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 — February 2026
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside February 2026. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 17,037 property sales in February 2026, worth AED 61.66B in total, across 125 communities. That is 7% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,700,000 at AED 1,750/sqft, 12.9% above the same month last year. 62% of sales were off-plan.
Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 1,147 registered sales, while Al Yelayiss 1 took the most money at AED 5.58B.
Against the previous month, Nad Al Shiba First rose 278% to 755 sales, while Me'Aisem Second fell 64% to 117.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2026, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,147 | +7.0% | 1.50B | 1.05M | 1,465/sqft | 61% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 983 | +3.4% | 1.81B | 1.29M | 1,486/sqft | 83% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 977 | -8.9% | 5.58B | 2.90M | 1,822/sqft | 95% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 912 | +5.6% | 1.76B | 987K | 1,473/sqft | 84% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 778 | +12.4% | 2.03B | 1.16M | 1,685/sqft | 55% |
| Business Bay | 758 | -22.9% | 2.31B | 2.20M | 2,473/sqft | 47% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 755 | +277.5% | 2.22B | 1.41M | 3,559/sqft | 93% |
| Jabal Ali First | 718 | +21.9% | 1.12B | 1.11M | 1,384/sqft | 51% |
| Palm Deira | 628 | -0.3% | 2.24B | 2.70M | 2,869/sqft | 99% |
| Me'Aisem First | 454 | -5.0% | 1.72B | 1.12M | 1,405/sqft | 65% |
| Marsa Dubai | 435 | +30.2% | 2.11B | 3.30M | 2,782/sqft | 27% |
| Al Hebiah First | 434 | +119.2% | 633.44M | 1.28M | 1,673/sqft | 77% |
| Al Khairan First | 421 | -30.9% | 1.32B | 3.06M | 2,469/sqft | 57% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 372 | -17.1% | 1.74B | 2.61M | 2,328/sqft | 59% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 368 | +5.1% | 460.38M | 1.00M | 1,552/sqft | 59% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 5.58B | 977 |
| Business Bay | 2.31B | 758 |
| Al Yelayiss 5 | 2.27B | 279 |
| Palm Deira | 2.24B | 628 |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 2.22B | 755 |
| Me'Aisem Second | 2.15B | 117 |
| Warsan Fourth | 2.14B | 241 |
| Marsa Dubai | 2.11B | 435 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2.07B | 152 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 2.03B | 778 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nad Al Shiba First | 755 | +277.5% |
| Warsan Fourth | 241 | +148.5% |
| Al Wasl | 277 | +121.6% |
| Al Hebiah First | 434 | +119.2% |
| Me'Aisem Second | 117 | -64.3% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 250 | -49.7% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 112 | -47.4% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 89 | -45.7% |
| Al Satwa | 176 | +41.9% |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 74 | -40.3% |
The largest sales of February 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2026 | Al Yelayiss 1 | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,711,769 sqft | AED 122/sqft | AED 1,426,327,587 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Saih Shuaib 1 | LUNAYA | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,215,875 sqft | AED 307/sqft | AED 1,293,294,500 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Al Yelayiss 1 | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,810,855 sqft | AED 122/sqft | AED 829,465,633 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Warsan Fourth | —International City Phase 2 | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,930,453 sqft | AED 45/sqft | AED 584,621,221 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Jumeirah First | Jumeirah Residences - Asora Bay - Ocean MansionsLA MER | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,903 sqft | AED 7,795/sqft | AED 350,000,000 |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Trade Center Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 32,000/sqft | AED 320,000,000 |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Palm Jumeirah | The Alba Residences by OmniyatPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 31,387 sqft | AED 7,199/sqft | AED 225,965,000 |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Jumeirah Second | Peninsula Dubai Residences - Tower 2 | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 21,812 sqft | AED 9,628/sqft | AED 210,000,000 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Um Suqaim First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,338 sqft | AED 5,850/sqft | AED 165,778,177 |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Um Suqaim First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,369 sqft | AED 7,000/sqft | AED 156,580,900 |
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.