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 — May 1998
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 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 236 property sales in May 1998, worth AED 814.34M in total, across 44 communities.
The median sale was AED 800,000 at AED 87/sqft. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 72 registered sales, while Al-Riqqa West took the most money at AED 150.00M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 1998, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 72 | +620.0% | 31.27M | 351K | 33/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim | 38 | +192.3% | 74.79M | 1.17M | 80/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha | 13 | +550.0% | 16.19M | 555K | 37/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 9 | +800.0% | 9.09M | 660K | 120/sqft | 0% |
| Al Qusais Old | 8 | +300.0% | 69.95M | 4.62M | 249/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz East | 8 | +60.0% | 86.24M | 575K | 230/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Safiyyah | 7 | +600.0% | 8.58M | 1.20M | 527/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 7 | +75.0% | 6.04M | 720K | 194/sqft | 0% |
| Port Saeed | 6 | +200.0% | 48.82M | 3.00M | 557/sqft | 0% |
| Al Dhagaya | 4 | — | 12.35M | 3.23M | 2,698/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 4 | +100.0% | 43.34M | 10.64M | 1,002/sqft | 0% |
| Al Wasl | 4 | +100.0% | 3.95M | 1.09M | 98/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 4 | — | 2.68M | 685K | 318/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Murar Qadeem | 3 | — | 5.01M | 1.84M | 1,000/sqft | 0% |
| Al Muteena | 3 | +200.0% | 2.85M | 800K | 347/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Riqqa West | 150.00M | 2 |
| Hor Al Anz East | 86.24M | 8 |
| Um Suqaim | 74.79M | 38 |
| Al Qusais Old | 69.95M | 8 |
| Port Saeed | 48.82M | 6 |
| Rega Al Buteen | 46.00M | 1 |
| Al Hamriya | 43.34M | 4 |
| Tawaa Al Sayegh | 42.70M | 3 |
| Burj Khalifa | 38.00M | 1 |
| Mirdif | 31.27M | 72 |
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 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 1998 | Al-Riqqa West | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,400 sqft | AED 5,903/sqft | AED 85,000,000 |
| 25 May 1998 | Al-Riqqa West | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 734 sqft | AED 88,557/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 28 May 1998 | Hor Al Anz East | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 121,500 sqft | AED 400/sqft | AED 48,600,000 |
| 25 May 1998 | Rega Al Buteen | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,286 sqft | AED 2,661/sqft | AED 46,000,000 |
| 18 May 1998 | Burj Khalifa | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 3,800/sqft | AED 38,000,000 |
| 4 May 1998 | Al Qusais Old | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 240,000 sqft | AED 146/sqft | AED 35,000,000 |
| 4 May 1998 | Hor Al Anz East | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,400 sqft | AED 1,065/sqft | AED 34,500,000 |
| 25 May 1998 | Nad Al Hamar | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 1,900/sqft | AED 28,500,000 |
| 18 May 1998 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,808 sqft | AED 1,250/sqft | AED 26,010,000 |
| 25 May 1998 | Jumeirah | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 450/sqft | AED 18,000,000 |
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. Refresh times vary by dataset; records shown here are not a live feed.