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 — Q4 2007
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 2007. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 3,770 property sales in Q4 2007, worth AED 22.99B in total, across 94 communities. That is 304% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,200,000 at AED 538/sqft, 92.1% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,468 registered sales, while Jabal Ali Industrial First took the most money at AED 3.35B.
Against the previous quarter, Marsa Dubai rose 203% to 1,468 sales, while Al Thanayah Fourth fell 33% to 539.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2007, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,468 | +203.3% | 2.28B | 784K | 538/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 539 | -33.0% | 840.33M | 847K | 250/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 282 | -6.3% | 495.15M | 1.33M | 304/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 242 | +18.0% | 879.66M | 635K | 528/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 155 | +74.2% | 1.19B | 2.80M | 388/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali Industrial First | 140 | +566.7% | 3.35B | 22.00M | 1,100/sqft | 0% |
| Al Jadaf | 136 | -28.0% | 2.30B | 13.78M | 1,000/sqft | 0% |
| Mirdif | 108 | +68.8% | 1.30B | 7.50M | 1,000/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warsan First | 95 | +102.1% | 344.71M | 410K | 667/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 41 | +412.5% | 2.45B | 56.85M | 1,125/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Second | 37 | +362.5% | 118.33M | 1.90M | 133/sqft | 0% |
| Al Ruwayyah | 34 | +3300.0% | 433.80M | 8.18M | 246/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 33 | -56.6% | 141.96M | 2.30M | 204/sqft | 0% |
| Hor Al Anz | 29 | +222.2% | 123.21M | 2.00M | 960/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha Third | 28 | +115.4% | 108.74M | 2.42M | 174/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jabal Ali Industrial First | 3.35B | 140 |
| Burj Khalifa | 2.45B | 41 |
| Al Jadaf | 2.30B | 136 |
| Marsa Dubai | 2.28B | 1,468 |
| Mirdif | 1.30B | 108 |
| Al Barsha First | 1.21B | 25 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.19B | 155 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 879.66M | 242 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 840.33M | 539 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 495.15M | 282 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,468 | +203.3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 155 | +74.2% |
| Mirdif | 108 | +68.8% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 539 | -33.0% |
| Al Jadaf | 136 | -28.0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 242 | +18.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 282 | -6.3% |
The largest sales of Q4 2007
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2007 | Al Thanyah Third | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 46,287 sqft | AED 10,370/sqft | AED 480,000,000 |
| 8 Oct 2007 | Marsa Dubai | Aba Lux LivingDubai Marina | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 59,556 sqft | AED 6,982/sqft | AED 415,800,000 |
| 6 Dec 2007 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 202,555 sqft | AED 1,276/sqft | AED 258,509,344 |
| 14 Nov 2007 | Al Jadaf | —Jaddaf Waterfront | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 118,761 sqft | AED 2,063/sqft | AED 244,945,000 |
| 1 Oct 2007 | Trade Center Second | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,731 sqft | AED 15,000/sqft | AED 220,965,000 |
| 5 Dec 2007 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,200 sqft | AED 4,186/sqft | AED 185,000,000 |
| 26 Nov 2007 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,265 sqft | AED 4,688/sqft | AED 170,000,000 |
| 31 Oct 2007 | Dubai International Airport | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 170,738 sqft | AED 937/sqft | AED 160,000,000 |
| 4 Oct 2007 | Burj Khalifa | OBEROI CENTREBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 114,689 sqft | AED 1,274/sqft | AED 146,169,000 |
| 13 Dec 2007 | Al Safouh First | Shahrukhz by DanubeSufouh Gardens | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,160 sqft | AED 2,493/sqft | AED 145,000,000 |
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.