Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Annual report
Dubai property market — 2022
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside 2022. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 95,665 property sales in 2022, worth AED 262.54B in total, across 168 communities. That is 61% more than the year before.
The median sale was AED 1,575,000 at AED 1,199/sqft, 21.9% above the year before. 44% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 10,183 registered sales, while Palm Jumeirah took the most money at AED 27.66B.
Against the previous year, Al Hebiah Fifth rose 1,767% to 5,677 sales, while Nad Al Shiba Third fell 83% to 115.
Sales by year
Price per square foot by year
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in 2022, and how each moved against the year before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 10,183 | +98.0% | 17.52B | 1.22M | 1,776/sqft | 58% |
| Marsa Dubai | 7,422 | +22.7% | 26.08B | 2.20M | 2,212/sqft | 41% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 5,999 | +62.9% | 5.60B | 677K | 935/sqft | 48% |
| Al Merkadh | 5,732 | +127.4% | 13.95B | 1.26M | 1,690/sqft | 82% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 5,677 | +1767.4% | 13.94B | 1.79M | 1,103/sqft | 1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 5,089 | +98.2% | 16.72B | 2.38M | 2,446/sqft | 57% |
| Jabal Ali First | 4,834 | +199.9% | 9.52B | 1.65M | 823/sqft | 21% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 3,674 | +15.2% | 14.28B | 1.72M | 1,615/sqft | 53% |
| Al Khairan First | 3,624 | +231.9% | 7.84B | 1.88M | 1,796/sqft | 77% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 3,324 | +65.9% | 27.66B | 3.76M | 2,776/sqft | 44% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 3,266 | +12.5% | 6.92B | 1.85M | 851/sqft | 61% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 3,122 | -15.1% | 6.32B | 1.15M | 907/sqft | 13% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 2,681 | +175.8% | 2.05B | 615K | 1,115/sqft | 72% |
| Al Wasl | 2,334 | +645.7% | 7.39B | 2.56M | 2,038/sqft | 88% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 2,081 | +147.1% | 4.28B | 1.50M | 650/sqft | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 27.66B | 3,324 |
| Marsa Dubai | 26.08B | 7,422 |
| Business Bay | 17.52B | 10,183 |
| Burj Khalifa | 16.72B | 5,089 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 14.28B | 3,674 |
| Al Merkadh | 13.95B | 5,732 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 13.94B | 5,677 |
| Jabal Ali First | 9.52B | 4,834 |
| Al Khairan First | 7.84B | 3,624 |
| Al Wasl | 7.39B | 2,334 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous year. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 5,677 | +1767.4% |
| Al Wasl | 2,334 | +645.7% |
| Al Kifaf | 466 | +348.1% |
| Al Khairan First | 3,624 | +231.9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 4,834 | +199.9% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 2,681 | +175.8% |
| Um Suqaim Third | 1,006 | +166.8% |
| Al Hebiah Sixth | 846 | +157.9% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 2,081 | +147.1% |
| Al Merkadh | 5,732 | +127.4% |
The largest sales of 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 2022 | Me'Aisem Second | — | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,018,664 sqft | AED 47/sqft | AED 1,500,000,000 |
| 13 Sept 2022 | Madinat Al Mataar | —Dubai World Central | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 26,132,904 sqft | AED 38/sqft | AED 988,000,000 |
| 13 Oct 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 59,569 sqft | AED 10,072/sqft | AED 600,000,000 |
| 25 Feb 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Beachgate by AddressDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 96,038 sqft | AED 5,580/sqft | AED 535,920,000 |
| 10 Jan 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 507,475 sqft | AED 985/sqft | AED 500,100,000 |
| 7 Jan 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Grand Bleu Tower interiors by Elie SaabDubai Harbour | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 7,181/sqft | AED 494,710,000 |
| 25 Feb 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Address The BayDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 83,825 sqft | AED 5,688/sqft | AED 476,810,000 |
| 4 Jul 2022 | Me'Aisem Second | — | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,037,573 sqft | AED 22/sqft | AED 423,939,444 |
| 3 Mar 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Beach MansionDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 5,994/sqft | AED 412,950,000 |
| 7 Jan 2022 | Marsa Dubai | MARINA VISTADubai Harbour | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 5,830/sqft | AED 401,620,000 |
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.