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 — November 2020
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside November 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 3,871 property sales in November 2020, worth AED 7.54B in total, across 97 communities. That is 29% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,250,000 at AED 915/sqft, 5% below the same month last year. 41% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 413 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 695.42M.
Against the previous month, Palm Jumeirah rose 137% to 159 sales, while Al Khairan First fell 45% to 62.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in November 2020, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 413 | +60.7% | 695.42M | 1.59M | 2,428/sqft | 35% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 361 | -39.9% | 495.34M | 1.41M | 891/sqft | 86% |
| Business Bay | 294 | +70.9% | 363.12M | 980K | 1,198/sqft | 39% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 249 | +9.2% | 249.16M | 707K | 871/sqft | 61% |
| Burj Khalifa | 201 | +11.0% | 638.67M | 1.87M | 1,774/sqft | 50% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 178 | +30.9% | 261.54M | 696K | 676/sqft | 27% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 160 | +73.9% | 149.12M | 800K | 814/sqft | 41% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 159 | +137.3% | 418.52M | 1.25M | 1,608/sqft | 48% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 149 | -10.8% | 427.57M | 2.16M | 1,075/sqft | 55% |
| Al Merkadh | 135 | -6.3% | 410.98M | 1.25M | 1,498/sqft | 73% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 96 | -15.8% | 153.40M | 1.30M | 695/sqft | 58% |
| Al Thanyah First | 94 | +526.7% | 113.09M | 1.15M | 3,610/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warsan First | 90 | -43.4% | 71.44M | 280K | 423/sqft | 18% |
| Jabal Ali First | 81 | -29.6% | 83.49M | 781K | 454/sqft | 2% |
| Nadd Hessa | 71 | +65.1% | 72.41M | 390K | 546/sqft | 3% |
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 | 695.42M | 413 |
| Burj Khalifa | 638.67M | 201 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 495.34M | 361 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 427.57M | 149 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 418.52M | 159 |
| Al Merkadh | 410.98M | 135 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 383.40M | 67 |
| Business Bay | 363.12M | 294 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 261.54M | 178 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 249.16M | 249 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 159 | +137.3% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 160 | +73.9% |
| Business Bay | 294 | +70.9% |
| Marsa Dubai | 413 | +60.7% |
| Al Khairan First | 62 | -44.6% |
| Al Warsan First | 90 | -43.4% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 361 | -39.9% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 178 | +30.9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 81 | -29.6% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 67 | +26.4% |
The largest sales of November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2020 | Al Goze Industrial Third | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 180,000 sqft | AED 670/sqft | AED 120,650,000 |
| 20 Nov 2020 | Nad Al Hamar | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,528 sqft | AED 2,649/sqft | AED 110,000,000 |
| 19 Nov 2020 | Al Ras | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 13,903 sqft | AED 5,035/sqft | AED 70,000,000 |
| 5 Nov 2020 | Saih Shuaib 2 | — | BuildingIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,899 sqft | AED 1,337/sqft | AED 56,000,000 |
| 11 Nov 2020 | Island 2 | BV MansionsJumeira Bay | VillaOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,310 sqft | AED 2,264/sqft | AED 48,250,000 |
| 19 Nov 2020 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 42,070 sqft | AED 1,141/sqft | AED 48,000,000 |
| 12 Nov 2020 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 32,932 sqft | AED 1,313/sqft | AED 43,246,888 |
| 24 Nov 2020 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,775 sqft | AED 1,668/sqft | AED 43,000,000 |
| 10 Nov 2020 | Al Warsan First | —International City Phase 1 | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 17,835 sqft | AED 2,355/sqft | AED 42,000,000 |
| 2 Nov 2020 | Um Suqaim First | — | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,000 sqft | AED 600/sqft | AED 40,799,917 |
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.