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 — September 2011
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside September 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 1,822 property sales in September 2011, worth AED 3.77B in total, across 74 communities. That is 37% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,210,000 at AED 848/sqft, 7.7% above the same month last year. 12% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 332 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 817.96M.
Against the previous month, Business Bay rose 46% to 184 sales, while Al Warsan First fell 36% to 79.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in September 2011, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 332 | -0.3% | 817.96M | 1.28M | 935/sqft | 14% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 312 | -32.2% | 333.67M | 795K | 808/sqft | 7% |
| Business Bay | 184 | +46.0% | 303.80M | 1.45M | 1,243/sqft | 18% |
| Burj Khalifa | 126 | +23.5% | 326.48M | 1.92M | 1,472/sqft | 4% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 115 | +30.7% | 421.52M | 2.60M | 1,262/sqft | 17% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 92 | +17.9% | 82.03M | 590K | 661/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 91 | +9.6% | 155.16M | 1.26M | 897/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 82 | +20.6% | 173.80M | 1.65M | 471/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warsan First | 79 | -35.8% | 19.83M | 210K | 354/sqft | 10% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 45 | +50.0% | 117.97M | 2.40M | 466/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 42 | +2.4% | 26.63M | 478K | 937/sqft | 2% |
| Nadd Hessa | 41 | +64.0% | 33.00M | 636K | 721/sqft | 32% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 29 | -3.3% | 46.70M | 1.10M | 862/sqft | 55% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 26 | -27.8% | 19.43M | 690K | 847/sqft | 100% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 25 | -66.7% | 32.76M | 611K | 527/sqft | 12% |
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 | 817.96M | 332 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 421.52M | 115 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 333.67M | 312 |
| Burj Khalifa | 326.48M | 126 |
| Business Bay | 303.80M | 184 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 173.80M | 82 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 155.16M | 91 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 117.97M | 45 |
| Al Nahda Second | 89.08M | 3 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 82.03M | 92 |
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 | 184 | +46.0% |
| Al Warsan First | 79 | -35.8% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 312 | -32.2% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 115 | +30.7% |
| Burj Khalifa | 126 | +23.5% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 82 | +20.6% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 92 | +17.9% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 91 | +9.6% |
| Marsa Dubai | 332 | -0.3% |
The largest sales of September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sept 2011 | Marsa Dubai | Shams 1Jumeriah Beach Residence - JBR | FlatResidential · Existing Properties | 1 B/R | 1,342 sqft | AED 253,447/sqft | AED 340,000,000 |
| 6 Sept 2011 | Al Qusais Industrial Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,200 sqft | AED 2,568/sqft | AED 75,000,000 |
| 29 Sept 2011 | Jabal Ali | —Down Town Jabal Ali | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 28,155 sqft | AED 2,156/sqft | AED 60,707,900 |
| 19 Sept 2011 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,600 sqft | AED 2,315/sqft | AED 50,000,000 |
| 20 Sept 2011 | Al Garhoud | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,042 sqft | AED 960/sqft | AED 38,440,320 |
| 26 Sept 2011 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,000 sqft | AED 1,861/sqft | AED 33,500,000 |
| 12 Sept 2011 | Um Hurair Second | —Dubai Health Care City Phase 1 | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,991 sqft | AED 739/sqft | AED 30,276,979 |
| 13 Sept 2011 | Al Suq Al Kabeer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,666 sqft | AED 8,440/sqft | AED 22,500,000 |
| 7 Sept 2011 | Al Goze Third | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,400 sqft | AED 508/sqft | AED 20,000,000 |
| 22 Sept 2011 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Al Barari | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,439 sqft | AED 1,215/sqft | AED 19,972,825 |
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.