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 — Q1 2013
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 2013. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 12,859 property sales in Q1 2013, worth AED 26.81B in total, across 115 communities. That is 65% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,174,702 at AED 886/sqft, 10.8% above the same quarter last year. 10% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 2,574 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 4.30B.
Against the previous quarter, Jabal Ali First rose 167% to 484 sales, while Dubai Investment Park First fell 25% to 178.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2013, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 2,574 | +1.7% | 4.30B | 1.30M | 1,177/sqft | 10% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,860 | +4.8% | 2.86B | 900K | 797/sqft | 4% |
| Business Bay | 1,083 | +17.1% | 1.61B | 1.24M | 1,189/sqft | 27% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,011 | -19.8% | 2.98B | 1.90M | 1,727/sqft | 31% |
| Al Warsan First | 850 | -15.3% | 366.37M | 335K | 533/sqft | 1% |
| Jabal Ali First | 484 | +167.4% | 597.54M | 460K | 686/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 471 | -0.2% | 723.32M | 1.20M | 1,055/sqft | 3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 455 | +58.0% | 1.86B | 2.60M | 1,386/sqft | 19% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 382 | -14.9% | 562.40M | 738K | 725/sqft | 16% |
| Nadd Hessa | 379 | +25.1% | 315.00M | 500K | 620/sqft | 2% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 350 | +109.6% | 353.13M | 615K | 706/sqft | 5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 337 | -8.7% | 401.85M | 721K | 653/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 314 | +1.6% | 1.07B | 2.00M | 673/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 230 | +117.0% | 185.87M | 774K | 854/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 226 | +3.7% | 638.56M | 2.50M | 595/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 | 4.30B | 2,574 |
| Burj Khalifa | 2.98B | 1,011 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2.86B | 1,860 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.86B | 455 |
| Business Bay | 1.61B | 1,083 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 1.07B | 314 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 723.32M | 471 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 638.56M | 226 |
| Jabal Ali First | 597.54M | 484 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 562.40M | 382 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jabal Ali First | 484 | +167.4% |
| Al Thanyah First | 186 | +138.5% |
| Me'Aisem First | 120 | +135.3% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 230 | +117.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 350 | +109.6% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 455 | +58.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 87 | +35.9% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 175 | +33.6% |
| Nadd Hessa | 379 | +25.1% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 178 | -24.9% |
The largest sales of Q1 2013
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 Mar 2013 | Nad Al Shiba First | GRAND VIEWSMeydan Racecourse Community | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,572,692 sqft | AED 104/sqft | AED 370,000,000 |
| 7 Feb 2013 | Al Hebiah First | —Motor City | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 277,215 sqft | AED 1,028/sqft | AED 285,000,000 |
| 4 Feb 2013 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,601,779 sqft | AED 19/sqft | AED 201,775,000 |
| 28 Jan 2013 | Oud Metha | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 57,073 sqft | AED 2,453/sqft | AED 140,000,000 |
| 14 Jan 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 443,027 sqft | AED 286/sqft | AED 126,740,000 |
| 16 Jan 2013 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,807 sqft | AED 5,527/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 16 Jan 2013 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,807 sqft | AED 5,527/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 28 Mar 2013 | Burj Khalifa | MADA RESIDENCES TOWERDownTown Dubai | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 47,163 sqft | AED 2,160/sqft | AED 101,872,892 |
| 23 Jan 2013 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,781 sqft | AED 2,719/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
| 25 Feb 2013 | Al Barsha South Fourth | Binghatti CircleJumeirah Village Circle | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 69,121 sqft | AED 1,350/sqft | AED 93,313,600 |
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.