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 — Q3 2005
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 2005. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 444 property sales in Q3 2005, worth AED 2.63B in total, across 76 communities. That is 30% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 2,228,000 at AED 262/sqft, 19% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Mirdif was the busiest community with 84 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 444.91M.
Against the previous quarter, Mirdif fell 14% to 84.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2005, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 84 | -14.3% | 444.91M | 2.83M | 205/sqft | 0% |
| Al Rashidiya | 27 | +3.8% | 31.50M | 1.16M | 205/sqft | 0% |
| Al Satwa | 23 | -25.8% | 35.53M | 1.20M | 480/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 18 | -56.1% | 21.11M | 1.11M | 477/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Shiba | 14 | +366.7% | 81.87M | 5.47M | 118/sqft | 0% |
| Muhaisanah Third | 13 | +8.3% | 20.23M | 1.34M | 100/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha First | 12 | -61.3% | 209.32M | 13.10M | 925/sqft | 0% |
| Al Muteena | 12 | -7.7% | 17.55M | 1.21M | 445/sqft | 0% |
| Al Bada | 11 | -26.7% | 16.69M | 1.50M | 520/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 11 | -42.1% | 29.50M | 2.34M | 163/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 9 | -55.0% | 28.77M | 2.31M | 150/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 9 | -57.1% | 322.64M | 24.00M | 457/sqft | 0% |
| Abu Hail | 8 | -46.7% | 7.33M | 925K | 370/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mararr | 8 | -57.9% | 47.83M | 6.85M | 1,941/sqft | 0% |
| Al Mizhar First | 8 | -55.6% | 20.47M | 1.98M | 163/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 | 444.91M | 84 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 322.64M | 9 |
| Al Barsha First | 209.32M | 12 |
| Al Murqabat | 108.28M | 5 |
| Hor Al Anz East | 106.23M | 6 |
| Marsa Dubai | 103.26M | 2 |
| Nad Al Shiba | 81.87M | 14 |
| Port Saeed | 70.84M | 3 |
| Al Nahda Second | 65.57M | 7 |
| Ras Al Khor Industrial Second | 65.55M | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mirdif | 84 | -14.3% |
The largest sales of Q3 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug 2005 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 55,293 sqft | AED 3,255/sqft | AED 180,000,000 |
| 29 Aug 2005 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,690 sqft | AED 1,526/sqft | AED 74,292,665 |
| 21 Sept 2005 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 24,040 sqft | AED 2,995/sqft | AED 72,000,000 |
| 1 Aug 2005 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,270 sqft | AED 2,821/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
| 5 Sept 2005 | Al Raffa | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,491 sqft | AED 2,214/sqft | AED 52,000,000 |
| 19 Sept 2005 | Palm Jumeirah | EMERALD PALACE KEMPINSKIPalm Jumeirah | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 507,634 sqft | AED 100/sqft | AED 50,763,510 |
| 4 Jul 2005 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 1,150/sqft | AED 46,000,000 |
| 15 Aug 2005 | Hor Al Anz East | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 51,790 sqft | AED 800/sqft | AED 41,432,000 |
| 16 Aug 2005 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,375 sqft | AED 3,232/sqft | AED 40,000,000 |
| 27 Sept 2005 | Hor Al Anz East | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,000 sqft | AED 1,600/sqft | AED 40,000,000 |
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.