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Weekly recap · Dubai Land Department

Dubai property week 2026-W17

2026-04-20 → 2026-04-26

Reading this week · Data-driven

What this week means (2026-W17)

Apr 20, 2026 — Apr 26, 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

76.9%

Pure property sales accounted for 76.9% of DLD procedures this week — in line with the YTD share of 76.5%.

= sales ÷ (sales + mortgages + gifts)

Scale · vs trailing 4-week average

4,077

4,077 procedures totalling AED 16.60B — lower than the trailing 4-week average of 4,301 procedures · AED 15.22B.

Trailing average excludes the current week (4 prior weeks)

Distribution · Off-plan share

57.2%

Off-plan transactions accounted for 57.2% of DLD procedures this week — higher than the YTD off-plan share of 52.6%.

= off-plan procedures ÷ all DLD procedures

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

All DLD procedures

4,077

sales + mortgages + gifts

Total value

AED 16.60B

Property sales only

3,136

pure sales

Off-plan share (all procedures)

57.2%

= 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 377,000,000

Um Suqaim First · ready

Median sale price

AED 1,696,303

Median AED / sqft

AED 1,827

Source & license

All figures pulled directly from Dubai Land Department · Open Data Gateway (coverage 2026-04-20 → 2026-04-26 · dataset last refreshed 2026-10-26). Dubai Open Data License · commercial republishing permitted with attribution.