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 2026
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside April 2026. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 14,082 property sales in April 2026, worth AED 48.79B in total, across 114 communities. That is 21% fewer than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,700,000 at AED 1,842/sqft, 16.2% above the same month last year. 73% of sales were off-plan.
Madinat Al Mataar was the busiest community with 1,181 registered sales, while Business Bay took the most money at AED 3.76B.
Against the previous month, Al Khairan First rose 231% to 603 sales, while Al Yelayiss 5 fell 75% to 113.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in April 2026, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 1,181 | +14.9% | 2.71B | 1.60M | 1,625/sqft | 91% |
| Jabal Ali First | 876 | +64.0% | 1.89B | 1.76M | 1,541/sqft | 73% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 845 | -8.6% | 1.04B | 1.05M | 1,604/sqft | 69% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 825 | -8.3% | 1.43B | 1.08M | 1,494/sqft | 87% |
| Palm Deira | 739 | +69.9% | 2.84B | 3.16M | 3,027/sqft | 100% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 681 | +136.5% | 915.08M | 783K | 1,877/sqft | 87% |
| Al Khairan First | 603 | +231.3% | 1.78B | 2.17M | 2,673/sqft | 88% |
| Business Bay | 562 | +13.8% | 3.76B | 2.77M | 2,723/sqft | 65% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 419 | -47.1% | 975.74M | 1.26M | 1,589/sqft | 78% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 346 | -58.2% | 1.19B | 3.04M | 1,822/sqft | 77% |
| Me'Aisem First | 323 | -25.7% | 1.25B | 1.12M | 1,396/sqft | 61% |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 323 | -18.6% | 1.57B | 2.06M | 3,399/sqft | 71% |
| Al Satwa | 316 | +76.5% | 460.29M | 1.45M | 2,233/sqft | 97% |
| Al Barsha South Fifth | 307 | -13.0% | 431.76M | 1.20M | 1,713/sqft | 80% |
| Marsa Dubai | 304 | +30.5% | 1.32B | 2.23M | 2,781/sqft | 25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 3.76B | 562 |
| Palm Deira | 2.84B | 739 |
| Madinat Al Mataar | 2.71B | 1,181 |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 2.67B | 44 |
| Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | 2.00B | 206 |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 1.96B | 261 |
| Jabal Ali First | 1.89B | 876 |
| Al Khairan First | 1.78B | 603 |
| Nad Al Shiba First | 1.57B | 323 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1.43B | 825 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Al Khairan First | 603 | +231.3% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 296 | +214.9% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 681 | +136.5% |
| Warsan Fourth | 131 | +84.5% |
| Al Satwa | 316 | +76.5% |
| Al Yelayiss 5 | 113 | -75.3% |
| Palm Deira | 739 | +69.9% |
| Jabal Ali First | 876 | +64.0% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 346 | -58.2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 419 | -47.1% |
The largest sales of April 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Nad Al Shiba First | Maybach SixMeydan Racecourse Community | FlatResidential · Off-Plan Properties | 3 B/R | 1,325 sqft | AED 378,148/sqft | AED 501,100,000 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Um Suqaim First | — | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 52,886 sqft | AED 7,129/sqft | AED 377,000,000 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Palm Jabal Ali | —Palm Jabal Ali | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 225,892 sqft | AED 1,430/sqft | AED 323,032,711 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Business Bay | —Business Bay | BuildingResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,392 sqft | AED 9,014/sqft | AED 310,000,000 |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Al Jadaf | Binghatti WraithSama Al Jadaf | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 99,220 sqft | AED 3,024/sqft | AED 300,000,000 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Palm Jabal Ali | —Palm Jabal Ali | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 173,440 sqft | AED 1,206/sqft | AED 209,129,122 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Palm Jabal Ali | —Palm Jabal Ali | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 172,898 sqft | AED 1,208/sqft | AED 208,862,715 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Palm Jabal Ali | —Palm Jabal Ali | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 173,299 sqft | AED 1,205/sqft | AED 208,862,715 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Madinat Al Mataar | Discovery DunesDubai World Central | LandOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 95,300 sqft | AED 1,927/sqft | AED 183,625,000 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Al Jadaf | Binghatti StarfallSama Al Jadaf | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 60,600 sqft | AED 2,970/sqft | AED 180,000,000 |
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.