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Data through 12 Oct 2026 · registered sales only · updated weekly
Registered sale transactions across all of Dubai, computed from official Dubai Land Department open data. Medians are outlier-trimmed; mortgages and gifts are tracked separately under registration activity, never mixed into sale prices.
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Sales volume · 12M
AED 473.9B
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · Methodology ↗
Transactions per month · all of Dubai
11,033 in Sept 2026
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · trans_group = Sales · quality-filtered · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Median price per sqft
AED 1,735
▲ 5.6%YoY
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · outlier-trimmed median of clean sales · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Ready vs. off-plan per month
65% off-plan latest
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · reg_type per DLD · Methodology ↗
Median price per sqft: off-plan vs ready
Off-plan +23% vs ready · latest
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · per-cell monthly medians by reg_type · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Distribution of price per sqft · 12M
AED 1,735/sqft median
Shaded band = the middle 50% of sales (AED 1,404–2,250/sqft). 151,288 apartment and villa sales; axis shows AED 500–4,500/sqft.
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · built residential · the shape behind the median · Methodology ↗
Transactions by property type · 12M
- Apartments & units84.6%148,229 txAED 265.6B
- Land7.1%12,488 txAED 139.9B
- Villas4.1%7,234 txAED 33.5B
- Buildings4.1%7,202 txAED 34.9B
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · property_type per DLD · Methodology ↗
Seasonality
Typical registered sales by calendar month, averaged over the 8 complete years 2017–2024. The most recent months are excluded while their registrations are still settling, and the seasonal index is adjusted for the market's growth trend, so a fast-growing year cannot make its closing months look busier than they seasonally are. October is seasonally the strongest month, about 28% above the quietest, June.
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · registered sales · complete calendar years 2017–2024 · recent months excluded for registration lag · Methodology ↗
Sales by price band
Registered apartment and villa sales grouped by price, trailing 12 months. Homes under AED 2M are 70% of transactions but only 39% of the money. Most of the market’s value sits in the higher bands.
- Under 1M51,57434.1%AED 35.8B12.6%
- 1M – 2M54,38735.9%AED 75.9B26.8%
- 2M – 5M38,93425.7%AED 115.6B40.8%
- 5M – 10M5,1023.4%AED 33.2B11.7%
- 10M – 20M9860.7%AED 13.1B4.6%
- 20M+3050.2%AED 9.5B3.3%
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · built residential · registered sale price · trailing 12 months · Methodology ↗
Price momentum by area
Year-on-year change in the median price per sqft of ready (resale) apartments and villas, trailing 12 months vs the prior 12. Off-plan launches are excluded so the move reflects price, not a shift in what sold, among areas with at least 50 ready sales in each window.
Strongest growth
Highest YoY- Barsha Heights▲ 49.1%AED 1,726/sqft218 sales
- Mudon▲ 24.6%AED 1,627/sqft191 sales
- Jumeirah Village Triangle▲ 21.8%AED 1,343/sqft571 sales
- Al Jaddaf▲ 19.7%AED 1,781/sqft568 sales
- Liwan▲ 17.2%AED 980/sqft477 sales
- Dubai Studio City▲ 17.1%AED 1,391/sqft516 sales
- Al Sufouh First▲ 15.9%AED 1,728/sqft123 sales
- Al Quoz Fourth▲ 15.6%AED 910/sqft124 sales
Weakest growth
Lowest YoY- Al Furjan▼ 6.3%AED 1,140/sqft1,755 sales
- Dubai Science Park▼ 6%AED 1,391/sqft185 sales
- Al Kifaf▼ 4.8%AED 1,949/sqft105 sales
- Umm Suqeim Third▼ 2.7%AED 2,764/sqft150 sales
- Dubai Design District▼ 2.3%AED 2,685/sqft121 sales
- Majan▲ 0.1%AED 1,026/sqft1,265 sales
- Sobha Hartland▲ 1.1%AED 2,014/sqft2,023 sales
- Arabian Ranches III▲ 1.2%AED 907/sqft838 sales
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · YoY median psf · ready resale · built residential · ≥ 50 sales per window · Methodology ↗
Registration activity
Sales, mortgages and gifts registered with the DLD · trailing 12 months
Sales registered · 12M
175,153
Mortgages registered · 12M
41,815
Gifts registered · 12M
9,154
All three counts share one 12-month window anchored to the latest mortgage and gift registration, so the sales figure can differ marginally from the transactions headline above (which is anchored to the latest sale registration).
Financing activity: registered mortgage amounts, not sale values
32,688
new mortgage registrations · 12M
AED 1.3M
median registered loan amount
19%
new mortgages ÷ sales (count ratio, not an LTV)
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · registration counts across all three DLD transaction groups · medians from clean rows · Methodology ↗