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 — August 2016
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 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 4,311 property sales in August 2016, worth AED 14.08B in total, across 101 communities. That is 30% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,529,552 at AED 979/sqft, 4.7% above the same month last year. 46% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 323 registered sales, while Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid took the most money at AED 1.39B.
Against the previous month, Saih Shuaib 1 rose 259% to 251 sales, while Al Khairan First fell 58% to 95.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in August 2016, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 323 | +32.9% | 688.05M | 2.00M | 1,759/sqft | 54% |
| Burj Khalifa | 307 | -20.1% | 1.14B | 3.09M | 2,720/sqft | 82% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 301 | +59.3% | 1.39B | 3.61M | 847/sqft | 43% |
| Business Bay | 295 | +48.2% | 695.52M | 1.27M | 1,604/sqft | 66% |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 251 | +258.6% | 397.16M | 1.44M | 130/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali First | 203 | -42.7% | 211.65M | 775K | 1,063/sqft | 73% |
| Al Warsan First | 183 | +60.5% | 122.58M | 435K | 717/sqft | 2% |
| Al Wasl | 181 | -10.0% | 503.63M | 2.43M | 1,396/sqft | 98% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 179 | +64.2% | 295.21M | 675K | 907/sqft | 54% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 151 | +39.8% | 153.87M | 741K | 978/sqft | 39% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 137 | +24.5% | 241.96M | 1.15M | 1,005/sqft | 4% |
| Nadd Hessa | 123 | +61.8% | 102.27M | 580K | 854/sqft | 48% |
| Me'Aisem First | 115 | +59.7% | 212.47M | 717K | 1,052/sqft | 29% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 103 | +106.0% | 357.75M | 2.65M | 1,343/sqft | 24% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 98 | +476.5% | 155.77M | 569K | 698/sqft | 68% |
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 | 1.39B | 301 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.14B | 307 |
| Business Bay | 695.52M | 295 |
| Marsa Dubai | 688.05M | 323 |
| Saih Shuaib 3 | 567.78M | 15 |
| Al Wasl | 503.63M | 181 |
| Al Rowaiyah First | 422.46M | 2 |
| Saih Shuaib 4 | 399.74M | 20 |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 397.16M | 251 |
| Saih Shuaib 2 | 390.81M | 15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 251 | +258.6% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 103 | +106.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 94 | +77.4% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 179 | +64.2% |
| Nadd Hessa | 123 | +61.8% |
| Al Warsan First | 183 | +60.5% |
| Me'Aisem First | 115 | +59.7% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 301 | +59.3% |
| Al Khairan First | 95 | -58.1% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 95 | -52.5% |
The largest sales of August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 Aug 2016 | Palm Deira | —Palm Deira | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 395,656 sqft | AED 507/sqft | AED 200,597,480 |
| 22 Aug 2016 | Al Yufrah 2 | —DAMAC HILLS 2 | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 5,710,594 sqft | AED 33/sqft | AED 188,483,993 |
| 18 Aug 2016 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,872 sqft | AED 4,399/sqft | AED 153,412,560 |
| 29 Aug 2016 | Al Thanyah Third | THE ONYXThe Greens | HotelHospitality · Off-Plan Properties | Not specified | 224,000 sqft | AED 657/sqft | AED 147,085,635 |
| 25 Aug 2016 | Al Rowaiyah First | —Dubai International Academic City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 226,587 sqft | AED 588/sqft | AED 133,233,352 |
| 2 Aug 2016 | Al Barshaa South Second | —Dubai Science Park | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 387,167 sqft | AED 336/sqft | AED 130,088,160 |
| 15 Aug 2016 | Saih Shuaib 3 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,128,169 sqft | AED 106/sqft | AED 119,303,578 |
| 15 Aug 2016 | Saih Shuaib 3 | —Dubai Industrial City | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 983,730 sqft | AED 119/sqft | AED 116,818,080 |
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.