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 — August 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 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 2,181 property sales in August 2019, worth AED 4.10B in total, across 81 communities. That is 39% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,285,728 at AED 862/sqft, 7.8% below the same month last year. 49% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 307 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 617.41M.
Against the previous month, Al Hebiah Fourth rose 2% to 61 sales, while Al Khairan First fell 70% to 80.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 2019, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 307 | -19.8% | 617.41M | 1.55M | 1,169/sqft | 35% |
| Burj Khalifa | 142 | -45.0% | 377.75M | 1.66M | 1,987/sqft | 71% |
| Jabal Ali First | 136 | -17.1% | 211.58M | 1.70M | 666/sqft | 5% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 124 | -65.9% | 280.22M | 1.22M | 1,351/sqft | 82% |
| Business Bay | 118 | -14.5% | 153.43M | 1.13M | 1,019/sqft | 48% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 118 | -64.9% | 181.65M | 1.36M | 738/sqft | 87% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 100 | +244.8% | 40.62M | 295K | 400/sqft | 89% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 99 | -44.1% | 82.53M | 522K | 871/sqft | 41% |
| Al Khairan First | 80 | -69.9% | 143.36M | 1.42M | 1,490/sqft | 94% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 80 | -37.0% | 120.19M | 675K | 811/sqft | 13% |
| Al Warsan First | 77 | -45.4% | 47.93M | 300K | 465/sqft | 0% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 74 | -69.3% | 66.51M | 887K | 704/sqft | 91% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 61 | +1.7% | 37.56M | 475K | 691/sqft | 44% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 54 | -30.8% | 221.39M | 2.08M | 1,339/sqft | 30% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 51 | -1.9% | 110.11M | 1.78M | 706/sqft | 82% |
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 | 617.41M | 307 |
| Burj Khalifa | 377.75M | 142 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 280.22M | 124 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 221.39M | 54 |
| Jabal Ali First | 211.58M | 136 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 181.65M | 118 |
| Business Bay | 153.43M | 118 |
| Al Khairan First | 143.36M | 80 |
| Al Qusais Industrial Second | 131.25M | 1 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 120.19M | 80 |
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 | 80 | -69.9% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 74 | -69.3% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 124 | -65.9% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 118 | -64.9% |
| Al Warsan First | 77 | -45.4% |
| Burj Khalifa | 142 | -45.0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 99 | -44.1% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 80 | -37.0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 54 | -30.8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 307 | -19.8% |
The largest sales of August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2019 | Al Qusais Industrial Second | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,600 sqft | AED 2,319/sqft | AED 131,255,000 |
| 8 Aug 2019 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,300 sqft | AED 2,290/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 5 Aug 2019 | Jumeirah First | —LA MER | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 75,581 sqft | AED 741/sqft | AED 56,000,000 |
| 19 Aug 2019 | Hor Al Anz East | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,500 sqft | AED 1,429/sqft | AED 45,005,000 |
| 22 Aug 2019 | Al Nahda Second | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,223 sqft | AED 800/sqft | AED 44,978,424 |
| 29 Aug 2019 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | The PierDubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,011 sqft | AED 1,411/sqft | AED 42,351,700 |
| 27 Aug 2019 | Hor Al Anz East | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,485 sqft | AED 1,619/sqft | AED 41,250,000 |
| 7 Aug 2019 | Al Thanyah Fifth | —DMCC Master Community | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 61,347 sqft | AED 611/sqft | AED 37,500,000 |
| 29 Aug 2019 | Nad Al Shiba First | —Meydan Racecourse Community | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 47,417 sqft | AED 633/sqft | AED 30,000,000 |
| 6 Aug 2019 | Burj Khalifa | THE ADDRESS RESIDENCE - SKY VIEWDownTown Dubai | Hotel ApartmentHospitality · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 8,358 sqft | AED 3,488/sqft | AED 29,154,888 |
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.