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 — Q1 2022
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 2022. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 20,002 property sales in Q1 2022, worth AED 54.15B in total, across 131 communities. That is 76% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,549,800 at AED 1,126/sqft, 26.3% above the same quarter last year. 41% of sales were off-plan.
Business Bay was the busiest community with 2,056 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 8.00B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Hebiah Fifth rose 1,186% to 1,427 sales, while Nad Al Shiba Third fell 63% to 65.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2022, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 2,056 | +10.2% | 3.24B | 1.05M | 1,553/sqft | 56% |
| Marsa Dubai | 1,620 | -7.8% | 8.00B | 2.25M | 2,387/sqft | 46% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,427 | +1185.6% | 3.14B | 1.71M | 1,083/sqft | 0% |
| Al Merkadh | 1,321 | +140.2% | 3.33B | 1.19M | 1,534/sqft | 82% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,290 | +31.6% | 1.08B | 700K | 913/sqft | 46% |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,055 | +74.7% | 1.90B | 1.82M | 722/sqft | 21% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1,009 | -6.1% | 2.28B | 1.76M | 850/sqft | 67% |
| Burj Khalifa | 916 | +6.1% | 3.26B | 2.40M | 2,233/sqft | 47% |
| Al Khairan First | 797 | +21.5% | 1.96B | 2.24M | 1,803/sqft | 78% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 695 | +2.8% | 2.81B | 1.90M | 1,407/sqft | 40% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 616 | -23.5% | 1.21B | 1.10M | 889/sqft | 8% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 546 | +122.9% | 394.20M | 645K | 1,132/sqft | 67% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 500 | +9.9% | 4.34B | 3.21M | 2,166/sqft | 19% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 495 | -55.8% | 1.63B | 1.84M | 929/sqft | 24% |
| Al Warsan First | 455 | +11.5% | 191.57M | 295K | 454/sqft | 6% |
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 | 8.00B | 1,620 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 4.34B | 500 |
| Al Merkadh | 3.33B | 1,321 |
| Burj Khalifa | 3.26B | 916 |
| Business Bay | 3.24B | 2,056 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 3.14B | 1,427 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 2.81B | 695 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 2.28B | 1,009 |
| Al Khairan First | 1.96B | 797 |
| Jabal Ali First | 1.90B | 1,055 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,427 | +1185.6% |
| Al Wasl | 301 | +189.4% |
| Al Merkadh | 1,321 | +140.2% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 546 | +122.9% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 104 | +103.9% |
| Al Thanyah First | 124 | +93.8% |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,055 | +74.7% |
| Nad Al Shiba Third | 65 | -63.1% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 202 | +61.6% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 104 | +60.0% |
The largest sales of Q1 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Beachgate by AddressDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 96,038 sqft | AED 5,580/sqft | AED 535,920,000 |
| 10 Jan 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 507,475 sqft | AED 985/sqft | AED 500,100,000 |
| 7 Jan 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Grand Bleu Tower interiors by Elie SaabDubai Harbour | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 7,181/sqft | AED 494,710,000 |
| 25 Feb 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Address The BayDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 83,825 sqft | AED 5,688/sqft | AED 476,810,000 |
| 3 Mar 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Beach MansionDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 5,994/sqft | AED 412,950,000 |
| 7 Jan 2022 | Marsa Dubai | MARINA VISTADubai Harbour | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 5,830/sqft | AED 401,620,000 |
| 7 Jan 2022 | Marsa Dubai | Palace Beach ResidenceDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 5,349/sqft | AED 368,510,000 |
| 7 Jan 2022 | Marsa Dubai | BEACH ISLEDubai Harbour | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 68,889 sqft | AED 4,196/sqft | AED 289,030,000 |
| 26 Jan 2022 | Business Bay | PLATINUM TOWERBusiness Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 112,496 sqft | AED 2,400/sqft | AED 270,000,000 |
| 22 Feb 2022 | Palm Jumeirah | Armani Beach Residences At Palm JumeirahPalm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 220,987 sqft | AED 1,086/sqft | AED 240,000,000 |
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.