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 — November 2009
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside November 2009. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 3,166 property sales in November 2009, worth AED 4.83B in total, across 56 communities. That is 3% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 939,944 at AED 750/sqft, 28.8% above the same month last year. 26% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 436 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 750.85M.
Against the previous month, Al Thanayah Fourth rose 73% to 156 sales, while Al Hebiah Fourth fell 59% to 120.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in November 2009, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 436 | +12.7% | 446.39M | 817K | 784/sqft | 43% |
| Jabal Ali First | 410 | +46.4% | 252.63M | 655K | 750/sqft | 0% |
| Marsa Dubai | 393 | -20.6% | 750.85M | 1.23M | 968/sqft | 30% |
| Al Warsan First | 390 | +16.1% | 159.18M | 352K | 556/sqft | 5% |
| Al Hebiah First | 232 | +20.8% | 370.16M | 1.11M | 741/sqft | 34% |
| Business Bay | 205 | +64.0% | 501.20M | 1.58M | 1,240/sqft | 98% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 156 | +73.3% | 297.54M | 1.40M | 274/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 156 | -0.6% | 308.85M | 1.65M | 1,310/sqft | 6% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 155 | +10.7% | 230.64M | 1.13M | 940/sqft | 3% |
| Me'Aisem First | 126 | +27.3% | 85.22M | 558K | 1,000/sqft | 32% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 120 | -59.3% | 207.58M | 910K | 838/sqft | 58% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 90 | -1.1% | 217.79M | 1.73M | 1,010/sqft | 56% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 67 | +34.0% | 177.96M | 2.70M | 406/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 37 | +19.4% | 68.15M | 1.49M | 234/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 29 | -46.3% | 20.23M | 718K | 705/sqft | 45% |
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 | 750.85M | 393 |
| Business Bay | 501.20M | 205 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 446.39M | 436 |
| Al Hebiah First | 370.16M | 232 |
| Burj Khalifa | 308.85M | 156 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 297.54M | 156 |
| Jabal Ali First | 252.63M | 410 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 230.64M | 155 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 217.79M | 90 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 207.58M | 120 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 156 | +73.3% |
| Business Bay | 205 | +64.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 120 | -59.3% |
| Jabal Ali First | 410 | +46.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 67 | +34.0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 126 | +27.3% |
| Al Hebiah First | 232 | +20.8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 393 | -20.6% |
| Al Warsan First | 390 | +16.1% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 436 | +12.7% |
The largest sales of November 2009
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 Nov 2009 | Saih Shuaib 2 | — | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 191,038 sqft | AED 267/sqft | AED 51,000,000 |
| 10 Nov 2009 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,058 sqft | AED 1,862/sqft | AED 35,494,423 |
| 11 Nov 2009 | World Islands | —The World | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 512,846 sqft | AED 68/sqft | AED 34,875,360 |
| 10 Nov 2009 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,540 sqft | AED 1,613/sqft | AED 34,751,492 |
| 18 Nov 2009 | Marsa Dubai | PARK ISLANDSDubai Marina | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 3 B/R | 3,274 sqft | AED 10,400/sqft | AED 34,048,888 |
| 10 Nov 2009 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,383 sqft | AED 1,934/sqft | AED 29,754,085 |
| 17 Nov 2009 | Business Bay | 014 TOWERBusiness Bay | OfficeCommercial · Off-Plan Properties | Office | 20,355 sqft | AED 1,316/sqft | AED 26,780,410 |
| 17 Nov 2009 | Business Bay | 014 TOWERBusiness Bay | OfficeCommercial · Off-Plan Properties | Office | 17,689 sqft | AED 1,316/sqft | AED 23,272,589 |
| 9 Nov 2009 | Business Bay | ONE BUSINESS BAYBusiness Bay | OfficeCommercial · Off-Plan Properties | Not specified | 9,924 sqft | AED 2,038/sqft | AED 20,226,755 |
| 23 Nov 2009 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Al Barari | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,354 sqft | AED 1,223/sqft | AED 20,000,000 |
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.