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 2020
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside May 2020. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 1,257 property sales in May 2020, worth AED 2.31B in total, across 63 communities. That is 60% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,160,757 at AED 1,116/sqft, 7.5% above the same month last year. 62% of sales were off-plan.
Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 330 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 757.81M.
Against the previous month, Al Merkadh rose 378% to 330 sales, while Marsa Dubai fell 55% to 93.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in May 2020, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 330 | +378.3% | 757.81M | 1.27M | 1,666/sqft | 96% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 130 | +35.4% | 140.22M | 546K | 931/sqft | 83% |
| Business Bay | 101 | +27.8% | 148.42M | 1.27M | 1,576/sqft | 76% |
| Marsa Dubai | 93 | -55.1% | 178.61M | 1.50M | 1,655/sqft | 48% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 77 | +108.1% | 55.84M | 392K | 939/sqft | 69% |
| Burj Khalifa | 38 | -50.0% | 82.43M | 1.63M | 1,407/sqft | 18% |
| Jabal Ali First | 34 | +126.7% | 39.36M | 714K | 747/sqft | 9% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 33 | -17.5% | 36.61M | 1.10M | 703/sqft | 91% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 33 | -78.1% | 43.90M | 1.31M | 906/sqft | 79% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 29 | -52.5% | 89.02M | 1.82M | 1,042/sqft | 3% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 24 | +140.0% | 14.70M | 425K | 425/sqft | 4% |
| Nadd Hessa | 24 | +71.4% | 31.80M | 416K | 687/sqft | 46% |
| Al Warsan First | 22 | -50.0% | 7.21M | 314K | 654/sqft | 50% |
| Al Khairan First | 20 | -81.0% | 30.90M | 1.40M | 1,397/sqft | 85% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 18 | +12.5% | 19.21M | 1.04M | 634/sqft | 22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 757.81M | 330 |
| Marsa Dubai | 178.61M | 93 |
| Business Bay | 148.42M | 101 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 140.22M | 130 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 89.02M | 29 |
| Burj Khalifa | 82.43M | 38 |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 71.47M | 1 |
| Um Al Sheif | 63.00M | 1 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 58.84M | 13 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 55.84M | 77 |
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 Merkadh | 330 | +378.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 93 | -55.1% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 130 | +35.4% |
| Business Bay | 101 | +27.8% |
The largest sales of May 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2020 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | CORAL REEFDubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,011 sqft | AED 2,381/sqft | AED 71,470,410 |
| 12 May 2020 | Um Al Sheif | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,036 sqft | AED 4,190/sqft | AED 63,000,000 |
| 1 May 2020 | Al Merkadh | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY-DISTRICT ONE PHASE II VILLAS | Villaأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,757 sqft | AED 2,549/sqft | AED 58,000,000 |
| 4 May 2020 | Al Merkadh | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY-DISTRICT ONE PHASE II VILLAS | Villaأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 22,598 sqft | AED 2,478/sqft | AED 56,000,000 |
| 5 May 2020 | Al Merkadh | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 31,133 sqft | AED 1,767/sqft | AED 55,000,000 |
| 4 May 2020 | Al Barsha South Fourth | —Jumeirah Village Circle | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,241 sqft | AED 2,307/sqft | AED 49,000,000 |
| 11 May 2020 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | Dubai Hills - Hills View CommunityDUBAI HILLS - HILLS VIEW | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 36,695 sqft | AED 1,113/sqft | AED 40,829,776 |
| 14 May 2020 | Al Khabeesi | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 11,634 sqft | AED 1,891/sqft | AED 22,000,000 |
| 18 May 2020 | Al Merkadh | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 23,249 sqft | AED 700/sqft | AED 16,274,300 |
| 18 May 2020 | Business Bay | VOLANTEBusiness Bay | FlatResidential · Existing Properties | 2 B/R | 5,040 sqft | AED 3,095/sqft | AED 15,600,000 |
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.