Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q1 1999
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 1999. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 190 property sales in Q1 1999, worth AED 539.86M in total, across 49 communities. That is 30% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 852,500 at AED 137/sqft, 7.3% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 49 registered sales, while Al Khabeesi took the most money at AED 85.00M.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 1999, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 49 | -55.5% | 39.23M | 478K | 42/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim | 18 | -50.0% | 31.35M | 1.57M | 138/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 9 | +12.5% | 8.15M | 760K | 280/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 8 | -33.3% | 5.86M | 655K | 250/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha | 7 | 0.0% | 4.92M | 674K | 45/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz East | 7 | -12.5% | 3.35M | 550K | 220/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 6 | +20.0% | 5.52M | 725K | 353/sqft | 0% |
| Al Qoaz | 5 | +400.0% | 4.69M | 450K | 55/sqft | 0% |
| Al Bada | 4 | +100.0% | 3.63M | 940K | 251/sqft | 0% |
| Al Raffa | 4 | +33.3% | 8.13M | 1.48M | 381/sqft | 0% |
| Al-Tawar | 4 | -50.0% | 9.53M | 2.01M | 111/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Nahar | 4 | +300.0% | 16.83M | 3.30M | 913/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 3 | -40.0% | 13.58M | 3.28M | 1,974/sqft | 0% |
| Al Khabeesi | 3 | — | 85.00M | 16.00M | 1,100/sqft | 0% |
| Al Khawaneej | 3 | 0.0% | 15.31M | 5.92M | 11/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 Khabeesi | 85.00M | 3 |
| Al Kifaf | 74.33M | 1 |
| Oud Metha | 63.84M | 3 |
| Zareeba Duviya | 43.00M | 2 |
| Mirdif | 39.23M | 49 |
| Um Suqaim | 31.35M | 18 |
| Al-Raulah | 18.15M | 2 |
| Burj Nahar | 16.83M | 4 |
| Al Khawaneej | 15.31M | 3 |
| Al Asbaq | 14.00M | 1 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|
The largest sales of Q1 1999
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 Mar 1999 | Al Kifaf | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 123,885 sqft | AED 600/sqft | AED 74,331,000 |
| 15 Mar 1999 | Al Khabeesi | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,672 sqft | AED 1,831/sqft | AED 58,000,000 |
| 31 Mar 1999 | Zareeba Duviya | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 63,333 sqft | AED 600/sqft | AED 37,999,800 |
| 31 Mar 1999 | Oud Metha | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,800 sqft | AED 550/sqft | AED 26,840,000 |
| 3 Feb 1999 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,400 sqft | AED 1,381/sqft | AED 19,887,500 |
| 15 Feb 1999 | Al-Raulah | —DUBAI HILLS - PALM HILLS | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 38,438 sqft | AED 450/sqft | AED 17,297,100 |
| 3 Feb 1999 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,396 sqft | AED 1,502/sqft | AED 17,112,500 |
| 22 Mar 1999 | Al Khabeesi | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 400/sqft | AED 16,000,000 |
| 10 Mar 1999 | Al Asbaq | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,260 sqft | AED 4,295/sqft | AED 14,000,000 |
| 1 Feb 1999 | Al Khabeesi | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 11,000,000 |
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.