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 2013
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q4 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 19,988 property sales in Q4 2013, worth AED 49.50B in total, across 113 communities. That is 70% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,426,511 at AED 907/sqft, 2.9% above the same quarter last year. 31% of sales were off-plan.
Burj Khalifa was the busiest community with 2,959 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 10.01B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Hebiah Third rose 148% to 384 sales, while Dubai Investment Park First fell 47% to 250.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q4 2013, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 2,959 | +119.5% | 10.01B | 2.51M | 2,218/sqft | 54% |
| Marsa Dubai | 2,076 | +26.9% | 4.27B | 1.50M | 1,363/sqft | 5% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2,039 | +3.3% | 4.07B | 1.28M | 782/sqft | 2% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 1,911 | +15825.0% | 2.94B | 1.51M | 551/sqft | 100% |
| Business Bay | 1,484 | +1.9% | 2.74B | 1.26M | 1,392/sqft | 41% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 968 | -3.0% | 1.50B | 797K | 728/sqft | 18% |
| Al Warsan First | 912 | +18.9% | 433.61M | 369K | 633/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 813 | +84.8% | 1.49B | 1.60M | 1,291/sqft | 51% |
| Al Hebiah First | 742 | +85.0% | 1.14B | 843K | 747/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 707 | +7.3% | 852.53M | 654K | 800/sqft | 9% |
| Me'Aisem First | 659 | +65.2% | 691.18M | 400K | 825/sqft | 59% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 567 | -28.7% | 3.34B | 2.55M | 1,895/sqft | 49% |
| Nadd Hessa | 546 | -4.0% | 475.31M | 590K | 676/sqft | 5% |
| Jabal Ali First | 450 | +1.1% | 595.71M | 644K | 748/sqft | 12% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 384 | +147.7% | 935.67M | 2.31M | 870/sqft | 47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 10.01B | 2,959 |
| Marsa Dubai | 4.27B | 2,076 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 4.07B | 2,039 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 3.34B | 567 |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 2.94B | 1,911 |
| Business Bay | 2.74B | 1,484 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1.50B | 968 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 1.49B | 813 |
| Al Hebiah First | 1.14B | 742 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 1.08B | 208 |
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 Third | 384 | +147.7% |
| Burj Khalifa | 2,959 | +119.5% |
| Al Hebiah First | 742 | +85.0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 813 | +84.8% |
| Me'Aisem First | 659 | +65.2% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 250 | -47.3% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 134 | +45.7% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 79 | -40.2% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 567 | -28.7% |
| Marsa Dubai | 2,076 | +26.9% |
The largest sales of Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2013 | Saih Shuaib 4 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,158,398 sqft | AED 195/sqft | AED 420,000,000 |
| 18 Dec 2013 | Al Thanyah First | — | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 639,999 sqft | AED 650/sqft | AED 416,000,000 |
| 19 Dec 2013 | Al Merkadh | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 4,999,972 sqft | AED 65/sqft | AED 325,000,000 |
| 6 Nov 2013 | Al Barshaa South First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 459,613 sqft | AED 599/sqft | AED 275,475,000 |
| 19 Dec 2013 | Marsa Dubai | CielDubai Marina | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,419 sqft | AED 6,062/sqft | AED 238,960,400 |
| 18 Nov 2013 | Burj Khalifa | Imperial AvenueDownTown Dubai | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 95,600 sqft | AED 2,316/sqft | AED 221,401,500 |
| 28 Oct 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | ONE AT PALM JUMEIRAHPalm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 155,470 sqft | AED 1,302/sqft | AED 202,421,809 |
| 19 Dec 2013 | Al Merkadh | SOBHA HARTLAND VILLAS-PHASE 1Meydan One Community | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,000,012 sqft | AED 65/sqft | AED 195,000,000 |
| 5 Nov 2013 | Al Barshaa South First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 459,613 sqft | AED 400/sqft | AED 183,844,000 |
| 3 Oct 2013 | Palm Jumeirah | TIARA RESIDENCEPalm Jumeirah | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 422,107 sqft | AED 433/sqft | AED 182,613,000 |
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.