Dubai Real Estate Transactions Hit AED 14.05 Billion as Mortgages Double

Dubai registered fewer sales between 14 and 18 September 2026 than the week before, at almost the same total sales value, while mortgages and gifts rose.

Dubai Land Department Weekly Transactions, September 2026

Source: DLD open data, transactions registered 7 to 11 and 14 to 18 September 2026, retrieved 21 September 2026. Averages and changes are calculated from these figures. Late registrations can shift weekly totals slightly; check the Dubai Land Department open data portal before quoting them in an investment case.

Top 3 Dubai Unit Sales, 14 to 18 September 2026

Together the 3 offices sold for AED 145.1 million, about 2.2% of the week's sales value. Take them out and the average sale is still around AED 2.68 million (calculated from DLD open data), so these 3 deals explain only part of the jump in average deal size. The week's single biggest sale was a commercial land plot in Al Goze Industrial Third at AED 191.2 million (DLD open data, September 2026).

Off-plan buying fell hardest in the week to 18 September 2026. Off-plan sales dropped 20.6% by count, against 6.8% for ready property (DLD open data).

Off-plan made up 64.7% of sales by count this week, below its 68.5% share for January to August 2026 (calculated from DLD open data). Ready property also carried more value, at AED 3.59 billion against AED 3.12 billion for off-plan.

Business Bay led Dubai sales by value with AED 385.2 million from 86 deals. Jumeirah Village Circle led by volume with 201 sales worth AED 212.1 million (DLD open data, September 2026).

Land loans drove Dubai's mortgage jump. Mortgages on land plots reached AED 4.47 billion from 238 registrations in the week to 18 September 2026, 72% of all mortgage value and about 3 times the previous week's AED 1.46 billion (DLD open data).

The largest was a AED 600.1 million mortgage registered on a land plot in Business Bay. Mortgages on units rose 50.4% to AED 1.41 billion from 707 registrations (DLD open data, September 2026).

Mortgages made up 44.1% of transaction value this week, against 26.3% the week before (calculated from DLD open data). For sellers, the sales count is the figure to watch: 2,456 sales this week against 2,932 the week before.

Rental registrations stayed close to last week's level. Ejari registered 21,630 rental contracts from 14 to 18 September 2026, 3.1% fewer than the previous week's 22,331, and 10,447 of them were new leases rather than renewals (DLD open data, September 2026).

Offices were Dubai's most expensive unit sales in both of the last 2 weeks. In the week to 11 September 2026, an office in Almas Tower, Jumeirah Lake Towers, led unit sales at AED 36.8 million, about AED 5,301 per sq ft (DLD open data, September 2026).

Commercial sales reached AED 1.30 billion from 74 deals in the week to 18 September 2026, up 67.5% in value on the week before (DLD open data). Business Bay also registered 1,149 rental contracts in the same week, up from 1,104 the week before (DLD open data).

Buying costs apply on top of these prices. The DLD registration fee is 4% of the price, split equally between buyer and seller unless they agree otherwise (DLD). On the week's top unit sale, the AED 56.3 million Lumena office, that fee comes to about AED 2.25 million (calculated). Add it in before you compare a 2026 price with an older purchase.

Dubai registered 111,168 property sales worth AED 348.18 billion between January and August 2026 (DLD open data). Set against that pace, the week to 18 September 2026 was slow for sales and heavy for lending.

Dubai Weekly Sales Pace: 2026 Average vs 14 to 18 September

Full September data will show whether slower sales and heavy land lending last a whole month.

Before you buy or sell in Dubai this month, check these:

1. Pull the last 6 months of registered sales for your exact building and unit type from DLD records. Do not accept verbal confirmation of a market price.
2. For a financed purchase, compare the agreed price with the bank valuation before signing.
3. For an office purchase, check the Mollak service charge rate and the building's occupancy.

Sources: the Dubai Land Department open data portal (transactions and Ejari rent registrations), retrieved 21 September 2026, and DLD's published 4% registration fee. Averages, shares, prices per sq ft and percentage changes are Dubai Housing calculations from these figures.

Before any financial commitment, verify transaction prices through DLD records, service charges through Mollak and renewal rents through the RERA Rental Index. Weekly totals do not reflect the value of any individual property.

DLD figures can change slightly as late registrations are added, so totals here may differ by a few deals from reports published earlier.