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 — April 2024
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 2024. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 11,558 property sales in April 2024, worth AED 32.25B in total, across 113 communities. That is 45% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,470,397 at AED 1,531/sqft, 18.6% above the same month last year. 61% of sales were off-plan.
Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 1,580 registered sales, while Zaabeel First took the most money at AED 3.39B.
Against the previous month, Zaabeel First rose 128% to 1,091 sales, while Nad Al Shiba First fell 70% to 65.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2024, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1,580 | +17.7% | 1.60B | 810K | 1,272/sqft | 80% |
| Zaabeel First | 1,091 | +127.8% | 3.39B | 2.99M | 2,596/sqft | 100% |
| Business Bay | 755 | -16.6% | 1.38B | 1.45M | 2,217/sqft | 51% |
| Marsa Dubai | 499 | -24.6% | 1.55B | 2.44M | 2,181/sqft | 34% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 441 | +79.3% | 1.09B | 2.21M | 2,169/sqft | 82% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 424 | -19.5% | 886.68M | 979K | 1,450/sqft | 70% |
| Al Merkadh | 409 | -50.7% | 805.21M | 930K | 1,741/sqft | 56% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 389 | +0.3% | 865.82M | 1.36M | 1,636/sqft | 64% |
| Jabal Ali First | 389 | -25.9% | 690.09M | 1.16M | 1,161/sqft | 53% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 350 | -24.7% | 664.21M | 1.08M | 1,224/sqft | 46% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 337 | +15.0% | 779.49M | 2.15M | 1,132/sqft | 46% |
| Al Barshaa South Third | 308 | -16.8% | 336.83M | 956K | 1,304/sqft | 81% |
| Ras Al Khor Industrial First | 301 | +99.3% | 733.59M | 1.82M | 2,120/sqft | 100% |
| Al Yelayiss 2 | 297 | +4.2% | 356.58M | 1.17M | 1,127/sqft | 79% |
| Burj Khalifa | 291 | -26.1% | 1.15B | 2.70M | 2,586/sqft | 34% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zaabeel First | 3.39B | 1,091 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 1.68B | 155 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 1.60B | 1,580 |
| Marsa Dubai | 1.55B | 499 |
| Business Bay | 1.38B | 755 |
| Palm Deira | 1.18B | 130 |
| Burj Khalifa | 1.15B | 291 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 1.09B | 441 |
| Al Jadaf | 903.20M | 147 |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 886.68M | 424 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zaabeel First | 1,091 | +127.8% |
| Ras Al Khor Industrial First | 301 | +99.3% |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 441 | +79.3% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 65 | -70.0% |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 207 | -52.6% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 123 | -52.3% |
| Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah | 167 | -51.3% |
| Al Merkadh | 409 | -50.7% |
| Madinat Hind 4 | 152 | -44.3% |
| Wadi Al Safa 2 | 117 | -42.9% |
The largest sales of April 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2024 | Al Barsha First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 102,318 sqft | AED 3,866/sqft | AED 395,600,000 |
| 22 Apr 2024 | Trade Center First | Trump Tower | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 15,000 sqft | AED 25,333/sqft | AED 380,000,000 |
| 4 Apr 2024 | Nad Al Shiba Third | — | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,358,419 sqft | AED 184/sqft | AED 250,000,000 |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Port Saeed | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 54,045 sqft | AED 4,272/sqft | AED 230,900,000 |
| 3 Apr 2024 | Mankhool | — | LandMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 79,031 sqft | AED 2,300/sqft | AED 181,771,300 |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Al Murqabat | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 41,454 sqft | AED 3,667/sqft | AED 152,000,000 |
| 3 Apr 2024 | Al Thanayah Fourth | Emirates HillsEmirates Living | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 79,274 sqft | AED 1,867/sqft | AED 148,000,000 |
| 4 Apr 2024 | World Islands | —The World | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 657,937 sqft | AED 198/sqft | AED 130,482,345 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | Al Barshaa South Second | —Dubai Science Park | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 387,167 sqft | AED 258/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
| 22 Apr 2024 | Trade Center First | Trump Tower | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,587 sqft | AED 62,721/sqft | AED 99,539,503 |
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.