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 2023
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q1 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 30,823 property sales in Q1 2023, worth AED 88.75B in total, across 134 communities. That is 54% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,533,753 at AED 1,285/sqft, 14.2% above the same quarter last year. 51% of sales were off-plan.
Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 3,283 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 8.37B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Yelayiss 2 rose 619% to 1,036 sales, while Al Hebiah Sixth fell 86% to 81.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q1 2023, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 3,283 | +67.6% | 3.04B | 676K | 1,063/sqft | 69% |
| Business Bay | 2,712 | -9.8% | 6.14B | 1.44M | 2,037/sqft | 55% |
| Marsa Dubai | 2,210 | -2.3% | 8.37B | 2.50M | 2,704/sqft | 45% |
| Al Khairan First | 1,752 | +96.6% | 7.39B | 2.25M | 2,018/sqft | 82% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,443 | +41.9% | 4.45B | 2.27M | 1,225/sqft | 0% |
| Al Merkadh | 1,371 | -41.9% | 3.06B | 1.38M | 1,800/sqft | 74% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1,346 | +84.6% | 2.64B | 2.09M | 988/sqft | 71% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1,115 | -13.5% | 3.73B | 1.94M | 1,878/sqft | 65% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,105 | +15.6% | 4.57B | 2.65M | 2,521/sqft | 49% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,064 | +13.3% | 2.40B | 946K | 1,041/sqft | 38% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 1,036 | +619.4% | 1.04B | 661K | 1,052/sqft | 89% |
| Jabal Ali First | 868 | -43.5% | 1.59B | 871K | 912/sqft | 12% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 775 | +38.4% | 758.58M | 569K | 1,034/sqft | 74% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 773 | -50.4% | 6.67B | 3.71M | 2,602/sqft | 31% |
| Al Warsan First | 700 | +19.7% | 436.88M | 345K | 519/sqft | 20% |
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 | 8.37B | 2,210 |
| Al Khairan First | 7.39B | 1,752 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 6.67B | 773 |
| Business Bay | 6.14B | 2,712 |
| Burj Khalifa | 4.57B | 1,105 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 4.45B | 1,443 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 3.73B | 1,115 |
| Al Merkadh | 3.06B | 1,371 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 3.04B | 3,283 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 2.89B | 617 |
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 Yelayiss 2 | 1,036 | +619.4% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 435 | +417.9% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 617 | +173.0% |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 378 | +129.1% |
| Al Hebiah Second | 170 | +102.4% |
| Al Khairan First | 1,752 | +96.6% |
| Al Hebiah Sixth | 81 | -86.0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1,346 | +84.6% |
| Al Kifaf | 337 | +68.5% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 3,283 | +67.6% |
The largest sales of Q1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 2023 | Al Khairan First | CREEKSIDE 18Dubai Creek Harbour | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 7,303,768 sqft | AED 215/sqft | AED 1,570,838,790 |
| 27 Mar 2023 | Al Khairan First | —Dubai Creek Harbour | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 45,107,594 sqft | AED 35/sqft | AED 1,570,838,790 |
| 2 Jan 2023 | Marsa Dubai | DAMAC BAYDubai Harbour | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 116,767 sqft | AED 5,336/sqft | AED 623,067,617 |
| 21 Mar 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | The Alba Residences by OmniyatPalm Jumeirah | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 571,280 sqft | AED 963/sqft | AED 550,000,000 |
| 14 Feb 2023 | Island 2 | Bulgari Lighthouse DubaiJumeira Bay | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 9 B/R | 38,970 sqft | AED 10,521/sqft | AED 410,000,000 |
| 27 Feb 2023 | Al Wasl | DAMAC CITY 2Dubai Water Canal | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 76,750 sqft | AED 5,173/sqft | AED 397,044,000 |
| 2 Feb 2023 | Business Bay | One by BinghattiBusiness Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 108,300 sqft | AED 2,031/sqft | AED 220,000,000 |
| 27 Feb 2023 | Business Bay | CANAL HEIGHTS 2Business Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 61,701 sqft | AED 3,375/sqft | AED 208,246,000 |
| 9 Feb 2023 | Palm Jumeirah | CLUB VILLASPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | 7 B/R | 26,033 sqft | AED 7,030/sqft | AED 183,000,000 |
| 27 Feb 2023 | Business Bay | CANAL CROWNBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 45,498 sqft | AED 3,699/sqft | AED 168,282,000 |
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.