Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Annual report
Dubai property market — 2016
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside 2016. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 42,674 property sales in 2016, worth AED 109.09B in total, across 163 communities. That is 0% fewer than the year before.
The median sale was AED 1,229,000 at AED 940/sqft, 2.7% below the year before. 40% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 2,931 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 6.77B.
Against the previous year, Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid rose 210% to 1,535 sales, while Al Merkadh fell 75% to 103.
Sales by year
Price per square foot by year
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in 2016, and how each moved against the year before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 2,931 | -6.8% | 5.47B | 1.20M | 1,426/sqft | 59% |
| Marsa Dubai | 2,830 | -1.6% | 6.08B | 1.70M | 1,531/sqft | 35% |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 2,428 | +10016.7% | 4.25B | 1.33M | 125/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 2,314 | +55.4% | 2.96B | 720K | 1,009/sqft | 62% |
| Nadd Hessa | 2,048 | +18.2% | 1.85B | 620K | 844/sqft | 50% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 2,037 | -18.8% | 3.66B | 1.07M | 999/sqft | 12% |
| Al Warsan First | 2,026 | -16.1% | 1.32B | 428K | 706/sqft | 4% |
| Burj Khalifa | 2,003 | -8.6% | 6.77B | 2.51M | 2,312/sqft | 66% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,985 | -6.8% | 3.42B | 720K | 890/sqft | 53% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 1,876 | -29.9% | 3.45B | 680K | 965/sqft | 40% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1,535 | +210.1% | 5.59B | 2.77M | 888/sqft | 63% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 1,345 | -23.8% | 1.30B | 879K | 903/sqft | 100% |
| Me'Aisem First | 1,219 | +21.3% | 1.82B | 660K | 965/sqft | 40% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1,028 | -25.5% | 4.54B | 2.70M | 1,631/sqft | 35% |
| Al Yufrah 3 | 1,018 | +109.0% | 1.41B | 1.45M | 842/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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 6.77B | 2,003 |
| Marsa Dubai | 6.08B | 2,830 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 5.59B | 1,535 |
| Business Bay | 5.47B | 2,931 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 4.54B | 1,028 |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 4.25B | 2,428 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 3.66B | 2,037 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 3.45B | 1,876 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 3.42B | 1,985 |
| Jabal Ali First | 2.96B | 2,314 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous year. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1,535 | +210.1% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 216 | +208.6% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 561 | +114.1% |
| Al Yufrah 3 | 1,018 | +109.0% |
| Al Merkadh | 103 | -75.1% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 610 | -70.3% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 694 | +68.4% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 475 | +63.8% |
| Al Hebiah Second | 181 | -58.7% |
| Al Goze Fourth | 372 | -58.5% |
The largest sales of 2016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2016 | Al Hebiah Fourth | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,227,688 sqft | AED 52/sqft | AED 900,000,000 |
| 8 Nov 2016 | Al Hebiah Fourth | —TILAL AL GHAF | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,356,380 sqft | AED 52/sqft | AED 750,000,000 |
| 13 Apr 2016 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 7,934,477 sqft | AED 91/sqft | AED 722,038,146 |
| 24 Mar 2016 | World Islands | THE HEART OF EUROPE 2The World | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,291,419 sqft | AED 170/sqft | AED 390,064,800 |
| 8 Jun 2016 | Saih Shuaib 1 | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,547,997 sqft | AED 110/sqft | AED 390,000,000 |
| 1 Nov 2016 | Trade Center Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 38,500/sqft | AED 385,000,000 |
| 12 Oct 2016 | Al Barshaa South Second | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 931,745 sqft | AED 378/sqft | AED 352,418,503 |
| 25 Apr 2016 | Nad Al Shiba First | —Meydan Racecourse Community | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 329,057 sqft | AED 1,067/sqft | AED 350,991,967 |
| 29 Aug 2016 | Al Rowaiyah First | —Dubai International Academic City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 642,720 sqft | AED 450/sqft | AED 289,224,000 |
| 23 Aug 2016 | Trade Center First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 12,500 sqft | AED 21,600/sqft | AED 270,000,000 |
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.