Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q3 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 9,061 property sales in Q3 2019, worth AED 17.24B in total, across 116 communities. That is 33% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,210,167 at AED 932/sqft, 0.7% above the same quarter last year. 56% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 917 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.97B.
Against the previous quarter, Wadi Al Safa 2 rose 334% to 317 sales, while Al Merkadh fell 39% to 327.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2019, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 917 | +42.0% | 1.97B | 1.65M | 1,325/sqft | 41% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 621 | +230.3% | 922.88M | 1.34M | 750/sqft | 91% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 611 | +36.4% | 1.23B | 1.04M | 1,351/sqft | 87% |
| Burj Khalifa | 501 | -31.7% | 1.36B | 1.70M | 1,962/sqft | 68% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 500 | +20.2% | 469.30M | 1.07M | 714/sqft | 95% |
| Al Khairan First | 478 | +2.6% | 818.71M | 1.43M | 1,488/sqft | 97% |
| Business Bay | 440 | -26.3% | 771.71M | 1.07M | 1,278/sqft | 56% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 400 | -21.9% | 417.42M | 650K | 933/sqft | 47% |
| Jabal Ali First | 400 | +119.8% | 550.35M | 1.69M | 670/sqft | 12% |
| Al Merkadh | 327 | -38.8% | 525.78M | 747K | 1,465/sqft | 93% |
| Al Warsan First | 322 | +15.8% | 244.33M | 305K | 471/sqft | 2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 317 | +334.2% | 158.97M | 295K | 400/sqft | 83% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 307 | -29.4% | 362.61M | 684K | 820/sqft | 23% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 216 | +32.5% | 152.64M | 450K | 702/sqft | 35% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 190 | +6.7% | 860.80M | 2.22M | 1,317/sqft | 21% |
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 | 1.97B | 917 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.36B | 501 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.23B | 611 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 922.88M | 621 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 860.80M | 190 |
| Al Khairan First | 818.71M | 478 |
| Business Bay | 771.71M | 440 |
| Jabal Ali First | 550.35M | 400 |
| Al Merkadh | 525.78M | 327 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 469.30M | 500 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 317 | +334.2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 621 | +230.3% |
| Jabal Ali First | 400 | +119.8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 917 | +42.0% |
| Al Merkadh | 327 | -38.8% |
| Me'Aisem First | 156 | -37.8% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 611 | +36.4% |
| Al Wasl | 83 | +33.9% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 216 | +32.5% |
| Burj Khalifa | 501 | -31.7% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2019 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 59,643 sqft | AED 3,315/sqft | AED 197,730,769 |
| 27 Aug 2019 | Al Qusais Industrial Second | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,600 sqft | AED 2,319/sqft | AED 131,255,000 |
| 1 Jul 2019 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 59,387 sqft | AED 1,896/sqft | AED 112,576,000 |
| 11 Jul 2019 | Burj Khalifa | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,031 sqft | AED 1,906/sqft | AED 103,000,000 |
| 22 Jul 2019 | Business Bay | Binghatti SkyhallBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 61,405 sqft | AED 1,515/sqft | AED 93,000,000 |
| 25 Sept 2019 | Al Merkadh | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY-DISTRICT ONE PHASE II VILLAS | Villaأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,858 sqft | AED 3,937/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 8 Aug 2019 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,300 sqft | AED 2,290/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 8 Jul 2019 | Dubai Investment Park Second | RITAJDubai Investment Park Second | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 67,640 sqft | AED 909/sqft | AED 61,500,000 |
| 5 Aug 2019 | Jumeirah First | —LA MER | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 75,581 sqft | AED 741/sqft | AED 56,000,000 |
| 11 Sept 2019 | Al Goze First | — | BuildingMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,860 sqft | AED 2,769/sqft | AED 55,000,000 |
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.