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Monthly report

Dubai property market — August 2026

Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside August 2026. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.

Sales12,203Registered in August 2026down33.3%
Total value28.84BRegistered in August 2026Across 114 communities
Price per sqft1,695/sqftMedian across August 2026down0.9%
Sale price1.20MMedian across August 202667% sold off-plan

In a sentence

The Land Department registered 12,203 property sales in August 2026, worth AED 28.84B in total, across 114 communities. That is 33% fewer than the same month a year earlier.

The median sale was AED 1,200,000 at AED 1,695/sqft, 0.9% below the same month last year. 67% of sales were off-plan.

Madinat Al Mataar was the busiest community with 1,973 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 2.62B.

Against the previous month, Al Yufrah 1 rose 233% to 313 sales, while Bukadra fell 55% to 79.

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 August 2026, and how each moved against the month before.

CommunitySalesvs priorTotal valueMedian pricePrice/sqftOff-plan
Madinat Al Mataar1,973-19.7%2.62B740K1,716/sqft97%
Wadi Al Safa 4945+39.0%918.94M619K1,703/sqft98%
Jabal Ali Industrial Second903-13.7%967.74M721K1,724/sqft99%
Al Barsha South Fourth778-17.7%1.01B1.00M1,423/sqft48%
Jabal Ali First463-14.7%846.12M1.51M1,575/sqft59%
Wadi Al Safa 5462-12.7%1.02B1.18M1,437/sqft78%
Wadi Al Safa 3426-3.8%732.54M977K1,462/sqft81%
Business Bay421-3.7%1.65B1.66M2,202/sqft34%
Al Yufrah 1313+233.0%1.17B4.01M1,930/sqft42%
Al Hebiah Fifth298-10.2%631.39M1.65M1,638/sqft61%
Marsa Dubai283-18.2%966.06M2.50M2,240/sqft7%
Me'Aisem First241-24.2%748.10M930K1,408/sqft56%
Al Barshaa South Third228-20.3%270.17M905K1,459/sqft52%
Al Thanyah Fifth221-51.1%672.40M2.04M2,054/sqft48%
Al Khairan First210+27.3%645.50M2.94M2,483/sqft67%

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
Madinat Al Mataar2.62B1,973
Business Bay1.65B421
Burj Khalifa1.48B164
Al Yufrah 11.17B313
Wadi Al Safa 51.02B462
Al Barsha South Fourth1.01B778
Palm Jumeirah970.22M68
Jabal Ali Industrial Second967.74M903
Marsa Dubai966.06M283
Wadi Al Safa 4918.94M945

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
Al Yufrah 1313+233.0%
Palm Jabal Ali124+67.6%
Bukadra79-55.4%
Al Hebiah Second92-52.3%
Al Thanyah Fifth221-51.1%
Dubai Investment Park First164-43.4%
Warsan Fourth79-43.2%
Wadi Al Safa 4945+39.0%
Wadi Al Safa 260-37.5%
Al Merkadh202-36.5%

The largest sales of August 2026

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
28 Aug 2026Burj Khalifa—DownTown DubaiBuildingOther · Existing PropertiesNot specified378,885 sqftAED 1,914/sqftAED 725,000,000
25 Aug 2026Al Merkadh—LandResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified17,408 sqftAED 9,191/sqftAED 160,000,000
5 Aug 2026Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified15,895 sqftAED 7,864/sqftAED 125,000,000
10 Aug 2026Al Satwa—Jumeirah Garden CityLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified47,676 sqftAED 2,500/sqftAED 119,199,540
4 Aug 2026Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahLandResidential · Existing PropertiesNot specified12,673 sqftAED 9,232/sqftAED 117,000,000
25 Aug 2026Wadi Al Safa 5—Dubai Land Residence ComplexLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified37,995 sqftAED 3,027/sqftAED 115,000,000
14 Aug 2026Palm Jumeirah—Palm JumeirahVillaCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified16,336 sqftAED 6,734/sqftAED 110,000,000
31 Aug 2026Al Barshaa South First—LandOther · Existing PropertiesNot specified193,168 sqftAED 523/sqftAED 101,000,000
6 Aug 2026Al Thanayah FourthEmirates HillsEmirates LivingLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified40,804 sqftAED 2,396/sqftAED 97,750,000
25 Aug 2026Wadi Al Safa 5—Dubai Land Residence ComplexLandCommercial · Existing PropertiesNot specified31,087 sqftAED 2,992/sqftAED 93,000,000

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.