Dubai market this week: 11,297 sales, median AED 1,671 per sq ft

September closed with 11,297 registered sales worth AED 29.4 billion, and a market median of AED 1,671 per square foot — -2.1% on the month. Transaction volume was -4.6% against the previous month, and off-plan accounted for 65% of registered sales, against 67% the month before.

Where prices firmed

• Al Yufrah 1 — AED 1,930 per sq ft, +37.8% over three months (679 deals)
• Living Legends — AED 1,430 per sq ft, +29.4% over three months (230 deals)
• Damac Hills — AED 1,790 per sq ft, +20.1% over three months (474 deals)

Where prices eased

• Tecom Site A — AED 3,235 per sq ft, -31.9% over three months (89 deals)
• Dubai Healthcare City - Phase 2 — AED 1,586 per sq ft, -21.2% over three months (126 deals)
• Business Bay — AED 2,086 per sq ft, -15.6% over three months (1,293 deals)

Where the volume was

• Madinat Al Mataar — AED 1,732 per sq ft, +3.6% over three months (4,860 deals)
• Jumeirah Village Circle — AED 1,470 per sq ft, -3.3% over three months (2,531 deals)
• City Of Arabia — AED 1,707 per sq ft, -1.4% over three months (1,690 deals)

How to read this

These are count-weighted medians over registered Dubai Land Department sales, comparing the last three months with the three before them. Only communities with at least 60 registered sales in the period are included, because a handful of deals in a thin market can invent a trend that is not there.

A median moving is not the same as every property in that community moving. Age, floor, view, finish and the circumstances of a sale routinely push an individual price well away from the middle of the market. And this page reports what the numbers did — not why. A community can post a higher median because prices rose, or because the mix of what sold changed. Both look identical in the data.

This is market information, not investment advice, and not a valuation of any specific property. It updates weekly from the registry.