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Dubai property market — March 2025

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside March 2025. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales15,256Registered in March 2025up15.7% vs a year earlier
Total valueAED 47.69BRegistered in March 2025Across 117 communities
Price per sqftAED 1,597/sqftMedian across March 2025up9.1% vs a year earlier
Sale priceAED 1.62MMedian across March 202559% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 15,256 property sales in March 2025, worth AED 47.69B in total, across 117 communities. That is 16% more than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,622,888 at AED 1,597/sqft, 9.1% above the same month last year. 59% of sales were off-plan.

Al Barsha South Fourth was the busiest community with 1,374 registered sales, while Marsa Dubai took the most money at AED 4.11B.

Against the previous month, Wadi Al Safa 2 rose 96% to 102 sales, while Wadi Al Safa 4 fell 58% to 60.

Sales by month

Price per square foot by month

Median price per sqft

Where the sales were

The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in March 2025, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Al Barsha South Fourth1,374+9.0%AED 1.78BAED 1.07MAED 1,432/sqft67%
Business Bay1,127+29.4%AED 3.01BAED 1.61MAED 2,397/sqft63%
Marsa Dubai995+11.4%AED 4.11BAED 2.31MAED 3,284/sqft59%
Madinat Al Mataar938+20.6%AED 2.25BAED 2.05MAED 1,852/sqft89%
Wadi Al Safa 5913-29.8%AED 2.08BAED 1.23MAED 1,310/sqft75%
Al Yelayiss 1648-9.5%AED 2.07BAED 2.54MAED 1,503/sqft0%
Me'Aisem First639+90.7%AED 859.35MAED 500KAED 1,330/sqft77%
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah503+58.2%AED 1.70BAED 2.57MAED 2,767/sqft99%
Al Hebiah First499+46.3%AED 746.26MAED 1.28MAED 1,864/sqft85%
Jabal Ali First480-17.8%AED 847.17MAED 1.16MAED 1,272/sqft48%
Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid431-9.1%AED 1.40BAED 2.11MAED 2,385/sqft56%
Al Thanyah Fifth427-0.9%AED 1.14BAED 1.77MAED 1,840/sqft45%
Al Hebiah Fourth401+74.3%AED 1.01BAED 932KAED 1,454/sqft60%
Al Yufrah 1383-44.4%AED 1.44BAED 3.42MAED 1,367/sqft83%
Burj Khalifa341-5.0%AED 1.61BAED 3.07MAED 2,845/sqft29%

Where the money went

Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.

CommunityValueSales
Marsa DubaiAED 4.11B995
Business BayAED 3.01B1,127
Madinat Al MataarAED 2.25B938
Palm Jabal AliAED 2.24B104
Wadi Al Safa 5AED 2.08B913
Al Yelayiss 1AED 2.07B648
Al Barsha South FourthAED 1.78B1,374
Madinat Dubai AlmelaheyahAED 1.70B503
Burj KhalifaAED 1.61B341
Al Yufrah 1AED 1.44B383

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.

CommunitySalesChange
Wadi Al Safa 2102+96.2%
Me'Aisem First639+90.7%
Al Hebiah Fourth401+74.3%
Al Satwa95+66.7%
Al Jadaf252+61.5%
Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah503+58.2%
Wadi Al Safa 460-57.7%
Madinat Hind 4212-55.7%
Al Hebiah First499+46.3%
Al Yufrah 1383-44.4%

The largest sales of March 2025

Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.

Registered property transactions from the Dubai Land Department
DateCommunityProject / buildingTypeBedsSizePrice/sqftPrice
6 Mar 2025Al Rowaiyah First—LandExisting PropertiesNot specified18,468,184 sqftAED 60/sqftAED 1,110,000,000
17 Mar 2025Al Safouh First—VillaExisting PropertiesNot specified932,234 sqftAED 1,180/sqftAED 1,100,000,000
25 Mar 2025Trade Center First—BuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified60,268 sqftAED 16,593/sqftAED 1,000,000,000
4 Mar 2025Island 2—Jumeira BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified26,896 sqftAED 12,270/sqftAED 330,000,000
3 Mar 2025Marsa Dubai—Dubai MarinaBuildingExisting PropertiesNot specified36,850 sqftAED 8,684/sqftAED 320,000,000
27 Mar 2025Al Safouh FirstShahrukhz by DanubeSufouh GardensLandExisting PropertiesNot specified58,160 sqftAED 4,470/sqftAED 260,000,000
3 Mar 2025Madinat Dubai AlmelaheyahPrestige One ResidencesDubai Maritime CityLandExisting PropertiesNot specified61,023 sqftAED 3,114/sqftAED 190,000,000
13 Mar 2025Island 2—Jumeira BayLandExisting PropertiesNot specified16,014 sqftAED 11,865/sqftAED 190,000,000
21 Mar 2025Business BayDowntown ResidencesLandExisting PropertiesNot specified20,000 sqftAED 9,000/sqftAED 180,000,000
11 Mar 2025Al Jadaf—Dubai Health Care City Phase 2LandExisting PropertiesNot specified177,132 sqftAED 883/sqftAED 156,370,640

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.