Dubai Diligence

Dubai Weekly Market Report

15 December to 21 December 2025

Dubai recorded 5,328 registered property sales worth AED 21.98 billion in the week of 15 December to 21 December 2025, at a median of AED 1,655 per square foot and a median price of AED 1,450,000. Off-plan accounted for 57.6% of transactions.

Registered sales

5,328

vs last week -3.1%

Total value

AED 21.98bn

vs last week -15.3%

Median price/sqft

AED 1,655

vs last week -0.1%

Off-plan share

57.6%

3,067 off-plan, 2,261 ready

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Twelve weeks of registered activity

Volume and price move on different clocks. Reading them on one chart is the fastest way to see whether a busy week was also an expensive one.

4,6182,30901,6161,5588 Jun22 Jun6 Jul20 Jul3 Aug17 Aug24 Aug
Bars: registered sales each week (left axis). Line: median price per square foot (right axis). The most recent week is highlighted.

The week on week read

The previous week registered 5,501 sales worth AED 25.94 billion at a median of AED 1,656 per square foot. Volume moved -3.1%, total value moved -15.3%, and the median price per square foot moved -0.1%.

Volume and value can move in opposite directions in the same week. A smaller number of large registrations lifts total value while the count falls, so read the two together rather than either alone.

Most active areas

Ranked by registered sales in the week.

Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) / A…475Wadi Al Safa 3412Business Bay330Dubai Investment Park Second329Wadi Al Safa 5260Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar)246Jabal Ali First191Dubai Maritime City (Madinat Duba…173
Registered sales by area this week.
AreaSalesMedian AED/sqftValue
Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) / Al Barsha South Fourth4751,504AED 686.6M
Wadi Al Safa 34121,817AED 622.4M
Business Bay3302,497AED 1.33bn
Dubai Investment Park Second3291,746AED 1.15bn
Wadi Al Safa 52601,271AED 651.2M
Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar)2461,380AED 458.7M
Jabal Ali First1911,411AED 330.9M
Dubai Maritime City (Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah)1733,172AED 606.2M

Highest price per square foot

Areas with at least five registered sales in the week. We apply that floor deliberately: without it a single large villa sale can put an otherwise quiet area at the top of the table and make the week look like something it was not.

AreaMedian AED/sqftSales
Trade Center Second4,78912
Jumeirah First3,89526
Palm Jabal Ali3,53843
Um Suqaim Third3,22313
Dubai Maritime City (Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah)3,172173

Largest registered sale

AED 1.66bn in Palm Jumeirah, registered 2025-12-16, at AED 1,634 per square foot.

Rental market

19,457 tenancy contracts were registered with Ejari in the same week, at a median of AED 60,000 a year.

Off-plan against ready stock

Off-plan 57.6%Ready 42.4%
3,067 off-plan and 2,261 ready sales, of 5,328 with a registration type recorded.

By property type

  • Unit: 4,316
  • Villa: 616
  • Land: 352
  • Building: 44

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Methodology

Every figure is computed from property transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department, filtered to the calendar week 2025-12-15 to 2025-12-21. We report medians rather than averages, because a handful of very large sales pulls an average away from what a typical buyer paid. Price per square foot is derived from the registered price and the registered area. Rental figures come from registered Ejari contracts starting in the same week. Weeks are published only once complete; registered data currently runs through 2026-09-01. Registrations can be filed a few days after a deal is agreed, so a week can gain a small number of records after first publication.

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Dubai Diligence, "Dubai Weekly Market Report: 15 December to 21 December 2025", https://dubaidiligence.com/reports/weekly-market-overview-december-15-december-21-2025

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