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Monthly report

Dubai property market — June 2021

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside June 2021. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales6,071Registered in June 2021up176.6% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 14.57BRegistered in June 2021Across 104 communities
Price per sqftAED 979/sqftMedian across June 2021up8.3% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.37MMedian across June 202134% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 6,071 property sales in June 2021, worth AED 14.57B in total, across 104 communities. That is 177% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,374,755 at AED 979/sqft, 8.3% above the same month last year. 34% of sales were off-plan.

Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 594 registered sales, while Palm Jumeirah took the most money at AED 1.72B.

Against the previous month, Al Merkadh rose 310% to 594 sales, while Al Jadaf fell 50% to 51.

Sales by month

Price per square foot by month

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in June 2021, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Al Merkadh594+309.7%AED 864.26MAED 956KAED 1,590/sqft92%
Marsa Dubai538+7.8%AED 1.47BAED 2.00MAED 1,600/sqft28%
Al Thanyah Fifth521+39.3%AED 576.60MAED 733KAED 982/sqft44%
Business Bay433+117.6%AED 590.96MAED 1.13MAED 1,300/sqft36%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid362+24.0%AED 1.33BAED 1.95MAED 1,160/sqft49%
Al Warsan First336+295.3%AED 270.76MAED 1.00MAED 419/sqft3%
Al Hebiah Fourth287+99.3%AED 892.11MAED 3.61MAED 774/sqft6%
Al Barsha South Fourth277-23.9%AED 246.02MAED 686KAED 864/sqft42%
Dubai Investment Park First248+1807.7%AED 703.45MAED 2.97MAED 915/sqft1%
Burj Khalifa243+32.1%AED 795.18MAED 2.20MAED 1,839/sqft37%
Al Hebiah Third204+30.8%AED 397.33MAED 1.77MAED 1,021/sqft25%
Palm Jumeirah183+18.1%AED 1.72BAED 2.85MAED 1,831/sqft23%
Wadi Al Safa 5158-5.4%AED 313.20MAED 1.61MAED 771/sqft66%
Me'Aisem First152+20.6%AED 407.13MAED 953KAED 1,015/sqft16%
Jabal Ali First115+105.4%AED 164.03MAED 950KAED 640/sqft24%

Where the money went

Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.

CommunityValueSales
Palm JumeirahAED 1.72B183
Marsa DubaiAED 1.47B538
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin RashidAED 1.33B362
Al Hebiah FourthAED 892.11M287
Al MerkadhAED 864.26M594
Burj KhalifaAED 795.18M243
Dubai Investment Park FirstAED 703.45M248
Business BayAED 590.96M433
Al Thanyah FifthAED 576.60M521
Me'Aisem FirstAED 407.13M152

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Al Merkadh594+309.7%
Al Warsan First336+295.3%
Business Bay433+117.6%
Jabal Ali First115+105.4%
Al Hebiah Fourth287+99.3%
Al Jadaf51-49.5%
Al Thanyah Fifth521+39.3%
Burj Khalifa243+32.1%
Al Hebiah Third204+30.8%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid362+24.0%

The largest sales of June 2021

Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
9 Jun 2021Palm JumeirahEOMEPalm JumeirahLandExisting PropertiesNot specified671,326 sqftAED 492/sqftAED 330,000,000
30 Jun 2021Marsa Dubai—Dubai MarinaLandExisting PropertiesNot specified32,694 sqftAED 3,823/sqftAED 125,000,000
14 Jun 2021Palm JumeirahCLUB VILLASPalm JumeirahVillaExisting Properties7 B/R26,033 sqftAED 4,590/sqftAED 119,500,000
15 Jun 2021Island 2—Jumeira BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified17,024 sqftAED 5,140/sqftAED 87,500,000
9 Jun 2021Al Safouh Second—Site ALandExisting PropertiesNot specified15,483 sqftAED 4,600/sqftAED 71,220,000
15 Jun 2021Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahVillaExisting PropertiesNot specified14,897 sqftAED 4,397/sqftAED 65,500,000
14 Jun 2021Al Hebiah FirstThe Community Motor CityMotor CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified147,774 sqftAED 423/sqftAED 62,500,000
7 Jun 2021Burj Khalifa—DownTown DubaiLandExisting PropertiesNot specified45,474 sqftAED 1,100/sqftAED 50,000,000
22 Jun 2021Al Manara—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified18,224 sqftAED 2,606/sqftAED 47,500,000
29 Jun 2021Island 2—Jumeira BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified17,256 sqftAED 2,637/sqftAED 45,500,000

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.