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 — Q3 2010
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 6,492 property sales in Q3 2010, worth AED 11.19B in total, across 77 communities. That is 60% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,167,881 at AED 848/sqft, 2.2% below the same quarter last year. 13% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,255 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 2.05B.
Against the previous quarter, Palm Jumeirah rose 26% to 257 sales, while Al Hebiah Fourth fell 82% to 164.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2010, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,255 | -19.8% | 1.87B | 1.10M | 985/sqft | 15% |
| Burj Khalifa | 907 | -20.2% | 2.05B | 1.80M | 1,568/sqft | 9% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 828 | -59.9% | 949.25M | 938K | 773/sqft | 21% |
| Al Warsan First | 615 | -29.0% | 207.48M | 299K | 415/sqft | 1% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 428 | +13.8% | 678.69M | 1.15M | 867/sqft | 0% |
| Business Bay | 343 | -38.6% | 629.25M | 1.67M | 993/sqft | 27% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 332 | +4.7% | 634.79M | 1.33M | 295/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 259 | -38.9% | 327.48M | 715K | 826/sqft | 13% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 257 | +26.0% | 795.83M | 2.50M | 1,311/sqft | 18% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 234 | +17.0% | 596.69M | 2.47M | 500/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 164 | -82.0% | 448.08M | 2.45M | 493/sqft | 9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 156 | -42.9% | 82.60M | 485K | 539/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 110 | +12.2% | 53.09M | 418K | 880/sqft | 76% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 92 | -34.3% | 80.44M | 667K | 716/sqft | 58% |
| Al Hebiah First | 91 | -33.6% | 151.74M | 1.21M | 704/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 | 2.05B | 907 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.87B | 1,255 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 949.25M | 828 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 795.83M | 257 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 678.69M | 428 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 634.79M | 332 |
| Business Bay | 629.25M | 343 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 596.69M | 234 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 448.08M | 164 |
| Nadd Hessa | 327.48M | 259 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 164 | -82.0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 828 | -59.9% |
| Al Thanyah First | 63 | -47.5% |
| Jabal Ali First | 156 | -42.9% |
| Nadd Hessa | 259 | -38.9% |
| Business Bay | 343 | -38.6% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 92 | -34.3% |
| Al Hebiah First | 91 | -33.6% |
| Al Warsan First | 615 | -29.0% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 89 | -28.2% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 26 Aug 2010 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,162 sqft | AED 8,198/sqft | AED 181,684,735 |
| 6 Sept 2010 | Burj Khalifa | PLATINUM TOWERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 112,496 sqft | AED 800/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 27 Sept 2010 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingResidential / Commercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 76,124 sqft | AED 1,056/sqft | AED 80,422,676 |
| 27 Sept 2010 | Al Sabkha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,460 sqft | AED 5,533/sqft | AED 80,000,000 |
| 17 Aug 2010 | Jabal Ali | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 137,904 sqft | AED 563/sqft | AED 77,571,911 |
| 21 Sept 2010 | Jabal Ali Industrial Second | —Down Town Jabal Ali | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,295 sqft | AED 1,800/sqft | AED 43,733,065 |
| 27 Sept 2010 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,174 sqft | AED 1,166/sqft | AED 41,000,000 |
| 14 Sept 2010 | Al Ras | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,840 sqft | AED 17,395/sqft | AED 32,000,000 |
| 22 Jul 2010 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,001 sqft | AED 2,583/sqft | AED 31,000,000 |
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.