Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q3 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 6,806 property sales in Q3 2018, worth AED 16.04B in total, across 118 communities. That is 37% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,149,000 at AED 926/sqft, 11.2% below the same quarter last year. 45% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 598 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 1.47B.
Against the previous quarter, Wadi Al Safa 5 rose 232% to 252 sales, while Al Merkadh fell 53% to 257.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2018, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 598 | -24.8% | 934.60M | 1.00M | 1,415/sqft | 64% |
| Marsa Dubai | 524 | -24.6% | 1.15B | 1.59M | 1,450/sqft | 36% |
| Al Warsan First | 520 | +44.0% | 238.13M | 351K | 753/sqft | 47% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 435 | -18.5% | 476.60M | 725K | 935/sqft | 59% |
| Nadd Hessa | 359 | +61.0% | 259.51M | 550K | 761/sqft | 59% |
| Burj Khalifa | 278 | -23.4% | 1.47B | 2.28M | 1,821/sqft | 62% |
| Al Merkadh | 257 | -53.0% | 418.02M | 1.21M | 1,482/sqft | 96% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 252 | +231.6% | 721.81M | 1.43M | 707/sqft | 63% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 233 | -27.4% | 362.18M | 1.00M | 893/sqft | 13% |
| Jabal Ali First | 207 | -28.4% | 304.08M | 597K | 792/sqft | 7% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 198 | -6.2% | 336.96M | 1.52M | 1,007/sqft | 39% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 191 | +124.7% | 436.61M | 27K | 1/sqft | 13% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 187 | -21.8% | 491.57M | 2.22M | 1,081/sqft | 79% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 185 | +184.6% | 541.16M | 1.91M | 360/sqft | 2% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 166 | -18.2% | 160.55M | 518K | 1,097/sqft | 80% |
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 | 1.47B | 278 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.15B | 524 |
| Business Bay | 934.60M | 598 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 721.81M | 252 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 636.38M | 148 |
| Jumeirah First | 590.91M | 19 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 581.32M | 93 |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 541.16M | 185 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 491.57M | 187 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 476.60M | 435 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 252 | +231.6% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 185 | +184.6% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 191 | +124.7% |
| Nadd Hessa | 359 | +61.0% |
| Al Merkadh | 257 | -53.0% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 153 | -49.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 161 | -45.6% |
| Al Warsan First | 520 | +44.0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 148 | -41.3% |
| Zaabeel Second | 53 | -41.1% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2018 | Burj Khalifa | —DownTown Dubai | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 62,443 sqft | AED 10,117/sqft | AED 631,734,649 |
| 12 Sept 2018 | Jumeirah First | —LA MER | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 334,392 sqft | AED 1,110/sqft | AED 371,225,681 |
| 9 Jul 2018 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,162 sqft | AED 9,024/sqft | AED 200,000,000 |
| 13 Aug 2018 | Al Yufrah 2 | —DAMAC HILLS 2 | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,198,282 sqft | AED 6/sqft | AED 188,483,992 |
| 2 Aug 2018 | Al Hebiah Second | —Dubai Studio City | Buildingأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,746 sqft | AED 2,298/sqft | AED 135,000,000 |
| 12 Sept 2018 | Jumeirah First | —LA MER | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 119,600 sqft | AED 1,110/sqft | AED 132,774,319 |
| 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 |
| 16 Aug 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | SAFEER RESIDENCES 3Dubai Land Residence Complex | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,562 sqft | AED 3,991/sqft | AED 110,000,000 |
| 7 Aug 2018 | Nad Al Hamar | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,292 sqft | AED 3,252/sqft | AED 105,000,000 |
| 9 Aug 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum District 11 | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 205,158 sqft | AED 500/sqft | AED 102,580,000 |
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.