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Weekly recap · Dubai Land Department

Dubai property week 2026-W18

2026-04-27 → 2026-05-03

Reading this week · Data-driven

What this week means (2026-W18)

Apr 27, 2026 — May 3, 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

74.6%

Pure property sales accounted for 74.6% of DLD procedures this week — in line with the YTD share of 76.5%.

= sales ÷ (sales + mortgages + gifts)

Scale · vs trailing 4-week average

3,699

3,699 procedures totalling AED 12.74B — lower than the trailing 4-week average of 4,296 procedures · AED 15.89B.

Trailing average excludes the current week (4 prior weeks)

Distribution · Off-plan share

52.4%

Off-plan transactions accounted for 52.4% of DLD procedures this week — in line with 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

3,699

sales + mortgages + gifts

Total value

AED 12.74B

Property sales only

2,758

pure sales

Off-plan share (all procedures)

52.4%

= 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 209,129,122

Palm Jabal Ali · ready

Median sale price

AED 1,584,490

Median AED / sqft

AED 1,772

Source & license

All figures pulled directly from Dubai Land Department · Open Data Gateway (coverage 2026-04-27 → 2026-05-03 · dataset last refreshed 2026-10-26). Dubai Open Data License · commercial republishing permitted with attribution.