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Quarterly report

Dubai property market — Q1 2025

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 2025. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales45,343Registered in Q1 2025up24.9% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 142.66BRegistered in Q1 2025Across 145 communities
Price per sqftAED 1,558/sqftMedian across Q1 2025up3.9% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.65MMedian across Q1 202556% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 45,343 property sales in Q1 2025, worth AED 142.66B in total, across 145 communities. That is 25% more than the same quarter a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,651,492 at AED 1,558/sqft, 3.9% above the same quarter last year. 56% of sales were off-plan.

Wadi Al Safa 5 was the busiest community with 3,614 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 9.32B.

Against the previous quarter, Palm Jabal Ali rose 519% to 322 sales, while Dubai Investment Park Second fell 84% to 188.

Sales by quarter

Price per square foot by quarter

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2025, and how each moved against the quarter before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Wadi Al Safa 53,614+6.8%AED 7.64BAED 1.24MAED 1,332/sqft81%
Al Barsha South Fourth3,606-23.9%AED 4.56BAED 1.02MAED 1,398/sqft64%
Business Bay2,741-17.6%AED 7.20BAED 1.66MAED 2,309/sqft55%
Madinat Al Mataar2,658-0.9%AED 8.72BAED 1.75MAED 1,764/sqft87%
Marsa Dubai2,560+10.5%AED 9.32BAED 2.22MAED 2,748/sqft57%
Al Yelayiss 12,231+336.6%AED 5.96BAED 2.59MAED 1,410/sqft0%
Jabal Ali First1,718-4.3%AED 3.26BAED 1.23MAED 1,257/sqft54%
Al Yufrah 11,473+74.5%AED 6.48BAED 4.40MAED 1,346/sqft59%
Madinat Hind 41,367-19.8%AED 2.47BAED 1.96MAED 1,276/sqft8%
Al Thanyah Fifth1,335-15.6%AED 3.62BAED 1.77MAED 1,804/sqft44%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid1,251-33.1%AED 4.75BAED 2.29MAED 2,341/sqft61%
Me'Aisem First1,171+50.5%AED 2.23BAED 609KAED 1,330/sqft62%
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah1,118+26.3%AED 3.69BAED 2.58MAED 2,657/sqft99%
Burj Khalifa1,063-5.6%AED 6.36BAED 3.10MAED 2,819/sqft27%
Al Hebiah First968-32.4%AED 1.67BAED 1.26MAED 1,855/sqft78%

Where the money went

Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.

CommunityValueSales
Marsa DubaiAED 9.32B2,560
Madinat Al MataarAED 8.72B2,658
Wadi Al Safa 5AED 7.64B3,614
Business BayAED 7.20B2,741
Palm Jabal AliAED 7.02B322
Al Yufrah 1AED 6.48B1,473
Burj KhalifaAED 6.36B1,063
Al Yelayiss 1AED 5.96B2,231
Palm JumeirahAED 4.98B379
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin RashidAED 4.75B1,251

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Palm Jabal Ali322+519.2%
Al Yelayiss 12,231+336.6%
Nad Al Shiba First367+88.2%
Dubai Investment Park Second188-83.6%
Al Yufrah 11,473+74.5%
Al Kifaf143-62.8%
Al Barsha South Fifth553-60.4%
Me'Aisem First1,171+50.5%
Al Hebiah Fifth692-44.6%
Al Merkadh780-42.8%

The largest sales of Q1 2025

Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
10 Jan 2025Madinat Al Mataar—EXPO CITYLandExisting PropertiesNot specified5,459,559 sqftAED 274/sqftAED 1,495,000,000
10 Feb 2025Madinat Al Mataar—Dubai World CentralLandExisting PropertiesNot specified13,579,334 sqftAED 90/sqftAED 1,222,151,404
6 Mar 2025Al Rowaiyah First—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified18,468,184 sqftAED 60/sqftAED 1,110,000,000
17 Mar 2025Al Safouh First—VillaExisting PropertiesNot specified932,234 sqftAED 1,180/sqftAED 1,100,000,000
25 Mar 2025Trade Center First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified60,268 sqftAED 16,593/sqftAED 1,000,000,000
7 Jan 2025Al Wasl—Dubai Water CanalLandExisting PropertiesNot specified128,863 sqftAED 5,300/sqftAED 683,000,000
28 Jan 2025Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingLandExisting PropertiesNot specified69,889 sqftAED 6,081/sqftAED 425,000,000
24 Feb 2025Burj Khalifa—DownTown DubaiLandExisting PropertiesNot specified51,439 sqftAED 7,776/sqftAED 400,000,000
20 Feb 2025Burj Khalifa—DownTown DubaiLandExisting PropertiesNot specified71,169 sqftAED 5,620/sqftAED 400,000,000
25 Feb 2025Burj KhalifaInaura Hotels & ResidencesDownTown DubaiLandExisting PropertiesNot specified36,345 sqftAED 10,593/sqftAED 385,000,000

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.