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Quarterly report

Dubai property market — Q3 2025

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 2025. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales58,789Registered in Q3 2025up17.7% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 168.49BRegistered in Q3 2025Across 146 communities
Price per sqftAED 1,680/sqftMedian across Q3 2025up11.4% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.46MMedian across Q3 202568% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 58,789 property sales in Q3 2025, worth AED 168.49B in total, across 146 communities. That is 18% more than the same quarter a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,462,498 at AED 1,680/sqft, 11.4% above the same quarter last year. 68% of sales were off-plan.

Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 5,522 registered sales, while Business Bay took the most money at AED 11.76B.

Against the previous quarter, Zaabeel Second rose 572% to 363 sales, while Me'Aisem Second fell 82% to 154.

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 Q3 2025, and how each moved against the quarter before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Al Barsha South Fourth5,522+12.0%AED 6.69BAED 1.02MAED 1,482/sqft70%
Business Bay4,567+44.8%AED 11.76BAED 1.54MAED 2,600/sqft75%
Dubai Investment Park Second3,165+159.4%AED 8.03BAED 1.24MAED 1,510/sqft79%
Al Barshaa South Second2,578+431.5%AED 3.38BAED 1.19MAED 1,672/sqft96%
Wadi Al Safa 32,502+142.9%AED 9.41BAED 1.53MAED 1,500/sqft56%
Madinat Al Mataar2,452+10.1%AED 5.29BAED 1.31MAED 1,433/sqft80%
Wadi Al Safa 52,446-1.4%AED 4.18BAED 957KAED 1,431/sqft78%
Jabal Ali First2,289+25.5%AED 5.47BAED 1.55MAED 1,463/sqft67%
Al Hebiah First1,815+7.9%AED 2.60BAED 1.20MAED 1,930/sqft83%
Me'Aisem First1,757-9.9%AED 2.91BAED 862KAED 1,423/sqft77%
Bukadra1,642+32.4%AED 4.80BAED 2.08MAED 2,525/sqft98%
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah1,572+76.2%AED 5.42BAED 2.50MAED 3,027/sqft97%
Marsa Dubai1,478-33.3%AED 6.10BAED 2.52MAED 2,611/sqft43%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid1,352+2.9%AED 5.69BAED 2.60MAED 2,439/sqft70%
Al Barsha South Fifth1,263+14.7%AED 1.90BAED 1.09MAED 1,511/sqft80%

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
Business BayAED 11.76B4,567
Wadi Al Safa 3AED 9.41B2,502
Dubai Investment Park SecondAED 8.03B3,165
Al Barsha South FourthAED 6.69B5,522
Marsa DubaiAED 6.10B1,478
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin RashidAED 5.69B1,352
Palm JumeirahAED 5.52B396
Jabal Ali FirstAED 5.47B2,289
Madinat Dubai AlmelaheyahAED 5.42B1,572
Madinat Al MataarAED 5.29B2,452

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
Zaabeel Second363+572.2%
Al Barshaa South Second2,578+431.5%
Saih Shuaib 2611+359.4%
Wadi Al Safa 41,043+180.4%
Dubai Investment Park Second3,165+159.4%
Wadi Al Safa 32,502+142.9%
Me'Aisem Second154-81.7%
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah1,572+76.2%
Al Jadaf1,006+70.5%
Al Yelayiss 1863-69.9%

The largest sales of Q3 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
18 Jul 2025Al WaslBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified120,000 sqftAED 8,958/sqftAED 1,075,000,000
25 Jul 2025Business BayLumena Alta by OmniyatBusiness BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified115,840 sqftAED 6,740/sqftAED 780,755,320
19 Aug 2025Trade Center FirstBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified20,000 sqftAED 30,825/sqftAED 616,505,543
9 Sept 2025Business BaySobha SkyParksBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified40,000 sqftAED 11,500/sqftAED 460,000,000
21 Aug 2025Al MerkadhSOBHA HARTLANDBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified413,266 sqftAED 1,096/sqftAED 453,000,000
11 Jul 2025Wadi Al Safa 4City Of ArabiaLandExisting PropertiesNot specified1,778,164 sqftAED 225/sqftAED 400,000,000
1 Aug 2025Marsa DubaiDubai MarinaBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified67,894 sqftAED 5,623/sqftAED 381,750,000
29 Sept 2025Business BayBusiness BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified53,378 sqftAED 6,782/sqftAED 362,000,000
6 Aug 2025Jumeirah FirstJumeirah Residences - Asora Bay - Ocean MansionsLA MERLandExisting PropertiesNot specified43,080 sqftAED 8,124/sqftAED 350,000,000
7 Jul 2025Trade Center FirstLandExisting PropertiesNot specified15,000 sqftAED 23,333/sqftAED 350,000,000

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.