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 — May 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 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 3,175 property sales in May 2019, worth AED 6.10B in total, across 80 communities. That is 6% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,113,888 at AED 1,038/sqft, 6.2% below the same month last year. 55% of sales were off-plan.
Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 289 registered sales, while Burj Khalifa took the most money at AED 676.06M.
Against the previous month, Al Khairan First rose 174% to 192 sales, while Wadi Al Safa 5 fell 51% to 50.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2019, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 289 | +73.1% | 305.92M | 667K | 1,500/sqft | 97% |
| Burj Khalifa | 286 | +26.0% | 676.06M | 1.84M | 1,839/sqft | 81% |
| Marsa Dubai | 248 | -2.0% | 463.56M | 1.50M | 1,463/sqft | 41% |
| Business Bay | 221 | -16.3% | 223.93M | 843K | 938/sqft | 41% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 194 | -6.3% | 158.19M | 650K | 910/sqft | 51% |
| Al Khairan First | 192 | +174.3% | 326.57M | 1.44M | 1,560/sqft | 98% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 186 | +87.9% | 141.09M | 610K | 711/sqft | 95% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 167 | +51.8% | 374.92M | 1.23M | 1,370/sqft | 86% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 125 | -39.9% | 130.87M | 670K | 818/sqft | 34% |
| Al Warsan First | 94 | -21.0% | 34.32M | 318K | 475/sqft | 4% |
| Jumeirah First | 76 | +406.7% | 191.41M | 1.87M | 1,721/sqft | 92% |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 73 | -2.7% | 195.35M | 1.90M | 869/sqft | 59% |
| Jabal Ali First | 70 | +6.1% | 107.11M | 940K | 670/sqft | 10% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 63 | -14.9% | 437.95M | 2.10M | 1,292/sqft | 22% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 57 | -18.6% | 89.84M | 1.42M | 901/sqft | 51% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 676.06M | 286 |
| Marsa Dubai | 463.56M | 248 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 437.95M | 63 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 374.92M | 167 |
| Al Khairan First | 326.57M | 192 |
| Al Merkadh | 305.92M | 289 |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 238.17M | 24 |
| Business Bay | 223.93M | 221 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 200.85M | 35 |
| Wadi Al Safa 7 | 195.35M | 73 |
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 | 192 | +174.3% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 186 | +87.9% |
| Al Merkadh | 289 | +73.1% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 167 | +51.8% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 50 | -51.0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 125 | -39.9% |
| Nadd Hessa | 51 | -32.0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 53 | -27.4% |
| Burj Khalifa | 286 | +26.0% |
| Al Warsan First | 94 | -21.0% |
The largest sales of May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2019 | Nadd Hessa | —Silicon Oasis | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 37,629 sqft | AED 2,325/sqft | AED 87,500,000 |
| 29 May 2019 | Port Saeed | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,644 sqft | AED 3,384/sqft | AED 80,000,000 |
| 16 May 2019 | Al Goze Industrial Second | — | Buildingأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 130,383 sqft | AED 568/sqft | AED 74,000,000 |
| 8 May 2019 | Palm Jumeirah | ONE AT PALM JUMEIRAHPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 24,018 sqft | AED 3,081/sqft | AED 74,000,000 |
| 14 May 2019 | Jabal Ali Industrial First | —JABAL ALI INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 20,002 sqft | AED 3,400/sqft | AED 68,000,000 |
| 13 May 2019 | Burj Khalifa | Il PRIMODownTown Dubai | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 19,004 sqft | AED 3,337/sqft | AED 63,412,100 |
| 30 May 2019 | Dubai Investment Park First | —Dubai Investment Park First | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 94,841 sqft | AED 589/sqft | AED 55,875,000 |
| 6 May 2019 | Palm Jumeirah | THE ROYAL ATLANTIS,RESORT AND RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 3 B/R | 6,803 sqft | AED 6,320/sqft | AED 43,000,000 |
| 30 May 2019 | Palm Jumeirah | THE ROYAL ATLANTIS,RESORT AND RESIDENCESPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 4 B/R | 6,921 sqft | AED 5,779/sqft | AED 40,000,000 |
| 6 May 2019 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,849 sqft | AED 1,111/sqft | AED 36,500,000 |
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.