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 2026
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside Q3 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 37,633 property sales in Q3 2026, worth AED 93.53B in total, across 149 communities. That is 36% fewer than the same quarter a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,214,300 at AED 1,687/sqft, 0.4% above the same quarter last year. 68% of sales were off-plan.
Madinat Al Mataar was the busiest community with 5,358 registered sales, and also took the most money at AED 7.00B.
Against the previous quarter, Jabal Ali Industrial Second rose 462% to 2,573 sales, while Saih Shuaib 1 fell 82% to 72.
Sales by quarter
Price per square foot by quarter
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in Q3 2026, and how each moved against the quarter before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 5,358 | -0.7% | 7.00B | 738K | 1,701/sqft | 95% |
| Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 2,573 | +461.8% | 2.92B | 748K | 1,731/sqft | 99% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 2,536 | +16.7% | 3.57B | 970K | 1,408/sqft | 49% |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 1,983 | +118.6% | 4.32B | 629K | 1,714/sqft | 97% |
| Jabal Ali First | 1,549 | -34.1% | 3.41B | 1.58M | 1,591/sqft | 63% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 1,526 | -16.4% | 2.37B | 903K | 1,438/sqft | 85% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 1,458 | -26.8% | 2.65B | 1.07M | 1,395/sqft | 76% |
| Business Bay | 1,295 | -10.3% | 4.50B | 1.80M | 2,137/sqft | 35% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 1,040 | -21.3% | 2.03B | 1.59M | 1,641/sqft | 65% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 913 | +3.5% | 2.55B | 2.00M | 2,211/sqft | 57% |
| Marsa Dubai | 867 | +14.2% | 2.91B | 2.45M | 2,257/sqft | 12% |
| Dubai Investment Park First | 802 | -22.5% | 1.15B | 971K | 1,051/sqft | 92% |
| Me'Aisem First | 794 | +5.3% | 2.85B | 962K | 1,455/sqft | 57% |
| Al Khairan First | 766 | -18.4% | 2.21B | 2.55M | 2,537/sqft | 68% |
| Al Hebiah First | 765 | +40.1% | 1.43B | 1.10M | 1,802/sqft | 86% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 7.00B | 5,358 |
| Business Bay | 4.50B | 1,295 |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 4.32B | 1,983 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 3.57B | 2,536 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 3.47B | 230 |
| Jabal Ali First | 3.41B | 1,549 |
| Burj Khalifa | 3.04B | 532 |
| Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 2.92B | 2,573 |
| Marsa Dubai | 2.91B | 867 |
| Me'Aisem First | 2.85B | 794 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jabal Ali Industrial Second | 2,573 | +461.8% |
| Al Yufrah 1 | 688 | +312.0% |
| Palm Jabal Ali | 224 | +187.2% |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 1,983 | +118.6% |
| Saih Shuaib 1 | 72 | -81.5% |
| Al Hebiah Third | 492 | +74.5% |
| Zaabeel Second | 92 | -73.3% |
| Al Satwa | 169 | -70.2% |
| Palm Deira | 482 | -65.1% |
| Saih Shuaib 2 | 267 | +47.5% |
The largest sales of Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Burj Khalifa | —DownTown Dubai | BuildingOther · Existing Properties | Not specified | 378,885 sqft | AED 1,914/sqft | AED 725,000,000 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Al Thanyah First | —TECOM Site C | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 79,042 sqft | AED 8,540/sqft | AED 675,000,000 |
| 3 Jul 2026 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,551,249 sqft | AED 369/sqft | AED 571,748,614 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,554,586 sqft | AED 300/sqft | AED 466,375,751 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Wadi Al Safa 4 | —City Of Arabia | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 1,129,206 sqft | AED 320/sqft | AED 361,346,052 |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Al Nahda First | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 7,125/sqft | AED 285,000,000 |
| 1 Sept 2026 | Palm Jumeirah | EOMEPalm Jumeirah | VillaResidential · Existing Properties | 6 B/R | 26,551 sqft | AED 9,792/sqft | AED 260,000,000 |
| 1 Sept 2026 | Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid | —DUBAI HILLS - HILLS VIEW | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 34,188 sqft | AED 7,371/sqft | AED 252,000,000 |
| 18 Sept 2026 | Al Goze Industrial Third | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 48,380 sqft | AED 3,952/sqft | AED 191,200,000 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Al Barsha South Fourth | Serenz by DanubeJumeirah Village Circle | BuildingMulti-Use · Existing Properties | Not specified | 104,572 sqft | AED 1,800/sqft | AED 188,270,919 |
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.