Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Annual report
Dubai property market — 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside 2019. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 36,911 property sales in 2019, worth AED 76.05B in total, across 158 communities. That is 15% more than the year before.
The median sale was AED 1,200,000 at AED 955/sqft, 6.1% below the year before. 55% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 3,229 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 7.76B.
Against the previous year, Jumeirah First rose 1,115% to 741 sales, while Al Kifaf fell 81% to 59.
Sales by year
Price per square foot by year
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in 2019, and how each moved against the year before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 3,229 | +30.1% | 7.76B | 1.68M | 1,539/sqft | 41% |
| Business Bay | 2,519 | -12.4% | 3.46B | 987K | 1,467/sqft | 54% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 2,232 | +121.0% | 4.44B | 1.06M | 1,368/sqft | 85% |
| Burj Khalifa | 2,153 | +58.7% | 7.22B | 1.97M | 1,949/sqft | 67% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1,955 | +132.7% | 4.61B | 1.36M | 737/sqft | 85% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1,873 | +155.5% | 1.88B | 1.07M | 707/sqft | 95% |
| Al Khairan First | 1,869 | +146.9% | 3.37B | 1.43M | 1,478/sqft | 98% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,650 | -19.9% | 2.06B | 646K | 902/sqft | 44% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,541 | +28.2% | 1.84B | 640K | 878/sqft | 36% |
| Al Merkadh | 1,503 | -13.7% | 2.46B | 761K | 1,489/sqft | 94% |
| Al Warsan First | 1,299 | -43.6% | 767.09M | 305K | 475/sqft | 6% |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,121 | +7.3% | 1.35B | 720K | 699/sqft | 21% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 905 | -3.4% | 3.69B | 1.75M | 1,229/sqft | 18% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 827 | +204.0% | 1.76B | 1.78M | 732/sqft | 78% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 822 | -24.5% | 664.11M | 510K | 700/sqft | 30% |
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 | 7.76B | 3,229 |
| Burj Khalifa | 7.22B | 2,153 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 4.61B | 1,955 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 4.44B | 2,232 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 3.69B | 905 |
| Business Bay | 3.46B | 2,519 |
| Al Khairan First | 3.37B | 1,869 |
| Al Merkadh | 2.46B | 1,503 |
| Jumeirah First | 2.19B | 741 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 2.06B | 1,650 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous year. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jumeirah First | 741 | +1114.8% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 827 | +204.0% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 416 | +179.2% |
| Island 2 | 140 | +159.3% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1,873 | +155.5% |
| Al Khairan First | 1,869 | +146.9% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 713 | +138.5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1,955 | +132.7% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 2,232 | +121.0% |
| Al Kifaf | 59 | -80.8% |
The largest sales of 2019
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2019 | Burj Khalifa | THE DUBAI MALLDownTown Dubai | Sized PartitionOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 933,606 sqft | AED 616/sqft | AED 575,000,000 |
| 24 Apr 2019 | Marsa Dubai | DUBAI MARINA MALLDubai Marina | Sized PartitionOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,118,069 sqft | AED 411/sqft | AED 460,000,000 |
| 24 Apr 2019 | Burj Khalifa | THE ADDRESS - THE BLVDDownTown Dubai | HotelHospitality · Existing Properties | Not specified | 671,289 sqft | AED 611/sqft | AED 410,000,000 |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 5,776,160 sqft | AED 56/sqft | AED 325,000,000 |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 5,776,150 sqft | AED 56/sqft | AED 325,000,000 |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 5,776,160 sqft | AED 56/sqft | AED 325,000,000 |
| 21 Feb 2019 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,576,360 sqft | AED 71/sqft | AED 325,000,000 |
| 14 Oct 2019 | Al Thanyah Fifth | Hilton Residences Dubai Jumeirah Lakes TowersDMCC Master Community | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,635 sqft | AED 9,776/sqft | AED 211,500,000 |
| 21 Oct 2019 | Al Yufrah 1 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,136,138 sqft | AED 18/sqft | AED 200,100,000 |
| 30 Sept 2019 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 59,643 sqft | AED 3,315/sqft | AED 197,730,769 |
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.