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 — Q3 2011
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 6,276 property sales in Q3 2011, worth AED 12.01B in total, across 99 communities. That is 3% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,078,025 at AED 820/sqft, 3.4% below the same quarter last year. 12% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 1,240 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.12B.
Against the previous quarter, Business Bay rose 38% to 597 sales, while Al Barsha South Fourth fell 53% to 175.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2011, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 1,240 | -10.1% | 2.12B | 1.23M | 967/sqft | 11% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,122 | +2.2% | 1.12B | 715K | 776/sqft | 7% |
| Business Bay | 597 | +37.9% | 885.13M | 1.28M | 1,099/sqft | 27% |
| Burj Khalifa | 372 | -15.8% | 1.19B | 1.72M | 1,458/sqft | 5% |
| Al Warsan First | 326 | -15.1% | 138.73M | 213K | 347/sqft | 4% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 290 | -8.8% | 419.33M | 1.08M | 810/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 287 | -37.9% | 1.07B | 2.59M | 1,169/sqft | 15% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 272 | +8.4% | 299.24M | 721K | 660/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 236 | -17.5% | 658.68M | 1.61M | 461/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 175 | -53.1% | 285.86M | 627K | 687/sqft | 29% |
| Jabal Ali First | 158 | +31.7% | 98.43M | 330K | 579/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 153 | -17.3% | 389.99M | 2.50M | 445/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 138 | +253.8% | 102.76M | 535K | 984/sqft | 2% |
| Nadd Hessa | 124 | -53.0% | 107.55M | 583K | 651/sqft | 31% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 122 | -10.3% | 179.33M | 1.02M | 718/sqft | 52% |
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 | 2.12B | 1,240 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.19B | 372 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.12B | 1,122 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.07B | 287 |
| Business Bay | 885.13M | 597 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 658.68M | 236 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 419.33M | 290 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 389.99M | 153 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 299.24M | 272 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 285.86M | 175 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 175 | -53.1% |
| Nadd Hessa | 124 | -53.0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 287 | -37.9% |
| Business Bay | 597 | +37.9% |
| Al Thanyah First | 79 | +31.7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 158 | +31.7% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 50 | -20.6% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 236 | -17.5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 153 | -17.3% |
| Burj Khalifa | 372 | -15.8% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 |
| 3 Aug 2011 | Naif | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,835 sqft | AED 6,282/sqft | AED 200,000,000 |
| 25 Jul 2011 | Bukadra | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 73,203 sqft | AED 2,000/sqft | AED 146,406,000 |
| 21 Jul 2011 | Wadi Al Safa 2 | —Falcon City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 787,680 sqft | AED 172/sqft | AED 135,635,345 |
| 6 Sept 2011 | Al Qusais Industrial Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,200 sqft | AED 2,568/sqft | AED 75,000,000 |
| 22 Aug 2011 | Burj Khalifa | PLATINUM TOWERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 112,496 sqft | AED 622/sqft | AED 70,000,000 |
| 13 Jul 2011 | Al Jadaf | DUBAI DIGITAL CENTERSama Al Jadaf | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 44,393 sqft | AED 1,443/sqft | AED 64,049,950 |
| 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 |
| 14 Jul 2011 | Burj Khalifa | BURJ KHALIFA TOWERSDownTown Dubai | OfficeCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,527 sqft | AED 12,181/sqft | AED 55,146,888 |
| 21 Jul 2011 | World Islands | —The World | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 437,469 sqft | AED 126/sqft | AED 54,925,000 |
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.