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 — Q4 2009
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 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 10,149 property sales in Q4 2009, worth AED 16.32B in total, across 84 communities. That is 45% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 920,000 at AED 766/sqft, 26.5% above the same quarter last year. 36% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,705 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.99B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Thanyah Third rose 13% to 439 sales, while Nadd Hessa fell 82% to 218.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2009, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,705 | -24.7% | 2.99B | 1.26M | 994/sqft | 51% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,141 | -29.8% | 1.22B | 831K | 760/sqft | 27% |
| Al Warsan First | 922 | -11.4% | 406.93M | 345K | 546/sqft | 3% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 882 | -31.6% | 534.15M | 598K | 679/sqft | 100% |
| Jabal Ali First | 796 | -12.4% | 466.53M | 592K | 746/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah First | 547 | -36.1% | 990.00M | 1.33M | 776/sqft | 16% |
| Business Bay | 516 | -56.0% | 1.30B | 1.96M | 1,327/sqft | 78% |
| Burj Khalifa | 499 | -1.4% | 1.17B | 1.71M | 1,373/sqft | 12% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 465 | -67.8% | 744.97M | 962K | 877/sqft | 62% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 439 | +13.4% | 654.58M | 1.10M | 910/sqft | 3% |
| Me'Aisem First | 396 | -45.9% | 285.94M | 580K | 949/sqft | 52% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 353 | -37.6% | 1.26B | 1.79M | 903/sqft | 33% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 316 | +12.5% | 694.82M | 1.55M | 350/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 218 | -82.3% | 156.90M | 688K | 822/sqft | 67% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 188 | -71.7% | 264.99M | 848K | 863/sqft | 74% |
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 | 2.99B | 1,705 |
| Business Bay | 1.30B | 516 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.26B | 353 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.22B | 1,141 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.17B | 499 |
| Al Hebiah First | 990.00M | 547 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 744.97M | 465 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 694.82M | 316 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 654.58M | 439 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 534.15M | 882 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nadd Hessa | 218 | -82.3% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 188 | -71.7% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 465 | -67.8% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 114 | -58.7% |
| Business Bay | 516 | -56.0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 396 | -45.9% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 353 | -37.6% |
| Al Hebiah First | 547 | -36.1% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 882 | -31.6% |
| Al Thanyah First | 101 | -29.9% |
The largest sales of Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2009 | Palm Jumeirah | CLUB VILLASPalm Jumeirah | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 507,402 sqft | AED 438/sqft | AED 222,327,914 |
| 26 Oct 2009 | Marsa Dubai | —Jumeriah Beach Residence - JBR | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 461,830 sqft | AED 322/sqft | AED 148,500,000 |
| 5 Oct 2009 | Burj Khalifa | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 61,405 sqft | AED 1,348/sqft | AED 82,797,000 |
| 9 Dec 2009 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 60,021 sqft | AED 867/sqft | AED 52,032,300 |
| 21 Dec 2009 | Dubai Investment Park Second | DUNES VILLAGEDubai Investment Park Second | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 462,914 sqft | AED 112/sqft | AED 51,846,480 |
| 23 Nov 2009 | Saih Shuaib 2 | — | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 191,038 sqft | AED 267/sqft | AED 51,000,000 |
| 19 Oct 2009 | Jabal Ali | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,161 sqft | AED 3,298/sqft | AED 50,000,000 |
| 14 Dec 2009 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,946 sqft | AED 2,344/sqft | AED 46,750,000 |
| 8 Oct 2009 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,638 sqft | AED 3,867/sqft | AED 45,000,000 |
| 29 Oct 2009 | Marsa Dubai | PRINCESS TOWERDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,014 sqft | AED 2,138/sqft | AED 42,800,000 |
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.