Dubai Property Market Update: Weekly Sales and Mortgages

Dubai recorded 2,453 property sales transactions in the week of 19 to 25 October 2026, according to Dubai Land Department data. That was down 8.0% on the 2,667 sales of the week before. Of those sales, 1,521 were off-plan and 932 were ready properties.

Dubai's property sales in September 2026 were worth AED 29.4 billion across 11,269 sales transactions, according to Dubai Land Department data. In September 2025 they were worth AED 34.2 billion across 12,857 sales. Sales value is published monthly; the free data has no weekly value.

In the week of 19 to 25 October 2026, 62.0% of Dubai property sales were off-plan: 1,521 of 2,453 sales transactions, against 932 sales of ready properties. Across September 2026, the off-plan share was 65.3%. Off-plan and ready follow the Dubai Land Department sale procedure, where pre-registration sales count as off-plan. This is not the same as primary (bought from the developer) and resale; see the glossary below.

• Current off-plan projects in Dubai

Dubai registered 931 mortgage transactions in the week of 19 to 25 October 2026 and 3,852 in September 2026, according to Dubai Land Department data. The count is of mortgage registrations, not of buyers who used a mortgage to buy.

Dubai Land Department data shows 11,269 property sales in September 2026, 6.1% fewer than the 11,998 in August 2026 and 12.4% fewer than the 12,857 in September 2025. Their value was AED 29.4 billion, against AED 34.2 billion a year earlier. These figures count registered sales, not prices, and Fidu Properties does not forecast the market.

Each change compares the latest month, or the latest three months, with the period in its row.

Dubai Land Department data shows 135,197 property sales worth AED 427.6 billion in Dubai in 2025. From January to September 2026, 125,991 sales worth AED 388.5 billion were registered, 27.4% more than in the same nine months of 2025.

Dubai property sales by quarter

Monthly Dubai property sales and value

Over the 9 weeks to 25 October 2026, Dubai Land Department data shows between 2,256 and 3,071 property sales a week in Dubai, and between 778 and 1,019 mortgages. Weeks run Monday to Sunday and are added only once complete. The table gives each week's sales, off-plan and ready split, and mortgages.

Dubai property figures differ between publishers mainly because they count different things. Fidu Properties counts sales registered with the Dubai Land Department, while many headline totals also include mortgages and gifts. Totals also differ by the day the data was pulled, which days make up a week, and whether sales are split into off-plan and ready or primary and resale.

1. Sales only, or every transaction type. Fidu Properties counts sales; many headline totals also count mortgages and gifts. For example, Dubai Land Department data shows 135,197 property sales worth AED 427.6 billion in Dubai in 2025.
2. The day the data was pulled. Dubai Land Department records arrive in batches, and Fidu Properties rechecks the last four weeks, so a count taken early can be lower than one taken later.
3. Which days make up a week. Fidu Properties uses fixed weeks from Monday to Sunday; a count over a different seven days gives a different total.
4. Off-plan and ready, or primary and resale. These are different splits, so their shares are not comparable.
5. Listing prices, or registered sales. Portals show asking prices for properties on offer; this page counts sales registered with the Dubai Land Department.

In Dubai Land Department data, a sale is a registered transfer of a property to a buyer, a mortgage is a registered loan secured on a property, and a gift is a registered transfer without payment, for example to a parent, spouse, child or company. Off-plan sales are registered by pre-registration before a building is complete; ready sales are of completed properties.

Sale

A registered transfer of a property to a buyer.

Mortgage registration

A registered loan secured on a property. The count is of registrations, not of buyers who used a mortgage to buy.

Gift

A registered transfer of a property without payment. Dubai Land Department's gift service covers parents, spouses, children and companies. Gifts are not counted as sales on this page.

Off-plan (pre-registration)

A sale registered by pre-registration before the building is complete.

Ready

A sale of a completed property.

Unit, villa and building, and land

What was sold: a unit (mostly apartments, also offices and shops), a villa (Dubai Land Department files villas under "building"), or a plot of land.

Area names

The Dubai Land Department records each sale under an official area name, which can differ from the community name buyers use: Dubai Marina, for example, is recorded as Marsa Dubai.

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The figures come from Dubai Land Department transaction records published as open data, supplied to Fidu Properties through the WAQOV data service. Fidu Properties counts, groups and compares them; the analysis is ours. Data © Dubai Land Department. Fidu Properties checks daily and adds a week once all its days are in, usually one to two weeks after it ends. The latest figures use Dubai Land Department data to 25 October 2026.

How is a week counted?

A week runs from Monday to Sunday. Fidu Properties adds a week only after Dubai Land Department data holds records dated after its Sunday, so every week on this page is complete.

Why do the figures run one to two weeks behind?

The Dubai Land Department publishes its records in batches, often days after the transactions. Fidu Properties checks for new data every morning and adds a week once all of its days are in, which is usually one to two weeks after the week ends. The newest complete month is added the same way.

Can a published figure change?

Yes. Late records can still arrive, so each time a new week is added Fidu Properties rechecks the sales and mortgages of the four weeks before it and updates any that changed. The Last updated date at the top of this page moves only when a figure changes.

What does the update not include?

It has no prices, price per square foot, rents or yields, no mortgage value, no weekly sales value and no split between primary and resale sales. It never shows the current, unfinished month, and it gives no forecast.

• Dubai Land Department open data