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 — April 2022
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 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 6,785 property sales in April 2022, worth AED 17.66B in total, across 95 communities. That is 43% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,569,000 at AED 1,134/sqft, 26% above the same month last year. 38% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 650 registered sales, while Palm Jumeirah took the most money at AED 1.74B.
Against the previous month, Al Barshaa South Third rose 26% to 197 sales, while Al Wasl fell 65% to 90.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2022, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 650 | -26.8% | 876.45M | 1.00M | 1,694/sqft | 57% |
| Marsa Dubai | 582 | -13.0% | 1.63B | 2.08M | 2,023/sqft | 28% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 507 | -23.4% | 1.12B | 1.72M | 1,101/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 474 | -9.9% | 486.82M | 705K | 946/sqft | 36% |
| Burj Khalifa | 405 | -8.4% | 1.31B | 2.43M | 2,503/sqft | 50% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 374 | +3.3% | 857.69M | 1.95M | 964/sqft | 69% |
| Al Merkadh | 320 | -25.9% | 1.31B | 1.55M | 1,675/sqft | 66% |
| Al Khairan First | 307 | -12.8% | 706.18M | 2.24M | 1,766/sqft | 79% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 246 | -6.8% | 514.22M | 1.00M | 839/sqft | 7% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 211 | -27.0% | 852.95M | 1.61M | 1,369/sqft | 40% |
| Jabal Ali First | 207 | -14.1% | 421.46M | 810K | 741/sqft | 16% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 204 | -18.7% | 1.74B | 3.04M | 2,313/sqft | 16% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 197 | +26.3% | 151.57M | 640K | 1,170/sqft | 75% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 173 | +15.3% | 250.57M | 1.47M | 540/sqft | 81% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 138 | -47.5% | 258.49M | 693K | 757/sqft | 32% |
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 | 1.74B | 204 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.63B | 582 |
| Al Merkadh | 1.31B | 320 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.31B | 405 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1.12B | 507 |
| Business Bay | 876.45M | 650 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 857.69M | 374 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 852.95M | 211 |
| Al Khairan First | 706.18M | 307 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 514.22M | 246 |
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 Wasl | 90 | -65.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 52 | -51.4% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 138 | -47.5% |
| Al Warsan First | 136 | -37.6% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 211 | -27.0% |
| Business Bay | 650 | -26.8% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 197 | +26.3% |
| Al Merkadh | 320 | -25.9% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 98 | -24.6% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 507 | -23.4% |
The largest sales of April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,544 sqft | AED 10,166/sqft | AED 280,000,000 |
| 14 Apr 2022 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,557,273 sqft | AED 115/sqft | AED 179,549,393 |
| 14 Apr 2022 | Al Merkadh | —Meydan One Community | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,336,580 sqft | AED 114/sqft | AED 152,949,483 |
| 27 Apr 2022 | Marsa Dubai | MARINA 101Dubai Marina | HotelHospitality · Off-Plan Properties | Not specified | 351,588 sqft | AED 367/sqft | AED 129,050,000 |
| 11 Apr 2022 | Al Yufrah 3 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,999,997 sqft | AED 15/sqft | AED 105,050,000 |
| 22 Apr 2022 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills View CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS VIEW | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,961 sqft | AED 2,746/sqft | AED 96,000,000 |
| 29 Apr 2022 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 45,580 sqft | AED 1,713/sqft | AED 78,100,000 |
| 5 Apr 2022 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Golf Residences by FortimoDubai Hills Estate | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 65,044 sqft | AED 1,152/sqft | AED 74,955,200 |
| 29 Apr 2022 | Business Bay | Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co. ResidencesBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,042 sqft | AED 1,760/sqft | AED 72,238,726 |
| 26 Apr 2022 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,826 sqft | AED 1,982/sqft | AED 71,000,000 |
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.