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 — February 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside February 2018. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,801 property sales in February 2018, worth AED 6.35B in total, across 97 communities. That is 33% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 906,000 at AED 1,177/sqft, 17.5% above the same month last year. 52% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 358 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.06B.
Against the previous month, Business Bay rose 38% to 358 sales, while Al Yelayiss 2 fell 44% to 74.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2018, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 358 | +38.2% | 1.06B | 797K | 1,534/sqft | 86% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 228 | +15.2% | 303.67M | 693K | 969/sqft | 76% |
| Marsa Dubai | 214 | -21.3% | 397.29M | 1.60M | 1,606/sqft | 38% |
| Al Merkadh | 182 | -24.2% | 153.41M | 568K | 1,475/sqft | 98% |
| Al Warsan First | 149 | -13.4% | 128.36M | 425K | 671/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 138 | +10.4% | 161.90M | 700K | 977/sqft | 7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 121 | -14.8% | 103.46M | 548K | 1,302/sqft | 60% |
| Al Kifaf | 101 | +146.3% | 224.38M | 1.92M | 1,245/sqft | 100% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 92 | -36.6% | 123.74M | 855K | 967/sqft | 5% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 88 | +17.3% | 257.32M | 2.03M | 2,043/sqft | 44% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 74 | -43.5% | 73.36M | 671K | 1,093/sqft | 81% |
| Nadd Hessa | 72 | -5.3% | 50.91M | 544K | 748/sqft | 33% |
| Burj Khalifa | 67 | -22.1% | 223.92M | 2.05M | 1,975/sqft | 46% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 66 | -1.5% | 156.12M | 554K | 914/sqft | 92% |
| Me'Aisem First | 59 | -3.3% | 106.25M | 825K | 920/sqft | 25% |
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 | 1.06B | 358 |
| Marsa Dubai | 397.29M | 214 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 303.67M | 228 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 257.32M | 88 |
| Al Kifaf | 224.38M | 101 |
| Burj Khalifa | 223.92M | 67 |
| Al Safouh Second | 180.00M | 1 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 161.90M | 138 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 156.12M | 66 |
| Al Merkadh | 153.41M | 182 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 74 | -43.5% |
| Business Bay | 358 | +38.2% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 92 | -36.6% |
| Al Merkadh | 182 | -24.2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 67 | -22.1% |
| Marsa Dubai | 214 | -21.3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 88 | +17.3% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 228 | +15.2% |
| Jabal Ali First | 121 | -14.8% |
| Al Warsan First | 149 | -13.4% |
The largest sales of February 2018
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 Feb 2018 | Business Bay | Avarra by PalaceBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,937 sqft | AED 7,904/sqft | AED 450,000,000 |
| 26 Feb 2018 | Al Safouh Second | CAVALLI CASA TOWERSite A | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 163,767 sqft | AED 1,099/sqft | AED 180,000,000 |
| 8 Feb 2018 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,586 sqft | AED 2,168/sqft | AED 140,000,000 |
| 22 Feb 2018 | Al Barsha South Fourth | Elitz 2 By DanubeJumeirah Village Circle | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 66,504 sqft | AED 1,804/sqft | AED 120,000,000 |
| 20 Feb 2018 | Business Bay | Regent Residences Dubai Sankari PlaceBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 82,288 sqft | AED 1,362/sqft | AED 112,100,000 |
| 7 Feb 2018 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 293,706 sqft | AED 340/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
| 5 Feb 2018 | Madinat Al Mataar | —Dubai World Central | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 165,431 sqft | AED 576/sqft | AED 95,288,358 |
| 7 Feb 2018 | Mirdif | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 104,942 sqft | AED 572/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
| 20 Feb 2018 | Island 2 | BV RESIDENCESJumeira Bay | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 4 B/R | 14,331 sqft | AED 4,187/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
| 1 Feb 2018 | Saih Shuaib 2 | — | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 661,219 sqft | AED 86/sqft | AED 56,534,225 |
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.