Dubai Market Data

Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.

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Monthly report

Dubai property market — May 1999

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 1999. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales94Registered in May 1999down60.2%
Total value233.75MRegistered in May 1999Across 35 communities
Price per sqft166/sqftMedian across May 1999up89.9%
Sale price800KMedian across May 19990% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 94 property sales in May 1999, worth AED 233.75M in total, across 35 communities. That is 60% fewer than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 800,000 at AED 166/sqft, 89.9% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.

Mirdif was the busiest community with 21 registered sales, while Al Kifaf took the most money at AED 35.30M.

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 May 1999, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Mirdif21+50.0%12.38M380K41/sqft0%
Hor Al Anz6+100.0%3.44M485K261/sqft0%
Hor Al Anz East6+50.0%3.59M575K203/sqft0%
Al Karama5—20.95M2.00M659/sqft0%
Um Suqaim5-16.7%20.42M975K65/sqft0%
Al Dhagaya4+300.0%11.25M2.25M909/sqft0%
Al Khawaneej4+300.0%6.92M1.23M17/sqft0%
Abu Hail3-62.5%2.42M770K385/sqft0%
Al Barsha3-25.0%1.57M567K35/sqft0%
Al Kifaf3—35.30M7.80M500/sqft0%
Al Satwa3+200.0%1.91M800K267/sqft0%
Jumeirah Third3—9.45M600K103/sqft0%
Al Nahda Second2—5.16M2.58M121/sqft0%
Al Safaa2—5.15M2.58M172/sqft0%
Al Waheda2—3.62M1.81M184/sqft0%

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
Al Kifaf35.30M3
Burj Khalifa21.00M1
Al Karama20.95M5
Um Suqaim20.42M5
Oud Metha16.70M1
Al Khabeesi15.63M1
Mirdif12.38M21
Al Dhagaya11.25M4
Jumeirah Third9.45M3
Rega Al Buteen9.29M2

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.

CommunitySalesChange

The largest sales of May 1999

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
24 May 1999Al Kifaf—LandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified50,000 sqftAED 450/sqftAED 22,500,000
10 May 1999Burj Khalifa—LandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified30,000 sqftAED 700/sqftAED 21,000,000
10 May 1999Um Suqaim—LandResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified82,467 sqftAED 212/sqftAED 17,500,000
12 May 1999Oud Metha—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified27,978 sqftAED 597/sqftAED 16,700,000
25 May 1999Al Khabeesi—LandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified31,268 sqftAED 500/sqftAED 15,634,000
4 May 1999Al Karama—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified11,176 sqftAED 1,163/sqftAED 13,000,000
31 May 1999Rega Al Buteen—LandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified7,856 sqftAED 1,081/sqftAED 8,490,000
17 May 1999Jumeirah Third—VillaCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified42,134 sqftAED 198/sqftAED 8,350,000
25 May 1999Al Kifaf—LandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified8,864 sqftAED 880/sqftAED 7,800,000
5 May 1999Al Dhagaya—LandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified2,885 sqftAED 2,149/sqftAED 6,200,000

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.