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 — March 2010
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside March 2010. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 7,489 property sales in March 2010, worth AED 12.99B in total, across 69 communities. That is 87% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,075,000 at AED 946/sqft, 32% above the same month last year. 61% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,541 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 3.36B.
Against the previous month, Al Thanyah Third rose 1,138% to 656 sales, while Al Barsha South Fourth fell 30% to 102.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in March 2010, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,541 | +257.5% | 3.36B | 1.46M | 1,117/sqft | 71% |
| Al Warsan First | 1,470 | +245.9% | 689.36M | 438K | 789/sqft | 73% |
| Burj Khalifa | 924 | +747.7% | 2.78B | 2.07M | 2,205/sqft | 75% |
| Business Bay | 661 | +7.0% | 1.15B | 1.50M | 1,074/sqft | 94% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 656 | +1137.7% | 963.67M | 1.23M | 1,182/sqft | 74% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 594 | +55.1% | 695.67M | 916K | 800/sqft | 32% |
| Jabal Ali First | 282 | +139.0% | 154.71M | 568K | 750/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 206 | +110.2% | 336.89M | 971K | 926/sqft | 19% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 187 | +92.8% | 520.64M | 1.95M | 1,008/sqft | 7% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 125 | +177.8% | 284.48M | 1.60M | 365/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah First | 116 | +427.3% | 226.80M | 1.48M | 738/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 102 | -30.1% | 98.75M | 711K | 635/sqft | 88% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 97 | — | 90.05M | 914K | 882/sqft | 100% |
| Me'Aisem First | 93 | -6.1% | 64.78M | 558K | 1,022/sqft | 42% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 91 | +145.9% | 236.70M | 2.54M | 416/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 | 3.36B | 1,541 |
| Burj Khalifa | 2.78B | 924 |
| Business Bay | 1.15B | 661 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 963.67M | 656 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 695.67M | 594 |
| Al Warsan First | 689.36M | 1,470 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 520.64M | 187 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 336.89M | 206 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 284.48M | 125 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 236.70M | 91 |
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 Thanyah Third | 656 | +1137.7% |
| Burj Khalifa | 924 | +747.7% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,541 | +257.5% |
| Al Warsan First | 1,470 | +245.9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 282 | +139.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 206 | +110.2% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 187 | +92.8% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 594 | +55.1% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 102 | -30.1% |
| Business Bay | 661 | +7.0% |
The largest sales of March 2010
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2010 | Marsa Dubai | ELITE RESIDENCEDubai Marina | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 1 B/R | 961 sqft | AED 162,209/sqft | AED 155,812,839 |
| 29 Mar 2010 | Al Saffa Second | — | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 131,500 sqft | AED 951/sqft | AED 125,000,000 |
| 8 Mar 2010 | Ras Al Khor Industrial First | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,744 sqft | AED 3,146/sqft | AED 80,980,250 |
| 2 Mar 2010 | Al Thanyah First | —Barsha Heights | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,120 sqft | AED 2,052/sqft | AED 70,000,000 |
| 1 Mar 2010 | Al Hebiah Fourth | THE SPIRITDubai Sports City | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 45,236 sqft | AED 1,245/sqft | AED 56,340,090 |
| 3 Mar 2010 | Marsa Dubai | DM MARINA PLAZADubai Marina | OfficeCommercial · Off-Plan Properties | Office | 27,178 sqft | AED 1,925/sqft | AED 52,316,888 |
| 17 Mar 2010 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,624 sqft | AED 1,567/sqft | AED 48,000,000 |
| 15 Mar 2010 | Al Suq Al Kabeer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,617 sqft | AED 3,051/sqft | AED 38,500,000 |
| 1 Mar 2010 | Jabal Ali | —Down Town Jabal Ali | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,724 sqft | AED 1,123/sqft | AED 35,616,000 |
| 29 Mar 2010 | Nad Al Shiba | —Majan | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,626 sqft | AED 595/sqft | AED 32,503,000 |
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.