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Weekly recap · Dubai Land Department

Dubai property week 2026-W42

2026-10-12 → 2026-10-16

Reading this week · Data-driven

What this week means (2026-W42)

Oct 12, 2026 — Oct 16, 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

70.5%

Pure property sales accounted for 70.5% of DLD procedures this week — lower than the YTD share of 76.6%.

= sales ÷ (sales + mortgages + gifts)

Scale · vs trailing 4-week average

3,649

3,649 procedures totalling AED 12.50B — in line with the trailing 4-week average of 3,703 procedures · AED 11.63B.

Trailing average excludes the current week (4 prior weeks)

Distribution · Off-plan share

46.0%

Off-plan transactions accounted for 46.0% of DLD procedures this week — lower than 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

3,649

sales + mortgages + gifts

Total value

AED 12.50B

Property sales only

2,571

pure sales

Off-plan share (all procedures)

46%

= 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 919,789,428

DUBAI MARINA · MARINA PINNACLE · 1 B/R · ready

Median sale price

AED 1,400,000

Median AED / sqft

AED 1,679

Source & license

All figures pulled directly from Dubai Land Department · Open Data Gateway (coverage 2026-10-12 → 2026-10-16 · dataset last refreshed 2026-10-19). Dubai Open Data License · commercial republishing permitted with attribution.