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 — June 2016
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside June 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 3,452 property sales in June 2016, worth AED 9.03B in total, across 93 communities. That is 4% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,350,000 at AED 938/sqft, 5.1% below the same month last year. 36% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 338 registered sales, while Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid took the most money at AED 1.10B.
Against the previous month, Marsa Dubai rose 63% to 338 sales, while Jabal Ali First fell 46% to 114.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in June 2016, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 338 | +62.5% | 722.32M | 1.99M | 1,735/sqft | 44% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 276 | -20.9% | 1.10B | 4.01M | 793/sqft | 20% |
| Business Bay | 268 | +16.0% | 418.87M | 1.23M | 1,184/sqft | 63% |
| Al Warsan First | 193 | +4.3% | 134.98M | 420K | 712/sqft | 4% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 187 | -0.5% | 359.51M | 1.07M | 1,000/sqft | 11% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 154 | -17.2% | 407.61M | 650K | 852/sqft | 33% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 143 | -7.1% | 147.99M | 676K | 951/sqft | 41% |
| Jabal Ali First | 114 | -46.2% | 125.99M | 970K | 900/sqft | 39% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 112 | +15.5% | 98.85M | 854K | 933/sqft | 100% |
| Nadd Hessa | 111 | -26.5% | 115.91M | 610K | 878/sqft | 31% |
| Al Khairan First | 107 | -40.9% | 172.05M | 1.16M | 1,399/sqft | 100% |
| Burj Khalifa | 102 | -45.5% | 320.15M | 2.44M | 2,000/sqft | 37% |
| Al Wasl | 98 | +9700.0% | 308.49M | 3.10M | 1,661/sqft | 99% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 93 | -3.1% | 345.06M | 2.67M | 1,532/sqft | 25% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 82 | +41.4% | 153.78M | 1.75M | 1,274/sqft | 13% |
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 | 1.10B | 276 |
| Marsa Dubai | 722.32M | 338 |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 507.22M | 80 |
| Business Bay | 418.87M | 268 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 407.61M | 154 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 359.51M | 187 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 345.06M | 93 |
| Burj Khalifa | 320.15M | 102 |
| Al Wasl | 308.49M | 98 |
| Al Hebiah Third | 259.00M | 60 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 338 | +62.5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 76 | +49.0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 114 | -46.2% |
| Burj Khalifa | 102 | -45.5% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 82 | +41.4% |
| Al Khairan First | 107 | -40.9% |
| Nadd Hessa | 111 | -26.5% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 276 | -20.9% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 154 | -17.2% |
| Business Bay | 268 | +16.0% |
The largest sales of June 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 Jun 2016 | Saih Shuaib 1 | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,547,997 sqft | AED 110/sqft | AED 390,000,000 |
| 27 Jun 2016 | Nad Al Shiba Third | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 498,183 sqft | AED 225/sqft | AED 112,091,175 |
| 6 Jun 2016 | Al Yufrah 2 | —DAMAC HILLS 2 | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,816,452 sqft | AED 21/sqft | AED 81,025,962 |
| 28 Jun 2016 | Al Suq Al Kabeer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,378 sqft | AED 6,263/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 20 Jun 2016 | Al Thanyah Fifth | BANYAN TREE RESIDENCES HILLSIDE DUBAIDMCC Master Community | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 114,698 sqft | AED 555/sqft | AED 63,700,000 |
| 28 Jun 2016 | Al Muteena | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,860 sqft | AED 2,261/sqft | AED 63,000,000 |
| 13 Jun 2016 | Saih Shuaib 3 | —Dubai Industrial City | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 512,846 sqft | AED 119/sqft | AED 60,900,605 |
| 30 Jun 2016 | Wadi Al Safa 7 | —Rukan | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 787,123 sqft | AED 75/sqft | AED 59,034,273 |
| 20 Jun 2016 | Al Barsha First | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 38,917 sqft | AED 1,413/sqft | AED 55,000,000 |
| 27 Jun 2016 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 73,007 sqft | AED 720/sqft | AED 52,565,000 |
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.