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 — October 2023
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside October 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 11,818 property sales in October 2023, worth AED 38.92B in total, across 118 communities. That is 40% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,500,000 at AED 1,469/sqft, 7.6% above the same month last year. 53% of sales were off-plan.
Al Merkadh was the busiest community with 1,801 registered sales, while Palm Jabal Ali took the most money at AED 4.47B.
Against the previous month, Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah rose 489% to 324 sales, while Al Barshaa South Third fell 68% to 253.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in October 2023, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merkadh | 1,801 | +10.2% | 2.83B | 1.12M | 1,825/sqft | 90% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,507 | -7.7% | 2.14B | 800K | 1,213/sqft | 70% |
| Marsa Dubai | 782 | +14.8% | 3.12B | 3.31M | 3,913/sqft | 58% |
| Business Bay | 721 | -30.3% | 1.53B | 1.38M | 1,881/sqft | 44% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 507 | +14.7% | 1.45B | 2.19M | 2,006/sqft | 79% |
| Burj Khalifa | 477 | +18.7% | 1.70B | 2.40M | 2,702/sqft | 40% |
| Jabal Ali First | 395 | +8.5% | 670.38M | 960K | 1,091/sqft | 33% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 392 | -24.2% | 1.11B | 1.53M | 1,363/sqft | 46% |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 324 | +489.1% | 697.53M | 2.14M | 1,919/sqft | 98% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 306 | -24.1% | 570.33M | 1.10M | 885/sqft | 55% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 266 | +15.7% | 777.21M | 668K | 891/sqft | 29% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 253 | -67.8% | 304.86M | 810K | 1,157/sqft | 62% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 237 | -40.8% | 899.40M | 2.99M | 1,683/sqft | 0% |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 230 | -15.1% | 361.56M | 1.55M | 1,012/sqft | 0% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 225 | -12.1% | 386.75M | 1.22M | 1,503/sqft | 65% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Jabal Ali | 4.47B | 189 |
| Marsa Dubai | 3.12B | 782 |
| Al Merkadh | 2.83B | 1,801 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 2.82B | 153 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 2.14B | 1,507 |
| Al Safouh Second | 1.85B | 6 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.70B | 477 |
| Business Bay | 1.53B | 721 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.45B | 507 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1.11B | 392 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 324 | +489.1% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 164 | +115.8% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 104 | +79.3% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 253 | -67.8% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 158 | -59.8% |
| Al Jadaf | 67 | -47.7% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 102 | -46.9% |
| Al Khairan First | 184 | -46.8% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 152 | -44.7% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 237 | -40.8% |
The largest sales of October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2023 | Al Safouh Second | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,753,158 sqft | AED 666/sqft | AED 1,834,286,000 |
| 9 Oct 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 584,346 sqft | AED 1,711/sqft | AED 1,000,000,000 |
| 9 Oct 2023 | Palm Deira | —Palm Deira | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 2,599,643 sqft | AED 231/sqft | AED 600,000,000 |
| 5 Oct 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | AVA AT PALM JUMEIRAH BY OMNIYATPalm Jumeirah | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 32,160 sqft | AED 6,841/sqft | AED 220,000,000 |
| 6 Oct 2023 | Zaabeel First | One Za'abeel | Hotel ApartmentHospitality · Off-Plan Properties | 1 B/R | 41,737 sqft | AED 4,792/sqft | AED 200,000,000 |
| 23 Oct 2023 | Marsa Dubai | Residences Du Port, Dubai Marina, Autograph Collection ResidencesDubai Marina | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 213,355 sqft | AED 626/sqft | AED 133,606,088 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,392 sqft | AED 3,838/sqft | AED 132,000,000 |
| 9 Oct 2023 | Al Thanyah Fifth | —DMCC Master Community | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 115,213 sqft | AED 1,058/sqft | AED 121,837,500 |
| 18 Oct 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | EOMEPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 6 B/R | 24,229 sqft | AED 4,953/sqft | AED 120,000,000 |
| 12 Oct 2023 | Al Goze Industrial Second | — | LandHospitality · Existing Properties | Not specified | 266,150 sqft | AED 447/sqft | AED 118,885,000 |
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.