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 — July 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside July 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 2,820 property sales in July 2018, worth AED 6.62B in total, across 93 communities. That is 26% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,232,237 at AED 1,020/sqft, 2.7% below the same month last year. 45% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 263 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 636.15M.
Against the previous month, Al Merkadh rose 140% to 132 sales, while Al Yelayiss 2 fell 43% to 80.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in July 2018, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 263 | +50.3% | 636.15M | 1.63M | 1,545/sqft | 44% |
| Business Bay | 233 | +13.1% | 434.78M | 1.10M | 1,553/sqft | 64% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 150 | +5.6% | 150.95M | 728K | 937/sqft | 55% |
| Al Warsan First | 139 | +59.8% | 61.63M | 334K | 582/sqft | 19% |
| Al Merkadh | 132 | +140.0% | 231.78M | 1.22M | 1,481/sqft | 95% |
| Burj Khalifa | 116 | -2.5% | 359.90M | 2.54M | 1,812/sqft | 76% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 105 | +114.3% | 308.10M | 2.70M | 1,063/sqft | 78% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 101 | +53.0% | 179.74M | 1.19M | 1,229/sqft | 45% |
| Jabal Ali First | 101 | +44.3% | 139.19M | 593K | 629/sqft | 3% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 90 | -8.2% | 148.47M | 1.07M | 950/sqft | 12% |
| Nadd Hessa | 86 | +24.6% | 53.93M | 544K | 722/sqft | 34% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 82 | +86.4% | 59.04M | 551K | 878/sqft | 98% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 81 | +14.1% | 73.22M | 658K | 891/sqft | 38% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 81 | +350.0% | 98.19M | 10K | 1/sqft | 12% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 80 | -43.3% | 114.61M | 1.37M | 680/sqft | 68% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 636.15M | 263 |
| Business Bay | 434.78M | 233 |
| Burj Khalifa | 359.90M | 116 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 308.10M | 105 |
| Al Wasl | 291.43M | 77 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 249.62M | 60 |
| Al Merkadh | 231.78M | 132 |
| Saih Shuaib 4 | 231.59M | 8 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 202.09M | 43 |
| Al Barsha First | 200.00M | 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 | 132 | +140.0% |
| Al Warsan First | 139 | +59.8% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 101 | +53.0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 263 | +50.3% |
| Jabal Ali First | 101 | +44.3% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 80 | -43.3% |
| Nadd Hessa | 86 | +24.6% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 81 | +14.1% |
| Business Bay | 233 | +13.1% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 71 | -9.0% |
The largest sales of July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 2018 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,162 sqft | AED 9,024/sqft | AED 200,000,000 |
| 11 Jul 2018 | Al Barsha South Fifth | Fashionz 1 By DanubeJumeirah Village Triangle | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 66,028 sqft | AED 1,900/sqft | AED 125,465,664 |
| 4 Jul 2018 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | —Dubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 365,157 sqft | AED 218/sqft | AED 79,524,072 |
| 12 Jul 2018 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 47,649 sqft | AED 1,661/sqft | AED 79,132,703 |
| 4 Jul 2018 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 50,106 sqft | AED 1,457/sqft | AED 72,996,549 |
| 26 Jul 2018 | Saih Shuaib 4 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 881,961 sqft | AED 81/sqft | AED 71,615,712 |
| 23 Jul 2018 | Al Khawaneej Second | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 919,503 sqft | AED 78/sqft | AED 71,615,189 |
| 30 Jul 2018 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,283 sqft | AED 1,778/sqft | AED 66,300,000 |
| 2 Jul 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | SAFEER RESIDENCES 3Dubai Land Residence Complex | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,562 sqft | AED 2,322/sqft | AED 64,000,000 |
| 2 Jul 2018 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 55,703 sqft | AED 1,077/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
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.