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 2013
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q2 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 16,837 property sales in Q2 2013, worth AED 37.20B in total, across 115 communities. That is 85% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,255,000 at AED 882/sqft, 10.6% above the same quarter last year. 10% of sales were off-plan.
Al Thanyah Fifth was the busiest community with 2,713 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 5.13B.
Against the previous quarter, Dubai Investment Park First rose 246% to 616 sales, while Al Thanyah First fell 43% to 106.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q2 2013, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2,713 | +45.9% | 4.78B | 1.08M | 810/sqft | 2% |
| Marsa Dubai | 2,376 | -7.7% | 5.13B | 1.40M | 1,224/sqft | 10% |
| Business Bay | 1,653 | +52.6% | 2.92B | 1.43M | 1,284/sqft | 24% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,336 | +32.1% | 3.91B | 1.91M | 1,807/sqft | 39% |
| Al Warsan First | 874 | +2.8% | 373.64M | 350K | 561/sqft | 1% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 646 | +42.0% | 2.96B | 2.90M | 1,491/sqft | 21% |
| Nadd Hessa | 628 | +65.7% | 577.06M | 485K | 593/sqft | 1% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 616 | +246.1% | 1.11B | 1.49M | 328/sqft | 1% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 605 | +58.4% | 941.83M | 814K | 708/sqft | 9% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 555 | +17.8% | 907.53M | 1.28M | 1,109/sqft | 4% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 502 | +43.4% | 636.14M | 569K | 714/sqft | 13% |
| Jabal Ali First | 476 | -1.7% | 557.50M | 480K | 663/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 399 | +128.0% | 666.60M | 1.49M | 236/sqft | 1% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 386 | +22.9% | 1.37B | 2.13M | 670/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 338 | +47.0% | 296.37M | 809K | 876/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 | 5.13B | 2,376 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 4.78B | 2,713 |
| Burj Khalifa | 3.91B | 1,336 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2.96B | 646 |
| Business Bay | 2.92B | 1,653 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 1.37B | 386 |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 1.11B | 616 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 941.83M | 605 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 907.53M | 555 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 762.22M | 57 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dubai Investment Park First | 616 | +246.1% |
| Al Hebiah First | 245 | +210.1% |
| Me'Aisem First | 326 | +171.7% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 399 | +128.0% |
| Jabal Ali | 112 | +107.4% |
| Nadd Hessa | 628 | +65.7% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 605 | +58.4% |
| Business Bay | 1,653 | +52.6% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 338 | +47.0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2,713 | +45.9% |
The largest sales of Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2013 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | —Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum District 11 | VillaOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,225,705 sqft | AED 40/sqft | AED 408,500,000 |
| 9 Apr 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | VICEROY HOTEL RESORTS RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 305,695 sqft | AED 1,302/sqft | AED 398,027,280 |
| 20 Jun 2013 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,931 sqft | AED 6,654/sqft | AED 325,599,030 |
| 10 Apr 2013 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,795 sqft | AED 5,374/sqft | AED 230,000,000 |
| 24 Jun 2013 | Marsa Dubai | —Jumeriah Beach Residence - JBR | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 13,950 sqft | AED 13,978/sqft | AED 195,000,000 |
| 18 Jun 2013 | Naif | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,672 sqft | AED 7,206/sqft | AED 185,000,000 |
| 13 May 2013 | Trade Center First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 18,000/sqft | AED 180,000,000 |
| 15 May 2013 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,608 sqft | AED 7,036/sqft | AED 145,000,000 |
| 14 May 2013 | Wadi Al Safa 7 | THE SUSTAINABLE CITYTHE SUSTAINABLE CITY | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 5,000,047 sqft | AED 22/sqft | AED 110,001,144 |
| 20 May 2013 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | SKY COURTSDubai Land Residence Complex | FlatResidential · Existing Properties | 1 B/R | 852 sqft | AED 122,130/sqft | AED 104,076,385 |
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.