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 — Q4 2011
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 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 6,955 property sales in Q4 2011, worth AED 13.30B in total, across 98 communities. That is 34% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 973,620 at AED 782/sqft, 1.9% below the same quarter last year. 10% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 1,399 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 1.85B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Hebiah Fifth rose 168% to 196 sales, while Wadi Al Safa 6 fell 25% to 114.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2011, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,399 | +24.7% | 1.41B | 725K | 729/sqft | 8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,119 | -9.8% | 1.85B | 1.27M | 932/sqft | 8% |
| Business Bay | 544 | -8.9% | 1.09B | 1.20M | 1,188/sqft | 7% |
| Al Warsan First | 405 | +24.2% | 119.57M | 247K | 357/sqft | 4% |
| Burj Khalifa | 404 | +8.6% | 1.58B | 2.04M | 1,536/sqft | 6% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 370 | +36.0% | 332.52M | 600K | 678/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 327 | +12.8% | 701.34M | 938K | 800/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 283 | -1.4% | 1.14B | 2.76M | 1,284/sqft | 12% |
| Me'Aisem First | 262 | +89.9% | 198.95M | 561K | 1,018/sqft | 2% |
| Nadd Hessa | 243 | +96.0% | 218.58M | 520K | 650/sqft | 38% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 236 | +34.9% | 333.29M | 1.19M | 917/sqft | 8% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 219 | -7.2% | 778.04M | 1.85M | 522/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 201 | +27.2% | 90.57M | 340K | 593/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 196 | +168.5% | 113.10M | 373K | 587/sqft | 100% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 114 | -25.5% | 301.48M | 2.40M | 465/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 | 1.85B | 1,119 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.58B | 404 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.41B | 1,399 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.14B | 283 |
| Business Bay | 1.09B | 544 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 778.04M | 219 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 701.34M | 327 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 333.29M | 236 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 332.52M | 370 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 301.48M | 114 |
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 Hebiah Fifth | 196 | +168.5% |
| Nadd Hessa | 243 | +96.0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 262 | +89.9% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 370 | +36.0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 236 | +34.9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 201 | +27.2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 114 | -25.5% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,399 | +24.7% |
| Al Warsan First | 405 | +24.2% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 105 | -13.9% |
The largest sales of Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov 2011 | Burj Khalifa | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,285,188 sqft | AED 272/sqft | AED 350,000,000 |
| 14 Nov 2011 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 359,676 sqft | AED 931/sqft | AED 335,000,000 |
| 14 Nov 2011 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,104 sqft | AED 5,001/sqft | AED 270,570,375 |
| 4 Oct 2011 | Al Thanyah First | METRO CENTRALBarsha Heights | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,123 sqft | AED 2,444/sqft | AED 90,723,740 |
| 12 Dec 2011 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,339 sqft | AED 2,182/sqft | AED 77,093,959 |
| 12 Dec 2011 | Marsa Dubai | —TECOM Site D | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 66,994 sqft | AED 1,141/sqft | AED 76,465,890 |
| 3 Oct 2011 | Al Garhoud | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 89,099 sqft | AED 786/sqft | AED 70,000,000 |
| 15 Dec 2011 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,734 sqft | AED 2,186/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 26 Dec 2011 | Muhaisanah Fourth | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,590 sqft | AED 2,345/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
| 12 Dec 2011 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 26,679 sqft | AED 2,060/sqft | AED 54,958,297 |
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.