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 — February 2020
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside February 2020. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 3,676 property sales in February 2020, worth AED 8.68B in total, across 97 communities. That is 27% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,201,888 at AED 951/sqft, 1.6% below the same month last year. 59% of sales were off-plan.
Burj Khalifa was the busiest community with 341 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 834.33M.
Against the previous month, Al Merkadh rose 241% to 256 sales, while Al Warsan First fell 23% to 67.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2020, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 341 | +143.6% | 834.33M | 1.87M | 1,924/sqft | 77% |
| Marsa Dubai | 326 | +23.0% | 728.57M | 1.75M | 1,787/sqft | 44% |
| Business Bay | 295 | +75.6% | 338.62M | 1.06M | 1,499/sqft | 64% |
| Al Merkadh | 256 | +241.3% | 403.72M | 1.22M | 1,336/sqft | 96% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 240 | +50.0% | 366.88M | 1.35M | 868/sqft | 90% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 211 | +148.2% | 165.64M | 658K | 848/sqft | 50% |
| Al Khairan First | 195 | +78.9% | 330.10M | 1.47M | 1,688/sqft | 96% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 165 | +179.7% | 170.18M | 1.09M | 706/sqft | 92% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 160 | +370.6% | 70.51M | 350K | 854/sqft | 84% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 112 | -16.4% | 135.82M | 875K | 698/sqft | 9% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 101 | +26.3% | 366.00M | 1.53M | 1,355/sqft | 64% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 98 | +157.9% | 139.28M | 797K | 1,095/sqft | 53% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 97 | +54.0% | 249.88M | 1.43M | 842/sqft | 9% |
| Nadd Hessa | 77 | +75.0% | 82.10M | 445K | 671/sqft | 53% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 68 | +74.4% | 68.77M | 982K | 805/sqft | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 834.33M | 341 |
| Marsa Dubai | 728.57M | 326 |
| Trade Center First | 700.20M | 1 |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 552.86M | 14 |
| Al Merkadh | 403.72M | 256 |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 379.29M | 1 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 366.88M | 240 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 366.00M | 101 |
| Business Bay | 338.62M | 295 |
| Al Khairan First | 330.10M | 195 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 256 | +241.3% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 165 | +179.7% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 211 | +148.2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 341 | +143.6% |
| Al Khairan First | 195 | +78.9% |
| Business Bay | 295 | +75.6% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 97 | +54.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 240 | +50.0% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 101 | +26.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 326 | +23.0% |
The largest sales of February 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2020 | Trade Center First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,000 sqft | AED 28,008/sqft | AED 700,200,000 |
| 17 Feb 2020 | Nad Al Shiba Third | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,358,419 sqft | AED 279/sqft | AED 379,290,908 |
| 27 Feb 2020 | Um Hurair Second | —Dubai Health Care City Phase 1 | BuildingMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 83,679 sqft | AED 3,585/sqft | AED 300,000,000 |
| 3 Feb 2020 | Al Garhoud | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 184,634 sqft | AED 1,278/sqft | AED 236,010,000 |
| 26 Feb 2020 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | Oceanz 3 By DanubeDubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,855 sqft | AED 2,132/sqft | AED 89,224,956 |
| 3 Feb 2020 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills Grove CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS GROVE | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,543 sqft | AED 1,763/sqft | AED 75,000,000 |
| 25 Feb 2020 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 125,002 sqft | AED 556/sqft | AED 69,450,000 |
| 25 Feb 2020 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | Azizi Milan HeightsCity Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 125,000 sqft | AED 556/sqft | AED 69,450,000 |
| 25 Feb 2020 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 125,001 sqft | AED 556/sqft | AED 69,450,000 |
| 24 Feb 2020 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 125,002 sqft | AED 556/sqft | AED 69,450,000 |
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.