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Short guides built on the Dubai Land Department’s own figures.
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Dubai Marina towers at night. Photo: Gfilip, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized and cropped
Off-plan · 4 min readHow to check a Dubai off-plan project’s completion dateThree steps with the Dubai Land Department’s own figures. No developer brochure needed.Prices · 4 min readAsking price or registered price: how to check a Dubai quoteWhat buyers actually paid is on the record. Here is how to hold a quote up against it.Area reports
the twelve areas with the most registered sales over Sep 2025–Aug 2026Madinat Al MataarMedian AED 1,705/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 16,433 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Jumeirah Village CircleMedian AED 1,423/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 13,837 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Dubai Land Residence ComplexMedian AED 1,419/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 9,662 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026
Business BayMedian AED 2,140/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 9,096 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026MajanMedian AED 1,508/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 8,197 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Jabal Ali FirstMedian AED 1,571/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 7,987 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Palm DeiraMedian AED 2,566/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 5,321 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Dubai Investment Park SecondMedian AED 1,445/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 5,187 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Jumeirah Village TriangleMedian AED 1,628/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 4,966 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Al Yelayiss 1Median AED 1,796/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 4,499 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Dubai Production CityMedian AED 1,339/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 4,318 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Motor CityMedian AED 1,726/sq ft, homes, Jun–Aug 2026 · 4,307 sales, Sep 2025–Aug 2026Photos: Towers under construction, Dubai by Peter Dowley from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0); Dubai Marina at night by Gfilip (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Business Bay and the Dubai Water Canal by Sergei Gussev (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0). Resized and cropped.
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