Dubai Property Sales Tracker: how many homes sell in Dubai each month?
Every property sale registered with the Dubai Land Department, counted by month and by year since 2008. One page, kept current: it is rebuilt every night from the register, so the number here is the latest one.
Last updated 15 October 2026 · register read to 2026-10-14 · last complete month September 2026
“I price every home here from what actually sold in the same tower and layout, never from the asking price.”
- -45%sales vs September 2025
- -46%value vs September 2025
- -6%sales vs August 2026
- 66%of Sep 2026 sales were off-plan
- 180,789sales in the last 12 months (-13% on the 12 before)
- AED 565 bnvalue in the last 12 months (-12%)
Key Dubai property sales statistics
- 11,245 sales were registered in September 2026 (-45% year on year).
- Their value was AED 29.3 bn (-46% year on year).
- 123,010 sales so far in 2026 (complete months, to 30 September), against 157,060 in the same period of 2025 (-22%).
- Off-plan sales were 66% of the month; the 2026 share is 68%.
- The median price paid for a home in Sep 2026 was AED 1,687 per sq ft.
- The busiest month on record is October 2024, with 20,381 sales; the highest value month is January 2026, AED 71.9 bn.
- 214,839 sales were registered in 2025, the full-year record, worth AED 682 bn.
- October 2026 so far: 5,708 sales to 15 October (-43% on the same days of 2025). Partial month; late registrations lift it.
Dubai property sales by month
The register shows 11,245 sales in September 2026. The 12-month average is 15,066 a month. The chart runs from January 2019 to the last complete month; the dashed line is the 12-month rolling average.
| Month | Sales | Value, AED bn | Off-plan | Median AED/sq ft | Sales YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 11,245 | 29.3 | 66% | 1,687 | -45% |
| August 2026 | 11,924 | 28.4 | 68% | 1,707 | -35% |
| July 2026 | 14,084 | 34.8 | 69% | 1,715 | -30% |
| June 2026 | 13,901 | 33.1 | 73% | 1,713 | -16% |
| May 2026 | 10,229 | 28.8 | 72% | 1,658 | -45% |
| April 2026 | 13,939 | 48.0 | 73% | 1,866 | -22% |
| March 2026 | 13,436 | 43.4 | 70% | 1,774 | -12% |
| February 2026 | 16,937 | 60.5 | 62% | 1,764 | +6% |
| January 2026 | 17,315 | 71.9 | 65% | 1,808 | +22% |
| December 2025 | 19,271 | 64.9 | 70% | 1,822 | +24% |
| November 2025 | 18,763 | 63.6 | 68% | 1,769 | +31% |
| October 2025 | 19,745 | 58.4 | 66% | 1,704 | -3% |
| September 2025 | 20,285 | 54.5 | 71% | 1,706 | +15% |
| August 2025 | 18,318 | 50.5 | 70% | 1,739 | +15% |
| July 2025 | 20,200 | 63.8 | 63% | 1,693 | +24% |
| June 2025 | 16,521 | 54.9 | 59% | 1,704 | +17% |
| May 2025 | 18,580 | 66.7 | 55% | 1,666 | +7% |
| April 2025 | 17,799 | 62.2 | 57% | 1,617 | +54% |
| March 2025 | 15,270 | 47.7 | 59% | 1,640 | +16% |
| February 2025 | 15,945 | 50.8 | 56% | 1,557 | +34% |
| January 2025 | 14,142 | 44.3 | 52% | 1,589 | +26% |
| December 2024 | 15,496 | 43.5 | 61% | 1,591 | +39% |
| November 2024 | 14,297 | 42.9 | 59% | 1,523 | +19% |
| October 2024 | 20,381 | 61.0 | 65% | 1,602 | +73% |
Source: Dubai Land Department transaction register, Sales group, by registration date. Months before January 2026 from the consolidated DLD open-data file; from January 2026 the nightly DLD gateway pull. Full series since 2008: CSV · JSON.
Dubai property sales value by month
September 2026 sales were worth AED 29.3 bn, -46% on Sep 2025. The last 12 months total AED 565 bn.
Source: as above. Value is the registered transaction amount in AED, all property types (units, villas, buildings, land).
Dubai property sales by year since 2008
2025 is the record year: 214,839 sales worth AED 682 bn. 2026 stands at 123,010 to 30 September.
| Year | Sales | Value, AED bn | Off-plan | Median AED/sq ft | Sales YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 23,634 | 110.1 | 0% | 607 | — |
| 2009 | 62,951 | 97.0 | 51% | 841 | +166% |
| 2010 | 34,122 | 63.2 | 32% | 869 | -46% |
| 2011 | 28,439 | 58.2 | 10% | 805 | -17% |
| 2012 | 36,479 | 73.4 | 11% | 839 | +28% |
| 2013 | 64,517 | 147.2 | 18% | 907 | +77% |
| 2014 | 56,019 | 140.3 | 24% | 1,026 | -13% |
| 2015 | 42,883 | 120.0 | 32% | 1,001 | -23% |
| 2016 | 42,699 | 109.1 | 40% | 1,003 | +0% |
| 2017 | 46,231 | 115.8 | 49% | 1,044 | +8% |
| 2018 | 32,197 | 74.7 | 48% | 1,066 | -30% |
| 2019 | 36,928 | 76.1 | 55% | 976 | +15% |
| 2020 | 33,105 | 69.3 | 44% | 933 | -10% |
| 2021 | 59,430 | 148.5 | 39% | 1,025 | +80% |
| 2022 | 95,475 | 262.5 | 44% | 1,296 | +61% |
| 2023 | 131,812 | 408.3 | 51% | 1,410 | +38% |
| 2024 | 179,431 | 519.9 | 60% | 1,554 | +36% |
| 2025 | 214,839 | 682.4 | 63% | 1,693 | +20% |
| 2026 (to 14 Oct) | 128,718 | 395.0 | 68% | 1,729 | — |
Source: Dubai Land Department transaction register. Yearly series: CSV.
Off-plan share of Dubai property sales
Off-plan sales (homes bought before completion) were 66% of registered sales in September 2026. The share was 55% in 2019 and 63% in 2025.
Source: Dubai Land Department register, "off-plan" flag on each sale.
Median price per square foot
Half of the homes sold in September 2026 went for more than AED 1,687 per sq ft, half for less. In 2019 the median was AED 976.
Source: Dubai Land Department register; homes (units and villas) with a recorded size and a price above AED 50,000. Median, not average, so a few very large deals do not move it.
Where Dubai property sales happen
The 15 areas with the most registered sales in the 12 months to 30 September 2026.
| Area (DLD name) | Sales, 12 months | Value, AED bn | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madinat Al Mataar | 14,815 | 23.7 | 94% |
| JUMEIRAH VILLAGE CIRCLE | 7,797 | 10.2 | 57% |
| Jabal Ali First | 5,041 | 10.3 | 80% |
| DUBAI LAND RESIDENCE COMPLEX | 4,849 | 5.5 | 91% |
| BUSINESS BAY | 4,732 | 20.3 | 49% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 4,703 | 6.8 | 68% |
| Palm Deira | 4,524 | 16.4 | 97% |
| Al Yelayiss 1 | 4,183 | 23.3 | 84% |
| MAJAN | 4,110 | 4.0 | 84% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 4,064 | 8.7 | 83% |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 3,972 | 12.0 | 88% |
| Al Hebiah Fifth | 3,439 | 7.0 | 64% |
| Business Bay | 3,428 | 11.2 | 68% |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 3,386 | 9.8 | 82% |
| Al Khairan First | 3,011 | 8.9 | 86% |
What was sold
| Property type | Sales, 12 months | Value, AED bn | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | 153,509 | 303.7 | 85% |
| Land | 12,807 | 192.8 | 7% |
| Building | 9,614 | 44.3 | 5% |
| Villa | 4,859 | 24.4 | 3% |
Source: Dubai Land Department register, area and property type as registered.
Cite this page
These figures are compiled from the public Dubai Land Department register and refreshed every night. Use them with a link back to this page.
Dubai Land Department data, compiled by BUY DUBAI, “Dubai Property Sales Tracker”, updated 15 October 2026, https://buydubai.io/dubai/sales-tracker/
How this tracker is made
What is counted. Every record in the Dubai Land Department register in the "Sales" group: sales, pre-registration sales and delayed sales, for units, villas, buildings and land. Mortgages, gifts and grants are not counted. One registration is one sale.
Dates. A sale is placed in the month it was registered, not the month the deal was agreed. The register adds late entries, so the newest month rises for a few weeks after it ends. Figures on this page can be revised upward; they are never estimated.
Sources. Months to December 2025 come from the consolidated DLD open-data transaction file (1,246,910 sales). From January 2026 the data is pulled each night from the DLD open-data gateway (last pull 2026-10-15 00:21). Where the two overlap they agree within 1 to 3% a month.
Price per sq ft. Median of transaction value divided by recorded size, homes only, converted from square metres at 10.764 sq ft per sq m.
Updates. The page, the CSV files and the JSON are rebuilt together by the nightly data routine. The "last updated" line at the top is the build date; "register read to" is the latest registration date in the data.