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 — July 2021
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside July 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 4,335 property sales in July 2021, worth AED 11.16B in total, across 88 communities. That is 75% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,475,000 at AED 1,019/sqft, 20.1% above the same month last year. 39% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 593 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.51B.
Against the previous month, Jumeirah First rose 112% to 106 sales, while Al Warsan First fell 67% to 112.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in July 2021, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 593 | +10.2% | 1.51B | 2.04M | 2,195/sqft | 55% |
| Business Bay | 383 | -11.5% | 643.01M | 1.13M | 1,400/sqft | 28% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 340 | -34.7% | 430.16M | 782K | 979/sqft | 47% |
| Al Merkadh | 338 | -43.1% | 599.20M | 1.03M | 1,627/sqft | 90% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 288 | +4.0% | 220.21M | 680K | 832/sqft | 55% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 194 | -46.4% | 1.07B | 3.21M | 1,151/sqft | 32% |
| Burj Khalifa | 166 | -31.7% | 558.06M | 2.32M | 1,929/sqft | 37% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 161 | -43.9% | 325.94M | 2.53M | 939/sqft | 50% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 137 | -13.3% | 318.77M | 1.65M | 785/sqft | 59% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 133 | -27.3% | 1.03B | 3.50M | 1,772/sqft | 28% |
| Al Warsan First | 112 | -66.7% | 59.82M | 381K | 439/sqft | 20% |
| Jumeirah First | 106 | +112.0% | 696.26M | 4.88M | 780/sqft | 40% |
| Me'Aisem First | 96 | -36.8% | 223.00M | 819K | 1,016/sqft | 10% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 91 | -9.0% | 63.50M | 650K | 897/sqft | 44% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 89 | -56.4% | 176.39M | 1.63M | 928/sqft | 24% |
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 | 1.51B | 593 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.07B | 194 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.03B | 133 |
| Jumeirah First | 696.26M | 106 |
| Business Bay | 643.01M | 383 |
| Al Merkadh | 599.20M | 338 |
| Burj Khalifa | 558.06M | 166 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 430.16M | 340 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 325.94M | 161 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 318.77M | 137 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jumeirah First | 106 | +112.0% |
| Al Warsan First | 112 | -66.7% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 89 | -56.4% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 194 | -46.4% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 161 | -43.9% |
| Al Merkadh | 338 | -43.1% |
| Jabal Ali First | 68 | -40.9% |
| Me'Aisem First | 96 | -36.8% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 340 | -34.7% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 63 | -33.0% |
The largest sales of July 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 Jul 2021 | Island 2 | —Jumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,934 sqft | AED 5,056/sqft | AED 121,000,000 |
| 14 Jul 2021 | Jumeirah First | —LA MER | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 95,740 sqft | AED 935/sqft | AED 89,563,447 |
| 7 Jul 2021 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills Grove CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS GROVE | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,333 sqft | AED 2,081/sqft | AED 86,000,000 |
| 29 Jul 2021 | Palm Jumeirah | Palme CouturePalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Existing Properties | 4 B/R | 13,584 sqft | AED 5,300/sqft | AED 72,000,000 |
| 14 Jul 2021 | Um Suqaim Third | Marsa Al Arab Villas | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 9,147 sqft | AED 7,325/sqft | AED 67,000,000 |
| 5 Jul 2021 | Island 2 | —Jumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,894 sqft | AED 2,553/sqft | AED 61,000,000 |
| 15 Jul 2021 | Al Barsha First | — | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 171,626 sqft | AED 350/sqft | AED 60,150,000 |
| 1 Jul 2021 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,178 sqft | AED 1,419/sqft | AED 57,000,000 |
| 26 Jul 2021 | Al Merkadh | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY-DISTRICT ONE PHASE II VILLAS | Villaأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,921 sqft | AED 3,073/sqft | AED 52,000,000 |
| 6 Jul 2021 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,968,009 sqft | AED 10/sqft | AED 49,564,130 |
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.