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 — May 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 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 3,379 property sales in May 2018, worth AED 7.95B in total, across 96 communities. That is 22% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,010,585 at AED 1,107/sqft, 16.3% above the same month last year. 55% of sales were off-plan.
Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 320 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 632.91M.
Against the previous month, Al Merkadh rose 86% to 320 sales, while Al Hebiah Fourth fell 36% to 88.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2018, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 320 | +86.0% | 632.91M | 588K | 1,457/sqft | 97% |
| Business Bay | 311 | +11.9% | 388.83M | 929K | 1,464/sqft | 80% |
| Marsa Dubai | 293 | +29.1% | 555.03M | 1.55M | 1,530/sqft | 46% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 242 | +61.3% | 340.08M | 730K | 916/sqft | 62% |
| Jabal Ali First | 138 | +70.4% | 224.12M | 631K | 907/sqft | 19% |
| Burj Khalifa | 131 | +15.9% | 416.10M | 1.88M | 1,880/sqft | 56% |
| Al Warsan First | 122 | -19.7% | 81.00M | 385K | 579/sqft | 1% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 121 | +218.4% | 160.19M | 1.37M | 675/sqft | 94% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 111 | -0.9% | 178.12M | 1.03M | 900/sqft | 1% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 108 | +30.1% | 449.54M | 2.12M | 1,980/sqft | 36% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 106 | +20.5% | 62.19M | 508K | 907/sqft | 96% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 93 | +190.6% | 68.49M | 503K | 1,155/sqft | 82% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 93 | -4.1% | 203.62M | 1.85M | 1,249/sqft | 82% |
| Nadd Hessa | 89 | +36.9% | 56.78M | 525K | 708/sqft | 28% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 88 | -35.8% | 71.91M | 560K | 903/sqft | 18% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 632.91M | 320 |
| Marsa Dubai | 555.03M | 293 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 487.79M | 24 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 449.54M | 108 |
| Burj Khalifa | 416.10M | 131 |
| Business Bay | 388.83M | 311 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 340.08M | 242 |
| Al Qusais Industrial Second | 255.00M | 1 |
| Al Satwa | 236.09M | 3 |
| Al Rega | 230.00M | 1 |
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 Merkadh | 320 | +86.0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 138 | +70.4% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 242 | +61.3% |
| Nadd Hessa | 89 | +36.9% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 88 | -35.8% |
| Al Khairan First | 58 | -33.3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 108 | +30.1% |
| Marsa Dubai | 293 | +29.1% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 80 | +23.1% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 106 | +20.5% |
The largest sales of May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2018 | Al Qusais Industrial Second | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 199,758 sqft | AED 1,277/sqft | AED 255,000,000 |
| 15 May 2018 | Al Rega | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 9,698 sqft | AED 23,716/sqft | AED 230,000,000 |
| 22 May 2018 | Nad Al Shiba Third | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,257,699 sqft | AED 180/sqft | AED 226,384,740 |
| 24 May 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | —Dubai Land Residence Complex | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 137,693 sqft | AED 1,598/sqft | AED 220,000,000 |
| 7 May 2018 | Al Satwa | —Jumeirah Garden City | LandHospitality · Existing Properties | Not specified | 83,651 sqft | AED 2,600/sqft | AED 217,493,000 |
| 23 May 2018 | Al Merkadh | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 7,000,735 sqft | AED 23/sqft | AED 163,508,091 |
| 24 May 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | Peace Lagoons by Peace HomesDubai Land Residence Complex | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 97,948 sqft | AED 1,183/sqft | AED 115,872,115 |
| 17 May 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 7 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 449,980 sqft | AED 257/sqft | AED 115,867,230 |
| 14 May 2018 | Um Suqaim Second | — | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,960 sqft | AED 5,585/sqft | AED 105,900,000 |
| 24 May 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | Peace Lagoons II by Peace HomesDubai Land Residence Complex | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 83,847 sqft | AED 1,183/sqft | AED 99,191,815 |
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.