Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Annual report
Dubai property market — 2013
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside 2013. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 64,502 property sales in 2013, worth AED 147.21B in total, across 145 communities. That is 77% more than the year before.
The median sale was AED 1,282,500 at AED 891/sqft, 8.5% above the year before. 18% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 8,662 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 20.61B.
Against the previous year, Al Hebiah First rose 616% to 1,467 sales.
Sales by year
Price per square foot by year
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in 2013, and how each moved against the year before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 8,662 | +36.9% | 16.94B | 1.40M | 1,276/sqft | 9% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 8,585 | +41.0% | 15.21B | 1.08M | 805/sqft | 3% |
| Burj Khalifa | 6,654 | +148.6% | 20.61B | 2.11M | 2,020/sqft | 41% |
| Business Bay | 5,677 | +79.9% | 9.52B | 1.28M | 1,278/sqft | 31% |
| Al Warsan First | 3,403 | +28.3% | 1.52B | 351K | 583/sqft | 1% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 2,953 | +100.3% | 4.08B | 725K | 715/sqft | 24% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2,463 | +59.9% | 11.77B | 2.65M | 1,669/sqft | 37% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 2,279 | +36.0% | 3.95B | 1.35M | 1,179/sqft | 22% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 2,218 | +231.0% | 2.59B | 605K | 752/sqft | 12% |
| Nadd Hessa | 2,122 | +88.6% | 1.97B | 525K | 645/sqft | 3% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 1,923 | — | 2.96B | 1.51M | 551/sqft | 100% |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,855 | +140.6% | 2.16B | 525K | 697/sqft | 5% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 1,518 | +217.6% | 3.18B | 1.42M | 330/sqft | 5% |
| Me'Aisem First | 1,504 | +154.1% | 2.08B | 533K | 815/sqft | 32% |
| Al Hebiah First | 1,467 | +615.6% | 2.61B | 978K | 735/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 | 20.61B | 6,654 |
| Marsa Dubai | 16.94B | 8,662 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 15.21B | 8,585 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 11.77B | 2,463 |
| Business Bay | 9.52B | 5,677 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 4.64B | 1,159 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 4.08B | 2,953 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 3.95B | 2,279 |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 3.18B | 1,518 |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 2.96B | 1,923 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous year. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hebiah First | 1,467 | +615.6% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,309 | +532.4% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 407 | +299.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 2,218 | +231.0% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 1,518 | +217.6% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 244 | +174.2% |
| Me'Aisem First | 1,504 | +154.1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 6,654 | +148.6% |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,855 | +140.6% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 453 | +134.7% |
The largest sales of 2013
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 Jul 2013 | Al Merkadh | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,167,112 sqft | AED 23/sqft | AED 1,125,000,000 |
| 25 Jul 2013 | Zaabeel Second | Akala Hotels and ResidencesDubai International Financial Center | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 138,466 sqft | AED 5,467/sqft | AED 757,000,000 |
| 10 Jul 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | Passo By BeyondPalm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 505,735 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 556,309,600 |
| 4 Nov 2013 | Saih Shuaib 4 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,158,398 sqft | AED 195/sqft | AED 420,000,000 |
| 18 Dec 2013 | Al Thanyah First | — | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 639,999 sqft | AED 650/sqft | AED 416,000,000 |
| 10 Jun 2013 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum District 11 | VillaOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,225,705 sqft | AED 40/sqft | AED 408,500,000 |
| 9 Apr 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | VICEROY HOTEL RESORTS RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 305,695 sqft | AED 1,302/sqft | AED 398,027,280 |
| 18 Mar 2013 | Nad Al Shiba First | GRAND VIEWSMeydan Racecourse Community | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,572,692 sqft | AED 104/sqft | AED 370,000,000 |
| 12 Aug 2013 | Um Suqaim Second | PORTO DUBAI | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,114,602 sqft | AED 317/sqft | AED 353,000,000 |
| 20 Jun 2013 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,931 sqft | AED 6,654/sqft | AED 325,599,030 |
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.