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 — December 2009
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside December 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 3,026 property sales in December 2009, worth AED 5.15B in total, across 59 communities. That is 53% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,206,370 at AED 898/sqft, 45.5% above the same month last year. 38% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 817 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.32B.
Against the previous month, Marsa Dubai rose 108% to 817 sales, while Jabal Ali First fell 74% to 106.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in December 2009, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 817 | +107.9% | 1.32B | 1.29M | 1,017/sqft | 66% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 318 | -27.1% | 307.45M | 740K | 750/sqft | 14% |
| Al Warsan First | 196 | -49.7% | 83.77M | 389K | 574/sqft | 4% |
| Burj Khalifa | 186 | +19.2% | 406.75M | 1.79M | 1,390/sqft | 16% |
| Business Bay | 186 | -9.3% | 384.99M | 2.02M | 1,345/sqft | 42% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 172 | +91.1% | 406.91M | 1.54M | 795/sqft | 12% |
| Me'Aisem First | 171 | +35.7% | 141.40M | 635K | 1,041/sqft | 85% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 144 | -7.1% | 244.67M | 1.13M | 867/sqft | 3% |
| Nadd Hessa | 135 | +365.5% | 94.84M | 644K | 850/sqft | 81% |
| Al Hebiah First | 123 | -47.0% | 279.85M | 1.63M | 788/sqft | 8% |
| Jabal Ali First | 106 | -74.1% | 52.13M | 450K | 692/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 70 | -55.1% | 145.70M | 1.75M | 550/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 66 | +288.2% | 145.87M | 1.20M | 1,085/sqft | 94% |
| Al Thanyah First | 61 | +221.1% | 126.21M | 1.74M | 1,242/sqft | 69% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 61 | -9.0% | 149.88M | 2.14M | 387/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 | 1.32B | 817 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 406.91M | 172 |
| Burj Khalifa | 406.75M | 186 |
| Business Bay | 384.99M | 186 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 307.45M | 318 |
| Al Hebiah First | 279.85M | 123 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 244.67M | 144 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 149.88M | 61 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 145.87M | 66 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 145.70M | 70 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 817 | +107.9% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 172 | +91.1% |
| Jabal Ali First | 106 | -74.1% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 50 | -58.3% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 70 | -55.1% |
| Al Warsan First | 196 | -49.7% |
| Al Hebiah First | 123 | -47.0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 171 | +35.7% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 318 | -27.1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 186 | +19.2% |
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.