Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Monthly report
Dubai property market — September 2016
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside September 2016. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,240 property sales in September 2016, worth AED 5.22B in total, across 79 communities. That is 41% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,099,219 at AED 936/sqft, 5.5% above the same month last year. 41% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 212 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 509.84M.
Against the previous month, Al Thanyah Fifth rose 9% to 150 sales, while Burj Khalifa fell 68% to 97.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in September 2016, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 212 | -28.1% | 509.84M | 1.26M | 1,496/sqft | 65% |
| Jabal Ali First | 157 | -22.7% | 201.72M | 814K | 917/sqft | 63% |
| Marsa Dubai | 157 | -51.4% | 266.58M | 1.55M | 1,325/sqft | 18% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 150 | +9.5% | 269.40M | 1.13M | 991/sqft | 3% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 140 | -21.8% | 226.04M | 740K | 890/sqft | 55% |
| Nadd Hessa | 117 | -4.9% | 88.49M | 635K | 776/sqft | 25% |
| Al Goze Fourth | 104 | +845.5% | 77.76M | 736K | 738/sqft | 100% |
| Burj Khalifa | 97 | -68.4% | 231.54M | 1.68M | 2,144/sqft | 59% |
| Al Warsan First | 92 | -49.7% | 50.54M | 417K | 715/sqft | 5% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 84 | -44.4% | 68.97M | 563K | 998/sqft | 39% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 63 | -19.2% | 273.89M | 4.32M | 1,353/sqft | 79% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 57 | -40.0% | 56.04M | 893K | 942/sqft | 100% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 57 | -44.7% | 207.89M | 2.30M | 1,496/sqft | 26% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 55 | -41.5% | 34.48M | 614K | 760/sqft | 76% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 53 | -45.9% | 133.18M | 847K | 717/sqft | 66% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 509.84M | 212 |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 273.89M | 63 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 269.40M | 150 |
| Marsa Dubai | 266.58M | 157 |
| Burj Khalifa | 231.54M | 97 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 226.04M | 140 |
| Al Jadaf | 219.10M | 16 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 218.78M | 12 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 207.89M | 57 |
| Jabal Ali First | 201.72M | 157 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous month. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 97 | -68.4% |
| Marsa Dubai | 157 | -51.4% |
| Al Warsan First | 92 | -49.7% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 53 | -45.9% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 57 | -44.7% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 84 | -44.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 55 | -41.5% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 57 | -40.0% |
| Business Bay | 212 | -28.1% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 50 | -23.1% |
The largest sales of September 2016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sept 2016 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | —DUBAI HILLS | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,199,999 sqft | AED 148/sqft | AED 177,100,000 |
| 1 Sept 2016 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 57,118 sqft | AED 3,064/sqft | AED 175,000,000 |
| 26 Sept 2016 | Al Jadaf | Binghatti AvenueDubai Health Care City Phase 2 | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 84,331 sqft | AED 1,776/sqft | AED 149,804,193 |
| 6 Sept 2016 | Um Hurair Second | —Dubai Health Care City Phase 1 | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 26,536 sqft | AED 5,408/sqft | AED 143,500,000 |
| 21 Sept 2016 | Saih Shuaib 3 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,999,992 sqft | AED 33/sqft | AED 100,304,815 |
| 8 Sept 2016 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,512 sqft | AED 2,631/sqft | AED 75,000,000 |
| 26 Sept 2016 | Al Jadaf | Binghatti GatewayDubai Health Care City Phase 2 | BuildingMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,191 sqft | AED 1,210/sqft | AED 45,000,000 |
| 27 Sept 2016 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 269,102 sqft | AED 137/sqft | AED 36,965,753 |
| 5 Sept 2016 | Bukadra | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,101 sqft | AED 1,743/sqft | AED 36,783,250 |
| 1 Sept 2016 | Palm Jumeirah | VICEROY HOTEL RESORTS RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 12,520 sqft | AED 2,796/sqft | AED 35,000,000 |
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.