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 — October 2019
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.
In a sentence
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.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
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% | 628.35M | 1.36M | 753/sqft | 90% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 364 | +96.8% | 418.68M | 1.10M | 694/sqft | 98% |
| Marsa Dubai | 349 | +53.7% | 796.93M | 1.75M | 1,638/sqft | 35% |
| Business Bay | 285 | +54.9% | 361.16M | 960K | 1,564/sqft | 71% |
| Al Khairan First | 283 | +114.4% | 562.59M | 1.37M | 1,453/sqft | 96% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 189 | +53.7% | 533.91M | 1.63M | 1,356/sqft | 71% |
| Al Warsan First | 181 | +74.0% | 77.96M | 300K | 465/sqft | 2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 171 | +69.3% | 446.15M | 1.94M | 1,897/sqft | 61% |
| Jabal Ali First | 168 | +68.0% | 174.01M | 680K | 898/sqft | 55% |
| Al Merkadh | 157 | -8.2% | 176.31M | 703K | 1,504/sqft | 97% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 147 | +47.0% | 406.16M | 667K | 821/sqft | 31% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 124 | +103.3% | 220.20M | 1.72M | 672/sqft | 92% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 114 | -39.4% | 49.81M | 338K | 400/sqft | 87% |
| Jumeirah First | 113 | +140.4% | 244.26M | 1.90M | 1,758/sqft | 96% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 112 | -9.7% | 96.11M | 581K | 952/sqft | 55% |
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 | 796.93M | 349 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 628.35M | 421 |
| Al Khairan First | 562.59M | 283 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 533.91M | 189 |
| Burj Khalifa | 446.15M | 171 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 418.68M | 364 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 406.16M | 147 |
| Business Bay | 361.16M | 285 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 306.84M | 84 |
| Jumeirah First | 244.26M | 113 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
The largest sales of October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10 Oct 2019 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,340 sqft | AED 4,713/sqft | AED 110,000,000 |
| 29 Oct 2019 | Al Khawaneej First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 563,486 sqft | AED 180/sqft | AED 101,427,660 |
| 24 Oct 2019 | Al Khairan First | —The Lagoons | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 125,924 sqft | AED 794/sqft | AED 100,040,107 |
| 3 Oct 2019 | Trade Center First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,000 sqft | AED 3,644/sqft | AED 91,104,000 |
| 29 Oct 2019 | Al Barshaa South First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 193,168 sqft | AED 398/sqft | AED 76,796,000 |
| 15 Oct 2019 | Al Safouh Second | CAVALLI CASA TOWERSite A | LandCommercial · Existing 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 | LandResidential · Existing 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 | LandCommercial · Existing 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. Refresh times vary by dataset; records shown here are not a live feed.