Within 11 months… Dubai secondary real estate sales exceed the performance of all of 2024

During the first 11 months of this year, the value of secondary real estate market transactions (resale) in Dubai recorded a growth of 19.58% on an annual basis, reaching 288.99 billion dirhams, compared to about 241.66 billion dirhams during the same period last year.

The value of resale transactions, from the beginning of this year until the end of last November, exceeded the total value recorded in the entire year 2024, amounting to about 264.613 billion dirhams, an increase of 24.37 billion dirhams.

According to special data prepared by the “Property Finder” real estate platform for “Emirates Today”, sales were distributed during the first 11 months of 2025, at 23.33 billion dirhams last January, and 24.66 billion dirhams in February, while March sales amounted to 25.6 billion dirhams, 28.06 billion dirhams in April, and 29.39 billion dirhams in May. And 25.93 billion dirhams in June.

Last July was the month of this year, in terms of the highest value of sales, with about 31.76 billion dirhams, while August recorded sales worth 22.57 billion dirhams, September 24.2 billion dirhams, October 25.8 billion dirhams, and last November 27.64 billion dirhams.

In November of this year, the value of resale transactions in Dubai real estate increased by 9.3% on an annual basis, compared to the same month last year, amounting to 25.29 billion dirhams, while it increased by 7.1% on a monthly basis, compared to last October, which amounted to 25.8 billion dirhams.

This strong performance is attributed to a group of incentives, the most important of which is investors’ willingness to take advantage of market opportunities, in light of the abundance of areas and residential options and the varying prices, as well as bank facilities and high returns, whether from rent or investment value.

Number of transactions

The period from January 2025 to last November recorded about 80.68 thousand transactions, compared to about 70.86 thousand transactions during the same period in 2024, a growth of 13.85%, exceeding the total number of transactions in the entire year 2024, which amounted to 77.78 thousand transactions, an increase of 2895 transactions.

The transactions were distributed as follows: 6,463 transactions last January, 7,440 transactions in February, 6,856 transactions in March, 7,788 transactions in April, 8,469 transactions in May, 6,883 transactions in June, and 8,237 transactions in July.

While August witnessed the recording of 6,459 transactions, 7,267 transactions in September, 7,741 transactions in October, and 7,080 transactions last November.

Ready real estate

The data showed that secondary market sales amounted to 54.98 billion dirhams, through the implementation of 23.47 thousand transactions for off-plan real estate, and 234 billion dirhams through the implementation of 57.2 thousand transactions for ready properties.

Property Finder stated that this growth is mainly due to the resale sector in projects under construction, which has achieved a noticeable increase of 41% in value since the beginning of the year compared to 2024, and by 45% in the volume of transactions.

It reported that the ready real estate sector in the secondary market, which represents approximately 38% of the total value of transactions, recorded a growth of 15% in value and 5% in transaction volume.

. 27.64 billion dirhams in the value of resale transactions in November, a growth of 9.3%.

. 80.68 thousand transactions recorded in the secondary market since the beginning of 2025.