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 — August 1998
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 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 89 property sales in August 1998, worth AED 239.12M in total, across 32 communities. That is 8,800% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,100,000 at AED 139/sqft, 18.1% below the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Um Suqaim was the busiest community with 20 registered sales, while Port Saeed took the most money at AED 61.97M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 1998, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Um Suqaim | 20 | 0.0% | 43.19M | 1.31M | 110/sqft | 0% |
| Mirdif | 17 | -41.4% | 8.97M | 523K | 35/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 6 | +20.0% | 11.42M | 875K | 352/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 3 | -70.0% | 2.38M | 630K | 265/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 3 | -25.0% | 16.16M | 5.30M | 1,509/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 3 | — | 4.84M | 750K | 415/sqft | 0% |
| Port Saeed | 3 | -25.0% | 61.97M | 22.55M | 1,060/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha | 2 | -66.7% | 1.35M | 676K | 38/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Murar Qadeem | 2 | 0.0% | 8.40M | 4.20M | 2,573/sqft | 0% |
| Al Qoaz | 2 | 0.0% | 2.70M | 1.35M | 54/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Tawar | 2 | +100.0% | 2.90M | 1.45M | 148/sqft | 0% |
| Al Wasl | 2 | +100.0% | 2.77M | 1.39M | 108/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Nahar | 2 | +100.0% | 4.60M | 2.30M | 1,024/sqft | 0% |
| Eyal Nasser | 2 | — | 7.15M | 3.58M | 889/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Hamar | 2 | 0.0% | 1.01M | 508K | 34/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Port Saeed | 61.97M | 3 |
| Um Suqaim | 43.19M | 20 |
| Sikkat Al Khail North | 20.00M | 1 |
| Al Baraha | 16.16M | 3 |
| Al Khabeesi | 13.30M | 1 |
| Al Satwa | 11.42M | 6 |
| Al Karama | 9.70M | 1 |
| Mirdif | 8.97M | 17 |
| Al-Murar Qadeem | 8.40M | 2 |
| Eyal Nasser | 7.15M | 2 |
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 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 1998 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,625 sqft | AED 1,260/sqft | AED 23,467,500 |
| 31 Aug 1998 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,270 sqft | AED 1,060/sqft | AED 22,546,200 |
| 17 Aug 1998 | Sikkat Al Khail North | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 5,343 sqft | AED 3,743/sqft | AED 20,000,000 |
| 31 Aug 1998 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,270 sqft | AED 750/sqft | AED 15,952,500 |
| 10 Aug 1998 | Al Khabeesi | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 9,722 sqft | AED 1,368/sqft | AED 13,300,000 |
| 20 Aug 1998 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 9,100 sqft | AED 1,066/sqft | AED 9,700,000 |
| 26 Aug 1998 | Um Suqaim | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,000 sqft | AED 120/sqft | AED 7,680,000 |
| 26 Aug 1998 | Al Baraha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 5,070 sqft | AED 1,509/sqft | AED 7,650,000 |
| 19 Aug 1998 | Um Suqaim | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,100 sqft | AED 266/sqft | AED 7,200,000 |
| 5 Aug 1998 | Eyal Nasser | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 7,122 sqft | AED 983/sqft | AED 7,000,000 |
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.