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Dubai property market — November 2019

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside November 2019. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales3,004Registered in November 2019up15.4% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 5.62BRegistered in November 2019Across 86 communities
Price per sqftAED 963/sqftMedian across November 2019up0.2% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.25MMedian across November 201951% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 3,004 property sales in November 2019, worth AED 5.62B in total, across 86 communities. That is 15% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,253,125 at AED 963/sqft, 0.2% above the same month last year. 51% of sales were off-plan.

Business Bay was the busiest community with 311 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 755.36M.

Against the previous month, Jumeirah First rose 42% to 160 sales, while Madinat Al Mataar fell 81% to 70.

Sales by month

Price per square foot by month

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in November 2019, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Business Bay311+9.1%AED 358.61MAED 1.01MAED 1,645/sqft73%
Marsa Dubai282-19.2%AED 755.36MAED 1.70MAED 1,620/sqft16%
Wadi Al Safa 5208-50.6%AED 315.93MAED 1.39MAED 731/sqft93%
Jumeirah First160+41.6%AED 384.17MAED 1.83MAED 1,786/sqft98%
Burj Khalifa122-28.7%AED 288.24MAED 1.75MAED 1,767/sqft43%
Al Thanyah Fifth118-19.7%AED 114.41MAED 661KAED 720/sqft29%
Al Merkadh113-28.0%AED 213.36MAED 900KAED 1,530/sqft92%
Al Warsan First108-40.3%AED 54.81MAED 280KAED 480/sqft2%
Al Barsha South Fourth107-4.5%AED 210.49MAED 562KAED 715/sqft25%
Jabal Ali First92-45.2%AED 82.84MAED 695KAED 858/sqft37%
Al Hebiah Third85+16.4%AED 165.32MAED 1.00MAED 1,113/sqft48%
Um Suqaim Third83+245.8%AED 182.29MAED 1.52MAED 1,644/sqft98%
Al Hebiah Fourth79+2.6%AED 56.98MAED 586KAED 713/sqft24%
Palm Jumeirah72-14.3%AED 218.95MAED 1.76MAED 1,300/sqft33%
Madinat Al Mataar70-80.8%AED 58.85MAED 661KAED 709/sqft79%

Where the money went

Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.

CommunityValueSales
Marsa DubaiAED 755.36M282
Jumeirah FirstAED 384.17M160
Business BayAED 358.61M311
Island 2AED 330.64M45
Wadi Al Safa 5AED 315.93M208
Burj KhalifaAED 288.24M122
Palm JumeirahAED 218.95M72
Al MerkadhAED 213.36M113
Al Barsha South FourthAED 210.49M107
Um Suqaim ThirdAED 182.29M83

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Madinat Al Mataar70-80.8%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid57-69.8%
Al Yelayiss 159-52.4%
Wadi Al Safa 5208-50.6%
Jabal Ali First92-45.2%
Wadi Al Safa 265-43.0%
Jumeirah First160+41.6%
Al Warsan First108-40.3%
Burj Khalifa122-28.7%
Al Merkadh113-28.0%

The largest sales of November 2019

Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
6 Nov 2019Al Goze Industrial ThirdBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified95,000 sqftAED 700/sqftAED 66,500,000
18 Nov 2019Al Barsha South FourthTARAF 3 RESIDENCEJumeirah Village CircleLandExisting PropertiesNot specified17,755 sqftAED 2,960/sqftAED 52,554,000
18 Nov 2019Al Barsha South FourthPearl House I by ImtiazJumeirah Village CircleLandExisting PropertiesNot specified17,750 sqftAED 2,960/sqftAED 52,541,000
5 Nov 2019Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingLandExisting PropertiesNot specified34,838 sqftAED 1,182/sqftAED 41,195,000
5 Nov 2019Al Khairan FirstThe LagoonsLandExisting PropertiesNot specified91,775 sqftAED 446/sqftAED 40,953,060
12 Nov 2019Al WaslDubai Water CanalLandExisting PropertiesNot specified28,192 sqftAED 1,288/sqftAED 36,318,000
22 Nov 2019Marsa DubaiTHE ONE JBRJumeriah Beach Residence - JBRFlatOff-Plan Properties5 B/R8,066 sqftAED 4,208/sqftAED 33,940,000
25 Nov 2019Marsa DubaiTHE ONE JBRJumeriah Beach Residence - JBRFlatOff-Plan Properties5 B/R7,996 sqftAED 4,216/sqftAED 33,710,000
18 Nov 2019Al Barsha South FourthAllura Residences by Citi DevelopersJumeirah Village CircleLandExisting PropertiesNot specified25,131 sqftAED 1,170/sqftAED 29,403,700
7 Nov 2019Palm JumeirahPalm JumeirahVillaExisting PropertiesNot specified13,405 sqftAED 1,902/sqftAED 25,500,000

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.