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 — October 2020
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside October 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 3,655 property sales in October 2020, worth AED 7.36B in total, across 86 communities. That is 20% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,318,309 at AED 857/sqft, 5.4% below the same month last year. 42% of sales were off-plan.
Al Hebiah Fourth was the busiest community with 601 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 856.86M.
Against the previous month, Al Hebiah Fourth rose 352% to 601 sales, while Palm Jumeirah fell 46% to 67.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in October 2020, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 601 | +351.9% | 856.86M | 1.39M | 863/sqft | 85% |
| Marsa Dubai | 257 | +12.2% | 439.13M | 1.47M | 1,251/sqft | 30% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 228 | -9.2% | 195.94M | 675K | 893/sqft | 54% |
| Burj Khalifa | 181 | +34.1% | 536.98M | 1.85M | 1,760/sqft | 48% |
| Business Bay | 172 | -19.2% | 233.44M | 1.06M | 1,090/sqft | 30% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 167 | +103.7% | 437.01M | 1.60M | 1,022/sqft | 49% |
| Al Warsan First | 159 | +24.2% | 86.83M | 360K | 612/sqft | 23% |
| Al Merkadh | 144 | -20.0% | 340.83M | 1.19M | 1,554/sqft | 85% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 136 | -20.9% | 218.59M | 1.04M | 656/sqft | 4% |
| Jabal Ali First | 115 | +57.5% | 99.60M | 507K | 540/sqft | 5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 114 | 0.0% | 125.61M | 595K | 859/sqft | 59% |
| Al Khairan First | 112 | +14.3% | 178.52M | 1.41M | 1,566/sqft | 95% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 92 | -31.3% | 104.50M | 1.17M | 603/sqft | 12% |
| Al Hebiah First | 77 | +305.3% | 166.62M | 1.35M | 624/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 76 | -9.5% | 187.74M | 2.40M | 475/sqft | 0% |
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 Hebiah Fourth | 856.86M | 601 |
| Burj Khalifa | 536.98M | 181 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 443.37M | 67 |
| Marsa Dubai | 439.13M | 257 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 437.01M | 167 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 358.46M | 60 |
| Al Merkadh | 340.83M | 144 |
| Business Bay | 233.44M | 172 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 218.59M | 136 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 195.94M | 228 |
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 Hebiah Fourth | 601 | +351.9% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 167 | +103.7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 115 | +57.5% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 67 | -45.5% |
| Burj Khalifa | 181 | +34.1% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 92 | -31.3% |
| Al Warsan First | 159 | +24.2% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 136 | -20.9% |
| Al Merkadh | 144 | -20.0% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 57 | -19.7% |
The largest sales of October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2020 | Um Hurair Second | —Dubai Health Care City Phase 1 | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,625 sqft | AED 1,515/sqft | AED 88,800,000 |
| 27 Oct 2020 | Al Satwa | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 103,407 sqft | AED 629/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 7 Oct 2020 | Saih Shuaib 4 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 465,112 sqft | AED 119/sqft | AED 55,301,936 |
| 15 Oct 2020 | Saih Shuaib 4 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 465,737 sqft | AED 113/sqft | AED 52,505,000 |
| 12 Oct 2020 | Dubai Investment Park Second | —Dubai Investment Park Second | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 104,704 sqft | AED 458/sqft | AED 48,000,000 |
| 26 Oct 2020 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,000 sqft | AED 2,969/sqft | AED 47,500,000 |
| 26 Oct 2020 | Island 2 | BV MansionsJumeira Bay | VillaOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,248 sqft | AED 2,390/sqft | AED 46,000,000 |
| 1 Oct 2020 | Al Hebiah First | 15 CASCADEMotor City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 125,632 sqft | AED 359/sqft | AED 45,041,760 |
| 1 Oct 2020 | Um Suqaim First | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 50,000 sqft | AED 815/sqft | AED 40,739,299 |
| 13 Oct 2020 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,737 sqft | AED 2,715/sqft | AED 40,005,000 |
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.