Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Annual report
Dubai property market — 2010
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside 2010. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 34,124 property sales in 2010, worth AED 63.21B in total, across 128 communities. That is 46% fewer than the year before.
The median sale was AED 1,059,355 at AED 864/sqft, 2.9% above the year before. 32% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 6,093 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 12.07B.
Against the previous year, Wadi Al Safa 3 rose 357% to 352 sales, while Wadi Al Safa 5 fell 95% to 111.
Sales by year
Price per square foot by year
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in 2010, and how each moved against the year before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 6,093 | -32.1% | 12.07B | 1.22M | 1,020/sqft | 38% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 4,864 | -32.8% | 5.08B | 811K | 763/sqft | 25% |
| Al Warsan First | 4,042 | -53.6% | 1.59B | 350K | 551/sqft | 33% |
| Burj Khalifa | 3,752 | +124.0% | 10.01B | 1.87M | 1,719/sqft | 33% |
| Business Bay | 2,516 | -42.5% | 4.27B | 1.29M | 1,155/sqft | 67% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 1,829 | +12.3% | 2.73B | 1.16M | 961/sqft | 28% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 1,629 | -39.1% | 2.38B | 843K | 803/sqft | 31% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1,202 | -69.7% | 4.27B | 2.45M | 1,193/sqft | 18% |
| Nadd Hessa | 1,178 | -32.3% | 1.60B | 601K | 777/sqft | 16% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 1,065 | -10.9% | 2.58B | 1.45M | 367/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 924 | -77.0% | 588.81M | 510K | 690/sqft | 1% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 724 | +0.4% | 1.89B | 2.52M | 459/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 647 | -80.8% | 679.37M | 660K | 660/sqft | 69% |
| Me'Aisem First | 495 | -77.2% | 368.43M | 524K | 964/sqft | 60% |
| Al Hebiah First | 451 | -74.9% | 845.56M | 1.45M | 737/sqft | 0% |
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 | 12.07B | 6,093 |
| Burj Khalifa | 10.01B | 3,752 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 5.08B | 4,864 |
| Business Bay | 4.27B | 2,516 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 4.27B | 1,202 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 2.73B | 1,829 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 2.58B | 1,065 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 2.38B | 1,629 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 1.89B | 724 |
| Al Jadaf | 1.86B | 68 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous year. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 352 | +357.1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 3,752 | +124.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 111 | -95.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 97 | -93.7% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 79 | -93.5% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 60 | -87.3% |
| Al Jadaf | 68 | -82.2% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 647 | -80.8% |
| Me'Aisem First | 495 | -77.2% |
| Jabal Ali First | 924 | -77.0% |
The largest sales of 2010
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 Apr 2010 | Marsa Dubai | ELITE RESIDENCEDubai Marina | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 4 B/R | 3,211 sqft | AED 205,464/sqft | AED 659,741,940 |
| 15 Feb 2010 | Nadd Hessa | PALACE TOWERSilicon Oasis | OfficeCommercial · Off-Plan Properties | Office | 5,201 sqft | AED 88,468/sqft | AED 460,129,845 |
| 5 Apr 2010 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,401 sqft | AED 9,893/sqft | AED 370,000,000 |
| 21 Apr 2010 | Marsa Dubai | PRINCESS TOWERDubai Marina | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 3 B/R | 2,037 sqft | AED 156,044/sqft | AED 317,888,200 |
| 24 Jun 2010 | Burj Khalifa | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,097 sqft | AED 4,500/sqft | AED 261,436,500 |
| 27 May 2010 | Marsa Dubai | ESCAN MARINA TOWERDubai Marina | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,445 sqft | AED 6,574/sqft | AED 233,000,000 |
| 9 Aug 2010 | Marsa Dubai | BAY CENTRAL WEST & CENTRAL TOWERSDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 86,854 sqft | AED 2,272/sqft | AED 197,333,500 |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Palm Jumeirah | TIARA RESIDENCEPalm Jumeirah | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 172,966 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 190,262,600 |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Palm Jumeirah | TIARA RESIDENCEPalm Jumeirah | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 170,518 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 187,564,300 |
| 10 Jun 2010 | Business Bay | CRYSTAL TOWERBusiness Bay | HotelHospitality · Existing Properties | Not specified | 412,157 sqft | AED 449/sqft | AED 185,000,000 |
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.