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Monthly report

Dubai property market — October 2021

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

Sales4,960Registered in October 2021up35.7% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 12.39BRegistered in October 2021Across 96 communities
Price per sqftAED 993/sqftMedian across October 2021up15.9% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.50MMedian across October 202139% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 4,960 property sales in October 2021, worth AED 12.39B in total, across 96 communities. That is 36% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,500,000 at AED 993/sqft, 15.9% above the same month last year. 39% of sales were off-plan.

Business Bay was the busiest community with 479 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 1.25B.

Against the previous month, Al Yufrah 1 rose 170% to 284 sales, while Madinat Al Mataar fell 61% to 88.

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

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Business Bay479-0.6%AED 715.88MAED 990KAED 1,400/sqft47%
Marsa Dubai461-4.8%AED 1.25BAED 2.10MAED 2,165/sqft44%
Wadi Al Safa 5310-28.6%AED 607.31MAED 1.83MAED 863/sqft77%
Al Yufrah 1284+170.5%AED 422.71MAED 1.44MAED 727/sqft100%
Al Thanyah Fifth251-24.2%AED 412.76MAED 870KAED 844/sqft14%
Al Hebiah Fourth250+18.5%AED 712.87MAED 2.92MAED 858/sqft33%
Al Barsha South Fourth237-21.5%AED 273.61MAED 610KAED 894/sqft29%
Al Hebiah Third221+5.7%AED 454.69MAED 1.88MAED 1,225/sqft15%
Burj Khalifa221-13.0%AED 1.11BAED 2.97MAED 2,165/sqft44%
Al Khairan First211+24.9%AED 647.39MAED 2.86MAED 1,807/sqft59%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid201-20.6%AED 999.94MAED 1.93MAED 1,211/sqft49%
Al Warsan First151+32.5%AED 71.75MAED 325KAED 494/sqft21%
Al Merkadh140-27.5%AED 375.93MAED 1.40MAED 1,690/sqft74%
Palm Jumeirah107-36.3%AED 711.49MAED 2.70MAED 1,759/sqft28%
Jabal Ali First96-5.0%AED 123.23MAED 723KAED 815/sqft29%

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
Marsa DubaiAED 1.25B461
Burj KhalifaAED 1.11B221
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin RashidAED 999.94M201
Business BayAED 715.88M479
Al Hebiah FourthAED 712.87M250
Palm JumeirahAED 711.49M107
Al Khairan FirstAED 647.39M211
Wadi Al Safa 5AED 607.31M310
Al Hebiah ThirdAED 454.69M221
Al Yufrah 1AED 422.71M284

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 Yufrah 1284+170.5%
Madinat Al Mataar88-60.9%
Palm Jumeirah107-36.3%
Al Warsan First151+32.5%
Nadd Hessa66-31.3%
Wadi Al Safa 5310-28.6%
Al Merkadh140-27.5%
Al Barshaa South Third51-26.1%
Al Khairan First211+24.9%
Wadi Al Safa 788-24.8%

The largest sales of October 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
14 Oct 2021Al Hebiah Fifth—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified5,420,700 sqftAED 33/sqftAED 180,527,000
18 Oct 2021Al Thanyah Fifth—DMCC Master CommunityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified59,832 sqftAED 1,304/sqftAED 77,991,509
25 Oct 2021Nadd Hessa—Silicon OasisBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified43,722 sqftAED 1,571/sqftAED 68,700,000
25 Oct 2021Business BayBinghatti CanalBusiness BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified39,139 sqftAED 1,755/sqftAED 68,700,000
7 Oct 2021Palm JumeirahCLUB VILLASPalm JumeirahVillaExisting Properties7 B/R16,576 sqftAED 3,270/sqftAED 54,210,000
13 Oct 2021Al Barsha South Fourth—Jumeirah Village CircleBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified43,704 sqftAED 1,224/sqftAED 53,500,000
15 Oct 2021Island 2—Jumeira BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified17,221 sqftAED 2,932/sqftAED 50,500,000
26 Oct 2021Burj KhalifaTHE 118DownTown DubaiFlatExisting Properties6 B/R11,598 sqftAED 4,302/sqftAED 49,900,000
28 Oct 2021Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin RashidDubai Hills - Hills View CommunityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified38,237 sqftAED 1,240/sqftAED 47,417,333
28 Oct 2021Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin RashidDubai Hills - Hills View CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS VIEWLandExisting PropertiesNot specified51,291 sqftAED 924/sqftAED 47,417,333

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.