Registered data through 2026-10-14
Dubai Property Data
Dubai property data, free and open, from the Dubai Land Department's registered transaction record: 175,935 registered transactions worth AED 553.5 billion in the last twelve months, at a median of AED 1,720 per square foot for homes. These are completed, registered sales rather than advertised asking prices, recalculated as the register updates rather than copied from a periodic report. Journalists, analysts and researchers are free to use these figures with attribution.
Dubai property market at a glance
Last 12 months, from registered transactions through 2026-10-14.
- AED 553.5B
- total registered sales value, in the last 12 months
- 175,935
- registered property sales
- AED 1.34M
- median registered sale price, homes
- 1,720
- median AED per square foot, homes
- 73.7%
- of home sales were off-plan
- 1,803,925
- registered transactions on file
Dubai property sales by year
Registered sales volume, total value and median price per square foot, by calendar year. Median price per square foot rose about 68% between 2021 and 2025.
| Year | Registered sales | Total value | Median AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59,745 | AED 149.0B | 983 |
| 2022 | 95,811 | AED 263.1B | 1,199 |
| 2023 | 132,134 | AED 408.2B | 1,366 |
| 2024 | 179,443 | AED 519.6B | 1,524 |
| 2025 | 214,785 | AED 681.8B | 1,650 |
| 2026year to date | 129,530 | AED 396.7B | 1,714 |
Every year on record is kept here so the trend stays readable; the years outside last 12 months are dimmed rather than removed. The current year is partial and labelled year to date, so it should not be compared against full years.
Off-plan versus ready property
Off-plan made up 73.7% of registered Dubai home sales over last 12 months: 113,473 off-plan transactions against 40,591 ready-property transactions.
This split always shows both sides, whichever type is selected above, because a split filtered to one of its own halves would only ever read 100%.
Most active Dubai communities
By registered sales in the last 12 months.
| Community | Registered sales | Median AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|
| Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar) | 16,381 | 1,642 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) / Al Barsha South Fourth | 11,948 | 1,491 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 8,891 | 1,459 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 8,355 | 1,521 |
| Business Bay | 7,920 | 2,499 |
| Al Furjan & Jebel Ali (Jabal Ali First) | 7,884 | 1,514 |
| Deira Islands (Palm Deira) / Palm Deira | 4,883 | 2,749 |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 4,300 | 1,822 |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT) / Al Barsha South Fifth | 4,089 | 1,657 |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 3,981 | 1,725 |
Sales by property type
- Unit: 148,719 registered sales in the last 12 months
- Villa: 15,570 registered sales in the last 12 months
- Land: 11,164 registered sales in the last 12 months
- Building: 482 registered sales in the last 12 months
Cite this page
These figures are free to use in reporting and research. Please attribute them as:
Dubai Diligence, “Dubai Real Estate Statistics”, compiled from the registered Dubai Land Department transaction record. dubaidiligence.com/dubai-real-estate-statistics
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Methodology
- Source. The Dubai Land Department's registered transaction record. These are completed, registered transactions, not listings or asking prices.
- Coverage. 1,803,925 registered transactions and 4,375,501 registered Ejari rent contracts, spanning 2,969 individual buildings with registered sales.
- Medians, not averages. Prices are reported as medians because a small number of very large transactions pull a mean upward and misrepresent the typical buyer.
- Rolling windows. “Last 12 months” is a rolling window to the update date shown, not a calendar year. The current calendar year is labelled year to date.
- What we do not publish. Where the registered record does not support a figure, we leave it out rather than estimate it.
Frequently asked
How many properties are sold in Dubai each year?+
The Dubai Land Department registered 175,935 property sales over the last 12 months, worth AED 553.5 billion in total. In 2025, the last full calendar year, there were 214,785 registered sales worth AED 681.8 billion.
What is the average property price in Dubai?+
The median registered sale price in Dubai over the last 12 months was AED 1.34M, at a median of 1,720 AED per square foot. We report the median rather than the mean because a small number of very large transactions pull an average upward and misrepresent what a typical buyer pays.
What share of Dubai property sales are off-plan?+
Off-plan accounted for 73.7% of registered Dubai property sales over the last 12 months, 113,473 off-plan transactions against 40,591 ready-property transactions.
How much have Dubai property prices risen?+
The median registered price per square foot in Dubai rose from 983 AED in 2021 to 1,650 AED in 2025, an increase of about 68% across that period, measured on completed registered transactions rather than asking prices.
Where does this Dubai property data come from?+
Every figure is computed from the Dubai Land Department's registered transaction record, which covers completed, registered sales rather than advertised asking prices. Dubai Diligence holds 1,803,925 registered transactions and 4,375,501 registered Ejari rent contracts, and the figures on this page are recalculated automatically rather than copied from a periodic report.
