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Dubai property market — July 2026

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside July 2026. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales13,934Registered in July 2026down31% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 34.88BRegistered in July 2026Across 126 communities
Price per sqftAED 1,687/sqftMedian across July 2026up2.6% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.15MMedian across July 202669% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 13,934 property sales in July 2026, worth AED 34.88B in total, across 126 communities. That is 31% fewer than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,150,000 at AED 1,687/sqft, 2.6% above the same month last year. 69% of sales were off-plan.

Madinat Al Mataar was the busiest community with 2,425 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.86B.

Against the previous month, Jabal Ali Industrial Second rose 261% to 1,046 sales, while Al Barshaa South Second fell 70% to 70.

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 July 2026, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Madinat Al Mataar2,425-14.9%AED 2.86BAED 730KAED 1,699/sqft96%
Jabal Ali Industrial Second1,046+260.7%AED 1.23BAED 756KAED 1,736/sqft99%
Al Barsha South Fourth945+24.0%AED 1.26BAED 946KAED 1,388/sqft44%
Wadi Al Safa 4680+37.9%AED 2.85BAED 612KAED 1,727/sqft95%
Jabal Ali First545-45.3%AED 1.30BAED 1.48MAED 1,562/sqft64%
Wadi Al Safa 5529+1.1%AED 768.41MAED 955KAED 1,373/sqft80%
Al Thanyah Fifth452-5.0%AED 1.08BAED 1.96MAED 2,246/sqft73%
Wadi Al Safa 3443+9.4%AED 828.48MAED 1.07MAED 1,470/sqft84%
Business Bay437-8.4%AED 1.35BAED 1.75MAED 2,128/sqft37%
Marsa Dubai346+41.8%AED 1.13BAED 2.35MAED 2,307/sqft16%
Al Hebiah Fifth332-12.9%AED 676.34MAED 1.66MAED 1,643/sqft65%
Me'Aisem First318+29.8%AED 1.38BAED 966KAED 1,452/sqft55%
Al Merkadh317+56.9%AED 690.29MAED 1.42MAED 2,056/sqft40%
Dubai Investment Park First290+4.3%AED 393.34MAED 938KAED 990/sqft88%
Al Barshaa South Third285-22.1%AED 452.16MAED 846KAED 1,648/sqft65%

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
Madinat Al MataarAED 2.86B2,425
Wadi Al Safa 4AED 2.85B680
Me'Aisem FirstAED 1.38B318
Business BayAED 1.35B437
Jabal Ali FirstAED 1.30B545
Al Barsha South FourthAED 1.26B945
Jabal Ali Industrial SecondAED 1.23B1,046
Marsa DubaiAED 1.13B346
Palm JumeirahAED 1.13B90
Al Thanyah FifthAED 1.08B452

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
Jabal Ali Industrial Second1,046+260.7%
Al Hebiah Third202+122.0%
Al Barshaa South Second70-70.5%
Nadd Hessa158+64.6%
Al Merkadh317+56.9%
Al Yufrah 193+52.5%
Jabal Ali First545-45.3%
Marsa Dubai346+41.8%
Al Yelayiss 2142+39.2%
Wadi Al Safa 4680+37.9%

The largest sales of July 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
30 Jul 2026Al Thanyah First—TECOM Site CLandExisting PropertiesNot specified79,042 sqftAED 8,540/sqftAED 675,000,000
3 Jul 2026Wadi Al Safa 4—City Of ArabiaLandExisting PropertiesNot specified1,551,249 sqftAED 369/sqftAED 571,748,614
7 Jul 2026Wadi Al Safa 4—City Of ArabiaLandExisting PropertiesNot specified1,554,586 sqftAED 300/sqftAED 466,375,751
7 Jul 2026Wadi Al Safa 4—City Of ArabiaLandExisting PropertiesNot specified1,129,206 sqftAED 320/sqftAED 361,346,052
6 Jul 2026Jabal Ali Industrial Second—Down Town Jabal AliLandExisting PropertiesNot specified75,785 sqftAED 2,204/sqftAED 167,012,955
8 Jul 2026Jabal Ali First—Al FurjanLandExisting PropertiesNot specified55,145 sqftAED 3,028/sqftAED 167,000,000
22 Jul 2026Jumeirah SecondAman Residences DubaiFlatOff-Plan Properties5 B/R10,021 sqftAED 16,572/sqftAED 166,077,188
8 Jul 2026Jabal Ali FirstINDIGO CHAMBERSAl FurjanLandExisting PropertiesNot specified50,837 sqftAED 3,049/sqftAED 155,000,000
24 Jul 2026Mankhool—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified31,980 sqftAED 3,846/sqftAED 123,000,000
6 Jul 2026Al Barsha South FourthBurj SabahJumeirah Village CircleBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified21,539 sqftAED 5,339/sqftAED 115,000,000

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.