314.7 billion dirhams in secondary market sales of Dubai real estate during 2025

During the past year, the value of secondary real estate (resale) market transactions in Dubai recorded a growth of 18.93% on an annual basis, reaching 314.71 billion dirhams, compared to about 264.61 billion dirhams during the year 2024, an increase of 50.1 billion dirhams.

Special data prepared by the “Property Finder” real estate platform for “Emirates Today” indicated that secondary real estate market sales were distributed during the past year (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, November 27.64 billion dirhams, and December 25.72 billion dirhams.

In December of this year, the value of resale transactions in Dubai real estate increased by 12.1% on an annual basis, compared to the same month of the previous year, amounting to 22.94 billion dirhams.

This strong performance is due 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.

The real estate market in Dubai concluded the year 2025 with record sales, rising by 30.64% on an annual basis to reach more than 682.49 billion dirhams, compared to sales amounting to 522.36 billion dirhams in 2024, and thus the resale market constitutes about 46.11% of the total market sales.

Number of transactions

The period from January to December 2025 recorded about 87.06 thousand transactions, compared to about 77.78 thousand transactions during the year 2024, a growth of 11.93%, and an increase of 9,280 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, 7,080 transactions, and 6,385 transactions last December.

Ready real estate

The data showed that secondary market sales amounted to 59.01 billion dirhams, through the implementation of 29.85 thousand off-plan real estate transactions, and 255.68 billion dirhams through the implementation of 61.97 thousand transactions for ready-made properties.

Property Finder stated that the resale market in Dubai showed remarkable flexibility over the past year, which reflects the economic foundations of the Emirate of Dubai, supported by stable growth in gross domestic product, flexible residency policies, in addition to an increasing culture of ownership among residents.

. The strong performance is due to a set of incentives, the most important of which is investors’ willingness to take advantage of market opportunities, as well as banking facilities and high returns.

. The resale market has shown remarkable resilience, reflecting Dubai’s economic fundamentals, supported by stable growth in GDP.

. 87.06 thousand transactions recorded in the secondary market during 2025.