Monthly report
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside October 2019. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
The Land Department registered 4,586 property sales in October 2019, worth AED 8.70B in total, across 95 communities. That is 41% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,258,500 at AED 906/sqft, 0.6% above the same month last year. 63% of sales were off-plan.
Wadi Al Safa 5 was the busiest community with 421 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 796.93M.
Against the previous month, Wadi Al Safa 5 rose 152% to 421 sales, while Wadi Al Safa 2 fell 39% to 114.
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in October 2019, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 421 | +152.1% | AED 628.35M | AED 1.36M | AED 753/sqft | 90% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 364 | +96.8% | AED 418.68M | AED 1.10M | AED 694/sqft | 98% |
| Marsa Dubai | 349 | +53.7% | AED 796.93M | AED 1.75M | AED 1,638/sqft | 35% |
| Business Bay | 285 | +54.9% | AED 361.16M | AED 960K | AED 1,564/sqft | 71% |
| Al Khairan First | 283 | +114.4% | AED 562.59M | AED 1.37M | AED 1,453/sqft | 96% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 189 | +53.7% | AED 533.91M | AED 1.63M | AED 1,356/sqft | 71% |
| Al Warsan First | 181 | +74.0% | AED 77.96M | AED 300K | AED 465/sqft | 2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 171 | +69.3% | AED 446.15M | AED 1.94M | AED 1,897/sqft | 61% |
| Jabal Ali First | 168 | +68.0% | AED 174.01M | AED 680K | AED 898/sqft | 55% |
| Al Merkadh | 157 | -8.2% | AED 176.31M | AED 703K | AED 1,504/sqft | 97% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 147 | +47.0% | AED 406.16M | AED 667K | AED 821/sqft | 31% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 124 | +103.3% | AED 220.20M | AED 1.72M | AED 672/sqft | 92% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 114 | -39.4% | AED 49.81M | AED 338K | AED 400/sqft | 87% |
| Jumeirah First | 113 | +140.4% | AED 244.26M | AED 1.90M | AED 1,758/sqft | 96% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 112 | -9.7% | AED 96.11M | AED 581K | AED 952/sqft | 55% |
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 | AED 796.93M | 349 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | AED 628.35M | 421 |
| Al Khairan First | AED 562.59M | 283 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | AED 533.91M | 189 |
| Burj Khalifa | AED 446.15M | 171 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | AED 418.68M | 364 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | AED 406.16M | 147 |
| Business Bay | AED 361.16M | 285 |
| Palm Jumeirah | AED 306.84M | 84 |
| Jumeirah First | AED 244.26M | 113 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 421 | +152.1% |
| Al Khairan First | 283 | +114.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 112 | +103.6% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 124 | +103.3% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 364 | +96.8% |
| Al Warsan First | 181 | +74.0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 171 | +69.3% |
| Jabal Ali First | 168 | +68.0% |
| Business Bay | 285 | +54.9% |
| Marsa Dubai | 349 | +53.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2019 | Al Thanyah Fifth | Hilton Residences Dubai Jumeirah Lakes TowersDMCC Master Community | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 21,635 sqft | AED 9,776/sqft | AED 211,500,000 |
| 21 Oct 2019 | Al Yufrah 1 | — | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 11,136,138 sqft | AED 18/sqft | AED 200,100,000 |
| 10 Oct 2019 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 23,340 sqft | AED 4,713/sqft | AED 110,000,000 |
| 29 Oct 2019 | Al Khawaneej First | — | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 563,486 sqft | AED 180/sqft | AED 101,427,660 |
| 24 Oct 2019 | Al Khairan First | —The Lagoons | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 125,924 sqft | AED 794/sqft | AED 100,040,107 |
| 3 Oct 2019 | Trade Center First | — | BuildingExisting Properties | Not specified | 25,000 sqft | AED 3,644/sqft | AED 91,104,000 |
| 29 Oct 2019 | Al Barshaa South First | — | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 193,168 sqft | AED 398/sqft | AED 76,796,000 |
| 15 Oct 2019 | Al Safouh Second | CAVALLI CASA TOWERSite A | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 163,767 sqft | AED 392/sqft | AED 64,196,550 |
| 28 Oct 2019 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills Grove CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS GROVE | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 33,594 sqft | AED 1,786/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
| 1 Oct 2019 | Palm Jumeirah | AVA AT PALM JUMEIRAH BY OMNIYATPalm Jumeirah | LandExisting Properties | Not specified | 32,613 sqft | AED 1,680/sqft | AED 54,790,000 |
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.