Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Quarterly report
Dubai property market — Q2 2020
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q2 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 5,031 property sales in Q2 2020, worth AED 10.13B in total, across 89 communities. That is 41% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,228,888 at AED 1,030/sqft, 3.2% above the same quarter last year. 60% of sales were off-plan.
Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 541 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 1.37B.
Against the previous quarter, Um Suqaim Third rose 31% to 114 sales, while Burj Khalifa fell 70% to 211.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q2 2020, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 541 | +9.7% | 1.37B | 1.28M | 1,670/sqft | 93% |
| Marsa Dubai | 470 | -51.5% | 1.14B | 1.70M | 1,965/sqft | 62% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 381 | -16.1% | 341.83M | 538K | 989/sqft | 77% |
| Business Bay | 370 | -48.3% | 534.27M | 1.19M | 1,536/sqft | 62% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 302 | -40.2% | 368.45M | 1.28M | 662/sqft | 64% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 245 | -16.9% | 626.75M | 1.45M | 1,033/sqft | 56% |
| Burj Khalifa | 211 | -69.6% | 706.01M | 2.55M | 1,984/sqft | 55% |
| Al Warsan First | 200 | -20.3% | 89.38M | 327K | 799/sqft | 65% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 167 | -59.5% | 158.00M | 465K | 912/sqft | 53% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 165 | -42.1% | 191.93M | 1.10M | 693/sqft | 84% |
| Al Khairan First | 161 | -57.3% | 267.54M | 1.46M | 1,429/sqft | 98% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 154 | -43.4% | 506.19M | 1.44M | 1,624/sqft | 46% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 131 | -56.2% | 119.55M | 675K | 1,048/sqft | 64% |
| Um Suqaim Third | 114 | +31.0% | 276.21M | 1.46M | 1,631/sqft | 98% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 99 | -36.9% | 95.71M | 952K | 773/sqft | 10% |
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 | 1.37B | 541 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.14B | 470 |
| Burj Khalifa | 706.01M | 211 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 626.75M | 245 |
| Business Bay | 534.27M | 370 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 506.19M | 154 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 368.45M | 302 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 341.83M | 381 |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 291.69M | 5 |
| Um Suqaim Third | 276.21M | 114 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous quarter. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 211 | -69.6% |
| Jabal Ali First | 87 | -60.6% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 167 | -59.5% |
| Al Khairan First | 161 | -57.3% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 131 | -56.2% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 91 | -52.8% |
| Marsa Dubai | 470 | -51.5% |
| Nadd Hessa | 90 | -50.5% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 96 | -49.7% |
| Business Bay | 370 | -48.3% |
The largest sales of Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2020 | Al Yufrah 1 | — | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 10,894,900 sqft | AED 18/sqft | AED 200,100,000 |
| 2 Jun 2020 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | —Dubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 30,011 sqft | AED 3,729/sqft | AED 111,920,894 |
| 16 Jun 2020 | Wadi Al Safa 2 | Q - Zone (Qpoint - Phase III) MU007Liwan1 | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 50,600 sqft | AED 1,581/sqft | AED 80,000,000 |
| 3 Jun 2020 | Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | Prestige One ResidencesDubai Maritime City | LandIndustrial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 61,023 sqft | AED 1,243/sqft | AED 75,881,042 |
| 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 |
| 24 Jun 2020 | Al Merkadh | MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY- DISTRICT ONE, PHASE 1 | Villaأخرى · Existing Properties | Not specified | 29,819 sqft | AED 2,012/sqft | AED 60,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 6 Apr 2020 | Bukadra | Helvetia Verde | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 27,930 sqft | AED 1,980/sqft | AED 55,291,720 |
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.