Dubai real estate transactions from the beginning of 2025 to the end of June amounted to AED 460.6 billion, resulting from 127,449 transactions, representing a 25% and 24.7% increase in value and number, respectively, according to data from the emirate’s Land Department.
The data showed that sector sales in the emirate during the first six months of the year achieved AED 326.2 billion through 98,283 transactions, representing a 39.8% and 22.1% increase in value and number. Regarding mortgages, they recorded approximately AED 83 billion, resulting from 24,564 transactions, compared to AED 90.4 billion (17,500 transactions), a decrease of 8.2% in value but a 38% increase in number. Donations recorded a slight growth in value of 2%, but a jump in the number of transactions of 18% to AED 21.4 billion, achieved through 4,602 transactions, compared to AED 21 billion resulting from 3,890 procedures.
In the second quarter of this year, sales reached AED 184 billion through more than 53,000 transactions, an increase of 47.2% and 23.3% in terms of value and number, respectively, compared to the same period in 2024, which recorded AED 125 billion (43,075 transactions).
In June, sales reached AED 54 billion through 16,124 transactions, a growth of 19.5% and 13% in terms of value and number, compared to the same month in 2024, which achieved AED 45.2 billion resulting from 14,072 transactions.
Sales Distribution
Residential units (apartments and villas) accounted for the largest share of total real estate sales in Dubai during the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding AED 178.8 billion, resulting from 82,915 transactions, representing 54.8% of the total AED 326.2 billion. Residential apartments accounted for the highest value, at AED 151 billion (75,677 transactions), compared to AED 27.8 billion for villas (7,238 transactions). Land sales reached a total value of AED 147.5 billion (15,392 transactions).
Villas topped the list of highest transactions in the residential sector, with a sale in the Palm Jumeirah area worth AED 300 million, taking first place. Second place went to an apartment in Business Bay for AED 245 million, followed by a villa in Palm Jumeirah for AED 180 million, and an apartment in Jumeirah Second for AED 170 million. Jumeirah First came in fifth place with an apartment for AED 163 million.
In terms of the highest land sales, Dubai Islands came in first place with a sale value of AED 1.5 billion, followed by Airport City with AED 1.49 billion, followed by Dubai Multi Commodities Centre with AED 1.45 billion. Airport City came in fourth place with a sale valued at AED 1.22 billion, while Grand Hills Dubai came in fifth place with approximately AED 1.11 billion.
Ready and Off-plan
Ready properties outperformed their off-plan counterparts in terms of sales share from the beginning of January to the end of June 2025, representing approximately AED 202.3 billion (62% of the total) in value, resulting from 42,899 sales transactions. Off-plan properties, on the other hand, accounted for 38%, with a value of AED 123.9 billion, resulting from 55,413 transactions.
Top Development Areas
Ten urban development areas in Dubai accounted for a share exceeding 36.6%, valued at AED 119.4 billion, of the total sales, which reached AED 326.2 billion, during the first half of 2025.
Business Bay ranked first with a value exceeding AED 16.65 billion, followed by Me’aisem 2 with AED 15.36 billion, Al Yalayis 1 with AED 14.32 billion, Palm Jebel Ali with AED 13.13 billion, and Airport City with AED 11.16 billion.
Jumeirah Village Circle ranked sixth with a value of AED 11 billion. Burj Khalifa came in seventh with a value of AED 10.68 billion, followed by Al Yufrah 1 in eighth place with a value of AED 9.65 billion, Palm Jumeirah in ninth place with a value exceeding AED 9.51 billion, and finally, in tenth place, Dubai Islands with approximately AED 8 billion.
Second-quarter performance
Total real estate transactions in the Dubai market during the second quarter of 2025 reached approximately AED 238 billion, resulting from more than 69,000 transactions, including sales of nearly AED 184 billion (53,000 deals), an increase of 47.2% and 23.3%, respectively, in terms of value and number, compared to the same period in 2024, which recorded AED 125 billion (43,075 deals). Mortgages and grants reached AED 42 billion (13,615 transactions) and AED 12 billion (2,600 transactions), respectively.
June Transactions
Total transactions in June of this year reached approximately AED 69.4 billion, resulting from 21,274 transactions. Sales accounted for AED 54 billion, through 16,124 transactions, representing a 19.5% and 13% growth in terms of value and number, compared to the same month in 2024, which achieved AED 45.2 billion, resulting from 14,072 transactions. Mortgages followed with approximately AED 11.8 billion, resulting from 4,422 transactions, while grants reached AED 3.6 billion, resulting from 727 transactions.