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 — December 2010
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside December 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 1,509 property sales in December 2010, worth AED 3.11B in total, across 62 communities. That is 50% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,210,000 at AED 795/sqft, 11.5% below the same month last year. 6% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 264 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 509.66M.
Against the previous month, Marsa Dubai rose 38% to 264 sales, while Nadd Hessa fell 48% to 76.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in December 2010, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 264 | +38.2% | 392.42M | 1.22M | 864/sqft | 11% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 211 | +31.9% | 202.16M | 800K | 727/sqft | 10% |
| Burj Khalifa | 160 | -19.6% | 509.66M | 2.05M | 1,641/sqft | 5% |
| Al Warsan First | 157 | -6.0% | 42.79M | 250K | 391/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 131 | +28.4% | 395.88M | 2.52M | 1,299/sqft | 3% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 82 | -6.8% | 113.51M | 1.09M | 857/sqft | 5% |
| Nadd Hessa | 76 | -47.9% | 100.45M | 750K | 701/sqft | 0% |
| Business Bay | 66 | -2.9% | 91.14M | 1.25M | 1,026/sqft | 15% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 52 | -23.5% | 144.32M | 1.66M | 522/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 44 | +15.8% | 27.18M | 561K | 657/sqft | 7% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 37 | -53.2% | 95.92M | 2.76M | 546/sqft | 24% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 29 | -37.0% | 68.83M | 2.00M | 365/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 28 | +33.3% | 21.66M | 727K | 793/sqft | 4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 24 | +166.7% | 90.89M | 4.33M | 357/sqft | 8% |
| Al Thanyah First | 15 | -64.3% | 14.29M | 694K | 1,062/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 509.66M | 160 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 395.88M | 131 |
| Marsa Dubai | 392.42M | 264 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 202.16M | 211 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 144.32M | 52 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 113.51M | 82 |
| Nadd Hessa | 100.45M | 76 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 95.92M | 37 |
| Business Bay | 91.14M | 66 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 90.89M | 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nadd Hessa | 76 | -47.9% |
| Marsa Dubai | 264 | +38.2% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 211 | +31.9% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 131 | +28.4% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 52 | -23.5% |
| Burj Khalifa | 160 | -19.6% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 82 | -6.8% |
| Al Warsan First | 157 | -6.0% |
| Business Bay | 66 | -2.9% |
The largest sales of December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec 2010 | Al Mamzer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 323,756 sqft | AED 265/sqft | AED 85,750,000 |
| 21 Dec 2010 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 67,831 sqft | AED 1,150/sqft | AED 78,000,000 |
| 29 Dec 2010 | Burj Khalifa | Emaar Square Bldg 4DownTown Dubai | OfficeCommercial · Existing Properties | Office | 29,031 sqft | AED 1,863/sqft | AED 54,077,144 |
| 1 Dec 2010 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,121 sqft | AED 984/sqft | AED 38,500,000 |
| 20 Dec 2010 | Dubai International Airport | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 960/sqft | AED 38,400,000 |
| 15 Dec 2010 | Al Jadaf | —Sama Al Jadaf | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 26,827 sqft | AED 1,400/sqft | AED 37,557,800 |
| 6 Dec 2010 | Al Khabeesi | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,978 sqft | AED 800/sqft | AED 32,000,000 |
| 13 Dec 2010 | Dubai Investment Park Second | DUNES VILLAGEDubai Investment Park Second | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,528 sqft | AED 514/sqft | AED 28,000,000 |
| 29 Dec 2010 | Burj Khalifa | Emaar Square Bldg 4DownTown Dubai | OfficeCommercial · Existing Properties | Office | 14,843 sqft | AED 1,863/sqft | AED 27,648,619 |
| 7 Dec 2010 | Al Barsha First | — | Landأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,212 sqft | AED 827/sqft | AED 25,000,000 |
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.