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 — February 2022
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside February 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 6,115 property sales in February 2022, worth AED 15.45B in total, across 103 communities. That is 79% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,483,888 at AED 1,083/sqft, 24.4% above the same month last year. 40% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 603 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 2.45B.
Against the previous month, Al Thanyah Third rose 91% to 101 sales, while Al Barshaa South Third fell 38% to 149.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2022, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 603 | +6.7% | 935.20M | 1.04M | 1,546/sqft | 44% |
| Al Merkadh | 536 | +51.8% | 836.84M | 820K | 1,484/sqft | 90% |
| Marsa Dubai | 426 | -18.9% | 2.45B | 2.27M | 2,298/sqft | 38% |
| Jabal Ali First | 423 | +8.2% | 847.40M | 1.91M | 719/sqft | 21% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 414 | +18.3% | 325.46M | 683K | 850/sqft | 38% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 377 | -2.8% | 780.72M | 1.71M | 1,075/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 343 | +12.8% | 703.70M | 1.68M | 834/sqft | 66% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 248 | +57.0% | 1.02B | 1.60M | 1,396/sqft | 50% |
| Burj Khalifa | 230 | -5.7% | 978.02M | 2.42M | 2,097/sqft | 38% |
| Al Khairan First | 229 | +6.0% | 552.83M | 2.28M | 1,865/sqft | 79% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 180 | +4.7% | 335.41M | 1.10M | 913/sqft | 12% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 149 | -38.2% | 112.81M | 650K | 1,189/sqft | 72% |
| Al Warsan First | 143 | +52.1% | 56.48M | 290K | 460/sqft | 8% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 133 | +565.0% | 217.30M | 1.59M | 793/sqft | 100% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 125 | -6.0% | 229.28M | 1.50M | 880/sqft | 48% |
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 | 2.45B | 426 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.04B | 114 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.02B | 248 |
| Burj Khalifa | 978.02M | 230 |
| Business Bay | 935.20M | 603 |
| Jabal Ali First | 847.40M | 423 |
| Al Merkadh | 836.84M | 536 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 780.72M | 377 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 703.70M | 343 |
| Al Khairan First | 552.83M | 229 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Third | 101 | +90.6% |
| Muhaisanah First | 98 | +78.2% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 248 | +57.0% |
| Al Warsan First | 143 | +52.1% |
| Al Merkadh | 536 | +51.8% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 149 | -38.2% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 52 | -36.6% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 77 | +28.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 426 | -18.9% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 414 | +18.3% |
The largest sales of February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 22 Feb 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | Armani Beach Residences At Palm JumeirahPalm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 220,987 sqft | AED 1,086/sqft | AED 240,000,000 |
| 10 Feb 2022 | Al Mamzer | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 300,898 sqft | AED 440/sqft | AED 132,398,200 |
| 14 Feb 2022 | Marsa Dubai | JUMEIRAH LIVING MARINA GATEDubai Marina | Sized PartitionOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 279,019 sqft | AED 452/sqft | AED 126,000,000 |
| 22 Feb 2022 | Island 2 | —Jumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,014 sqft | AED 5,508/sqft | AED 88,200,000 |
| 1 Feb 2022 | Business Bay | Dorchester Collection DubaiBusiness Bay | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 1 B/R | 17,712 sqft | AED 3,890/sqft | AED 68,900,000 |
| 7 Feb 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | THE ROYAL ATLANTIS,RESORT AND RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 4 B/R | 7,115 sqft | AED 8,844/sqft | AED 62,920,000 |
| 23 Feb 2022 | Burj Khalifa | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,922 sqft | AED 1,942/sqft | AED 62,000,000 |
| 7 Feb 2022 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,621 sqft | AED 1,762/sqft | AED 61,000,000 |
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.