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 2002
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 2002. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 80 property sales in August 2002, worth AED 122.67M in total, across 30 communities. That is 7% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 900,000 at AED 100/sqft, 11.6% below the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 18 registered sales, while Al Raffa took the most money at AED 25.94M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 2002, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 18 | -57.1% | 24.67M | 1.07M | 73/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar First | 7 | +75.0% | 5.35M | 675K | 45/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 6 | +100.0% | 5.01M | 863K | 60/sqft | 0% |
| Al Raffa | 4 | — | 25.94M | 7.10M | 522/sqft | 0% |
| Um Al Sheif | 4 | — | 5.63M | 1.40M | 94/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 3 | -50.0% | 1.29M | 440K | 176/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 3 | -57.1% | 2.55M | 900K | 60/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar Second | 3 | -78.6% | 2.60M | 780K | 39/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 3 | -57.1% | 4.28M | 1.80M | 271/sqft | 0% |
| Al Bada | 2 | +100.0% | 653K | 327K | 171/sqft | 0% |
| Al Rashidiya | 2 | -33.3% | 969K | 484K | 86/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 2 | -50.0% | 2.17M | 1.08M | 237/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warqa Third | 2 | -71.4% | 870K | 435K | 37/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah Third | 2 | -33.3% | 2.30M | 1.15M | 116/sqft | 0% |
| Muhaisanah First | 2 | — | 2.35M | 1.18M | 71/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 Raffa | 25.94M | 4 |
| Mirdif | 24.67M | 18 |
| Al Khabeesi | 12.50M | 1 |
| Um Al Sheif | 5.63M | 4 |
| Al Manara | 5.60M | 1 |
| Al Mizhar First | 5.35M | 7 |
| Al Barsha Third | 5.01M | 6 |
| Hor Al Anz | 4.28M | 3 |
| Al Ras | 4.10M | 1 |
| Um Suqaim Third | 3.95M | 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 2002
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2002 | Al Khabeesi | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,672 sqft | AED 750/sqft | AED 12,500,000 |
| 5 Aug 2002 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,447 sqft | AED 577/sqft | AED 10,644,740 |
| 26 Aug 2002 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 420/sqft | AED 8,400,000 |
| 12 Aug 2002 | Mirdif | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,202 sqft | AED 308/sqft | AED 6,230,000 |
| 5 Aug 2002 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,546 sqft | AED 1,274/sqft | AED 5,792,500 |
| 5 Aug 2002 | Al Manara | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 140/sqft | AED 5,600,000 |
| 26 Aug 2002 | Al Ras | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,806 sqft | AED 1,461/sqft | AED 4,100,000 |
| 12 Aug 2002 | Mirdif | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,077 sqft | AED 292/sqft | AED 2,938,645 |
| 14 Aug 2002 | Um Suqaim Third | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,500 sqft | AED 181/sqft | AED 2,800,000 |
| 13 Aug 2002 | Mirdif | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 180/sqft | AED 2,700,000 |
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.