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 — May 2014
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 2014. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 4,484 property sales in May 2014, worth AED 10.98B in total, across 89 communities. That is 22% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,288,203 at AED 992/sqft, 15.2% above the same month last year. 25% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 475 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 1.26B.
Against the previous month, Jabal Ali First rose 156% to 241 sales, while Al Hebiah Third fell 56% to 154.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2014, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 475 | -18.7% | 1.07B | 1.50M | 1,510/sqft | 41% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 415 | +0.5% | 752.85M | 1.20M | 959/sqft | 16% |
| Marsa Dubai | 385 | -36.3% | 1.26B | 1.93M | 1,653/sqft | 16% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 376 | +10.6% | 1.04B | 900K | 819/sqft | 33% |
| Burj Khalifa | 313 | -44.4% | 1.16B | 2.52M | 2,450/sqft | 31% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 250 | -19.6% | 217.68M | 622K | 964/sqft | 28% |
| Jabal Ali First | 241 | +156.4% | 520.94M | 2.00M | 290/sqft | 2% |
| Al Warsan First | 238 | -15.9% | 173.12M | 483K | 796/sqft | 0% |
| Me'Aisem First | 169 | +22.5% | 172.48M | 686K | 1,035/sqft | 72% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 154 | -55.9% | 355.35M | 2.13M | 1,086/sqft | 51% |
| Nadd Hessa | 139 | +3.0% | 102.92M | 650K | 811/sqft | 7% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 120 | +36.4% | 286.24M | 861K | 399/sqft | 39% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 112 | -27.7% | 510.12M | 3.17M | 1,832/sqft | 22% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 108 | +2.9% | 172.63M | 748K | 878/sqft | 4% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 83 | +62.7% | 240.69M | 687K | 541/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 | 1.26B | 385 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.16B | 313 |
| Business Bay | 1.07B | 475 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1.04B | 376 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 752.85M | 415 |
| Jabal Ali First | 520.94M | 241 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 510.12M | 112 |
| Al Hebiah Third | 355.35M | 154 |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 286.24M | 120 |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 240.69M | 83 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jabal Ali First | 241 | +156.4% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 83 | +62.7% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 154 | -55.9% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 69 | -48.1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 313 | -44.4% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 120 | +36.4% |
| Marsa Dubai | 385 | -36.3% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 80 | -32.8% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 112 | -27.7% |
| Me'Aisem First | 169 | +22.5% |
The largest sales of May 2014
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2014 | Marsa Dubai | —Jumeriah Beach Residence - JBR | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,289 sqft | AED 10,268/sqft | AED 403,426,000 |
| 28 May 2014 | Business Bay | Enara By OmniyatBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 93,785 sqft | AED 1,898/sqft | AED 178,000,000 |
| 1 May 2014 | Dubai Investment Park First | DUBAI LAGOON LOTUSDubai Investment Park First | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,743,631 sqft | AED 50/sqft | AED 87,947,250 |
| 26 May 2014 | Al Barshaa South Third | —Arjan | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 131,389 sqft | AED 660/sqft | AED 86,754,000 |
| 29 May 2014 | Jumeirah First | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 47,308 sqft | AED 1,800/sqft | AED 85,154,400 |
| 28 May 2014 | Al Barsha South Fourth | HAMENIJumeirah Village Circle | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 69,107 sqft | AED 1,068/sqft | AED 73,800,000 |
| 14 May 2014 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,345 sqft | AED 1,183/sqft | AED 69,000,000 |
| 12 May 2014 | Dubai Investment Park Second | —Dubai Investment Park Second | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,692 sqft | AED 1,000/sqft | AED 64,691,096 |
| 7 May 2014 | Jabal Ali First | —Al Furjan | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 372,268 sqft | AED 120/sqft | AED 44,680,000 |
| 12 May 2014 | Wadi Al Amardi | — | BuildingAgricultural · Existing Properties | Not specified | 363,637 sqft | AED 91/sqft | AED 33,000,000 |
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.