Weekly recap · Dubai Land Department
Dubai property week 2026-W21
2026-05-18 → 2026-05-24
Reading this week · Data-driven
What this week means (2026-W21)
May 18, 2026 — May 24, 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
74.1%
Pure property sales accounted for 74.1% of DLD procedures this week — in line with the YTD share of 76.4%.
= sales ÷ (sales + mortgages + gifts)
Scale · vs trailing 4-week average
4,449
4,449 procedures totalling AED 17.99B — higher than the trailing 4-week average of 3,883 procedures · AED 14.12B.
Trailing average excludes the current week (4 prior weeks)
Distribution · Off-plan share
52.5%
Off-plan transactions accounted for 52.5% 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
4,449
sales + mortgages + gifts
Total value
AED 17.99B
Property sales only
3,298
pure sales
Off-plan share (all procedures)
52.5%
= 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 1,100,000,000
Trade Center First · ready
Median sale price
AED 1,195,005
Median AED / sqft
AED 1,669
Source & license
All figures pulled directly from Dubai Land Department · Open Data Gateway (coverage 2026-05-18 → 2026-05-24 · dataset last refreshed 2026-11-02). Dubai Open Data License · commercial republishing permitted with attribution.
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