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 — August 2011
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 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 1,934 property sales in August 2011, worth AED 3.43B in total, across 64 communities. That is 32% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,000,000 at AED 805/sqft, 8.4% below the same month last year. 9% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 460 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 568.30M.
Against the previous month, Al Thanyah Fifth rose 31% to 460 sales, while Business Bay fell 56% to 126.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 2011, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 460 | +31.4% | 365.05M | 650K | 786/sqft | 2% |
| Marsa Dubai | 333 | -42.1% | 568.30M | 1.48M | 1,061/sqft | 10% |
| Business Bay | 126 | -56.1% | 186.95M | 1.26M | 1,101/sqft | 7% |
| Al Warsan First | 123 | -0.8% | 67.17M | 185K | 335/sqft | 2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 102 | -29.2% | 270.05M | 1.64M | 1,402/sqft | 12% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 88 | +4.8% | 309.48M | 2.65M | 1,254/sqft | 9% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 83 | -28.4% | 97.11M | 900K | 724/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 78 | -23.5% | 107.92M | 840K | 507/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 75 | 0.0% | 79.42M | 684K | 680/sqft | 37% |
| Jabal Ali First | 71 | +4.4% | 31.56M | 330K | 581/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 68 | -20.9% | 268.18M | 1.51M | 483/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 41 | -25.5% | 28.80M | 497K | 984/sqft | 5% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 36 | +227.3% | 48.87M | 1.37M | 966/sqft | 100% |
| Al Thanyah First | 31 | 0.0% | 56.11M | 1.95M | 1,270/sqft | 16% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 30 | -52.4% | 39.06M | 909K | 519/sqft | 50% |
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 | 568.30M | 333 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 365.05M | 460 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 309.48M | 88 |
| Burj Khalifa | 270.05M | 102 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 268.18M | 68 |
| Naif | 200.00M | 1 |
| Business Bay | 186.95M | 126 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 107.92M | 78 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 97.11M | 83 |
| Saih Shuaib 2 | 84.38M | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 126 | -56.1% |
| Marsa Dubai | 333 | -42.1% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 460 | +31.4% |
| Burj Khalifa | 102 | -29.2% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 83 | -28.4% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 78 | -23.5% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 68 | -20.9% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 88 | +4.8% |
| Jabal Ali First | 71 | +4.4% |
| Al Warsan First | 123 | -0.8% |
The largest sales of August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug 2011 | Naif | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,835 sqft | AED 6,282/sqft | AED 200,000,000 |
| 22 Aug 2011 | Burj Khalifa | PLATINUM TOWERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 112,496 sqft | AED 622/sqft | AED 70,000,000 |
| 4 Aug 2011 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,775 sqft | AED 1,862/sqft | AED 48,000,000 |
| 17 Aug 2011 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 33,579 sqft | AED 1,221/sqft | AED 41,000,000 |
| 16 Aug 2011 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 8,066 sqft | AED 4,153/sqft | AED 33,500,000 |
| 18 Aug 2011 | Um Hurair Second | —Dubai Health Care City Phase 1 | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,639 sqft | AED 714/sqft | AED 25,446,246 |
| 17 Aug 2011 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,122 sqft | AED 816/sqft | AED 23,750,000 |
| 8 Aug 2011 | Al Ttay | —Al Khawaneej Labour City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 1,172/sqft | AED 23,436,960 |
| 8 Aug 2011 | Al Ttay | —Al Khawaneej Labour City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 1,172/sqft | AED 23,436,960 |
| 16 Aug 2011 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,497 sqft | AED 1,303/sqft | AED 22,800,000 |
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.