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Dubai property market — February 2009

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside February 2009. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales3,782Registered in February 2009up282.8%
Total value6.59BRegistered in February 2009Across 46 communities
Price per sqft739/sqftMedian across February 2009up5.7%
Sale price650KMedian across February 200933% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 3,782 property sales in February 2009, worth AED 6.59B in total, across 46 communities. That is 283% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 649,500 at AED 739/sqft, 5.7% above the same month last year. 33% of sales were off-plan.

Al Warsan First was the busiest community with 1,348 registered sales, while Al Thanyah Fifth took the most money at AED 1.48B.

Against the previous month, Al Thanyah Fifth rose 194% to 1,134 sales, while Al Warsan First fell 35% to 1,348.

Sales by month

Price per square foot by month

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2009, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Al Warsan First1,348-35.1%497.01M326K516/sqft0%
Al Thanyah Fifth1,134+193.8%1.48B1000K911/sqft84%
Marsa Dubai410-7.7%465.53M878K866/sqft23%
Al Thanyah Third106-18.5%159.75M1.11M888/sqft0%
Wadi Al Safa 2105+110.0%59.06M563K680/sqft100%
Trade Center Second102+10100.0%389.10M3.67M1,528/sqft0%
Palm Jumeirah101-22.3%556.43M2.60M527/sqft11%
Burj Khalifa79-28.2%452.70M1.44M1,236/sqft0%
Al Thanayah Fourth78-25.0%133.81M1.36M260/sqft0%
Wadi Al Safa 670+29.6%167.15M1.96M446/sqft0%
Al Jadaf52+420.0%900.05M16.53M2,980/sqft60%
Nadd Hessa50-5.7%61.51M876K672/sqft0%
Al Thanyah First33+450.0%79.98M1.58M1,140/sqft0%
Al Barsha South Fourth28-68.2%66.88M528K652/sqft75%
Al Ruwayyah13+30.0%40.96M2.28M325/sqft0%

Where the money went

Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.

CommunityValueSales
Al Thanyah Fifth1.48B1,134
Al Jadaf900.05M52
Palm Jumeirah556.43M101
Al Warsan First497.01M1,348
Marsa Dubai465.53M410
Burj Khalifa452.70M79
Trade Center Second389.10M102
Jabal Ali236.44M9
Al Wasl200.00M1
Wadi Al Safa 6167.15M70

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Al Thanyah Fifth1,134+193.8%
Wadi Al Safa 2105+110.0%
Al Warsan First1,348-35.1%
Wadi Al Safa 670+29.6%
Burj Khalifa79-28.2%
Al Thanayah Fourth78-25.0%
Palm Jumeirah101-22.3%
Al Thanyah Third106-18.5%
Marsa Dubai410-7.7%
Nadd Hessa50-5.7%

The largest sales of February 2009

Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
25 Feb 2009Al Wasl—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified50,000 sqftAED 4,000/sqftAED 200,000,000
9 Feb 2009Burj KhalifaSKY SCRAPERBusiness BayLandResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified108,300 sqftAED 1,200/sqftAED 129,960,000
9 Feb 2009Burj KhalifaPOLARISBusiness BayLandResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified77,501 sqftAED 1,350/sqftAED 104,627,000
19 Feb 2009Burj Khalifa—Business BayLandResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified58,097 sqftAED 1,500/sqftAED 87,145,500
5 Feb 2009Al Nahda Second—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified20,704 sqftAED 3,773/sqftAED 78,120,000
19 Feb 2009Muhaisanah Fourth—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified20,800 sqftAED 2,981/sqftAED 62,000,000
26 Feb 2009Al Garhoud—BuildingIndustrial · Existing PropertiesNot specified59,568 sqftAED 1,000/sqftAED 59,568,000
5 Feb 2009Al Barsha First—BuildingCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified12,640 sqftAED 4,168/sqftAED 52,680,000
26 Feb 2009Dubai International Airport—BuildingIndustrial · Existing PropertiesNot specified40,112 sqftAED 1,200/sqftAED 48,134,400
26 Feb 2009Dubai International Airport—BuildingIndustrial · Existing PropertiesNot specified39,904 sqftAED 1,100/sqftAED 43,894,400

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.