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 — April 2021
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 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 4,753 property sales in April 2021, worth AED 10.28B in total, across 97 communities. That is 201% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,295,000 at AED 900/sqft, 30% below the same month last year. 40% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 454 registered sales, while Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid took the most money at AED 1.44B.
Against the previous month, Wadi Al Safa 7 rose 108% to 173 sales, while Business Bay fell 42% to 228.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2021, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 454 | -15.8% | 1.14B | 2.10M | 1,732/sqft | 38% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 450 | +22.3% | 1.44B | 1.70M | 1,030/sqft | 67% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 305 | -14.8% | 326.34M | 700K | 945/sqft | 41% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 276 | -13.2% | 246.31M | 500K | 697/sqft | 56% |
| Business Bay | 228 | -41.7% | 368.19M | 1.15M | 1,132/sqft | 24% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 204 | +72.9% | 326.42M | 1.62M | 701/sqft | 76% |
| Burj Khalifa | 199 | +6.4% | 606.44M | 2.20M | 1,829/sqft | 36% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 185 | -26.3% | 1.20B | 1.88M | 1,601/sqft | 26% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 176 | -21.1% | 153.23M | 523K | 539/sqft | 14% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 173 | +108.4% | 216.16M | 846K | 639/sqft | 73% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 148 | +29.8% | 330.72M | 1.97M | 1,009/sqft | 16% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 141 | +7.6% | 153.59M | 1.10M | 720/sqft | 13% |
| Nadd Hessa | 132 | +94.1% | 37.77M | 129K | 50/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 131 | +63.7% | 80.19M | 540K | 800/sqft | 88% |
| Al Jadaf | 114 | +40.7% | 122.64M | 651K | 836/sqft | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.44B | 450 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.20B | 185 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.14B | 454 |
| Burj Khalifa | 606.44M | 199 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 440.05M | 62 |
| Business Bay | 368.19M | 228 |
| Al Hebiah Third | 330.72M | 148 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 326.42M | 204 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 326.34M | 305 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 250.22M | 45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 173 | +108.4% |
| Nadd Hessa | 132 | +94.1% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 204 | +72.9% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 131 | +63.7% |
| Business Bay | 228 | -41.7% |
| Al Jadaf | 114 | +40.7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 87 | -37.4% |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 61 | -32.2% |
| Al Merkadh | 112 | -32.1% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 148 | +29.8% |
The largest sales of April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 2021 | Palm Jumeirah | CLUB VILLASPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | 6 B/R | 20,756 sqft | AED 5,059/sqft | AED 105,000,000 |
| 26 Apr 2021 | Palm Jumeirah | CLUB VILLASPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | 7 B/R | 20,350 sqft | AED 4,382/sqft | AED 89,181,000 |
| 19 Apr 2021 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,266 sqft | AED 2,315/sqft | AED 72,380,000 |
| 29 Apr 2021 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,020 sqft | AED 4,113/sqft | AED 70,000,000 |
| 12 Apr 2021 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills View CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS VIEW | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,065 sqft | AED 1,470/sqft | AED 53,000,000 |
| 15 Apr 2021 | Al Barsha South Fourth | DUNES MARIGOLDJumeirah Village Circle | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 26,219 sqft | AED 2,021/sqft | AED 53,000,000 |
| 1 Apr 2021 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | —Dubai Hills Estate | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 270,398 sqft | AED 196/sqft | AED 53,000,000 |
| 12 Apr 2021 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Majan | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 136,936 sqft | AED 375/sqft | AED 51,401,000 |
| 1 Apr 2021 | Dubai Investment Park Second | —Dubai Investment Park Second | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,583 sqft | AED 774/sqft | AED 50,005,000 |
| 5 Apr 2021 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,932 sqft | AED 1,518/sqft | AED 50,000,000 |
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.