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 — February 2017
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside February 2017. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 4,186 property sales in February 2017, worth AED 10.45B in total, across 93 communities. That is 16% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,353,388 at AED 1,002/sqft, 7.7% above the same month last year. 55% of sales were off-plan.
Al Khairan First was the busiest community with 319 registered sales, while Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid took the most money at AED 792.14M.
Against the previous month, Al Khairan First rose 356% to 319 sales, while Al Wasl fell 62% to 87.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in February 2017, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Khairan First | 319 | +355.7% | 547.66M | 1.57M | 1,447/sqft | 100% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 277 | +290.1% | 486.31M | 1.58M | 721/sqft | 97% |
| Burj Khalifa | 244 | +11.4% | 745.12M | 2.74M | 2,224/sqft | 83% |
| Marsa Dubai | 231 | -37.4% | 421.01M | 1.54M | 1,521/sqft | 30% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 230 | +51.3% | 293.79M | 1.31M | 639/sqft | 100% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 227 | +176.8% | 792.14M | 3.42M | 860/sqft | 47% |
| Jabal Ali First | 206 | +16.4% | 194.04M | 587K | 984/sqft | 60% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 184 | +6.4% | 247.46M | 757K | 951/sqft | 60% |
| Business Bay | 181 | -8.1% | 306.46M | 1.10M | 1,464/sqft | 49% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 146 | -12.0% | 276.45M | 1.17M | 1,069/sqft | 5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 146 | +65.9% | 324.47M | 2.34M | 942/sqft | 70% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 126 | +35.5% | 184.82M | 631K | 1,669/sqft | 87% |
| Al Yufrah 3 | 115 | -54.7% | 128.33M | 1.00M | 828/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 112 | -50.2% | 99.50M | 500K | 1,181/sqft | 94% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 112 | -31.3% | 87.69M | 665K | 946/sqft | 35% |
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 | 792.14M | 227 |
| Burj Khalifa | 745.12M | 244 |
| Al Khairan First | 547.66M | 319 |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 486.31M | 277 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 428.73M | 88 |
| Marsa Dubai | 421.01M | 231 |
| Saih Shuaib 4 | 410.32M | 9 |
| Al Rowaiyah First | 408.44M | 2 |
| Al Satwa | 371.12M | 19 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 324.47M | 146 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Khairan First | 319 | +355.7% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 277 | +290.1% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 227 | +176.8% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 146 | +65.9% |
| Al Wasl | 87 | -62.2% |
| Al Yufrah 3 | 115 | -54.7% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 230 | +51.3% |
| Nadd Hessa | 96 | -50.8% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 112 | -50.2% |
| Al Yufrah 2 | 52 | -40.9% |
The largest sales of February 2017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb 2017 | Al Rowaiyah First | —Dubai International Academic City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 337,819 sqft | AED 792/sqft | AED 267,552,792 |
| 28 Feb 2017 | Saih Shuaib 4 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,223,845 sqft | AED 88/sqft | AED 196,476,794 |
| 20 Feb 2017 | Al Hebiah First | —Motor City | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 114,885 sqft | AED 1,306/sqft | AED 150,000,000 |
| 23 Feb 2017 | Al Rowaiyah First | —Dubai International Academic City | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 177,836 sqft | AED 792/sqft | AED 140,889,480 |
| 21 Feb 2017 | Muhaisanah Fourth | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,606 sqft | AED 3,884/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 2 Feb 2017 | Saih Shuaib 2 | — | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 755,969 sqft | AED 120/sqft | AED 90,716,304 |
| 16 Feb 2017 | Palm Jumeirah | MAISON MARGIELA RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,295 sqft | AED 1,386/sqft | AED 78,000,000 |
| 21 Feb 2017 | Al Merkadh | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY- DISTRICT ONE, PHASE 1 | Villaأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,203 sqft | AED 2,030/sqft | AED 65,382,850 |
| 28 Feb 2017 | Saih Shuaib 4 | —Dubai Industrial City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 468,143 sqft | AED 135/sqft | AED 63,088,404 |
| 7 Feb 2017 | Al Barsha South Fifth | VOXA RESIDENCESJumeirah Village Triangle | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 69,649 sqft | AED 893/sqft | AED 62,200,000 |
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.