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 — Q1 2012
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 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 7,817 property sales in Q1 2012, worth AED 15.60B in total, across 108 communities. That is 6% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,024,312 at AED 800/sqft, 0.2% below the same quarter last year. 10% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 1,375 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 2.56B.
Against the previous quarter, Palm Jumeirah rose 55% to 439 sales, while Jabal Ali First fell 10% to 180.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2012, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,375 | -1.7% | 1.40B | 719K | 710/sqft | 8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,280 | +14.4% | 2.56B | 1.28M | 954/sqft | 15% |
| Business Bay | 741 | +36.2% | 1.21B | 1.30M | 1,244/sqft | 6% |
| Al Warsan First | 444 | +9.6% | 129.24M | 240K | 371/sqft | 3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 439 | +55.1% | 1.98B | 2.76M | 1,283/sqft | 14% |
| Burj Khalifa | 399 | -1.2% | 1.25B | 1.67M | 1,445/sqft | 20% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 379 | +2.4% | 396.09M | 626K | 662/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 338 | +29.0% | 228.61M | 538K | 945/sqft | 7% |
| Nadd Hessa | 338 | +39.1% | 212.32M | 463K | 672/sqft | 9% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 332 | +1.5% | 409.45M | 887K | 825/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 275 | +16.5% | 313.57M | 890K | 916/sqft | 7% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 220 | +0.5% | 730.19M | 1.89M | 558/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 180 | -10.4% | 130.07M | 383K | 568/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 143 | +36.2% | 196.05M | 860K | 737/sqft | 58% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 118 | +145.8% | 180.92M | 1.49M | 220/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 | 2.56B | 1,280 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.98B | 439 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.40B | 1,375 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.25B | 399 |
| Business Bay | 1.21B | 741 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 730.19M | 220 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 409.45M | 332 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 396.09M | 379 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 313.57M | 275 |
| Um Hurair Second | 311.53M | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 439 | +55.1% |
| Nadd Hessa | 338 | +39.1% |
| Business Bay | 741 | +36.2% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 143 | +36.2% |
| Me'Aisem First | 338 | +29.0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 275 | +16.5% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,280 | +14.4% |
| Jabal Ali First | 180 | -10.4% |
| Al Warsan First | 444 | +9.6% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 379 | +2.4% |
The largest sales of Q1 2012
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2012 | Marsa Dubai | —Jumeriah Beach Residence - JBR | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 65,083 sqft | AED 5,455/sqft | AED 355,000,000 |
| 19 Jan 2012 | Um Hurair Second | —Dubai Health Care City Phase 1 | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 176,973 sqft | AED 1,695/sqft | AED 300,000,000 |
| 20 Feb 2012 | Trade Center First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 16,000/sqft | AED 160,000,000 |
| 5 Jan 2012 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 89,800 sqft | AED 1,091/sqft | AED 98,000,000 |
| 7 Feb 2012 | Burj Khalifa | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,926 sqft | AED 1,600/sqft | AED 94,281,250 |
| 7 Mar 2012 | Al Mamzer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,811 sqft | AED 3,708/sqft | AED 92,000,000 |
| 19 Jan 2012 | Burj Khalifa | BURJ KHALIFA TOWERSDownTown Dubai | OfficeCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 8,807 sqft | AED 9,358/sqft | AED 82,414,416 |
| 3 Jan 2012 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,447 sqft | AED 4,337/sqft | AED 80,000,000 |
| 27 Feb 2012 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,103 sqft | AED 3,463/sqft | AED 80,000,000 |
| 5 Mar 2012 | Burj Khalifa | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 1,925/sqft | AED 77,000,000 |
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.