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 — Q2 2022
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q2 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 21,917 property sales in Q2 2022, worth AED 58.29B in total, across 134 communities. That is 45% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,600,000 at AED 1,154/sqft, 22.1% above the same quarter last year. 39% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 2,039 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 5.50B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Jadaf rose 548% to 402 sales, while Muhaisanah First fell 68% to 78.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q2 2022, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 2,039 | -0.8% | 3.22B | 1.07M | 1,717/sqft | 56% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,816 | +12.1% | 4.99B | 2.05M | 1,999/sqft | 31% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,743 | +90.3% | 5.50B | 2.42M | 2,552/sqft | 64% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,620 | +13.5% | 4.06B | 1.75M | 1,101/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,224 | -5.1% | 1.20B | 671K | 947/sqft | 40% |
| Al Khairan First | 951 | +19.3% | 2.01B | 1.97M | 1,809/sqft | 79% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 908 | -10.0% | 2.08B | 1.93M | 898/sqft | 61% |
| Jabal Ali First | 897 | -15.0% | 1.69B | 1.09M | 793/sqft | 19% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 887 | +44.0% | 1.75B | 1.16M | 866/sqft | 5% |
| Al Merkadh | 831 | -37.1% | 3.56B | 1.55M | 1,654/sqft | 62% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 657 | -5.5% | 2.68B | 1.61M | 1,427/sqft | 38% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 654 | +30.8% | 5.30B | 3.07M | 2,289/sqft | 19% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 609 | +97.7% | 870.03M | 1.45M | 573/sqft | 71% |
| Al Wasl | 550 | +82.7% | 1.75B | 2.39M | 2,021/sqft | 87% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 476 | -3.8% | 1.46B | 1.29M | 813/sqft | 24% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 5.50B | 1,743 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 5.30B | 654 |
| Marsa Dubai | 4.99B | 1,816 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 4.06B | 1,620 |
| Al Merkadh | 3.56B | 831 |
| Business Bay | 3.22B | 2,039 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 2.68B | 657 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 2.08B | 908 |
| Al Khairan First | 2.01B | 951 |
| Al Wasl | 1.75B | 550 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Jadaf | 402 | +548.4% |
| Al Kifaf | 151 | +160.3% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 609 | +97.7% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,743 | +90.3% |
| Al Wasl | 550 | +82.7% |
| Um Suqaim Third | 126 | +80.0% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 171 | +74.5% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 176 | +69.2% |
| Muhaisanah First | 78 | -68.2% |
| Me'Aisem First | 351 | +60.3% |
The largest sales of Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 2022 | Jabal Ali Third | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,682,367,119 sqft | AED 0/sqft | AED 342,103,430 |
| 1 Apr 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,544 sqft | AED 10,166/sqft | AED 280,000,000 |
| 27 May 2022 | Al Wasl | CAVALLI COUTUREDubai Water Canal | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 80,329 sqft | AED 2,708/sqft | AED 217,500,000 |
| 27 May 2022 | Al Hebiah Third | —DAMAC HILLS | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 358,453 sqft | AED 518/sqft | AED 185,500,000 |
| 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 Jun 2022 | Al Satwa | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 490,252 sqft | AED 326/sqft | AED 160,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 23 May 2022 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills Grove CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS GROVE | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,518 sqft | AED 3,010/sqft | AED 128,000,000 |
| 9 May 2022 | Al Hebiah Fifth | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,809,671 sqft | AED 19/sqft | AED 127,804,124 |
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.