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 — January 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside January 2019. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,134 property sales in January 2019, worth AED 4.77B in total, across 97 communities. That is 34% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 992,031 at AED 925/sqft, 17.3% below the same month last year. 42% of sales were off-plan.
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid was the busiest community with 216 registered sales, while Business Bay took the most money at AED 394.64M.
Against the previous month, Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid rose 83% to 216 sales, while Palm Jumeirah fell 45% to 67.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in January 2019, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 216 | +83.1% | 239.84M | 973K | 1,368/sqft | 96% |
| Business Bay | 194 | -0.5% | 394.64M | 963K | 1,237/sqft | 41% |
| Marsa Dubai | 150 | -18.5% | 277.36M | 1.38M | 1,366/sqft | 28% |
| Al Warsan First | 117 | -44.0% | 55.91M | 325K | 522/sqft | 25% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 110 | +52.8% | 129.97M | 835K | 861/sqft | 25% |
| Al Merkadh | 106 | -7.8% | 203.00M | 745K | 1,504/sqft | 89% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 102 | -27.7% | 121.99M | 668K | 858/sqft | 52% |
| Burj Khalifa | 82 | -34.4% | 382.39M | 1.96M | 1,696/sqft | 37% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 82 | -39.7% | 147.91M | 1.45M | 665/sqft | 50% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 77 | +8.5% | 54.98M | 468K | 978/sqft | 74% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 77 | +13.2% | 57.75M | 530K | 730/sqft | 31% |
| Nadd Hessa | 73 | 0.0% | 226.32M | 490K | 698/sqft | 26% |
| Jabal Ali First | 68 | +25.9% | 72.86M | 577K | 760/sqft | 3% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 67 | -45.1% | 333.07M | 1.85M | 2,090/sqft | 13% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 52 | +26.8% | 106.98M | 1.77M | 668/sqft | 81% |
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 | 394.64M | 194 |
| Burj Khalifa | 382.39M | 82 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 333.07M | 67 |
| Marsa Dubai | 277.36M | 150 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 239.84M | 216 |
| Nadd Hessa | 226.32M | 73 |
| Al Merkadh | 203.00M | 106 |
| Al Jadaf | 167.92M | 10 |
| Me'Aisem First | 150.71M | 48 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 147.91M | 82 |
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 | 216 | +83.1% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 110 | +52.8% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 67 | -45.1% |
| Al Warsan First | 117 | -44.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 82 | -39.7% |
| Burj Khalifa | 82 | -34.4% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 102 | -27.7% |
| Jabal Ali First | 68 | +25.9% |
| Marsa Dubai | 150 | -18.5% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 77 | +13.2% |
The largest sales of January 2019
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jan 2019 | Burj Khalifa | SOLARA TOWER DUBAIDownTown Dubai | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,022 sqft | AED 3,392/sqft | AED 190,000,000 |
| 21 Jan 2019 | Business Bay | ONE RIVER POINTBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 57,737 sqft | AED 2,346/sqft | AED 135,451,500 |
| 8 Jan 2019 | Al Nahda First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,000 sqft | AED 4,333/sqft | AED 130,000,000 |
| 31 Jan 2019 | Al Jadaf | Kempinski Residences The CreekDubai Health Care City Phase 2 | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 235,576 sqft | AED 440/sqft | AED 103,547,739 |
| 30 Jan 2019 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,493 sqft | AED 3,936/sqft | AED 92,472,400 |
| 31 Jan 2019 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,493 sqft | AED 3,936/sqft | AED 92,472,400 |
| 22 Jan 2019 | Al Manara | — | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 18,224 sqft | AED 3,400/sqft | AED 61,962,000 |
| 15 Jan 2019 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 266,457 sqft | AED 203/sqft | AED 54,000,000 |
| 9 Jan 2019 | Al Jadaf | Binghatti CreekDubai Health Care City Phase 2 | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,007 sqft | AED 1,519/sqft | AED 51,640,238 |
| 9 Jan 2019 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,386 sqft | AED 3,315/sqft | AED 51,000,000 |
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.