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 — March 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside March 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 2,635 property sales in March 2019, worth AED 5.35B in total, across 86 communities. That is 1% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,092,888 at AED 984/sqft, 7.5% below the same month last year. 51% of sales were off-plan.
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid was the busiest community with 280 registered sales, while Ras Al Khor Industrial First took the most money at AED 592.04M.
Against the previous month, Al Thanyah Fifth rose 63% to 189 sales, while Palm Jumeirah fell 74% to 50.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in March 2019, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 280 | +3.7% | 417.51M | 1.02M | 1,406/sqft | 95% |
| Marsa Dubai | 252 | -7.4% | 542.96M | 1.65M | 1,560/sqft | 51% |
| Business Bay | 231 | -8.7% | 268.89M | 1.00M | 1,539/sqft | 53% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 189 | +62.9% | 175.94M | 640K | 925/sqft | 39% |
| Burj Khalifa | 169 | -5.1% | 484.60M | 2.27M | 2,054/sqft | 62% |
| Al Warsan First | 117 | +18.2% | 40.72M | 307K | 480/sqft | 9% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 101 | -15.1% | 102.29M | 1.07M | 733/sqft | 98% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 99 | -20.2% | 211.91M | 1.76M | 796/sqft | 80% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 94 | -27.1% | 73.76M | 700K | 785/sqft | 29% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 81 | +84.1% | 48.33M | 382K | 960/sqft | 90% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 76 | +171.4% | 120.27M | 997K | 1,262/sqft | 50% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 72 | +14.3% | 48.47M | 598K | 650/sqft | 21% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 71 | +16.4% | 234.08M | 1.41M | 658/sqft | 58% |
| Nadd Hessa | 64 | +8.5% | 33.62M | 478K | 701/sqft | 22% |
| Al Merkadh | 61 | -44.0% | 75.56M | 790K | 1,510/sqft | 95% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ras Al Khor Industrial First | 592.04M | 8 |
| Marsa Dubai | 542.96M | 252 |
| Burj Khalifa | 484.60M | 169 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 417.51M | 280 |
| Business Bay | 268.89M | 231 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 267.26M | 50 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 234.08M | 71 |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 211.91M | 99 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 175.94M | 189 |
| Al Khairan First | 156.95M | 54 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 50 | -74.4% |
| Al Khairan First | 54 | -66.5% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 189 | +62.9% |
| Al Merkadh | 61 | -44.0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 53 | -43.6% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 94 | -27.1% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 99 | -20.2% |
| Al Warsan First | 117 | +18.2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 71 | +16.4% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 101 | -15.1% |
The largest sales of March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2019 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | —Dubai Land Residence Complex | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 323,110 sqft | AED 300/sqft | AED 96,836,700 |
| 25 Mar 2019 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Majan | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,444 sqft | AED 2,255/sqft | AED 91,200,000 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,616 sqft | AED 1,414/sqft | AED 82,885,383 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,614 sqft | AED 1,414/sqft | AED 82,885,383 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,613 sqft | AED 1,414/sqft | AED 82,885,383 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,613 sqft | AED 1,414/sqft | AED 82,885,383 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,613 sqft | AED 1,414/sqft | AED 82,885,383 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,018 sqft | AED 2,040/sqft | AED 59,210,865 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,800 sqft | AED 2,056/sqft | AED 59,204,250 |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | Sanctuary by Prestige One | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,958 sqft | AED 2,044/sqft | AED 59,200,785 |
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.