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 — November 2023
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside November 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 12,027 property sales in November 2023, worth AED 41.97B in total, across 114 communities. That is 8% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,614,000 at AED 1,371/sqft, 2.6% above the same month last year. 48% of sales were off-plan.
Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 1,255 registered sales, while Palm Jabal Ali took the most money at AED 6.72B.
Against the previous month, Wadi Al Safa 2 rose 708% to 485 sales, while Al Merkadh fell 65% to 635.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in November 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 | 1,255 | -16.7% | 1.42B | 820K | 1,251/sqft | 69% |
| Business Bay | 935 | +29.7% | 1.97B | 1.45M | 2,024/sqft | 52% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 677 | +328.5% | 2.08B | 2.75M | 1,093/sqft | 68% |
| Burj Khalifa | 665 | +39.4% | 2.13B | 2.17M | 2,756/sqft | 55% |
| Al Merkadh | 635 | -64.7% | 1.30B | 1.28M | 1,825/sqft | 77% |
| Marsa Dubai | 570 | -27.1% | 2.17B | 2.10M | 2,145/sqft | 29% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 485 | +708.3% | 1.12B | 744K | 104/sqft | 11% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 479 | -5.5% | 1.65B | 1.72M | 2,043/sqft | 62% |
| Jabal Ali First | 473 | +19.7% | 859.98M | 1.05M | 1,122/sqft | 39% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 372 | -5.1% | 834.34M | 1.45M | 1,239/sqft | 39% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 321 | +95.7% | 827.78M | 2.32M | 1,126/sqft | 98% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 308 | +0.7% | 667.56M | 1.08M | 887/sqft | 44% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 307 | +15.4% | 753.38M | 751K | 998/sqft | 31% |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 279 | +47.6% | 6.72B | 20.08M | 2,560/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 275 | +8.7% | 261.74M | 840K | 1,202/sqft | 74% |
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 Jabal Ali | 6.72B | 279 |
| Marsa Dubai | 2.17B | 570 |
| Burj Khalifa | 2.13B | 665 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 2.08B | 677 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2.03B | 169 |
| Business Bay | 1.97B | 935 |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 1.94B | 255 |
| Me'Aisem Second | 1.90B | 174 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.65B | 479 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1.42B | 1,255 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 485 | +708.3% |
| Palm Deira | 232 | +337.7% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 677 | +328.5% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 321 | +95.7% |
| Al Merkadh | 635 | -64.7% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 208 | +49.6% |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 279 | +47.6% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 150 | +47.1% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 94 | +40.3% |
| Burj Khalifa | 665 | +39.4% |
The largest sales of November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2023 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | —Dubai Maritime City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 505,936 sqft | AED 1,000/sqft | AED 505,936,250 |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Marsa Dubai | Six Senses Residences Dubai MarinaDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,677 sqft | AED 9,555/sqft | AED 360,000,000 |
| 3 Nov 2023 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | —Dubai Maritime City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 386,055 sqft | AED 900/sqft | AED 347,449,500 |
| 28 Nov 2023 | Al Qusais Industrial Second | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 275,115 sqft | AED 1,000/sqft | AED 275,000,000 |
| 13 Nov 2023 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | City View Dubai Hills ResidencesDubai Hills Estate | LandResidential / Commercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 88,102 sqft | AED 2,291/sqft | AED 201,820,873 |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | EOMEPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 21,824 sqft | AED 9,164/sqft | AED 200,000,000 |
| 3 Nov 2023 | Burj Khalifa | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 18,000/sqft | AED 180,000,000 |
| 3 Nov 2023 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | OriseDubai Maritime City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 122,682 sqft | AED 1,338/sqft | AED 164,149,500 |
| 3 Nov 2023 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | —Dubai Maritime City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 210,444 sqft | AED 750/sqft | AED 157,833,000 |
| 13 Nov 2023 | Island 2 | Bulgari Lighthouse DubaiJumeira Bay | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 11,655 sqft | AED 12,313/sqft | AED 143,500,000 |
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.