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 2023
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside September 2023. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 13,390 property sales in September 2023, worth AED 36.79B in total, across 112 communities. That is 56% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,489,944 at AED 1,423/sqft, 16.5% above the same month last year. 59% of sales were off-plan.
Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 1,634 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 3.51B.
Against the previous month, Al Hebiah Sixth rose 304% to 331 sales, while Al Yufrah 1 fell 83% to 76.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in September 2023, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 1,634 | +79.2% | 3.16B | 1.51M | 1,853/sqft | 88% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,632 | +65.5% | 1.74B | 807K | 1,233/sqft | 74% |
| Business Bay | 1,035 | -12.7% | 2.61B | 1.47M | 2,328/sqft | 65% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 785 | +22.8% | 722.89M | 790K | 1,373/sqft | 88% |
| Marsa Dubai | 681 | -16.4% | 3.51B | 2.94M | 3,302/sqft | 60% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 517 | -9.3% | 1.12B | 1.58M | 1,585/sqft | 54% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 442 | +68.1% | 1.26B | 1.96M | 1,985/sqft | 81% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 403 | -10.8% | 600.97M | 822K | 947/sqft | 64% |
| Burj Khalifa | 402 | +13.9% | 1.39B | 2.45M | 2,541/sqft | 29% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 400 | +103.0% | 1.77B | 2.96M | 1,730/sqft | 0% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 393 | -25.7% | 1.22B | 3.21M | 828/sqft | 27% |
| Jabal Ali First | 364 | -19.5% | 860.47M | 1.49M | 947/sqft | 15% |
| Al Khairan First | 346 | +7.8% | 897.92M | 2.20M | 2,247/sqft | 61% |
| Al Hebiah Sixth | 331 | +303.7% | 919.68M | 2.85M | 1,236/sqft | 92% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 275 | +31.0% | 296.44M | 1.05M | 1,042/sqft | 77% |
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 | 3.51B | 681 |
| Al Merkadh | 3.16B | 1,634 |
| Business Bay | 2.61B | 1,035 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2.42B | 163 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1.77B | 400 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1.74B | 1,632 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.39B | 402 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.26B | 442 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1.22B | 393 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 1.20B | 192 |
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 Hebiah Sixth | 331 | +303.7% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 400 | +103.0% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 76 | -83.2% |
| Al Merkadh | 1,634 | +79.2% |
| Nadd Hessa | 213 | +76.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 192 | +74.5% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 88 | +69.2% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 442 | +68.1% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,632 | +65.5% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 229 | +61.3% |
The largest sales of September 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sept 2023 | Marsa Dubai | W Residences at Dubai HarbourDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 114,400 sqft | AED 5,445/sqft | AED 622,910,142 |
| 25 Sept 2023 | Al Wasl | —Dubai Water Canal | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 157,521 sqft | AED 3,186/sqft | AED 501,812,955 |
| 25 Sept 2023 | Trade Center First | BURJ AZIZI | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 11,250/sqft | AED 450,000,000 |
| 11 Sept 2023 | Um Suqaim Third | Jumeirah Living Marsa Al Arab | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 19,264 sqft | AED 14,847/sqft | AED 286,000,000 |
| 5 Sept 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | EOMEPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 24,921 sqft | AED 8,106/sqft | AED 202,000,000 |
| 14 Sept 2023 | Business Bay | Enara By OmniyatBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 93,785 sqft | AED 1,919/sqft | AED 180,000,000 |
| 12 Sept 2023 | Marsa Dubai | ROVE HOME DUBAI MARINADubai Marina | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 59,944 sqft | AED 2,502/sqft | AED 150,000,000 |
| 27 Sept 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | EOMEPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 23,789 sqft | AED 6,305/sqft | AED 150,000,000 |
| 7 Sept 2023 | Business Bay | burj capitalBusiness Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 62,734 sqft | AED 2,105/sqft | AED 132,027,525 |
| 11 Sept 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | Como ResidencesPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 7 B/R | 18,912 sqft | AED 6,014/sqft | AED 113,734,800 |
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.