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 2003
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 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 96 property sales in August 2003, worth AED 170.50M in total, across 38 communities. That is 20% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 810,000 at AED 126/sqft, 26% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 20 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 24.06M.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 2003, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 20 | -4.8% | 24.06M | 810K | 80/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 9 | -10.0% | 9.53M | 650K | 220/sqft | 0% |
| Al Bada | 4 | +300.0% | 2.56M | 775K | 119/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 4 | -60.0% | 3.08M | 750K | 50/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 4 | -63.6% | 3.71M | 934K | 61/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Hamar | 4 | -42.9% | 2.43M | 665K | 47/sqft | 0% |
| Al Rashidiya | 3 | -57.1% | 1.13M | 340K | 94/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 3 | -72.7% | 1.11M | 470K | 216/sqft | 0% |
| Um Al Sheif | 3 | +50.0% | 4.28M | 1.43M | 95/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim Second | 3 | -25.0% | 11.15M | 1.50M | 210/sqft | 0% |
| Um Suqaim Third | 3 | — | 6.30M | 1.75M | 117/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 2 | -66.7% | 1.16M | 580K | 237/sqft | 0% |
| Al Baraha | 2 | -50.0% | 1.96M | 980K | 377/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mararr | 2 | -75.0% | 4.80M | 2.40M | 1,109/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar First | 2 | -33.3% | 1.15M | 573K | 69/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 24.06M | 20 |
| Al Karama | 19.24M | 1 |
| Um Suqaim Second | 11.15M | 3 |
| Al Satwa | 9.53M | 9 |
| Al Nahda Second | 9.37M | 2 |
| Al Barsha First | 8.91M | 1 |
| Al Hudaiba | 8.77M | 1 |
| Al Muteena | 7.77M | 1 |
| Um Suqaim Third | 6.30M | 3 |
| Al Raffa | 5.09M | 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug 2003 | Al Karama | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,600 sqft | AED 650/sqft | AED 19,240,000 |
| 4 Aug 2003 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,750 sqft | AED 360/sqft | AED 8,910,000 |
| 4 Aug 2003 | Al Hudaiba | — | VillaOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,842 sqft | AED 160/sqft | AED 8,774,720 |
| 25 Aug 2003 | Um Suqaim Second | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,435 sqft | AED 210/sqft | AED 8,500,000 |
| 18 Aug 2003 | Al Muteena | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,119 sqft | AED 550/sqft | AED 7,765,450 |
| 18 Aug 2003 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,835 sqft | AED 290/sqft | AED 5,172,150 |
| 25 Aug 2003 | Mirdif | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,414 sqft | AED 347/sqft | AED 5,000,000 |
| 25 Aug 2003 | Muhaisanah Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 125/sqft | AED 5,000,000 |
| 19 Aug 2003 | Naif | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,610 sqft | AED 1,085/sqft | AED 5,000,000 |
| 4 Aug 2003 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,093 sqft | AED 450/sqft | AED 4,991,850 |
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.