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 — November 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside November 2018. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,602 property sales in November 2018, worth AED 5.66B in total, across 87 communities. That is 18% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,141,593 at AED 961/sqft, 6.3% below the same month last year. 49% of sales were off-plan.
Al Warsan First was the busiest community with 302 registered sales, while Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid took the most money at AED 555.57M.
Against the previous month, Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid rose 141% to 188 sales, while Al Khairan First fell 56% to 65.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in November 2018, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Warsan First | 302 | -37.0% | 126.97M | 350K | 828/sqft | 63% |
| Business Bay | 204 | -17.7% | 279.56M | 1.09M | 1,695/sqft | 72% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 188 | +141.0% | 555.57M | 1.04M | 1,382/sqft | 88% |
| Marsa Dubai | 164 | -22.6% | 323.47M | 1.58M | 1,401/sqft | 30% |
| Burj Khalifa | 153 | -19.0% | 493.27M | 2.35M | 2,081/sqft | 67% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 133 | -35.4% | 114.68M | 749K | 856/sqft | 45% |
| Al Merkadh | 125 | +23.8% | 201.21M | 1.17M | 1,500/sqft | 95% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 109 | -38.8% | 295.27M | 1.50M | 684/sqft | 46% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 94 | -21.0% | 155.26M | 1.01M | 900/sqft | 4% |
| Nadd Hessa | 91 | -15.0% | 70.23M | 563K | 715/sqft | 38% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 90 | +32.4% | 302.51M | 2.05M | 2,386/sqft | 37% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 79 | +8.2% | 46.88M | 450K | 645/sqft | 37% |
| Al Yufrah 2 | 72 | +60.0% | 92.93M | 1.27M | 828/sqft | 0% |
| Al Khairan First | 65 | -56.1% | 123.58M | 1.58M | 1,598/sqft | 100% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 54 | +17.4% | 66.68M | 624K | 1,294/sqft | 54% |
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 | 555.57M | 188 |
| Burj Khalifa | 493.27M | 153 |
| Marsa Dubai | 323.47M | 164 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 302.51M | 90 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 295.27M | 109 |
| Business Bay | 279.56M | 204 |
| Al Merkadh | 201.21M | 125 |
| Rega Al Buteen | 191.70M | 3 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 155.26M | 94 |
| Al Yufrah 3 | 140.98M | 2 |
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 | 188 | +141.0% |
| Al Khairan First | 65 | -56.1% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 109 | -38.8% |
| Al Warsan First | 302 | -37.0% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 133 | -35.4% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 90 | +32.4% |
| Al Merkadh | 125 | +23.8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 164 | -22.6% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 94 | -21.0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 153 | -19.0% |
The largest sales of November 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Nov 2018 | Al Yufrah 3 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 6,999,997 sqft | AED 20/sqft | AED 140,000,000 |
| 21 Nov 2018 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | —Dubai Hills Estate | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 270,398 sqft | AED 463/sqft | AED 125,196,652 |
| 12 Nov 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 2 | —Liwan1 | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 46,487 sqft | AED 2,474/sqft | AED 115,000,000 |
| 12 Nov 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | —Dubai Land Residence Complex | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,048 sqft | AED 3,543/sqft | AED 110,000,000 |
| 29 Nov 2018 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,808 sqft | AED 4,806/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
| 29 Nov 2018 | Rega Al Buteen | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,608 sqft | AED 4,367/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 12 Nov 2018 | Al Suq Al Kabeer | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,378 sqft | AED 6,263/sqft | AED 65,000,000 |
| 29 Nov 2018 | Muhaisanah Fourth | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,409 sqft | AED 2,793/sqft | AED 57,000,000 |
| 21 Nov 2018 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | ELLINGTON HOUSEDubai Hills Estate | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 60,760 sqft | AED 880/sqft | AED 53,496,583 |
| 12 Nov 2018 | Saih Shuaib 3 | —Dubai Industrial City | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 447,078 sqft | AED 120/sqft | AED 53,452,225 |
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.