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 — Q3 2013
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 14,818 property sales in Q3 2013, worth AED 33.70B in total, across 109 communities. That is 90% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,190,292 at AED 889/sqft, 10.2% above the same quarter last year. 17% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 1,973 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 3.71B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Safouh First rose 104% to 106 sales, while Al Barsha South Fifth fell 67% to 132.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2013, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,973 | -27.3% | 3.50B | 1.07M | 856/sqft | 6% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,636 | -31.1% | 3.23B | 1.42M | 1,349/sqft | 9% |
| Business Bay | 1,457 | -11.9% | 2.25B | 1.20M | 1,250/sqft | 30% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,348 | +0.9% | 3.71B | 1.87M | 1,916/sqft | 25% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 998 | +65.0% | 1.07B | 653K | 700/sqft | 41% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 795 | +23.1% | 3.61B | 2.72M | 2,025/sqft | 53% |
| Al Warsan First | 767 | -12.2% | 348.73M | 375K | 610/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 659 | +31.3% | 749.47M | 581K | 720/sqft | 17% |
| Nadd Hessa | 569 | -9.4% | 603.66M | 521K | 664/sqft | 5% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 474 | -23.1% | 917.10M | 1.38M | 355/sqft | 9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 445 | -6.5% | 414.21M | 570K | 697/sqft | 10% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 440 | -20.7% | 823.28M | 1.30M | 1,150/sqft | 10% |
| Al Hebiah First | 401 | +63.7% | 681.43M | 1.04M | 695/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 399 | +22.4% | 1.01B | 653K | 879/sqft | 16% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 394 | +16.6% | 316.45M | 735K | 833/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 | 3.71B | 1,348 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 3.61B | 795 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 3.50B | 1,973 |
| Marsa Dubai | 3.23B | 1,636 |
| Business Bay | 2.25B | 1,457 |
| Al Merkadh | 1.13B | 1 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 1.11B | 251 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1.07B | 998 |
| Me'Aisem First | 1.01B | 399 |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 917.10M | 474 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Safouh First | 106 | +103.8% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 132 | -66.9% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 998 | +65.0% |
| Al Hebiah First | 401 | +63.7% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 251 | -35.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 659 | +31.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,636 | -31.1% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 155 | -29.2% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 129 | +27.7% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,973 | -27.3% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 |
| 12 Aug 2013 | Um Suqaim Second | PORTO DUBAI | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,114,602 sqft | AED 317/sqft | AED 353,000,000 |
| 17 Sept 2013 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,808 sqft | AED 10,621/sqft | AED 221,000,000 |
| 19 Aug 2013 | Al Hebiah First | —Motor City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 162,463 sqft | AED 1,114/sqft | AED 181,000,000 |
| 12 Aug 2013 | Al Nahda First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,028 sqft | AED 4,795/sqft | AED 120,000,000 |
| 22 Jul 2013 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,853,255 sqft | AED 64/sqft | AED 118,705,274 |
| 30 Sept 2013 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 185,755 sqft | AED 635/sqft | AED 118,000,000 |
| 13 Aug 2013 | Marsa Dubai | STELLA MARISDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,718 sqft | AED 2,912/sqft | AED 104,000,000 |
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.