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 2023
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 2023. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 7,966 property sales in April 2023, worth AED 25.80B in total, across 100 communities. That is 17% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,425,944 at AED 1,290/sqft, 13.7% above the same month last year. 48% of sales were off-plan.
Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 1,114 registered sales, while Mugatrah took the most money at AED 3.87B.
Against the previous month, Madinat Hind 4 rose 42% to 149 sales, while Nadd Hessa fell 74% to 69.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2023, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,114 | -30.8% | 1.20B | 750K | 1,092/sqft | 79% |
| Marsa Dubai | 680 | -28.9% | 2.76B | 2.59M | 2,737/sqft | 44% |
| Business Bay | 576 | -34.8% | 1.04B | 1.37M | 1,808/sqft | 44% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 528 | -8.0% | 1.46B | 2.11M | 2,033/sqft | 80% |
| Al Khairan First | 408 | -48.3% | 827.07M | 1.81M | 2,062/sqft | 75% |
| Burj Khalifa | 304 | -17.8% | 1.25B | 2.52M | 2,321/sqft | 32% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 297 | -32.3% | 512.04M | 911K | 999/sqft | 29% |
| Jabal Ali First | 294 | -15.0% | 492.99M | 840K | 993/sqft | 28% |
| Al Merkadh | 289 | -37.7% | 596.06M | 1.14M | 1,722/sqft | 63% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 289 | -48.5% | 539.80M | 1.97M | 895/sqft | 51% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 277 | -36.6% | 715.83M | 2.25M | 1,306/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 210 | -48.9% | 371.71M | 670K | 1,075/sqft | 68% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 199 | -21.3% | 1.83B | 4.27M | 2,818/sqft | 29% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 182 | -18.8% | 746.41M | 2.33M | 1,100/sqft | 16% |
| Al Warsan First | 176 | -29.9% | 89.54M | 363K | 604/sqft | 23% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mugatrah | 3.87B | 1 |
| Marsa Dubai | 2.76B | 680 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.83B | 199 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.46B | 528 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.25B | 304 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1.20B | 1,114 |
| Business Bay | 1.04B | 576 |
| Al Khairan First | 827.07M | 408 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 746.41M | 182 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 715.83M | 277 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nadd Hessa | 69 | -73.7% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 90 | -63.7% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 210 | -48.9% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 289 | -48.5% |
| Al Khairan First | 408 | -48.3% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 95 | -43.8% |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 149 | +41.9% |
| Al Hebiah Second | 86 | +38.7% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 154 | -38.2% |
| Al Merkadh | 289 | -37.7% |
The largest sales of April 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2023 | Mugatrah | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 203,080,082 sqft | AED 19/sqft | AED 3,869,204,024 |
| 12 Apr 2023 | Al Layan1 | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 33,108,127 sqft | AED 19/sqft | AED 630,795,976 |
| 17 Apr 2023 | Marsa Dubai | DAMAC BAY 2Dubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 65,533 sqft | AED 6,790/sqft | AED 444,991,275 |
| 28 Apr 2023 | Burj Khalifa | One ResidenceDownTown Dubai | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 55,483 sqft | AED 3,334/sqft | AED 185,000,000 |
| 13 Apr 2023 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Majan | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 60,373 sqft | AED 2,816/sqft | AED 170,000,000 |
| 25 Apr 2023 | World Islands | —The World | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,860,539 sqft | AED 90/sqft | AED 167,453,552 |
| 7 Apr 2023 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,932 sqft | AED 4,555/sqft | AED 150,000,000 |
| 10 Apr 2023 | Island 2 | Bulgari Lighthouse DubaiJumeira Bay | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 11,655 sqft | AED 11,785/sqft | AED 137,350,000 |
| 26 Apr 2023 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | IL VENTODubai Maritime City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,015 sqft | AED 3,280/sqft | AED 131,231,356 |
| 10 Apr 2023 | Island 2 | Bulgari Lighthouse DubaiJumeira Bay | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 11,657 sqft | AED 11,152/sqft | AED 130,000,000 |
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.