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Monthly report

Dubai property market — September 2021

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

Sales5,631Registered in September 2021up80.6% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 15.96BRegistered in September 2021Across 100 communities
Price per sqftAED 1,006/sqftMedian across September 2021up19.1% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.51MMedian across September 202143% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 5,631 property sales in September 2021, worth AED 15.96B in total, across 100 communities. That is 81% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,511,888 at AED 1,006/sqft, 19.1% above the same month last year. 43% of sales were off-plan.

Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 484 registered sales, while Palm Jumeirah took the most money at AED 1.90B.

Against the previous month, Al Khairan First rose 145% to 169 sales, while Jabal Ali First fell 65% to 101.

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 September 2021, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Marsa Dubai484-15.8%AED 1.85BAED 2.02MAED 1,824/sqft46%
Business Bay482+5.7%AED 898.57MAED 1.40MAED 1,530/sqft44%
Wadi Al Safa 5434-0.9%AED 869.49MAED 1.79MAED 813/sqft86%
Al Thanyah Fifth331+10.7%AED 404.33MAED 781KAED 1,000/sqft49%
Al Barsha South Fourth302-27.8%AED 236.69MAED 590KAED 802/sqft37%
Burj Khalifa254+16.5%AED 937.60MAED 2.40MAED 2,013/sqft49%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid253-3.1%AED 1.26BAED 2.15MAED 1,335/sqft47%
Madinat Al Mataar225+104.5%AED 337.83MAED 1.20MAED 657/sqft76%
Al Hebiah Fourth211-23.6%AED 382.80MAED 2.40MAED 971/sqft58%
Al Hebiah Third209+62.0%AED 404.47MAED 1.81MAED 1,136/sqft19%
Al Merkadh193-16.1%AED 564.04MAED 1.31MAED 1,708/sqft89%
Al Khairan First169+144.9%AED 501.32MAED 2.81MAED 1,920/sqft67%
Palm Jumeirah168-10.2%AED 1.90BAED 3.08MAED 2,510/sqft46%
Wadi Al Safa 7117+91.8%AED 214.84MAED 1.50MAED 695/sqft37%
Al Warsan First114+0.9%AED 63.58MAED 290KAED 439/sqft14%

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 1.90B168
Marsa DubaiAED 1.85B484
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin RashidAED 1.26B253
Burj KhalifaAED 937.60M254
Business BayAED 898.57M482
Wadi Al Safa 5AED 869.49M434
Ras Al KhorAED 705.84M31
Al MerkadhAED 564.04M193
Al Khairan FirstAED 501.32M169
Al Hebiah ThirdAED 404.47M209

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 Khairan First169+144.9%
Madinat Al Mataar225+104.5%
Wadi Al Safa 7117+91.8%
Jabal Ali First101-64.7%
Al Hebiah Third209+62.0%
Al Barsha South Fourth302-27.8%
Al Hebiah Fourth211-23.6%
Jumeirah First62-23.5%
Burj Khalifa254+16.5%
Al Merkadh193-16.1%

The largest sales of September 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
2 Sept 2021Marsa DubaiSensoria at Five LuxeLandExisting PropertiesNot specified214,271 sqftAED 3,073/sqftAED 658,500,001
14 Sept 2021Palm JumeirahSERENIA LIVINGPalm JumeirahLandExisting PropertiesNot specified341,345 sqftAED 1,488/sqftAED 508,000,000
23 Sept 2021Al Hebiah Fifth—DAMAC LagoonsLandExisting PropertiesNot specified5,076,230 sqftAED 38/sqftAED 190,563,189
29 Sept 2021Palm JumeirahCLUB VILLASPalm JumeirahHotel ApartmentExisting Properties8 B/R13,126 sqftAED 5,866/sqftAED 77,000,000
13 Sept 2021Saih Shuaib 2—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified761,513 sqftAED 90/sqftAED 68,536,215
20 Sept 2021Al MerkadhAzizi Riviera BeachfrontMeydan One CommunityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified82,490 sqftAED 825/sqftAED 68,054,575
27 Sept 2021Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingLandExisting PropertiesNot specified36,974 sqftAED 1,609/sqftAED 59,500,000
6 Sept 2021Island 2—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified23,313 sqftAED 2,531/sqftAED 59,000,000
7 Sept 2021Al Hebiah First—Motor CityBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified19,954 sqftAED 2,736/sqftAED 54,600,000
6 Sept 2021Island 2—Jumeira BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified17,466 sqftAED 2,920/sqftAED 51,000,000

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.