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 2016
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 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 3,518 property sales in May 2016, worth AED 9.07B in total, across 104 communities. That is 1% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,219,444 at AED 970/sqft, 3% above the same month last year. 45% of sales were off-plan.
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid was the busiest community with 349 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.05B.
Against the previous month, Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid rose 206% to 349 sales, while Jabal Ali First fell 47% to 212.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2016, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 349 | +206.1% | 1.05B | 2.71M | 885/sqft | 69% |
| Business Bay | 231 | -18.7% | 542.45M | 1.00M | 1,422/sqft | 58% |
| Jabal Ali First | 212 | -46.7% | 181.99M | 734K | 1,047/sqft | 67% |
| Marsa Dubai | 208 | -4.1% | 443.00M | 1.75M | 1,390/sqft | 27% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 188 | -11.3% | 335.89M | 1.00M | 1,001/sqft | 14% |
| Burj Khalifa | 187 | +25.5% | 530.53M | 2.24M | 2,085/sqft | 70% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 186 | -5.6% | 271.87M | 695K | 773/sqft | 54% |
| Al Warsan First | 185 | -2.6% | 91.70M | 422K | 712/sqft | 1% |
| Al Khairan First | 181 | +352.5% | 284.53M | 1.19M | 1,410/sqft | 100% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 154 | -11.0% | 193.75M | 673K | 878/sqft | 51% |
| Nadd Hessa | 151 | -32.9% | 267.70M | 625K | 892/sqft | 40% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 97 | +79.6% | 80.04M | 681K | 947/sqft | 100% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 96 | -8.6% | 454.58M | 2.86M | 1,671/sqft | 31% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 72 | -11.1% | 256.49M | 577K | 729/sqft | 71% |
| Me'Aisem First | 63 | -25.9% | 60.36M | 596K | 944/sqft | 22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.05B | 349 |
| Business Bay | 542.45M | 231 |
| Burj Khalifa | 530.53M | 187 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 454.58M | 96 |
| Marsa Dubai | 443.00M | 208 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 335.89M | 188 |
| Al Khairan First | 284.53M | 181 |
| Al Jadaf | 272.09M | 27 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 271.87M | 186 |
| Nadd Hessa | 267.70M | 151 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 349 | +206.1% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 97 | +79.6% |
| Jabal Ali First | 212 | -46.7% |
| Nadd Hessa | 151 | -32.9% |
| Me'Aisem First | 63 | -25.9% |
| Burj Khalifa | 187 | +25.5% |
| Business Bay | 231 | -18.7% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 188 | -11.3% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 72 | -11.1% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 154 | -11.0% |
The largest sales of May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2016 | Business Bay | RegaliaBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 55,823 sqft | AED 4,024/sqft | AED 224,647,080 |
| 17 May 2016 | Dubai Investment Park First | SCHON BUSINESS PARKDubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 292,104 sqft | AED 527/sqft | AED 153,869,058 |
| 25 May 2016 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 46,768 sqft | AED 3,100/sqft | AED 145,000,000 |
| 4 May 2016 | World Islands | —The World | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 863,404 sqft | AED 157/sqft | AED 135,594,591 |
| 3 May 2016 | Al Jadaf | —Sama Al Jadaf | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,863 sqft | AED 4,775/sqft | AED 123,500,000 |
| 17 May 2016 | Al Garhoud | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 38,600 sqft | AED 2,979/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 3 May 2016 | Al Barshaa South First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 472,243 sqft | AED 240/sqft | AED 113,339,280 |
| 4 May 2016 | Al Muteena | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 16,573 sqft | AED 6,336/sqft | AED 105,000,000 |
| 9 May 2016 | Al Suq Al Kabeer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 14,797 sqft | AED 6,150/sqft | AED 91,000,000 |
| 23 May 2016 | Al Safouh First | —Sufouh Gardens | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 58,084 sqft | AED 1,549/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
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.