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 — October 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside October 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 3,259 property sales in October 2018, worth AED 6.69B in total, across 94 communities. That is 15% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,095,545 at AED 901/sqft, 6.9% below the same month last year. 49% of sales were off-plan.
Al Warsan First was the busiest community with 479 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 458.39M.
Against the previous month, Al Khairan First rose 190% to 148 sales, while Nadd Hessa fell 50% to 107.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in October 2018, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Warsan First | 479 | +74.8% | 273.82M | 365K | 835/sqft | 75% |
| Business Bay | 248 | +5.1% | 291.78M | 933K | 1,400/sqft | 52% |
| Marsa Dubai | 212 | +35.0% | 413.31M | 1.53M | 1,452/sqft | 42% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 206 | +32.9% | 205.63M | 690K | 912/sqft | 62% |
| Burj Khalifa | 189 | +136.3% | 458.39M | 1.88M | 1,870/sqft | 65% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 178 | +26.2% | 334.50M | 1.48M | 696/sqft | 39% |
| Al Khairan First | 148 | +190.2% | 309.65M | 1.89M | 1,726/sqft | 100% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 119 | +63.0% | 180.19M | 987K | 901/sqft | 16% |
| Nadd Hessa | 107 | -49.8% | 154.39M | 559K | 765/sqft | 49% |
| Al Merkadh | 101 | +18.8% | 174.79M | 996K | 1,480/sqft | 93% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 91 | -46.2% | 330.55M | 3.00M | 360/sqft | 2% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 86 | +109.8% | 105.27M | 1.15M | 624/sqft | 66% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 78 | +105.3% | 155.43M | 1.31M | 1,384/sqft | 88% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 75 | +11.9% | 44.59M | 513K | 978/sqft | 71% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 73 | +114.7% | 70.99M | 620K | 807/sqft | 14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 458.39M | 189 |
| Marsa Dubai | 413.31M | 212 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 334.50M | 178 |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 330.55M | 91 |
| Al Khairan First | 309.65M | 148 |
| Business Bay | 291.78M | 248 |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 288.75M | 1 |
| Al Warsan First | 273.82M | 479 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 239.57M | 68 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 205.63M | 206 |
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 Khairan First | 148 | +190.2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 189 | +136.3% |
| Al Warsan First | 479 | +74.8% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 119 | +63.0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 107 | -49.8% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 91 | -46.2% |
| Marsa Dubai | 212 | +35.0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 206 | +32.9% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 178 | +26.2% |
| Jabal Ali First | 70 | +20.7% |
The largest sales of October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,551,249 sqft | AED 186/sqft | AED 288,750,000 |
| 10 Oct 2018 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 6,533/sqft | AED 98,000,000 |
| 31 Oct 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 7 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 99,901 sqft | AED 972/sqft | AED 97,103,772 |
| 17 Oct 2018 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,875 sqft | AED 3,755/sqft | AED 85,893,000 |
| 17 Oct 2018 | Jabal Ali Industrial First | —JABAL ALI INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,980 sqft | AED 1,929/sqft | AED 81,000,000 |
| 15 Oct 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | THE WATERCREST BY ELLINGTONMohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum District 11 | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 383,976 sqft | AED 200/sqft | AED 76,795,400 |
| 22 Oct 2018 | Al Warsan First | —WARSAN FIRST DEVELOPMENT | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 120,157 sqft | AED 500/sqft | AED 60,078,500 |
| 16 Oct 2018 | Mankhool | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,337 sqft | AED 2,578/sqft | AED 55,000,000 |
| 22 Oct 2018 | Madinat Al Mataar | —Dubai World Central | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 91,496 sqft | AED 557/sqft | AED 51,000,000 |
| 22 Oct 2018 | Wadi Al Amardi | — | VillaAgricultural · Existing Properties | Not specified | 656,058 sqft | AED 76/sqft | AED 50,005,000 |
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.