DUBAI REAL ESTATE HITS NEW QUARTERLY PEAK, PUSHING SALES CLOSE TO AED500B FOR FIRST NINE MONTHS

Q3 brings record 59,228 property sales worth AED 170.7 billion

Dubai’s real estate market hit a new milestone in Q3 2025, recording the highest ever quarterly transaction volume and the second-largest sales value on record, pushing total sales for the first nine months of the year to nearly AED500 billion.

A market update issued today by fäm Properties revealed that Q3 produced 59,228 sales transactions totalling AED 170.7 billion, marking YoY increases of 17.2% in volume and 19.9% in value.

Data from DXBinteract also shows the full extent of the market’s surge in the first nine months of 2025, with total sales reaching AED 498.8 billion from 158,200 transactions – up 32.33% in value and 20.46% in volume compared with January-September 2024.

Q3 saw 49,370 apartment sales at AED 94.3 billion, up 25.9% YoY in volume, with commercial sales soaring 41.9% in volume to 1,565 transactions valued at AED4.2 billion.

Plot sales climbed 25.7% in volume year on year to 1,214 deals worth AED36.1 billion. While 7,078 villa sales worth AED43.1 billion was 23.3% down in volume YoY, the median price per square foot for property sales in Q3 was up 11.4% up to AED1,685, following consistent increases from AED858 in 2020.

“The Q3 figures again underline the lasting strength of the market, and Dubai’s growing appeal to local, regional and global investors and buyers as one of the world’s prime real estate investment hubs,” said Firas Al Msaddi, CEO of fäm Properties.

Dubai’s Q3 property sales over the last five years have now risen to the current level from AED17.9 billion (8,500) in 2020 to AED 42.5 billion (16,000) in 2021, AED 69.1 billion (25,400) in 2022, AED 109.4 billion (36,700) in 2023 and AED 142.3 billion (50,500) last year.

The most expensive individual property sold in Q3 was a luxury villa at Jumeirah Second which fetched AED 250 million. The most expensive apartment sold during the quarter went for AED 174 million at Aman Residences Dubai – Tower 1.

With properties worth more than AED5 million accounting for 10% (5,991) of sales, 38% (22,785) cost between AED1-2 million, 25% (15,065) were below AED1 million, 15% (9,128) between AED2-3 million, 11% (6,258) between AED3-5 million.

Overall, first sales from developers significantly outnumbered re-sales in the secondary market – 73% over 27% in terms of volume and 66% against 34% in value.

BEST-SELLING PROJECTS IN Q3, 2025

1st Sale Apartments

                                                Volume            Value               Median Price

Binghatti Skyrise                    1,393               2.2B                1.5M

Binghatti Hillviews                 724                  825.5M            1.2M

Binghatti Aquarise                  634                  1.1B                1.2M

Sobha Solis                             624                  765.2M            1.1M

Sobha Orbis                            477                  652.5M            1.2M

1st Sale Villas

                                                Volume            Value              Median Price

Wadi Al Safa 3                        849                  5.9B                6.3M

Al Yelayiss 1                           755                  2.3B                2.7M

Dubai Invest’ Park 2               635                  3.5B                6.8M

Madinat Al Mataar                  392                  1.6B                3.8M

Madinat Hind 4                       376                  705.4M            2M

ReSale Apartments

                                                Volume            Value               Median Price

Azizi Riviera (All)                  238                  205.4M            696.2K

Elite Sports Residence            143                  83.7M              575K

DIFC Heights Tower              137                  593.4M            3.5M

Mediterranean Cluster             103                  65.3M              650K

Sobha Hartland – The Crest    94                    187.2M            1.6M

ReSale Villas

Volume            Value               Median Price

Wadi Al Safa 5                        323                  1.3B                3.4M

Al Hebiah Fifth                       298                  829.6M            3M

Madinat Al Mataar                  199                  759.3M            3.8M

Wadi Al Safa 7                        161                  562.6M            2.5M

Jabal Ali First                          158                  781.2M            5M