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 — August 2012
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 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 1,960 property sales in August 2012, worth AED 3.48B in total, across 63 communities. That is 1% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,132,433 at AED 771/sqft, 4.1% below the same month last year. 13% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 281 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 405.64M.
Against the previous month, Wadi Al Safa 5 rose 68% to 121 sales, while Al Thanyah Third fell 65% to 89.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 2012, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 281 | -36.3% | 399.07M | 886K | 702/sqft | 3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 275 | -38.6% | 405.64M | 1.14M | 970/sqft | 21% |
| Business Bay | 187 | -33.5% | 275.02M | 1.22M | 1,200/sqft | 21% |
| Al Warsan First | 139 | -31.5% | 40.86M | 245K | 400/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 127 | -32.1% | 284.11M | 1.88M | 1,466/sqft | 34% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 121 | +68.1% | 197.03M | 1.56M | 107/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 102 | -8.1% | 91.62M | 714K | 768/sqft | 2% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 89 | -64.7% | 120.38M | 1.00M | 1,045/sqft | 8% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 76 | -34.5% | 302.75M | 2.42M | 1,271/sqft | 16% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 59 | -42.2% | 169.55M | 2.30M | 678/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 54 | +980.0% | 47.72M | 756K | 931/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 50 | -26.5% | 66.33M | 744K | 748/sqft | 40% |
| Nadd Hessa | 47 | -41.3% | 47.69M | 520K | 650/sqft | 19% |
| Al Thanyah First | 43 | +95.5% | 45.42M | 702K | 502/sqft | 67% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 38 | -39.7% | 115.22M | 2.94M | 490/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 405.64M | 275 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 399.07M | 281 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 302.75M | 76 |
| Burj Khalifa | 284.11M | 127 |
| Business Bay | 275.02M | 187 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 197.03M | 121 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 169.55M | 59 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 120.38M | 89 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 115.22M | 38 |
| Al Jadaf | 91.74M | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 121 | +68.1% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 89 | -64.7% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 59 | -42.2% |
| Marsa Dubai | 275 | -38.6% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 281 | -36.3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 76 | -34.5% |
| Business Bay | 187 | -33.5% |
| Burj Khalifa | 127 | -32.1% |
| Al Warsan First | 139 | -31.5% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 50 | -26.5% |
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.