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 — August 2022
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 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 9,432 property sales in August 2022, worth AED 23.58B in total, across 97 communities. That is 70% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,506,888 at AED 1,146/sqft, 12.7% above the same month last year. 44% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 1,166 registered sales, while Al Hebiah Fifth took the most money at AED 2.07B.
Against the previous month, Al Merkadh rose 176% to 660 sales, while Al Wasl fell 66% to 74.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 2022, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 1,166 | +51.8% | 1.96B | 1.25M | 1,821/sqft | 55% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 786 | +61.1% | 2.07B | 1.84M | 1,138/sqft | 3% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 767 | +155.7% | 596.71M | 600K | 992/sqft | 61% |
| Al Merkadh | 660 | +176.2% | 1.31B | 1.19M | 1,555/sqft | 89% |
| Marsa Dubai | 622 | +10.1% | 1.99B | 2.34M | 2,297/sqft | 47% |
| Burj Khalifa | 563 | -11.2% | 1.87B | 2.60M | 2,576/sqft | 65% |
| Jabal Ali First | 510 | +42.5% | 1.18B | 1.95M | 823/sqft | 19% |
| Al Khairan First | 405 | +31.5% | 784.51M | 1.73M | 1,756/sqft | 76% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 396 | +171.2% | 736.59M | 1.84M | 638/sqft | 79% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 358 | +97.8% | 263.41M | 569K | 1,109/sqft | 77% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 254 | +46.8% | 481.07M | 1.60M | 814/sqft | 54% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 241 | +3.9% | 481.20M | 1.15M | 927/sqft | 5% |
| Al Warsan First | 211 | +9.3% | 102.88M | 305K | 438/sqft | 1% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 211 | +8.2% | 1.67B | 3.10M | 2,452/sqft | 18% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 199 | +55.5% | 303.52M | 1.00M | 1,095/sqft | 15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 2.07B | 786 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.99B | 622 |
| Business Bay | 1.96B | 1,166 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.87B | 563 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.67B | 211 |
| Al Merkadh | 1.31B | 660 |
| Jabal Ali First | 1.18B | 510 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 822.10M | 159 |
| Al Khairan First | 784.51M | 405 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 736.59M | 396 |
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 Merkadh | 660 | +176.2% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 396 | +171.2% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 767 | +155.7% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 358 | +97.8% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 157 | +82.6% |
| Al Wasl | 74 | -66.2% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 786 | +61.1% |
| Um Suqaim Third | 63 | -57.1% |
| Me'Aisem First | 138 | +56.8% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 199 | +55.5% |
The largest sales of August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2022 | Al Wasl | Eden House The ParkDubai Water Canal | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 366,286 sqft | AED 1,093/sqft | AED 400,178,000 |
| 11 Aug 2022 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,038,994 sqft | AED 339/sqft | AED 352,413,136 |
| 29 Aug 2022 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,406 sqft | AED 5,614/sqft | AED 210,000,000 |
| 19 Aug 2022 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills View CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS VIEW | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,492 sqft | AED 4,824/sqft | AED 205,000,000 |
| 22 Aug 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | THE ROYAL ATLANTIS,RESORT AND RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 22,614 sqft | AED 7,228/sqft | AED 163,461,539 |
| 15 Aug 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | LUCEPalm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 52,008 sqft | AED 2,500/sqft | AED 130,000,000 |
| 16 Aug 2022 | Burj Khalifa | Mercedes-Benz Places | BinghattiDownTown Dubai | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 43,010 sqft | AED 2,885/sqft | AED 124,100,000 |
| 18 Aug 2022 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | —Dubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 46,038 sqft | AED 2,523/sqft | AED 116,168,233 |
| 22 Aug 2022 | Island 2 | Bulgari Ocean MansionsJumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 13,986 sqft | AED 8,223/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 22 Aug 2022 | Island 2 | Bulgari Ocean MansionsJumeira Bay | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,125 sqft | AED 8,141/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
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.