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 2008
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 2008. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 7,003 property sales in Q4 2008, worth AED 18.23B in total, across 78 communities. That is 86% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 684,000 at AED 605/sqft, 12.4% above the same quarter last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Al Warsan First was the busiest community with 2,905 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 2.22B.
Against the previous quarter, Burj Khalifa rose 124% to 244 sales, while Al Barsha South Fourth fell 76% to 64.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2008, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Warsan First | 2,905 | +69.7% | 1.22B | 325K | 557/sqft | 0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,172 | -21.4% | 2.22B | 949K | 797/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 556 | -15.8% | 1.14B | 1.54M | 899/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 534 | -8.1% | 1.27B | 1.47M | 337/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 404 | +1.8% | 1.01B | 2.22M | 387/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 390 | +95.0% | 825.17M | 850K | 725/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 244 | +123.9% | 1.65B | 1.95M | 1,186/sqft | 0% |
| Al Ruwayyah | 133 | -75.2% | 295.25M | 839K | 125/sqft | 0% |
| Trade Center Second | 130 | — | 467.14M | 3.68M | 1,498/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 80 | -49.4% | 683.41M | 3.92M | 388/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 64 | -76.2% | 998.63M | 9.57M | 275/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali | 63 | -72.8% | 1.11B | 11.07M | 888/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Shiba | 51 | -49.5% | 388.05M | 2.66M | 92/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 30 | -51.6% | 75.48M | 763K | 125/sqft | 0% |
| Al Jadaf | 23 | -50.0% | 989.14M | 22.51M | 1,550/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 2.22B | 1,172 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.65B | 244 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 1.27B | 534 |
| Al Warsan First | 1.22B | 2,905 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 1.14B | 556 |
| Jabal Ali | 1.11B | 63 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 1.01B | 404 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 998.63M | 64 |
| Al Jadaf | 989.14M | 23 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 825.17M | 390 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 244 | +123.9% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 390 | +95.0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 64 | -76.2% |
| Al Ruwayyah | 133 | -75.2% |
| Jabal Ali | 63 | -72.8% |
| Al Warsan First | 2,905 | +69.7% |
| Nad Al Shiba | 51 | -49.5% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 80 | -49.4% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,172 | -21.4% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 556 | -15.8% |
The largest sales of Q4 2008
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2008 | World Islands | PANGKOR LAUT LUXURY RESIDENCE & SPA VILLAGEThe World | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,720,714 sqft | AED 110/sqft | AED 298,023,136 |
| 11 Nov 2008 | Al Jadaf | D1Culture Village | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 78,312 sqft | AED 2,937/sqft | AED 230,005,000 |
| 11 Nov 2008 | Al Jadaf | D1Jaddaf Waterfront | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 400,673 sqft | AED 530/sqft | AED 212,317,000 |
| 4 Nov 2008 | World Islands | LYNNCOLNThe World | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 867,794 sqft | AED 212/sqft | AED 184,130,923 |
| 24 Dec 2008 | Bukadra | CLAYDON HOUSE BY ELLINGTON | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 51,438 sqft | AED 2,748/sqft | AED 141,366,500 |
| 30 Oct 2008 | Bukadra | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,515 sqft | AED 4,400/sqft | AED 134,266,000 |
| 18 Dec 2008 | Marsa Dubai | —Jumeriah Beach Residence - JBR | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 208,407 sqft | AED 614/sqft | AED 128,008,000 |
| 23 Oct 2008 | Burj Khalifa | TAMANI ARTS OFFICESBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 101,183 sqft | AED 1,200/sqft | AED 121,419,600 |
| 11 Nov 2008 | Burj Khalifa | CAPITAL BAY ABusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 90,884 sqft | AED 1,000/sqft | AED 90,866,000 |
| 23 Oct 2008 | Burj Khalifa | TAMANI ART ROYAL SUITESBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 75,425 sqft | AED 1,200/sqft | AED 90,508,800 |
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.