Quarterly report
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.
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.
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% | AED 3.50B | AED 1.07M | AED 856/sqft | 6% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,636 | -31.1% | AED 3.23B | AED 1.42M | AED 1,349/sqft | 9% |
| Business Bay | 1,457 | -11.9% | AED 2.25B | AED 1.20M | AED 1,250/sqft | 30% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,348 | +0.9% | AED 3.71B | AED 1.87M | AED 1,916/sqft | 25% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 998 | +65.0% | AED 1.07B | AED 653K | AED 700/sqft | 41% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 795 | +23.1% | AED 3.61B | AED 2.72M | AED 2,025/sqft | 53% |
| Al Warsan First | 767 | -12.2% | AED 348.73M | AED 375K | AED 610/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 659 | +31.3% | AED 749.47M | AED 581K | AED 720/sqft | 17% |
| Nadd Hessa | 569 | -9.4% | AED 603.66M | AED 521K | AED 664/sqft | 5% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 474 | -23.1% | AED 917.10M | AED 1.38M | AED 355/sqft | 9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 445 | -6.5% | AED 414.21M | AED 570K | AED 697/sqft | 10% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 440 | -20.7% | AED 823.28M | AED 1.30M | AED 1,150/sqft | 10% |
| Al Hebiah First | 401 | +63.7% | AED 681.43M | AED 1.04M | AED 695/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 399 | +22.4% | AED 1.01B | AED 653K | AED 879/sqft | 16% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 394 | +16.6% | AED 316.45M | AED 735K | AED 833/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | AED 3.71B | 1,348 |
| Palm Jumeirah | AED 3.61B | 795 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | AED 3.50B | 1,973 |
| Marsa Dubai | AED 3.23B | 1,636 |
| Business Bay | AED 2.25B | 1,457 |
| Al Merkadh | AED 1.13B | 1 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | AED 1.11B | 251 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | AED 1.07B | 998 |
| Me'Aisem First | AED 1.01B | 399 |
| Dubai Investment Park First | AED 917.10M | 474 |
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% |
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 | — | LandExisting 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 | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 138,466 sqft | AED 5,467/sqft | AED 757,000,000 |
| 10 Jul 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | Passo By BeyondPalm Jumeirah | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 505,735 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 556,309,600 |
| 12 Aug 2013 | Um Suqaim Second | PORTO DUBAI | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 1,114,602 sqft | AED 317/sqft | AED 353,000,000 |
| 17 Sept 2013 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 20,808 sqft | AED 10,621/sqft | AED 221,000,000 |
| 19 Aug 2013 | Al Hebiah First | —Motor City | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 162,463 sqft | AED 1,114/sqft | AED 181,000,000 |
| 12 Aug 2013 | Al Nahda First | — | BuildingExisting 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 | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 1,853,255 sqft | AED 64/sqft | AED 118,705,274 |
| 30 Sept 2013 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 185,755 sqft | AED 635/sqft | AED 118,000,000 |
| 13 Aug 2013 | Marsa Dubai | STELLA MARISDubai Marina | BuildingExisting 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.