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 1998
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside March 1998. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 82 property sales in March 1998, worth AED 343.80M in total, across 30 communities.
The median sale was AED 945,000 at AED 107/sqft. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 19 registered sales, while Rega Al Buteen took the most money at AED 74.87M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in March 1998, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 19 | +171.4% | 13.10M | 566K | 38/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim | 14 | +55.6% | 20.64M | 1.21M | 80/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 9 | +200.0% | 5.02M | 550K | 216/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah | 4 | +100.0% | 4.83M | 663K | 127/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 3 | — | 14.57M | 6.10M | 1,050/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Murar Jadeed | 3 | +200.0% | 3.92M | 1.32M | 1,120/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Aweer | 2 | — | 8.80M | 4.40M | 55/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha | 2 | 0.0% | 14.93M | 7.46M | 235/sqft | 0% |
| Al Karama | 2 | +100.0% | 2.20M | 1.10M | 484/sqft | 0% |
| Al Raffa | 2 | +100.0% | 5.70M | 2.85M | 1,091/sqft | 0% |
| Rega Al Buteen | 2 | — | 74.87M | 37.43M | 2,025/sqft | 0% |
| Zareeba Duviya | 2 | — | 67.80M | 33.90M | 1,617/sqft | 0% |
| Al Asbaq | 1 | 0.0% | 650K | 650K | 346/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 1 | — | 22.66M | 22.66M | 550/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mamzer | 1 | 0.0% | 5.75M | 5.75M | 129/sqft | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rega Al Buteen | 74.87M | 2 |
| Zareeba Duviya | 67.80M | 2 |
| Al Hamriya | 22.66M | 1 |
| Al-Nahdah | 21.60M | 1 |
| Um Suqaim | 20.64M | 14 |
| Al Muteena | 19.00M | 1 |
| Al Barsha | 14.93M | 2 |
| Al Baraha | 14.57M | 3 |
| Tawaa Al Sayegh | 13.78M | 1 |
| Mirdif | 13.10M | 19 |
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 |
|---|
The largest sales of March 1998
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 1998 | Zareeba Duviya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,120 sqft | AED 2,695/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 23 Mar 1998 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,008 sqft | AED 2,350/sqft | AED 49,368,800 |
| 11 Mar 1998 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 1,700/sqft | AED 25,500,000 |
| 4 Mar 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,200 sqft | AED 550/sqft | AED 22,660,000 |
| 10 Mar 1998 | Al-Nahdah | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,000 sqft | AED 600/sqft | AED 21,600,000 |
| 16 Mar 1998 | Al Muteena | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,062 sqft | AED 1,575/sqft | AED 19,000,000 |
| 17 Mar 1998 | Tawaa Al Sayegh | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,680 sqft | AED 700/sqft | AED 13,776,000 |
| 30 Mar 1998 | Al Barsha | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 190,000 sqft | AED 45/sqft | AED 8,550,000 |
| 24 Mar 1998 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,662 sqft | AED 250/sqft | AED 7,665,375 |
| 30 Mar 1998 | Al Baraha | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,825 sqft | AED 1,050/sqft | AED 7,166,250 |
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.