Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q1 2021
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 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 11,367 property sales in Q1 2021, worth AED 24.36B in total, across 125 communities. That is 22% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,250,000 at AED 892/sqft, 6.5% below the same quarter last year. 33% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,150 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.67B.
Against the previous quarter, Me'Aisem First rose 82% to 226 sales, while Dubai Investment Park First fell 65% to 74.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2021, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,150 | +19.4% | 2.67B | 1.70M | 1,475/sqft | 33% |
| Business Bay | 1,098 | +35.1% | 1.43B | 1.13M | 1,228/sqft | 33% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 778 | +3.9% | 698.91M | 650K | 866/sqft | 56% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 704 | +45.2% | 1.12B | 750K | 826/sqft | 33% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 701 | +45.1% | 1.84B | 1.65M | 1,059/sqft | 50% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 538 | +56.4% | 2.65B | 1.80M | 1,590/sqft | 43% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 449 | -58.4% | 825.37M | 1.41M | 735/sqft | 16% |
| Burj Khalifa | 441 | -12.2% | 1.18B | 2.10M | 1,660/sqft | 22% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 364 | -13.5% | 371.18M | 960K | 797/sqft | 6% |
| Al Merkadh | 359 | -4.0% | 1.13B | 1.51M | 1,550/sqft | 85% |
| Al Warsan First | 317 | -0.9% | 162.19M | 290K | 432/sqft | 20% |
| Jabal Ali First | 295 | +21.4% | 276.09M | 669K | 626/sqft | 18% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 290 | +3.2% | 482.37M | 1.35M | 654/sqft | 54% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 282 | +42.4% | 601.25M | 1.80M | 854/sqft | 11% |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 251 | +48.5% | 617.29M | 2.40M | 476/sqft | 0% |
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 | 2.67B | 1,150 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2.65B | 538 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.84B | 701 |
| Business Bay | 1.43B | 1,098 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.18B | 441 |
| Al Merkadh | 1.13B | 359 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.12B | 704 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 977.04M | 161 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 825.37M | 449 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 698.91M | 778 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Me'Aisem First | 226 | +82.3% |
| Jumeirah First | 93 | +66.1% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 74 | -65.3% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 100 | +58.7% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 449 | -58.4% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 538 | +56.4% |
| Al Hebiah First | 60 | -49.2% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 135 | -48.9% |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 251 | +48.5% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 704 | +45.2% |
The largest sales of Q1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2021 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | MAR CASADubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 74,898 sqft | AED 2,839/sqft | AED 212,598,173 |
| 17 Mar 2021 | Al Thanyah Fifth | AMESCO TOWERDMCC Master Community | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,672 sqft | AED 3,495/sqft | AED 198,055,000 |
| 8 Mar 2021 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 13,762 sqft | AED 8,084/sqft | AED 111,250,000 |
| 8 Feb 2021 | Saih Shuaib 3 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,128,169 sqft | AED 77/sqft | AED 86,869,104 |
| 18 Feb 2021 | Jabal Ali Industrial Second | Arian By AziziDown Town Jabal Ali | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,301 sqft | AED 2,083/sqft | AED 77,700,000 |
| 4 Mar 2021 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,952 sqft | AED 1,513/sqft | AED 68,000,000 |
| 18 Jan 2021 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum District 11 | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 384,129 sqft | AED 170/sqft | AED 65,301,930 |
| 11 Mar 2021 | Business Bay | EYWA DUBAIBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,283 sqft | AED 1,601/sqft | AED 59,692,150 |
| 23 Mar 2021 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,441 sqft | AED 1,868/sqft | AED 55,000,000 |
| 14 Jan 2021 | Al Muteena | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,063 sqft | AED 1,040/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.