Weekly report · Week of 5 Oct – 9 Oct 2026
A quieter week: 2,447 sales, 15% down on the week before
Jumeirah Village Circle led the week with 166 sales worth AED 214.9M.
Dubai Land Department open data · updated 6am Dubai time every Monday
Three numbers that matter
- Sales registered
- 2,447
- ▼ 14.8% vs the week before
- Total value
- AED 7.14B
- ▼ 5.7% vs the week before
- Apartment price per sq ft
- AED 1,715
- ▲ 3.1% vs the week before
Also: median price AED 1.28M · off-plan 61% · mortgage registrations 828 (a separate procedure, not counted as sales)
What it means for you
If you are buying
Prices per sq ft rose 3.1%. Move on well-priced units quickly and bring recent comparable sales to any negotiation.
If you are selling
Activity was down 15%. Realistic pricing matters more than usual; overpriced listings will sit.
If you are investing
Off-plan made up 61% of sales, so new launches are driving the market. Compare payment plans, handover dates and developer track record. Most active: Jumeirah Village Circle.
Sales each working day
This week and the week before, weekends left out. The reported week is shaded; hover any point for its figures.
In short: the busiest day shown was Friday 2 Oct 2026 with 832 sales; the reported week had 2,447 sales in total.
Show the figures as a table
| Monday 28 Sep 2026 | 628 | AED 1.59B |
| Tuesday 29 Sep 2026 | 501 | AED 1.30B |
| Wednesday 30 Sep 2026 | 499 | AED 1.15B |
| Thursday 1 Oct 2026 | 411 | AED 1.08B |
| Friday 2 Oct 2026 | 832 | AED 2.45B |
| Monday 5 Oct 2026 | 719 | AED 1.95B |
| Tuesday 6 Oct 2026 | 484 | AED 1.53B |
| Wednesday 7 Oct 2026 | 450 | AED 1.47B |
| Thursday 8 Oct 2026 | 460 | AED 1.28B |
| Friday 9 Oct 2026 | 334 | AED 915.4M |
Where the action was
Busiest communities
- 1Jumeirah Village CircleAED 1,376/sq ft166 sales
- 2MajanAED 1,399/sq ft125 sales
- 3Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar)AED 1,737/sq ft107 sales
- 4Al Hebiah FirstAED 1,502/sq ft101 sales
- 5Business BayAED 2,281/sq ft84 sales
Largest single sales
- 1Dubai Hills Estate (Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid)Residential / Villas · ReadyAED 97M
- 2The WorldVilla · 6 B/R · ReadyAED 79M
- 3Palm JumeirahCommercial · ReadyAED 78M
- 4Dubai Industrial CityIndustrial · ReadyAED 72.8M
- 5Business BayOffice · NA · Off-planAED 68M
The week in full
The 25 largest sales, the 15 busiest communities with price and off-plan share, what size of home sold, price bands, and off-plan against ready.
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Source: Dubai Land Department open data, pulled 2026-10-12 13:47 UTC. Only complete weeks are reported — the current week is still being registered and is never shown as finished. Market information only, not a valuation of any property.