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 — February 2010
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside February 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 3,265 property sales in February 2010, worth AED 5.67B in total, across 57 communities. That is 14% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,024,116 at AED 836/sqft, 13.1% above the same month last year. 45% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 618 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 805.57M.
Against the previous month, Business Bay rose 724% to 618 sales, while Marsa Dubai fell 10% to 431.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2010, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 618 | +724.0% | 805.57M | 1.13M | 1,262/sqft | 94% |
| Marsa Dubai | 431 | -10.4% | 798.66M | 1.37M | 1,002/sqft | 34% |
| Al Warsan First | 425 | +197.2% | 205.51M | 457K | 683/sqft | 51% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 383 | +116.4% | 452.66M | 906K | 775/sqft | 8% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 322 | +32100.0% | 582.10M | 1.22M | 757/sqft | 69% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 146 | +180.8% | 120.65M | 638K | 655/sqft | 99% |
| Nadd Hessa | 144 | +300.0% | 541.12M | 450K | 494/sqft | 3% |
| Jabal Ali First | 118 | +293.3% | 64.41M | 488K | 750/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 109 | +22.5% | 237.16M | 1.75M | 1,434/sqft | 7% |
| Me'Aisem First | 99 | +141.5% | 56.72M | 469K | 800/sqft | 79% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 98 | +139.0% | 173.05M | 1.00M | 730/sqft | 15% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 97 | -7.6% | 328.93M | 1.86M | 925/sqft | 14% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 53 | 0.0% | 86.45M | 1.15M | 904/sqft | 8% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 45 | +25.0% | 104.60M | 1.89M | 578/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 37 | +48.0% | 106.81M | 2.90M | 500/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 805.57M | 618 |
| Marsa Dubai | 798.66M | 431 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 582.10M | 322 |
| Nadd Hessa | 541.12M | 144 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 452.66M | 383 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 328.93M | 97 |
| Burj Khalifa | 237.16M | 109 |
| Al Ttay | 215.68M | 9 |
| Al Warsan First | 205.51M | 425 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 173.05M | 98 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 618 | +724.0% |
| Al Warsan First | 425 | +197.2% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 146 | +180.8% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 383 | +116.4% |
| Burj Khalifa | 109 | +22.5% |
| Marsa Dubai | 431 | -10.4% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 97 | -7.6% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 53 | 0.0% |
The largest sales of February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2010 | Nadd Hessa | PALACE TOWERSilicon Oasis | OfficeCommercial · Off-Plan Properties | Office | 5,201 sqft | AED 88,468/sqft | AED 460,129,845 |
| 1 Feb 2010 | Jabal Ali Industrial First | —JABAL ALI INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 3,250/sqft | AED 130,000,000 |
| 16 Feb 2010 | Al Jadaf | —Sama Al Jadaf | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 53,644 sqft | AED 1,500/sqft | AED 80,466,000 |
| 9 Feb 2010 | Bukadra | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,516 sqft | AED 2,000/sqft | AED 61,030,000 |
| 4 Feb 2010 | Al Jadaf | —Sama Al Jadaf | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,270 sqft | AED 1,550/sqft | AED 32,968,500 |
| 15 Feb 2010 | Marsa Dubai | THE ATLANTICDubai Marina | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,188 sqft | AED 793/sqft | AED 31,862,600 |
| 25 Feb 2010 | Palm Jumeirah | BALQIS RESIDENCEPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 17,359 sqft | AED 1,671/sqft | AED 29,000,000 |
| 16 Feb 2010 | Al Ttay | —Al Khawaneej Labour City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 1,300/sqft | AED 26,000,000 |
| 16 Feb 2010 | Al Jadaf | PALAZZO VERSACEJaddaf Waterfront | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 10,678 sqft | AED 2,369/sqft | AED 25,300,000 |
| 1 Feb 2010 | Al Ttay | —Al Khawaneej Labour City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,514 sqft | AED 1,250/sqft | AED 24,392,500 |
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.