Dubai real estate sales in 8 months to the highest level ever

The real estate market in Dubai continued to break the records, as it recorded exceptional sales in the first eight months of 2025, and grew by 33.7% to reach 441.22 billion dirhams, compared to 330 billion dirhams in the same period of 2024.

According to a monitoring conducted by «Emirates Today», based on the data of the Land and Property Department in Dubai, the real estate sector in the emirate recorded 137 thousand and 13 sales, during the period from January to August 2025, compared to 112 thousand and 630 sales in the same period in 2024, with a growth of 21.46%.

While Dubai real estate sales, during the first eight months of this year, are the highest ever for the mentioned period, they also represent about 84.49% of the total value of sales recorded in 2024 of 522.2 billion dirhams.

This comes amid the registration of the real estate sector in Dubai, unprecedented results, supported by the increasing demand for various types of residential and commercial real estate, which confirms the growth of Dubai’s continuous attractiveness is a global investment destination.

As for the mortgage operations, it increased by 3.18% to reach 120.04 billion dirhams through 34.1 thousand transactions, compared to about 116.34 billion dirhams through 25.33 thousand transactions, during the comparison period, while the value of gifts amounted to about 33.43 billion dirhams through 6.12 thousand transactions, compared to 32.57 billion dirhams through 5.54 thousand transactions.

In addition, the total real estate actions in Dubai during the first eight months of 2025 recorded 24.15% growth to about 594.69 billion dirhams, resulting in about 177.24 thousand transactions, compared to 479 billion dirhams that took place through 130.57 thousand transactions that were conducted during the same period last year.

The Business Gulf has exported the list of the highest regions in terms of the value of sales since the beginning of the year, with sales estimated at 24.24 billion dirhams, followed by the “Ma’asim Al -Thani” area with about 17.73 billion dirhams, then “Al -Yais 1” with 15.97 billion dirhams, followed by “Jumeirah Vigor Sarkal” ranked fourth with 15.22 billion dirhams, and “Airport City” with 13.78 billion dirhams.

At the level of monthly performance, the real estate market sales in Dubai during August 2025 increased by 7.9% on an annual basis, to 50.67 billion dirhams through the implementation of 18.35 thousand transactions, compared to 46.94 billion dirhams in August 2024.