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 — March 2026
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside March 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 13,856 property sales in March 2026, worth AED 44.46B in total, across 108 communities. That is 9% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,662,774 at AED 1,731/sqft, 8.4% above the same month last year. 70% of sales were off-plan.
Madinat Al Mataar was the busiest community with 1,028 registered sales, while Al Yelayiss 5 took the most money at AED 3.54B.
Against the previous month, Bukadra rose 111% to 375 sales, while Warsan Fourth fell 71% to 71.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in March 2026, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1,028 | +4.6% | 1.76B | 1.36M | 1,546/sqft | 91% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 925 | -19.4% | 1.23B | 1.10M | 1,521/sqft | 68% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 900 | -1.3% | 1.37B | 974K | 1,487/sqft | 89% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 827 | -15.4% | 2.64B | 2.82M | 1,777/sqft | 95% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 792 | +1.8% | 1.74B | 837K | 1,493/sqft | 60% |
| Jabal Ali First | 534 | -25.6% | 1.00B | 1.67M | 1,498/sqft | 64% |
| Business Bay | 494 | -34.8% | 1.68B | 2.30M | 2,602/sqft | 62% |
| Al Yelayiss 5 | 458 | +64.2% | 3.54B | 7.77M | 1,485/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 435 | -4.2% | 1.20B | 1.11M | 1,396/sqft | 75% |
| Palm Deira | 435 | -30.7% | 1.45B | 2.70M | 2,783/sqft | 100% |
| Al Hebiah First | 415 | -4.4% | 744.90M | 1.30M | 1,813/sqft | 87% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 397 | -47.4% | 1.17B | 1.43M | 3,526/sqft | 90% |
| Bukadra | 375 | +110.7% | 1.06B | 2.18M | 2,990/sqft | 99% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 353 | +18.9% | 513.52M | 1.22M | 1,715/sqft | 82% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 317 | -13.9% | 420.93M | 1.02M | 1,635/sqft | 72% |
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 5 | 3.54B | 458 |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 2.64B | 827 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1.76B | 1,028 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 1.74B | 792 |
| Business Bay | 1.68B | 494 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.59B | 240 |
| Me'Aisem Second | 1.52B | 72 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.48B | 109 |
| Palm Deira | 1.45B | 435 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1.37B | 900 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bukadra | 375 | +110.7% |
| Warsan Fourth | 71 | -70.5% |
| Al Safouh First | 53 | -70.4% |
| Al Yelayiss 5 | 458 | +64.2% |
| Al Khairan First | 182 | -56.8% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 288 | +56.5% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 118 | -52.8% |
| Al Wasl | 134 | -51.6% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 397 | -47.4% |
| Marsa Dubai | 233 | -46.4% |
The largest sales of March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2026 | Al Safouh First | —Sufouh Gardens | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,084 sqft | AED 12,138/sqft | AED 705,000,000 |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Jumeirah Second | Aman Residences Dubai | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 31,201 sqft | AED 13,525/sqft | AED 422,000,000 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Jumeirah Second | Aman Residences Dubai | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 31,201 sqft | AED 11,418/sqft | AED 356,232,500 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Jabal Ali Industrial Second | RAW DISTRICT BY IMTIAZ CRDown Town Jabal Ali | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 185,442 sqft | AED 1,296/sqft | AED 240,340,500 |
| 12 Mar 2026 | World Islands | AMALI ISLANDThe World | VillaResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 7 B/R | 58,082 sqft | AED 3,788/sqft | AED 220,000,000 |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Um Suqaim First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,505 sqft | AED 6,500/sqft | AED 152,784,905 |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Um Suqaim First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,288 sqft | AED 6,500/sqft | AED 151,371,610 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Um Suqaim First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,116 sqft | AED 6,500/sqft | AED 130,752,050 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | —Dubai Land Residence Complex | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,705 sqft | AED 1,970/sqft | AED 127,500,000 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Um Suqaim First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,311 sqft | AED 6,500/sqft | AED 125,523,580 |
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.