Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q2 2018
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q2 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 8,436 property sales in Q2 2018, worth AED 20.87B in total, across 124 communities. That is 25% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,140,000 at AED 1,073/sqft, 10.6% above the same quarter last year. 49% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 795 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.03B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Barshaa South Third rose 171% to 203 sales, while Al Kifaf fell 65% to 76.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q2 2018, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 795 | -5.0% | 2.03B | 975K | 1,493/sqft | 71% |
| Marsa Dubai | 695 | -1.0% | 1.40B | 1.60M | 1,526/sqft | 41% |
| Al Merkadh | 547 | -8.4% | 1.30B | 595K | 1,469/sqft | 96% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 534 | -12.7% | 928.95M | 758K | 951/sqft | 63% |
| Burj Khalifa | 363 | +45.8% | 1.05B | 2.06M | 1,709/sqft | 50% |
| Al Warsan First | 361 | -16.2% | 361.19M | 410K | 630/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 321 | -11.6% | 546.43M | 1.05M | 842/sqft | 3% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 300 | +19.5% | 388.34M | 1.36M | 677/sqft | 91% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 296 | -28.2% | 263.99M | 604K | 899/sqft | 14% |
| Jabal Ali First | 289 | -23.5% | 437.41M | 660K | 898/sqft | 20% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 252 | -1.9% | 963.79M | 2.24M | 1,884/sqft | 29% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 239 | +19.5% | 630.30M | 2.20M | 1,086/sqft | 71% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 238 | +12.3% | 149.01M | 470K | 893/sqft | 96% |
| Nadd Hessa | 223 | -15.5% | 179.49M | 550K | 733/sqft | 31% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 211 | +81.9% | 401.12M | 1.07M | 1,152/sqft | 45% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 2.03B | 795 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.40B | 695 |
| Al Merkadh | 1.30B | 547 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.05B | 363 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 963.79M | 252 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 928.95M | 534 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 787.14M | 76 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 630.30M | 239 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 546.43M | 321 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 454.71M | 114 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Al Barshaa South Third | 203 | +170.7% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 211 | +81.9% |
| Al Kifaf | 76 | -65.0% |
| Al Jadaf | 60 | -48.7% |
| Burj Khalifa | 363 | +45.8% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 68 | -38.7% |
| Al Yufrah 2 | 101 | +29.5% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 296 | -28.2% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 65 | -26.1% |
| Jabal Ali First | 289 | -23.5% |
The largest sales of Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2018 | Business Bay | U-BORA TOWERSBusiness Bay | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,723,935 sqft | AED 435/sqft | AED 750,000,000 |
| 27 Jun 2018 | Al Merkadh | —SOBHA HARTLAND | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 411,363 sqft | AED 875/sqft | AED 360,000,000 |
| 18 Jun 2018 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,468 sqft | AED 8,649/sqft | AED 350,000,000 |
| 2 Apr 2018 | Muhaisanah First | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 625,446 sqft | AED 442/sqft | AED 276,226,203 |
| 28 May 2018 | Al Qusais Industrial Second | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 199,758 sqft | AED 1,277/sqft | AED 255,000,000 |
| 15 May 2018 | Al Rega | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 9,698 sqft | AED 23,716/sqft | AED 230,000,000 |
| 22 May 2018 | Nad Al Shiba Third | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,257,699 sqft | AED 180/sqft | AED 226,384,740 |
| 24 May 2018 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | —Dubai Land Residence Complex | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 137,693 sqft | AED 1,598/sqft | AED 220,000,000 |
| 7 May 2018 | Al Satwa | —Jumeirah Garden City | LandHospitality · Existing Properties | Not specified | 83,651 sqft | AED 2,600/sqft | AED 217,493,000 |
| 23 May 2018 | Al Merkadh | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 7,000,735 sqft | AED 23/sqft | AED 163,508,091 |
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.