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 — Q3 2023
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 36,161 property sales in Q3 2023, worth AED 107.42B in total, across 133 communities. That is 44% more than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,555,920 at AED 1,403/sqft, 19.9% above the same quarter last year. 55% of sales were off-plan.
Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 3,587 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 10.40B.
Against the previous quarter, Al Yufrah 1 rose 243% to 572 sales, while Jumeirah First fell 45% to 59.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 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 | 3,587 | +9.9% | 3.80B | 800K | 1,189/sqft | 69% |
| Al Merkadh | 3,442 | +153.3% | 6.83B | 1.56M | 1,850/sqft | 85% |
| Business Bay | 2,862 | +58.3% | 6.05B | 1.42M | 2,256/sqft | 61% |
| Marsa Dubai | 2,145 | -31.4% | 10.40B | 3.13M | 3,297/sqft | 56% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 1,880 | +76.4% | 2.23B | 774K | 1,352/sqft | 86% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 1,771 | +10.6% | 3.55B | 1.54M | 1,876/sqft | 58% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1,390 | +24.7% | 2.36B | 1.19M | 1,000/sqft | 73% |
| Al Khairan First | 1,166 | -8.8% | 3.02B | 2.26M | 2,207/sqft | 68% |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,149 | +9.8% | 2.35B | 1.06M | 965/sqft | 26% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1,114 | +158.5% | 2.87B | 2.17M | 865/sqft | 43% |
| Burj Khalifa | 1,092 | -18.4% | 3.93B | 2.45M | 2,549/sqft | 35% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,060 | +41.3% | 3.63B | 2.68M | 1,595/sqft | 0% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1,030 | -33.9% | 3.40B | 2.01M | 1,924/sqft | 70% |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 803 | +88.5% | 1.10B | 1.43M | 973/sqft | 0% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 755 | +13.4% | 2.10B | 706K | 847/sqft | 23% |
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 | 10.40B | 2,145 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 7.47B | 516 |
| Ghadeer Al tair | 7.17B | 440 |
| Al Merkadh | 6.83B | 3,442 |
| Business Bay | 6.05B | 2,862 |
| Burj Khalifa | 3.93B | 1,092 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 3.80B | 3,587 |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 3.63B | 1,060 |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 3.55B | 1,771 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 3.49B | 541 |
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 Yufrah 1 | 572 | +242.5% |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 176 | +175.0% |
| Al Hebiah Sixth | 507 | +168.3% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1,114 | +158.5% |
| Al Merkadh | 3,442 | +153.3% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 233 | +126.2% |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 803 | +88.5% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 1,880 | +76.4% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 692 | +64.4% |
| Business Bay | 2,862 | +58.3% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 |
| 6 Jul 2023 | Um Suqaim Third | Jumeirah Living Marsa Al Arab | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 5 B/R | 27,143 sqft | AED 15,473/sqft | AED 420,000,000 |
| 8 Aug 2023 | Al Wasl | Muraba VeilDubai Water Canal | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 100,135 sqft | AED 3,682/sqft | AED 368,737,560 |
| 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 |
| 18 Jul 2023 | Wadi Al Safa 7 | Reportage Village 1 | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 3,308,801 sqft | AED 86/sqft | AED 285,000,000 |
| 8 Aug 2023 | Trade Center Second | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 25,000 sqft | AED 11,040/sqft | AED 276,000,000 |
| 26 Jul 2023 | Marsa Dubai | —Dubai Marina | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 94,126 sqft | AED 2,815/sqft | AED 265,000,000 |
| 6 Jul 2023 | Marsa Dubai | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,983 sqft | AED 6,579/sqft | AED 230,144,000 |
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.