Quarterly report
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 2013. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
The Land Department registered 12,859 property sales in Q1 2013, worth AED 26.81B in total, across 115 communities. That is 65% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,174,702 at AED 886/sqft, 10.8% above the same quarter last year. 10% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 2,574 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 4.30B.
Against the previous quarter, Jabal Ali First rose 167% to 484 sales, while Dubai Investment Park First fell 25% to 178.
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2013, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 2,574 | +1.7% | AED 4.30B | AED 1.30M | AED 1,177/sqft | 10% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,860 | +4.8% | AED 2.86B | AED 900K | AED 797/sqft | 4% |
| Business Bay | 1,083 | +17.1% | AED 1.61B | AED 1.24M | AED 1,189/sqft | 27% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,011 | -19.8% | AED 2.98B | AED 1.90M | AED 1,727/sqft | 31% |
| Al Warsan First | 850 | -15.3% | AED 366.37M | AED 335K | AED 533/sqft | 1% |
| Jabal Ali First | 484 | +167.4% | AED 597.54M | AED 460K | AED 686/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 471 | -0.2% | AED 723.32M | AED 1.20M | AED 1,055/sqft | 3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 455 | +58.0% | AED 1.86B | AED 2.60M | AED 1,386/sqft | 19% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 382 | -14.9% | AED 562.40M | AED 738K | AED 725/sqft | 16% |
| Nadd Hessa | 379 | +25.1% | AED 315.00M | AED 500K | AED 620/sqft | 2% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 350 | +109.6% | AED 353.13M | AED 615K | AED 706/sqft | 5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 337 | -8.7% | AED 401.85M | AED 721K | AED 653/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 314 | +1.6% | AED 1.07B | AED 2.00M | AED 673/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 230 | +117.0% | AED 185.87M | AED 774K | AED 854/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 226 | +3.7% | AED 638.56M | AED 2.50M | AED 595/sqft | 0% |
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 | AED 4.30B | 2,574 |
| Burj Khalifa | AED 2.98B | 1,011 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | AED 2.86B | 1,860 |
| Palm Jumeirah | AED 1.86B | 455 |
| Business Bay | AED 1.61B | 1,083 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | AED 1.07B | 314 |
| Al Thanyah Third | AED 723.32M | 471 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | AED 638.56M | 226 |
| Jabal Ali First | AED 597.54M | 484 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | AED 562.40M | 382 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jabal Ali First | 484 | +167.4% |
| Al Thanyah First | 186 | +138.5% |
| Me'Aisem First | 120 | +135.3% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 230 | +117.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 350 | +109.6% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 455 | +58.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 87 | +35.9% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 175 | +33.6% |
| Nadd Hessa | 379 | +25.1% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 178 | -24.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2013 | Nad Al Shiba First | GRAND VIEWSMeydan Racecourse Community | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 3,572,692 sqft | AED 104/sqft | AED 370,000,000 |
| 7 Feb 2013 | Al Hebiah First | —Motor City | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 277,215 sqft | AED 1,028/sqft | AED 285,000,000 |
| 4 Feb 2013 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | VillaExisting Properties | Not specified | 10,601,779 sqft | AED 19/sqft | AED 201,775,000 |
| 28 Jan 2013 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 57,073 sqft | AED 2,453/sqft | AED 140,000,000 |
| 14 Jan 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 443,027 sqft | AED 286/sqft | AED 126,740,000 |
| 16 Jan 2013 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 20,807 sqft | AED 5,527/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 16 Jan 2013 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 20,807 sqft | AED 5,527/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 28 Mar 2013 | Burj Khalifa | MADA RESIDENCES TOWERDownTown Dubai | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 47,163 sqft | AED 2,160/sqft | AED 101,872,892 |
| 23 Jan 2013 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 36,781 sqft | AED 2,719/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
| 25 Feb 2013 | Al Barsha South Fourth | Binghatti CircleJumeirah Village Circle | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 69,121 sqft | AED 1,350/sqft | AED 93,313,600 |
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.