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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.

Sales17,036Registered in February 2026up6.8% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 61.67BRegistered in February 2026Across 125 communities
Price per sqftAED 1,750/sqftMedian across February 2026up12.9% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.70MMedian across February 202662% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 17,036 property sales in February 2026, worth AED 61.67B 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 1,145 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

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2026, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Al Barsha South Fourth1,145+6.8%AED 1.50BAED 1.05MAED 1,465/sqft61%
Madinat Al Mataar983+3.4%AED 1.81BAED 1.29MAED 1,486/sqft83%
Al Yelayiss 1977-8.9%AED 5.58BAED 2.90MAED 1,822/sqft95%
Wadi Al Safa 5912+5.6%AED 1.76BAED 987KAED 1,473/sqft84%
Wadi Al Safa 3778+12.4%AED 2.03BAED 1.16MAED 1,685/sqft55%
Business Bay759-22.7%AED 2.31BAED 2.20MAED 2,472/sqft47%
Nad Al Shiba First755+277.5%AED 2.22BAED 1.41MAED 3,559/sqft93%
Jabal Ali First718+21.9%AED 1.12BAED 1.11MAED 1,384/sqft51%
Palm Deira628-0.3%AED 2.24BAED 2.70MAED 2,869/sqft99%
Me'Aisem First454-5.0%AED 1.72BAED 1.12MAED 1,405/sqft65%
Marsa Dubai435+30.2%AED 2.11BAED 3.30MAED 2,782/sqft27%
Al Hebiah First434+119.2%AED 633.44MAED 1.28MAED 1,673/sqft77%
Al Khairan First421-30.9%AED 1.32BAED 3.06MAED 2,469/sqft57%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid372-17.1%AED 1.74BAED 2.61MAED 2,328/sqft59%
Al Barshaa South Third368+5.1%AED 460.38MAED 1.00MAED 1,552/sqft59%

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
Al Yelayiss 1AED 5.58B977
Business BayAED 2.31B759
Al Yelayiss 5AED 2.27B279
Palm DeiraAED 2.24B628
Nad Al Shiba FirstAED 2.22B755
Me'Aisem SecondAED 2.15B117
Warsan FourthAED 2.14B241
Marsa DubaiAED 2.11B435
Palm JumeirahAED 2.07B152
Wadi Al Safa 3AED 2.03B778

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Nad Al Shiba First755+277.5%
Warsan Fourth241+148.5%
Al Wasl277+121.6%
Al Hebiah First434+119.2%
Me'Aisem Second117-64.3%
Dubai Investment Park Second250-49.7%
Wadi Al Safa 2112-47.4%
Al Yufrah 189-45.7%
Al Satwa176+41.9%
Palm Jabal Ali74-40.3%

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.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
11 Feb 2026Al Yelayiss 1—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified11,711,769 sqftAED 122/sqftAED 1,426,327,587
11 Feb 2026Saih Shuaib 1LUNAYALandExisting PropertiesNot specified4,215,875 sqftAED 307/sqftAED 1,293,294,500
11 Feb 2026Al Yelayiss 1—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified6,810,855 sqftAED 122/sqftAED 829,465,633
11 Feb 2026Warsan Fourth—International City Phase 2LandExisting PropertiesNot specified12,930,453 sqftAED 45/sqftAED 584,621,221
9 Feb 2026Jumeirah FirstJumeirah Residences - Asora Bay - Ocean MansionsLA MERLandExisting PropertiesNot specified44,903 sqftAED 7,795/sqftAED 350,000,000
17 Feb 2026Trade Center Second—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified10,000 sqftAED 32,000/sqftAED 320,000,000
18 Feb 2026Palm JumeirahThe Alba Residences by OmniyatPalm JumeirahFlatOff-Plan Properties6 B/R31,387 sqftAED 7,199/sqftAED 225,965,000
5 Feb 2026Jumeirah SecondPeninsula Dubai Residences - Tower 2FlatOff-Plan Properties5 B/R21,812 sqftAED 9,628/sqftAED 210,000,000
23 Feb 2026Um Suqaim First—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified28,338 sqftAED 5,850/sqftAED 165,778,177
3 Feb 2026Um Suqaim First—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified22,369 sqftAED 7,000/sqftAED 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.