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 — May 2012
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 2012. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 3,321 property sales in May 2012, worth AED 6.61B in total, across 89 communities. That is 43% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,091,316 at AED 777/sqft, 4.1% below the same month last year. 11% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 796 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 916.88M.
Against the previous month, Nadd Hessa rose 40% to 112 sales, while Al Barsha South Fourth fell 64% to 91.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2012, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 796 | +37.0% | 916.88M | 783K | 734/sqft | 4% |
| Marsa Dubai | 496 | +8.5% | 775.60M | 1.30M | 1,010/sqft | 21% |
| Business Bay | 311 | +1.0% | 476.45M | 1.24M | 1,144/sqft | 34% |
| Burj Khalifa | 223 | +25.3% | 536.27M | 1.84M | 1,593/sqft | 15% |
| Al Warsan First | 194 | +22.0% | 49.84M | 217K | 345/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 181 | -23.0% | 652.64M | 2.65M | 1,202/sqft | 24% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 135 | +14.4% | 197.41M | 1.02M | 876/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 112 | +40.0% | 94.05M | 556K | 667/sqft | 2% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 110 | +7.8% | 413.08M | 1.79M | 596/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 98 | +18.1% | 117.52M | 731K | 638/sqft | 1% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 91 | +160.0% | 120.72M | 1.44M | 261/sqft | 1% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 91 | -63.9% | 160.26M | 900K | 530/sqft | 11% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 76 | +137.5% | 200.72M | 2.38M | 521/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 63 | -1.6% | 55.30M | 300K | 550/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 32 | -65.6% | 77.84M | 2.73M | 554/sqft | 22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 916.88M | 796 |
| Marsa Dubai | 775.60M | 496 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 652.64M | 181 |
| Burj Khalifa | 536.27M | 223 |
| Business Bay | 476.45M | 311 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 413.08M | 110 |
| Trade Center Second | 355.12M | 9 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 200.72M | 76 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 197.41M | 135 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 160.26M | 91 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 91 | -63.9% |
| Nadd Hessa | 112 | +40.0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 796 | +37.0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 223 | +25.3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 181 | -23.0% |
| Al Warsan First | 194 | +22.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 98 | +18.1% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 135 | +14.4% |
| Marsa Dubai | 496 | +8.5% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 110 | +7.8% |
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.