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 — June 2012
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside June 2012. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,657 property sales in June 2012, worth AED 5.82B in total, across 82 communities. That is 25% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,165,289 at AED 797/sqft, 7.5% above the same month last year. 10% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 382 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 792.05M.
Against the previous month, Jabal Ali First rose 32% to 83 sales, while Al Thanyah Fifth fell 52% to 382.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in June 2012, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 382 | -52.0% | 473.69M | 863K | 735/sqft | 8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 380 | -23.4% | 792.05M | 1.20M | 1,017/sqft | 27% |
| Business Bay | 215 | -30.9% | 287.20M | 1.08M | 1,018/sqft | 12% |
| Al Warsan First | 208 | +7.2% | 51.12M | 210K | 371/sqft | 0% |
| Port Saeed | 161 | — | 189.88M | 1.18M | 990/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 160 | -28.3% | 361.21M | 1.74M | 1,463/sqft | 7% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 142 | +5.2% | 212.75M | 1.14M | 922/sqft | 5% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 129 | -28.7% | 608.76M | 2.57M | 1,245/sqft | 11% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 119 | +30.8% | 95.58M | 506K | 425/sqft | 45% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 109 | +19.8% | 149.07M | 1.49M | 269/sqft | 1% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 89 | -19.1% | 484.96M | 2.40M | 623/sqft | 0% |
| Nadd Hessa | 86 | -23.2% | 83.94M | 465K | 524/sqft | 9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 83 | +31.7% | 62.16M | 440K | 609/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 78 | -20.4% | 85.42M | 689K | 372/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 49 | -35.5% | 151.00M | 3.00M | 498/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 | 792.05M | 380 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 608.76M | 129 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 484.96M | 89 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 473.69M | 382 |
| Burj Khalifa | 361.21M | 160 |
| Al Safouh Second | 333.00M | 1 |
| Business Bay | 287.20M | 215 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 212.75M | 142 |
| Port Saeed | 189.88M | 161 |
| Trade Center First | 188.03M | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 382 | -52.0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 83 | +31.7% |
| Business Bay | 215 | -30.9% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 119 | +30.8% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 129 | -28.7% |
| Burj Khalifa | 160 | -28.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 380 | -23.4% |
| Nadd Hessa | 86 | -23.2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 78 | -20.4% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 109 | +19.8% |
The largest sales of June 2012
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2012 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 128,412 sqft | AED 2,593/sqft | AED 333,000,000 |
| 7 Jun 2012 | Trade Center First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,500 sqft | AED 15,042/sqft | AED 188,025,000 |
| 7 Jun 2012 | Marsa Dubai | Residences Du Port, Dubai Marina, Autograph Collection ResidencesDubai Marina | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 213,355 sqft | AED 539/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 4 Jun 2012 | Naif | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,059 sqft | AED 4,879/sqft | AED 112,500,000 |
| 6 Jun 2012 | Palm Jumeirah | W Residences Dubai - The PalmPalm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,013,958 sqft | AED 100/sqft | AED 101,656,000 |
| 4 Jun 2012 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,085 sqft | AED 2,559/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
| 26 Jun 2012 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 60,027 sqft | AED 1,449/sqft | AED 87,000,000 |
| 6 Jun 2012 | Al Garhoud | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,000 sqft | AED 3,550/sqft | AED 71,000,000 |
| 14 Jun 2012 | Al Hamriya | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,292 sqft | AED 1,341/sqft | AED 50,000,000 |
| 4 Jun 2012 | Jumeirah First | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 43,621 sqft | AED 1,100/sqft | AED 48,000,000 |
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.