Dubai’s real estate market recorded its highest-ever half-year performance, with 98,603 property sales worth AED326.7bn ($89bn) completed in the first half of 2025, according to the latest update from fäm Properties.
The growth was fuelled by a record-breaking Q2, which saw 53,118 transactions worth AED184bn ($50.1bn) — a 25 per cent increase in value compared to the previous peak of AED147.2bn ($39.7bn) in Q4 2024, and 5.39 per cent more transactions than the earlier record of 50,400 deals.
Dubai real estate Q2 2025
- Plot sales: AED 32.2bn ($8.7bn) from 1,384 deals (up 49 per cent YoY)
- Villas: 10,019 units sold worth AED66.5bn ($18.1bn) (up 38.3 per cent YoY)
- Apartments: AED81.6bn ($22.2bn) in sales (up 18.7 per cent YoY)
- Commercial properties: AED3.6bn ($980m) from 1,252 transactions (up 12.5 per cent YoY)
The median property price reached AED 1,607 ($435) per sq ft, rising from AED 958 ($259) in 2021, AED 1,151 ($311) in 2022, AED 1,339 ($361) in 2023, and AED 1,514 ($409) last year.
Firas Al Msaddi, CEO of fäm Properties, said: “These numbers once again highlight the consistent strength and resilience of Dubai’s real estate market. Dubai’s steady growth over the years is reinforcing its place as a top choice for property investment, attracting more global interest while local and regional demand remains solid.”
Dubai Q2 property sales over five years
- 2020: AED 10.8bn ($2.9bn) from 5,400 transactions
- 2021: AED 36.6bn ($9.9bn) from 15,400 transactions
- 2022: AED 58.2bn ($15.8bn) from 22,100 transactions
- 2023: AED 90.5bn ($24.6bn) from 31,100 transactions
- 2024: AED 123.9bn ($33.7bn) from 43,400 transactions
Top-performing areas by transaction volume (Q2 2025):
The top-selling area by total value was Me’Aisem Second, recording AED14.94bn ($4.1bn) from 844 transactions. Meanwhile, the most expensive properties sold in Q2 were, for a villa, AED365m ($99.3m) on Palm Jumeirah and AED170m ($46.3m) at Peninsula Dubai Residences, Tower 1, for an apartment.
Dubai real estate buyer activity by price bracket
- AED1–2m ($272K–$544K): 32 per cent of transactions (16,967 sales)
- Under AED1m ($272K): 26 per cent (13,687)
- AED2–3m ($544K–$816K): 17 per cent (9,163)
- AED3–5m ($816K–$1.36m): 13 per cent (6,804)
- Above AED 5m ($1.36m): 12 per cent (6,496)
Primary v. Secondary market
- First sales (developers): 66 per cent
- Re-sales (secondary market): 34 per cent
