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 — September 2019
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside September 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 3,038 property sales in September 2019, worth AED 5.27B in total, across 90 communities. That is 25% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,080,000 at AED 922/sqft, 7.3% above the same month last year. 59% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 227 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 464.72M.
Against the previous month, Madinat Al Mataar rose 150% to 185 sales, while Burj Khalifa fell 29% to 101.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in September 2019, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 227 | -26.1% | 464.72M | 1.61M | 1,176/sqft | 45% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 188 | +88.0% | 65.60M | 295K | 400/sqft | 92% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 185 | +150.0% | 151.96M | 690K | 746/sqft | 96% |
| Business Bay | 184 | +55.9% | 213.63M | 963K | 1,520/sqft | 64% |
| Al Merkadh | 171 | +418.2% | 263.62M | 720K | 1,468/sqft | 96% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 167 | +41.5% | 244.09M | 1.33M | 746/sqft | 89% |
| Al Khairan First | 132 | +65.0% | 213.91M | 1.37M | 1,446/sqft | 96% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 124 | +25.3% | 88.99M | 508K | 935/sqft | 53% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 123 | -0.8% | 407.42M | 1.50M | 1,266/sqft | 71% |
| Al Warsan First | 104 | +35.1% | 37.19M | 298K | 465/sqft | 1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 101 | -28.9% | 263.87M | 2.07M | 1,702/sqft | 47% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 100 | +25.0% | 102.87M | 673K | 796/sqft | 28% |
| Jabal Ali First | 100 | -26.5% | 111.45M | 737K | 674/sqft | 20% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 95 | +55.7% | 55.80M | 438K | 729/sqft | 32% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 82 | +148.5% | 103.28M | 823K | 1,179/sqft | 66% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 464.72M | 227 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 407.42M | 123 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 269.14M | 41 |
| Burj Khalifa | 263.87M | 101 |
| Al Merkadh | 263.62M | 171 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 249.65M | 58 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 244.09M | 167 |
| Al Khairan First | 213.91M | 132 |
| Business Bay | 213.63M | 184 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 151.96M | 185 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 185 | +150.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 188 | +88.0% |
| Al Khairan First | 132 | +65.0% |
| Business Bay | 184 | +55.9% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 95 | +55.7% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 167 | +41.5% |
| Al Warsan First | 104 | +35.1% |
| Burj Khalifa | 101 | -28.9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 100 | -26.5% |
| Marsa Dubai | 227 | -26.1% |
The largest sales of September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2019 | Al Thanyah Third | —The Greens | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 59,643 sqft | AED 3,315/sqft | AED 197,730,769 |
| 25 Sept 2019 | Al Merkadh | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY-DISTRICT ONE PHASE II VILLAS | Villaأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,858 sqft | AED 3,937/sqft | AED 90,000,000 |
| 11 Sept 2019 | Al Goze First | — | BuildingMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 19,860 sqft | AED 2,769/sqft | AED 55,000,000 |
| 12 Sept 2019 | Al Nahda Second | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 3,533/sqft | AED 53,000,000 |
| 25 Sept 2019 | Al Safouh Second | —Site A | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,019 sqft | AED 1,499/sqft | AED 48,000,000 |
| 9 Sept 2019 | Ghadeer Al tair | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 147,723 sqft | AED 300/sqft | AED 44,307,000 |
| 26 Sept 2019 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills Grove CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS GROVE | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,242 sqft | AED 947/sqft | AED 40,000,000 |
| 25 Sept 2019 | Al Karama | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,000 sqft | AED 3,900/sqft | AED 39,000,000 |
| 23 Sept 2019 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | —Dubai Hills Estate | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 35,104 sqft | AED 1,081/sqft | AED 37,942,748 |
| 9 Sept 2019 | Al Satwa | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 39,251 sqft | AED 600/sqft | AED 23,551,000 |
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.