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Weekly recap · Dubai Land Department

Dubai property week 2026-W03

2026-01-12 → 2026-01-18

Reading this week · Data-driven

What this week means (2026-W03)

Jan 12, 2026 — Jan 18, 2026

An automated numerical reading built entirely from DLD records for this week compared against the year-to-date share and the 4-week trailing average. No market-sentiment vocabulary is used, every claim is backed by the exact figure alongside it.

Composition · Sales share

79.1%

Pure property sales accounted for 79.1% of DLD procedures this week — in line with the YTD share of 76.4%.

= sales ÷ (sales + mortgages + gifts)

Scale · vs trailing 4-week average

5,326

5,326 procedures totalling AED 19.59B — higher than the trailing 4-week average of 2,733 procedures · AED 11.98B.

Trailing average excludes the current week (4 prior weeks)

Distribution · Off-plan share

51.7%

Off-plan transactions accounted for 51.7% of DLD procedures this week — in line with the YTD off-plan share of 52.4%.

= off-plan procedures ÷ all DLD procedures

Source · Dubai Land Department Open Data · "In line with" tolerance ±5%

All DLD procedures

5,326

sales + mortgages + gifts

Total value

AED 19.59B

Property sales only

4,211

pure sales

Off-plan share (all procedures)

51.7%

= off-plan procedures ÷ all DLD procedures

Weekly figures reflect DLD records retrieved for the stated period and are not seasonally adjusted or manually normalized.

Biggest sale this week

AED 141,205,920

Um Suqaim First · ready

Median sale price

AED 1,871,888

Median AED / sqft

AED 1,782

Source & license

All figures pulled directly from Dubai Land Department · Open Data Gateway (coverage 2026-01-12 → 2026-01-18 · dataset last refreshed 2026-11-02). Dubai Open Data License · commercial republishing permitted with attribution.