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 — November 2011
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside November 2011. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 1,782 property sales in November 2011, worth AED 4.08B in total, across 60 communities. That is 14% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 998,526 at AED 782/sqft, 1.6% above the same month last year. 9% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 411 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 684.27M.
Against the previous month, Nadd Hessa fell 49% to 58.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in November 2011, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 411 | -13.7% | 427.72M | 750K | 753/sqft | 9% |
| Marsa Dubai | 280 | -30.2% | 394.96M | 1.15M | 913/sqft | 11% |
| Business Bay | 126 | -19.2% | 524.86M | 1.40M | 1,210/sqft | 11% |
| Burj Khalifa | 114 | -24.5% | 684.27M | 1.99M | 1,518/sqft | 4% |
| Al Warsan First | 106 | -31.6% | 30.92M | 249K | 354/sqft | 3% |
| Me'Aisem First | 92 | +922.2% | 61.59M | 562K | 1,019/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 90 | -32.3% | 87.55M | 691K | 638/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 89 | -34.1% | 381.65M | 830K | 765/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 80 | -14.9% | 290.92M | 2.24M | 1,263/sqft | 11% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 59 | -33.7% | 295.86M | 2.16M | 575/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 58 | -49.1% | 60.19M | 654K | 670/sqft | 28% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 41 | -43.1% | 45.51M | 912K | 883/sqft | 2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 30 | -37.5% | 82.37M | 2.50M | 476/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 29 | -38.3% | 73.01M | 1.95M | 597/sqft | 38% |
| Jabal Ali First | 29 | -54.0% | 12.83M | 240K | 495/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 | 684.27M | 114 |
| Business Bay | 524.86M | 126 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 427.72M | 411 |
| Marsa Dubai | 394.96M | 280 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 381.65M | 89 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 295.86M | 59 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 290.92M | 80 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 87.55M | 90 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 82.37M | 30 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 73.01M | 29 |
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 | 58 | -49.1% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 89 | -34.1% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 59 | -33.7% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 90 | -32.3% |
| Al Warsan First | 106 | -31.6% |
| Marsa Dubai | 280 | -30.2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 114 | -24.5% |
| Business Bay | 126 | -19.2% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 80 | -14.9% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 411 | -13.7% |
The largest sales of November 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov 2011 | Burj Khalifa | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,285,188 sqft | AED 272/sqft | AED 350,000,000 |
| 14 Nov 2011 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 359,676 sqft | AED 931/sqft | AED 335,000,000 |
| 14 Nov 2011 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,104 sqft | AED 5,001/sqft | AED 270,570,375 |
| 14 Nov 2011 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 38,882 sqft | AED 1,024/sqft | AED 39,800,000 |
| 21 Nov 2011 | Burj Khalifa | SILVER STAR TOWERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,029 sqft | AED 566/sqft | AED 38,500,000 |
| 30 Nov 2011 | Jumeirah Second | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 38,898 sqft | AED 771/sqft | AED 30,000,000 |
| 17 Nov 2011 | Al Hamriya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 1,500/sqft | AED 30,000,000 |
| 21 Nov 2011 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,382 sqft | AED 2,548/sqft | AED 29,000,000 |
| 21 Nov 2011 | Madinat Hind 1 | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,968,797 sqft | AED 14/sqft | AED 27,169,431 |
| 23 Nov 2011 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,545 sqft | AED 1,495/sqft | AED 21,750,000 |
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.