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Quarterly report

Dubai property market — Q4 2013

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 2013. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales19,988Registered in Q4 2013up70.1% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 49.50BRegistered in Q4 2013Across 113 communities
Price per sqftAED 907/sqftMedian across Q4 2013up2.9% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.43MMedian across Q4 201331% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 19,988 property sales in Q4 2013, worth AED 49.50B in total, across 113 communities. That is 70% more than the same quarter a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,426,511 at AED 907/sqft, 2.9% above the same quarter last year. 31% of sales were off-plan.

Burj Khalifa was the busiest community with 2,959 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 10.01B.

Against the previous quarter, Al Hebiah Third rose 148% to 384 sales, while Dubai Investment Park First fell 47% to 250.

Sales by quarter

Price per square foot by quarter

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2013, and how each moved against the quarter before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Burj Khalifa2,959+119.5%AED 10.01BAED 2.51MAED 2,218/sqft54%
Marsa Dubai2,076+26.9%AED 4.27BAED 1.50MAED 1,363/sqft5%
Al Thanyah Fifth2,039+3.3%AED 4.07BAED 1.28MAED 782/sqft2%
Al Yelayiss 11,911+15825.0%AED 2.94BAED 1.51MAED 551/sqft100%
Business Bay1,484+1.9%AED 2.74BAED 1.26MAED 1,392/sqft41%
Al Barsha South Fourth968-3.0%AED 1.50BAED 797KAED 728/sqft18%
Al Warsan First912+18.9%AED 433.61MAED 369KAED 633/sqft0%
Al Thanyah Third813+84.8%AED 1.49BAED 1.60MAED 1,291/sqft51%
Al Hebiah First742+85.0%AED 1.14BAED 843KAED 747/sqft0%
Al Hebiah Fourth707+7.3%AED 852.53MAED 654KAED 800/sqft9%
Me'Aisem First659+65.2%AED 691.18MAED 400KAED 825/sqft59%
Palm Jumeirah567-28.7%AED 3.34BAED 2.55MAED 1,895/sqft49%
Nadd Hessa546-4.0%AED 475.31MAED 590KAED 676/sqft5%
Jabal Ali First450+1.1%AED 595.71MAED 644KAED 748/sqft12%
Al Hebiah Third384+147.7%AED 935.67MAED 2.31MAED 870/sqft47%

Where the money went

Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.

CommunityValueSales
Burj KhalifaAED 10.01B2,959
Marsa DubaiAED 4.27B2,076
Al Thanyah FifthAED 4.07B2,039
Palm JumeirahAED 3.34B567
Al Yelayiss 1AED 2.94B1,911
Business BayAED 2.74B1,484
Al Barsha South FourthAED 1.50B968
Al Thanyah ThirdAED 1.49B813
Al Hebiah FirstAED 1.14B742
Al Thanayah FourthAED 1.08B208

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Al Hebiah Third384+147.7%
Burj Khalifa2,959+119.5%
Al Hebiah First742+85.0%
Al Thanyah Third813+84.8%
Me'Aisem First659+65.2%
Dubai Investment Park First250-47.3%
Dubai Investment Park Second134+45.7%
Al Barsha South Fifth79-40.2%
Palm Jumeirah567-28.7%
Marsa Dubai2,076+26.9%

The largest sales of Q4 2013

Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
4 Nov 2013Saih Shuaib 4—Dubai Industrial CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified2,158,398 sqftAED 195/sqftAED 420,000,000
18 Dec 2013Al Thanyah First—VillaExisting PropertiesNot specified639,999 sqftAED 650/sqftAED 416,000,000
19 Dec 2013Al Merkadh—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified4,999,972 sqftAED 65/sqftAED 325,000,000
6 Nov 2013Al Barshaa South First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified459,613 sqftAED 599/sqftAED 275,475,000
19 Dec 2013Marsa DubaiCielDubai MarinaBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified39,419 sqftAED 6,062/sqftAED 238,960,400
18 Nov 2013Burj KhalifaImperial AvenueDownTown DubaiBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified95,600 sqftAED 2,316/sqftAED 221,401,500
28 Oct 2013Palm JumeirahONE AT PALM JUMEIRAHPalm JumeirahBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified155,470 sqftAED 1,302/sqftAED 202,421,809
19 Dec 2013Al MerkadhSOBHA HARTLAND VILLAS-PHASE 1Meydan One CommunityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified3,000,012 sqftAED 65/sqftAED 195,000,000
5 Nov 2013Al Barshaa South First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified459,613 sqftAED 400/sqftAED 183,844,000
3 Oct 2013Palm JumeirahTIARA RESIDENCEPalm JumeirahVillaExisting PropertiesNot specified422,107 sqftAED 433/sqftAED 182,613,000

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.