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Data through 21 Sept 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 489.4B
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · Methodology ↗
Transactions per month · all of Dubai
11,769 in Aug 2026
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · trans_group = Sales · quality-filtered · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Median price per sqft
AED 1,733
▲ 6.1%YoY
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · outlier-trimmed median of clean sales · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Ready vs. off-plan per month
68% off-plan latest
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · reg_type per DLD · Methodology ↗
Median price per sqft: off-plan vs ready
Off-plan +22% 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 1,733/sqft median
Shaded band = the middle 50% of sales (AED 1,406–2,251/sqft). 157,810 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 & units85.0%154,432 txAED 276.5B
- Land6.8%12,381 txAED 140.4B
- Villas4.5%8,162 txAED 38.5B
- Buildings3.7%6,697 txAED 34B
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 1M52,98833.6%AED 36.9B12.4%
- 1M – 2M57,43036.4%AED 80B27.0%
- 2M – 5M40,66025.8%AED 121B40.8%
- 5M – 10M5,3913.4%AED 35B11.8%
- 10M – 20M1,0220.6%AED 13.6B4.6%
- 20M+3190.2%AED 10.2B3.4%
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▲ 48.6%AED 1,726/sqft204 sales
- Mudon▲ 28.1%AED 1,654/sqft212 sales
- Jumeirah Village Triangle▲ 22.1%AED 1,343/sqft585 sales
- Al Jaddaf▲ 21%AED 1,780/sqft562 sales
- Liwan▲ 20%AED 980/sqft505 sales
- Dubai Investment Park Second▲ 17.8%AED 751/sqft218 sales
- Al Sufouh First▲ 15.9%AED 1,727/sqft122 sales
- Nad Al Sheba▲ 15.6%AED 899/sqft57 sales
Weakest growth
Lowest YoY- Dubai Science Park▼ 10.4%AED 1,381/sqft186 sales
- Al Kifaf▼ 4.7%AED 1,948/sqft105 sales
- Al Furjan▼ 3.8%AED 1,154/sqft1,725 sales
- Dubai Design District▼ 2.5%AED 2,685/sqft124 sales
- Mirdif▼ 1.5%AED 1,075/sqft123 sales
- Majan▼ 0.7%AED 1,018/sqft1,264 sales
- Umm Suqeim Third▼ 0.5%AED 2,798/sqft145 sales
- Arabian Ranches III▲ 1.1%AED 907/sqft898 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
181,672
Mortgages registered · 12M
41,722
Gifts registered · 12M
9,118
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
32,811
new mortgage registrations · 12M
AED 1.3M
median registered loan amount
18%
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 ↗