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 — May 2020
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 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 1,257 property sales in May 2020, worth AED 2.31B in total, across 63 communities. That is 60% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,160,757 at AED 1,116/sqft, 7.5% above the same month last year. 62% of sales were off-plan.
Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 330 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 757.81M.
Against the previous month, Al Merkadh rose 378% to 330 sales, while Marsa Dubai fell 55% to 93.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2020, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 330 | +378.3% | 757.81M | 1.27M | 1,666/sqft | 96% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 130 | +35.4% | 140.22M | 546K | 931/sqft | 83% |
| Business Bay | 101 | +27.8% | 148.42M | 1.27M | 1,576/sqft | 76% |
| Marsa Dubai | 93 | -55.1% | 178.61M | 1.50M | 1,655/sqft | 48% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 77 | +108.1% | 55.84M | 392K | 939/sqft | 69% |
| Burj Khalifa | 38 | -50.0% | 82.43M | 1.63M | 1,407/sqft | 18% |
| Jabal Ali First | 34 | +126.7% | 39.36M | 714K | 747/sqft | 9% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 33 | -17.5% | 36.61M | 1.10M | 703/sqft | 91% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 33 | -78.1% | 43.90M | 1.31M | 906/sqft | 79% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 29 | -52.5% | 89.02M | 1.82M | 1,042/sqft | 3% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 24 | +140.0% | 14.70M | 425K | 425/sqft | 4% |
| Nadd Hessa | 24 | +71.4% | 31.80M | 416K | 687/sqft | 46% |
| Al Warsan First | 22 | -50.0% | 7.21M | 314K | 654/sqft | 50% |
| Al Khairan First | 20 | -81.0% | 30.90M | 1.40M | 1,397/sqft | 85% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 18 | +12.5% | 19.21M | 1.04M | 634/sqft | 22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 757.81M | 330 |
| Marsa Dubai | 178.61M | 93 |
| Business Bay | 148.42M | 101 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 140.22M | 130 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 89.02M | 29 |
| Burj Khalifa | 82.43M | 38 |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 71.47M | 1 |
| Um Al Sheif | 63.00M | 1 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 58.84M | 13 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 55.84M | 77 |
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 | 330 | +378.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 93 | -55.1% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 130 | +35.4% |
| Business Bay | 101 | +27.8% |
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.