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Dubai property market — August 2026

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

August 2026 is still running. About 81% of it has elapsed, so the totals here are partial and will keep rising. Comparisons against earlier periods are withheld until it closes — a part-period measured against a whole one shows the calendar, not the market.
Sales8,239Registered in August 2026
Total valueAED 17.96BRegistered in August 2026Across 98 communities
Price per sqftAED 1,691/sqftMedian across August 2026
Sale priceAED 1.15MMedian across August 202670% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 8,239 property sales in August 2026, worth AED 17.96B in total, across 98 communities. August 2026 has not finished, so that total is still rising.

The median sale was AED 1,150,000 at AED 1,691/sqft. 70% of sales were off-plan.

Madinat Al Mataar was the busiest community with 1,164 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.52B.

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

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Madinat Al Mataar1,164—AED 1.52BAED 739KAED 1,711/sqft96%
Wadi Al Safa 4813—AED 744.36MAED 611KAED 1,699/sqft99%
Jabal Ali Industrial Second803—AED 802.19MAED 715KAED 1,724/sqft99%
Al Barsha South Fourth521—AED 715.24MAED 1.00MAED 1,458/sqft52%
Wadi Al Safa 5311—AED 573.38MAED 1.23MAED 1,441/sqft81%
Jabal Ali First307—AED 547.10MAED 1.49MAED 1,585/sqft61%
Wadi Al Safa 3301—AED 489.70MAED 932KAED 1,439/sqft80%
Business Bay297—AED 1.26BAED 1.57MAED 2,180/sqft36%
Al Hebiah Fifth183—AED 379.79MAED 1.67MAED 1,642/sqft61%
Marsa Dubai177—AED 509.64MAED 2.45MAED 2,240/sqft7%
Me'Aisem First153—AED 357.05MAED 797KAED 1,365/sqft52%
Al Barshaa South Third151—AED 160.85MAED 849KAED 1,424/sqft52%
Al Hebiah First151—AED 246.78MAED 1.10MAED 1,692/sqft83%
Al Thanyah Fifth149—AED 452.69MAED 2.13MAED 2,196/sqft54%
Dubai Investment Park First141—AED 218.99MAED 1.21MAED 1,151/sqft95%

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 1.52B1,164
Business BayAED 1.26B297
Jabal Ali Industrial SecondAED 802.19M803
Wadi Al Safa 4AED 744.36M813
Al Barsha South FourthAED 715.24M521
Palm JumeirahAED 706.47M44
Palm Jabal AliAED 685.39M117
Wadi Al Safa 5AED 573.38M311
Burj KhalifaAED 562.01M121
Jabal Ali FirstAED 547.10M307

The largest sales of August 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
5 Aug 2026Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahLandExisting PropertiesNot specified15,895 sqftAED 7,864/sqftAED 125,000,000
10 Aug 2026Al Satwa—Jumeirah Garden CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified47,676 sqftAED 2,500/sqftAED 119,199,540
4 Aug 2026Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahLandExisting PropertiesNot specified12,673 sqftAED 9,232/sqftAED 117,000,000
14 Aug 2026Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahVillaExisting PropertiesNot specified16,336 sqftAED 6,734/sqftAED 110,000,000
6 Aug 2026Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingLandExisting PropertiesNot specified40,804 sqftAED 2,396/sqftAED 97,750,000
5 Aug 2026Palm Deira—Palm DeiraLandExisting PropertiesNot specified53,820 sqftAED 1,672/sqftAED 90,000,000
11 Aug 2026Palm JumeirahORLA Infinity by OMNIYATPalm JumeirahFlatOff-Plan Properties4 B/R8,392 sqftAED 9,414/sqftAED 79,000,000
13 Aug 2026Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingVillaExisting PropertiesNot specified22,701 sqftAED 3,304/sqftAED 75,000,000
17 Aug 2026Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingLandExisting PropertiesNot specified27,969 sqftAED 2,503/sqftAED 70,000,000
19 Aug 2026Saih Shuaib 2—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified392,352 sqftAED 174/sqftAED 68,269,341

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.