +19.2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 288 | +18.0% |
The largest sales of Q1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2009 | Trade Center Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 60,000/sqft | AED 600,000,000 |
| 7 Jan 2009 | Burj Khalifa | —DownTown Dubai | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 250,560 sqft | AED 2,000/sqft | AED 501,120,000 |
| 5 Jan 2009 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | —Dubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 122,310 sqft | AED 3,036/sqft | AED 371,322,603 |
| 5 Jan 2009 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | Franck Muller YachtingDubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 81,705 sqft | AED 2,563/sqft | AED 209,406,487 |
| 5 Jan 2009 | Al Khairan Second | —The Lagoons | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,997 sqft | AED 5,065/sqft | AED 202,570,000 |
| 25 Feb 2009 | Al Wasl | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 50,000 sqft | AED 4,000/sqft | AED 200,000,000 |
| 3 Mar 2009 | Palm Jumeirah | BALQIS RESIDENCEPalm Jumeirah | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,527,136 sqft | AED 100/sqft | AED 152,758,844 |
| 9 Feb 2009 | Burj Khalifa | SKY SCRAPERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 108,300 sqft | AED 1,200/sqft | AED 129,960,000 |
| 7 Jan 2009 | Palm Jumeirah | GOLDEN MILEPalm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 386,946 sqft | AED 303/sqft | AED 117,380,667 |
| 9 Feb 2009 | Burj Khalifa | POLARISBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 77,501 sqft | AED 1,350/sqft | AED 104,627,000 |
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.