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 — Q1 2020
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 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 9,348 property sales in Q1 2020, worth AED 20.39B in total, across 123 communities. That is 22% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,190,000 at AED 954/sqft, 1.3% below the same quarter last year. 52% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 970 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.13B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Barshaa South Third rose 248% to 299 sales, while Jumeirah First fell 77% to 117.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2020, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 970 | -2.2% | 2.13B | 1.70M | 1,614/sqft | 37% |
| Business Bay | 716 | -10.9% | 882.53M | 1.13M | 1,499/sqft | 60% |
| Burj Khalifa | 695 | +41.8% | 1.78B | 2.00M | 1,902/sqft | 67% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 505 | -45.8% | 815.12M | 1.35M | 750/sqft | 80% |
| Al Merkadh | 493 | +34.7% | 881.51M | 1.22M | 1,353/sqft | 91% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 454 | +9.9% | 776.43M | 629K | 876/sqft | 51% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 412 | +7.3% | 462.52M | 690K | 769/sqft | 27% |
| Al Khairan First | 377 | -45.1% | 622.84M | 1.45M | 1,618/sqft | 95% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 299 | +247.7% | 129.51M | 450K | 887/sqft | 45% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 295 | -27.5% | 856.71M | 1.75M | 1,152/sqft | 56% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 285 | -59.8% | 292.40M | 1.09M | 705/sqft | 89% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 274 | +4.2% | 145.26M | 359K | 846/sqft | 73% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 272 | +20.9% | 693.45M | 1.30M | 1,297/sqft | 39% |
| Al Warsan First | 251 | -31.4% | 150.50M | 280K | 460/sqft | 2% |
| Jabal Ali First | 221 | -31.8% | 490.23M | 770K | 662/sqft | 18% |
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 | 2.13B | 970 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.78B | 695 |
| Business Bay | 882.53M | 716 |
| Al Merkadh | 881.51M | 493 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 856.71M | 295 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 815.12M | 505 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 776.43M | 454 |
| Trade Center First | 707.34M | 5 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 693.45M | 272 |
| Al Khairan First | 622.84M | 377 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Barshaa South Third | 299 | +247.7% |
| Jumeirah First | 117 | -76.7% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 70 | -72.5% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 285 | -59.8% |
| Al Wasl | 65 | -59.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 505 | -45.8% |
| Al Khairan First | 377 | -45.1% |
| Al Goze Fourth | 82 | -44.6% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 81 | +42.1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 695 | +41.8% |
The largest sales of Q1 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 |
| 11 Mar 2020 | Al Safouh First | —Sufouh Gardens | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 33,037 sqft | AED 9,989/sqft | AED 330,000,000 |
| 10 Mar 2020 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | BuildingMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,254 sqft | AED 12,972/sqft | AED 314,630,000 |
| 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 |
| 21 Jan 2020 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Majan | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 45,939 sqft | AED 2,699/sqft | AED 124,000,000 |
| 13 Jan 2020 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | BuildingMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,254 sqft | AED 4,876/sqft | AED 118,251,735 |
| 15 Jan 2020 | Jabal Ali First | —Al Furjan | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,350 sqft | AED 3,168/sqft | AED 112,000,000 |
| 23 Jan 2020 | Jabal Ali First | AVENUE RESIDENCE ThreeAl Furjan | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,499 sqft | AED 2,877/sqft | AED 105,000,000 |
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.