Weekly recap · Dubai Land Department
Dubai property week 2026-W34
2026-08-17 → 2026-08-23
Reading this week · Data-driven
What this week means (2026-W34)
Aug 17, 2026 — Aug 23, 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
77.2%
Pure property sales accounted for 77.2% of DLD procedures this week — in line with the YTD share of 76.6%.
= sales ÷ (sales + mortgages + gifts)
Scale · vs trailing 4-week average
4,061
4,061 procedures totalling AED 10.58B — in line with the trailing 4-week average of 4,073 procedures · AED 10.45B.
Trailing average excludes the current week (4 prior weeks)
Distribution · Off-plan share
54.2%
Off-plan transactions accounted for 54.2% of DLD procedures this week — in line with the YTD off-plan share of 52.8%.
= off-plan procedures ÷ all DLD procedures
Source · Dubai Land Department Open Data · "In line with" tolerance ±5%
All DLD procedures
4,061
sales + mortgages + gifts
Total value
AED 10.58B
Property sales only
3,134
pure sales
Off-plan share (all procedures)
54.2%
= 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 70,000,000
EMIRATE LIVING · Emirates Hills · ready
Median sale price
AED 1,225,812
Median AED / sqft
AED 1,689
Source & license
All figures pulled directly from Dubai Land Department · Open Data Gateway (coverage 2026-08-17 → 2026-08-23 · dataset last refreshed 2026-10-19). Dubai Open Data License · commercial republishing permitted with attribution.