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 — December 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside December 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 4,138 property sales in December 2019, worth AED 8.74B in total, across 92 communities. That is 72% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,295,955 at AED 1,005/sqft, 5.8% above the same month last year. 62% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 361 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 989.88M.
Against the previous month, Madinat Al Mataar rose 293% to 275 sales, while Business Bay fell 33% to 208.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in December 2019, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 361 | +28.0% | 989.88M | 2.20M | 2,081/sqft | 49% |
| Al Khairan First | 356 | +641.7% | 527.19M | 1.24M | 1,412/sqft | 99% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 303 | +45.7% | 463.67M | 1.35M | 769/sqft | 89% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 275 | +292.9% | 305.75M | 1.10M | 704/sqft | 92% |
| Jumeirah First | 229 | +43.1% | 905.66M | 2.58M | 1,681/sqft | 97% |
| Business Bay | 208 | -33.1% | 259.32M | 1.21M | 1,533/sqft | 51% |
| Burj Khalifa | 197 | +61.5% | 572.61M | 2.40M | 1,919/sqft | 62% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 194 | +81.3% | 598.33M | 480K | 838/sqft | 36% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 161 | +182.5% | 347.53M | 1.34M | 1,366/sqft | 71% |
| Al Hebiah First | 129 | +1072.7% | 225.34M | 1.37M | 943/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barshaa South Second | 123 | +4000.0% | 74.08M | 491K | 1,158/sqft | 97% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 119 | +0.8% | 143.54M | 675K | 800/sqft | 25% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 97 | +14.1% | 150.00M | 966K | 1,131/sqft | 40% |
| Al Merkadh | 96 | -15.0% | 279.43M | 1.04M | 1,547/sqft | 88% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 84 | +29.2% | 51.65M | 360K | 860/sqft | 68% |
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 | 989.88M | 361 |
| Jumeirah First | 905.66M | 229 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 598.33M | 194 |
| Burj Khalifa | 572.61M | 197 |
| Al Khairan First | 527.19M | 356 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 463.67M | 303 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 347.53M | 161 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 305.75M | 275 |
| Island 2 | 283.53M | 30 |
| Al Merkadh | 279.43M | 96 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 275 | +292.9% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 161 | +182.5% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 194 | +81.3% |
| Burj Khalifa | 197 | +61.5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 303 | +45.7% |
| Jumeirah First | 229 | +43.1% |
| Business Bay | 208 | -33.1% |
| Jabal Ali First | 64 | -30.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 84 | +29.2% |
| Al Warsan First | 77 | -28.7% |
The largest sales of December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Dec 2019 | Al Barsha South Fourth | Binghatti ApexJumeirah Village Circle | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,519 sqft | AED 2,880/sqft | AED 128,217,000 |
| 23 Dec 2019 | World Islands | —The World | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,132,844 sqft | AED 100/sqft | AED 112,774,472 |
| 11 Dec 2019 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 33,200 sqft | AED 2,577/sqft | AED 85,550,000 |
| 26 Dec 2019 | Al Goze Industrial Third | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 402,869 sqft | AED 200/sqft | AED 80,600,000 |
| 23 Dec 2019 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | Aria By BeyondDubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 62,523 sqft | AED 1,286/sqft | AED 80,423,900 |
| 25 Dec 2019 | Al Barsha South Fifth | —Jumeirah Village Triangle | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,104 sqft | AED 2,970/sqft | AED 71,593,600 |
| 20 Dec 2019 | Mankhool | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 33,135 sqft | AED 1,962/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 19 Dec 2019 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,524 sqft | AED 2,447/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
| 24 Dec 2019 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,006 sqft | AED 990/sqft | AED 53,466,400 |
| 24 Dec 2019 | Al Barsha South Fourth | PEARL HOUSE IV BY IMTIAZJumeirah Village Circle | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,103 sqft | AED 2,600/sqft | AED 52,267,000 |
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.