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 — June 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside June 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 2,239 property sales in June 2018, worth AED 6.06B in total, across 78 communities. That is 9% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,150,000 at AED 993/sqft, 4.6% above the same month last year. 46% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 206 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.34B.
Against the previous month, Al Goze Fourth rose 58% to 123 sales, while Al Merkadh fell 83% to 55.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in June 2018, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 206 | -33.8% | 1.34B | 1.06M | 1,512/sqft | 63% |
| Marsa Dubai | 175 | -40.3% | 336.72M | 1.57M | 1,477/sqft | 32% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 142 | -41.3% | 348.84M | 700K | 963/sqft | 68% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 141 | +16.5% | 189.73M | 1.37M | 668/sqft | 90% |
| Al Goze Fourth | 123 | +57.7% | 115.79M | 361K | 265/sqft | 98% |
| Burj Khalifa | 119 | -9.2% | 379.25M | 2.56M | 1,700/sqft | 60% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 98 | -11.7% | 166.50M | 1.05M | 798/sqft | 5% |
| Al Warsan First | 87 | -28.7% | 105.66M | 374K | 594/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 78 | -16.1% | 44.77M | 503K | 1,155/sqft | 92% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 71 | -19.3% | 54.79M | 550K | 896/sqft | 13% |
| Jabal Ali First | 70 | -49.3% | 129.83M | 960K | 832/sqft | 10% |
| Nadd Hessa | 69 | -22.5% | 80.54M | 605K | 702/sqft | 38% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 66 | -17.5% | 135.19M | 1.72M | 1,150/sqft | 27% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 61 | -43.5% | 243.48M | 2.58M | 1,838/sqft | 8% |
| Al Merkadh | 55 | -82.8% | 514.25M | 964K | 1,465/sqft | 84% |
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 | 1.34B | 206 |
| Al Merkadh | 514.25M | 55 |
| Burj Khalifa | 379.25M | 119 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 348.84M | 142 |
| Marsa Dubai | 336.72M | 175 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 243.48M | 61 |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 189.73M | 141 |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 173.11M | 16 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 166.50M | 98 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 143.01M | 23 |
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 | 55 | -82.8% |
| Al Goze Fourth | 123 | +57.7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 70 | -49.3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 61 | -43.5% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 142 | -41.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 175 | -40.3% |
| Business Bay | 206 | -33.8% |
| Al Warsan First | 87 | -28.7% |
| Nadd Hessa | 69 | -22.5% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 71 | -19.3% |
The largest sales of June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2018 | Business Bay | U-BORA TOWERSBusiness Bay | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,723,935 sqft | AED 435/sqft | AED 750,000,000 |
| 27 Jun 2018 | Al Merkadh | —SOBHA HARTLAND | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 411,363 sqft | AED 875/sqft | AED 360,000,000 |
| 18 Jun 2018 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,468 sqft | AED 8,649/sqft | AED 350,000,000 |
| 25 Jun 2018 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 127,116 sqft | AED 1,086/sqft | AED 138,000,000 |
| 5 Jun 2018 | Al Hebiah Fifth | —DAMAC Lagoons | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,448,995 sqft | AED 38/sqft | AED 130,000,000 |
| 4 Jun 2018 | Al Barsha South Fourth | Elitz 3 By DanubeJumeirah Village Circle | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 57,857 sqft | AED 1,774/sqft | AED 102,628,332 |
| 25 Jun 2018 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 53,529 sqft | AED 1,812/sqft | AED 97,000,000 |
| 4 Jun 2018 | Warsan Fourth | —International City Phase 3 | Buildingأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 33,580 sqft | AED 1,444/sqft | AED 48,500,000 |
| 11 Jun 2018 | Jabal Ali Industrial First | —JABAL ALI INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 63,279 sqft | AED 712/sqft | AED 45,028,000 |
| 6 Jun 2018 | Al Warsan First | Lawnz Residence by DanubeInternational City Phase 1 | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 198,463 sqft | AED 192/sqft | AED 38,195,850 |
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.