Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q2 2011
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q2 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 6,824 property sales in Q2 2011, worth AED 15.47B in total, across 98 communities. That is 31% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,126,444 at AED 786/sqft, 4.9% below the same quarter last year. 9% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,380 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.63B.
Against the previous quarter, Wadi Al Safa 5 rose 151% to 251 sales, while Al Hebiah First fell 92% to 57.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q2 2011, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,380 | -12.1% | 2.63B | 1.37M | 949/sqft | 12% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,098 | +13.0% | 1.03B | 755K | 725/sqft | 7% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 462 | -20.5% | 1.59B | 2.71M | 1,317/sqft | 17% |
| Burj Khalifa | 442 | -38.1% | 1.50B | 2.04M | 1,682/sqft | 8% |
| Business Bay | 433 | +9.6% | 1.65B | 1.33M | 1,137/sqft | 11% |
| Al Warsan First | 384 | -47.3% | 163.36M | 250K | 369/sqft | 2% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 373 | +58.1% | 312.18M | 653K | 702/sqft | 12% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 318 | -62.9% | 407.28M | 900K | 823/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 286 | +5.5% | 796.60M | 1.60M | 490/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 264 | +6.0% | 269.53M | 657K | 704/sqft | 17% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 251 | +151.0% | 195.77M | 581K | 662/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 185 | +10.8% | 497.47M | 2.30M | 397/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 136 | +34.7% | 287.54M | 1.06M | 867/sqft | 53% |
| Jabal Ali First | 120 | -16.1% | 730.36M | 337K | 456/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 63 | +6.8% | 88.26M | 1.45M | 219/sqft | 3% |
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 | 2.63B | 1,380 |
| Business Bay | 1.65B | 433 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.59B | 462 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.50B | 442 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.03B | 1,098 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 796.60M | 286 |
| Jabal Ali First | 730.36M | 120 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 497.47M | 185 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 407.28M | 318 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 312.18M | 373 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 251 | +151.0% |
| Al Hebiah First | 57 | -92.1% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 318 | -62.9% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 373 | +58.1% |
| Al Warsan First | 384 | -47.3% |
| Burj Khalifa | 442 | -38.1% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 136 | +34.7% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 462 | -20.5% |
| Jabal Ali First | 120 | -16.1% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,098 | +13.0% |
The largest sales of Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2011 | Business Bay | U-BORA TOWERSBusiness Bay | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,723,935 sqft | AED 574/sqft | AED 989,327,460 |
| 9 May 2011 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 47,415 sqft | AED 6,749/sqft | AED 320,000,000 |
| 29 Jun 2011 | Jabal Ali Industrial Third | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 483,863 sqft | AED 352/sqft | AED 170,300,000 |
| 1 Jun 2011 | Um Hurair Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,800 sqft | AED 2,894/sqft | AED 141,202,800 |
| 17 May 2011 | Burj Khalifa | —DownTown Dubai | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 65,857 sqft | AED 1,536/sqft | AED 101,180,800 |
| 16 May 2011 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,111 sqft | AED 3,786/sqft | AED 87,500,000 |
| 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 |
| 2 May 2011 | Marsa Dubai | TRIDENT GRANDDubai Marina | ShopCommercial · Off-Plan Properties | Shop | 57,815 sqft | AED 1,332/sqft | AED 77,000,000 |
| 23 May 2011 | Me'Aisem First | —International Media Production Zone | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 108,794 sqft | AED 690/sqft | AED 75,067,860 |
| 27 Jun 2011 | Naif | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,548 sqft | AED 5,456/sqft | AED 63,000,000 |
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.