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 — April 2003
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 2003. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 173 property sales in April 2003, worth AED 459.21M in total, across 53 communities. That is 27% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,100,000 at AED 137/sqft, 43.9% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 28 registered sales, while Al Safouh First took the most money at AED 65.26M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2003, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 28 | -26.3% | 38.08M | 1.14M | 116/sqft | 0% |
| Al Nahda Second | 12 | +1100.0% | 42.82M | 2.92M | 167/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 11 | +37.5% | 9.15M | 800K | 53/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 10 | +100.0% | 6.72M | 495K | 193/sqft | 0% |
| Jumeirah Third | 8 | +100.0% | 30.00M | 1.68M | 165/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 6 | +100.0% | 5.24M | 863K | 57/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim Second | 6 | +20.0% | 10.35M | 1.96M | 145/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 5 | -16.7% | 3.13M | 555K | 206/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar First | 5 | +150.0% | 5.32M | 735K | 46/sqft | 0% |
| Al Saffa Second | 5 | +66.7% | 11.84M | 1.61M | 107/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Hamar | 5 | -44.4% | 3.18M | 675K | 45/sqft | 0% |
| AL QUSAIS | 4 | — | 36.15M | 10.85M | 438/sqft | 0% |
| Al Waheda | 4 | +100.0% | 2.16M | 445K | 138/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warqa Third | 4 | -20.0% | 1.96M | 478K | 40/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mararr | 3 | +50.0% | 4.08M | 560K | 400/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 Safouh First | 65.26M | 1 |
| Al Nahda Second | 42.82M | 12 |
| Al Murqabat | 39.46M | 3 |
| Mirdif | 38.08M | 28 |
| AL QUSAIS | 36.15M | 4 |
| Jumeirah Third | 30.00M | 8 |
| Port Saeed | 22.76M | 1 |
| Al Barsha First | 16.84M | 2 |
| Al Muteena | 14.81M | 2 |
| Mankhool | 12.74M | 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 April 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2003 | Al Safouh First | ACACIA AVENUESTECOM Site B | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,005,591 sqft | AED 65/sqft | AED 65,256,157 |
| 29 Apr 2003 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,610 sqft | AED 1,200/sqft | AED 29,532,000 |
| 8 Apr 2003 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 33,475 sqft | AED 680/sqft | AED 22,763,000 |
| 21 Apr 2003 | Al Muteena | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,941 sqft | AED 2,017/sqft | AED 14,000,000 |
| 28 Apr 2003 | AL QUSAIS | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,666 sqft | AED 720/sqft | AED 12,000,000 |
| 21 Apr 2003 | AL QUSAIS | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,000 sqft | AED 719/sqft | AED 11,500,000 |
| 7 Apr 2003 | Mankhool | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 8,000 sqft | AED 1,375/sqft | AED 11,000,000 |
| 28 Apr 2003 | AL QUSAIS | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,911 sqft | AED 157/sqft | AED 10,200,000 |
| 2 Apr 2003 | Jumeirah Third | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 52,435 sqft | AED 181/sqft | AED 9,500,000 |
| 7 Apr 2003 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,149 sqft | AED 471/sqft | AED 9,500,000 |
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.