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 — January 2021
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside January 2021. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 3,109 property sales in January 2021, worth AED 6.18B in total, across 91 communities. That is 18% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,223,073 at AED 871/sqft, 3.8% below the same month last year. 29% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 313 registered sales, while Palm Jumeirah took the most money at AED 578.54M.
Against the previous month, Nad Al Shiba Third rose 72% to 93 sales, while Al Yelayiss 2 fell 25% to 127.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in January 2021, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 313 | -9.8% | 375.99M | 1.04M | 1,201/sqft | 15% |
| Marsa Dubai | 291 | -0.7% | 563.73M | 1.43M | 1,270/sqft | 21% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 246 | -9.6% | 192.08M | 618K | 908/sqft | 68% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 160 | -6.4% | 245.62M | 850K | 650/sqft | 11% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 137 | -18.0% | 245.07M | 888K | 1,086/sqft | 61% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 127 | -24.9% | 125.19M | 881K | 869/sqft | 7% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 121 | +2.5% | 578.54M | 1.96M | 1,435/sqft | 31% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 115 | +62.0% | 182.06M | 1.33M | 660/sqft | 62% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 112 | -5.1% | 172.27M | 1.39M | 833/sqft | 25% |
| Burj Khalifa | 112 | -6.7% | 285.05M | 2.04M | 1,601/sqft | 17% |
| Al Warsan First | 97 | +36.6% | 35.62M | 290K | 419/sqft | 14% |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 93 | +72.2% | 225.76M | 2.40M | 475/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 84 | +15.1% | 169.16M | 1.74M | 854/sqft | 12% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 79 | +38.6% | 201.16M | 1.83M | 1,013/sqft | 20% |
| Al Merkadh | 77 | -18.9% | 336.06M | 1.40M | 1,429/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 578.54M | 121 |
| Marsa Dubai | 563.73M | 291 |
| Business Bay | 375.99M | 313 |
| Al Merkadh | 336.06M | 77 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 307.48M | 50 |
| Burj Khalifa | 285.05M | 112 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 245.62M | 160 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 245.07M | 137 |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 225.76M | 93 |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 201.16M | 79 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 93 | +72.2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 115 | +62.0% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 79 | +38.6% |
| Al Warsan First | 97 | +36.6% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 127 | -24.9% |
| Al Jadaf | 61 | -24.7% |
| Al Merkadh | 77 | -18.9% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 137 | -18.0% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 84 | +15.1% |
| Business Bay | 313 | -9.8% |
The largest sales of January 2021
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2021 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum District 11 | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 384,129 sqft | AED 170/sqft | AED 65,301,930 |
| 14 Jan 2021 | Al Muteena | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,063 sqft | AED 1,040/sqft | AED 50,000,000 |
| 27 Jan 2021 | Island 2 | —Jumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,244 sqft | AED 2,523/sqft | AED 43,500,000 |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Um Al Sheif | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,314 sqft | AED 2,299/sqft | AED 39,800,000 |
| 7 Jan 2021 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,976 sqft | AED 2,379/sqft | AED 38,000,000 |
| 8 Jan 2021 | Island 2 | —Jumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,065 sqft | AED 1,538/sqft | AED 37,000,000 |
| 11 Jan 2021 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 38,674 sqft | AED 949/sqft | AED 36,700,000 |
| 7 Jan 2021 | Island 2 | —Jumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,787 sqft | AED 1,471/sqft | AED 35,000,000 |
| 27 Jan 2021 | Island 2 | BV RESIDENCESJumeira Bay | FlatResidential · Existing Properties | 4 B/R | 6,550 sqft | AED 5,038/sqft | AED 33,000,000 |
| 19 Jan 2021 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,888 sqft | AED 1,108/sqft | AED 32,000,000 |
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.