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 — April 2011
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 2011. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,376 property sales in April 2011, worth AED 5.16B in total, across 61 communities. That is 18% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,103,333 at AED 800/sqft, 0.2% below the same month last year. 9% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 451 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 719.25M.
Against the previous month, Al Barsha South Fourth rose 72% to 220 sales, while Al Thanyah Third fell 46% to 116.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2011, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 451 | +30.7% | 388.26M | 739K | 709/sqft | 7% |
| Marsa Dubai | 445 | -29.1% | 719.25M | 1.30M | 990/sqft | 10% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 220 | +71.9% | 154.05M | 644K | 667/sqft | 10% |
| Burj Khalifa | 189 | -38.8% | 636.59M | 2.31M | 1,945/sqft | 3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 161 | -17.4% | 537.11M | 2.73M | 1,348/sqft | 9% |
| Business Bay | 151 | -18.4% | 239.14M | 1.34M | 1,152/sqft | 8% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 116 | -46.3% | 145.98M | 927K | 821/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warsan First | 114 | -41.2% | 74.20M | 250K | 370/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 100 | -1.0% | 347.23M | 1.59M | 494/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 68 | +15.3% | 173.01M | 2.30M | 368/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 64 | +8.5% | 67.34M | 698K | 733/sqft | 38% |
| Jabal Ali First | 39 | -26.4% | 699.21M | 370K | 456/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 31 | +6.9% | 102.99M | 2.79M | 565/sqft | 23% |
| Al Jadaf | 29 | +2800.0% | 73.04M | 2.15M | 2,031/sqft | 100% |
| Al Thanyah First | 27 | +125.0% | 112.73M | 4.20M | 2,582/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 | 719.25M | 445 |
| Jabal Ali First | 699.21M | 39 |
| Burj Khalifa | 636.59M | 189 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 537.11M | 161 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 388.26M | 451 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 347.23M | 100 |
| Business Bay | 239.14M | 151 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 173.01M | 68 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 154.05M | 220 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 145.98M | 116 |
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 Barsha South Fourth | 220 | +71.9% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 116 | -46.3% |
| Al Warsan First | 114 | -41.2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 189 | -38.8% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 451 | +30.7% |
| Marsa Dubai | 445 | -29.1% |
| Business Bay | 151 | -18.4% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 161 | -17.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 68 | +15.3% |
| Nadd Hessa | 64 | +8.5% |
The largest sales of April 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali Industrial Second | Samana Business HubDown Town Jabal Ali | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,638 sqft | AED 2,660/sqft | AED 78,841,000 |
| 20 Apr 2011 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,952 sqft | AED 1,057/sqft | AED 47,500,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
| 7 Apr 2011 | Jabal Ali First | —Discovery Gardens | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,829 sqft | AED 3,110/sqft | AED 46,116,000 |
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.