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 — November 1998
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside November 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 120 property sales in November 1998, worth AED 315.65M in total, across 36 communities. That is 900% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 964,788 at AED 106/sqft, 0.7% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 42 registered sales, while Zareeba Duviya took the most money at AED 61.00M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in November 1998, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 42 | +16.7% | 27.81M | 488K | 38/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim | 12 | +71.4% | 28.24M | 1.08M | 118/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 6 | +100.0% | 11.30M | 2.12M | 560/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Tawar | 5 | +150.0% | 6.91M | 1.16M | 82/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah | 5 | +400.0% | 31.97M | 1.88M | 190/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar | 4 | +100.0% | 1.80M | 475K | 33/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz East | 4 | +300.0% | 5.75M | 850K | 191/sqft | 0% |
| Al Dhagaya | 3 | — | 3.33M | 1.25M | 1,323/sqft | 0% |
| Al Khawaneej | 3 | — | 5.03M | 1.68M | 10/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 3 | — | 2.25M | 850K | 336/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hamriya | 2 | -33.3% | 24.24M | 12.12M | 1,040/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hudaiba | 2 | — | 8.78M | 4.39M | 108/sqft | 0% |
| Al Musalla (Dubai) | 2 | -50.0% | 4.40M | 2.20M | 631/sqft | 0% |
| Al Qusais Old | 2 | +100.0% | 1.25M | 625K | 151/sqft | 0% |
| Muhaisna | 2 | +100.0% | 902K | 451K | 30/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zareeba Duviya | 61.00M | 1 |
| Jumeirah | 31.97M | 5 |
| Um Suqaim | 28.24M | 12 |
| Mirdif | 27.81M | 42 |
| Al Hamriya | 24.24M | 2 |
| Port Saeed | 17.48M | 2 |
| Al Mamzer | 15.00M | 1 |
| Al Satwa | 11.30M | 6 |
| Al Barsha | 11.01M | 1 |
| Al Baraha | 11.00M | 1 |
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 November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 1998 | Zareeba Duviya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,454 sqft | AED 1,721/sqft | AED 61,000,000 |
| 23 Nov 1998 | Jumeirah | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,774 sqft | AED 340/sqft | AED 22,000,000 |
| 4 Nov 1998 | Al Hamriya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,800 sqft | AED 800/sqft | AED 18,240,000 |
| 10 Nov 1998 | Al Mamzer | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,212 sqft | AED 742/sqft | AED 15,000,000 |
| 2 Nov 1998 | Port Saeed | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,976 sqft | AED 750/sqft | AED 13,482,000 |
| 9 Nov 1998 | Um Suqaim | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,558 sqft | AED 213/sqft | AED 11,600,000 |
| 19 Nov 1998 | Al Barsha | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,425 sqft | AED 514/sqft | AED 11,011,000 |
| 23 Nov 1998 | Al Baraha | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,723 sqft | AED 2,955/sqft | AED 11,000,000 |
| 16 Nov 1998 | Al-Nakhal | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,480 sqft | AED 2,299/sqft | AED 8,000,000 |
| 30 Nov 1998 | Rega Al Buteen | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 7,857 sqft | AED 770/sqft | AED 6,049,890 |
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.