Due to high demand from both domestic and foreign investors, Dubai’s real estate market concluded 2025 with record-breaking sales—the highest in the emirate’s history—continuing its remarkable performance for a fifth year in a row and solidifying its standing as one of the world’s top real estate markets.
Property sales in the emirate increased by 30.64 percent year over year to over Dh682.49 billion in 2025 from Dh522.36 billion in 2024, according to figures from the Dubai Land Department.
According to Emarat Al Youm, the data revealed that Dubai had 214,912 sales transactions between January and the end of December 2025, an increase of 18.82% from 180,860 transactions during the same time in 2024.
Gifts totaled Dh57.25 billion across 9,556 transactions during the year, while mortgage transactions reached Dh179.26 billion through 50,974 sales.
Because of this, the total value of real estate transactions in Dubai increased by 20.8% to Dh919 billion in 2025 from Dh760.73 billion the year before. The overall number of transactions grew by 21.81 percent, from 226,117 to 275,442.
Fourth-quarter surge
The fourth quarter of 2025 saw the highest-ever quarterly sales for Dubai’s real estate industry, with transactions surpassing Dh187.47 billion. This came after many monthly records, including Dh64.82 billion in December, Dh64.22 billion in November, and Dh58.43 billion in October.
Compared to Dh147.77 billion in the last quarter of 2024, quarterly sales increased by 26.86 percent year over year. Compared to Dh42.65 billion in December 2024, property sales in December alone increased by 51.98 percent to Dh64.82 billion over 19,220 transactions.
Top-performing areas
In terms of sales value, Business Bay led the list in 2025 with approximately Dh38.31 billion. Jumeirah Village Circle came in second with Dh24.52 billion, Al Yalayis 1 with Dh23.75 billion, and Dubai Investment Park with Dh23.16 billion. With Dh21.4 billion in sales, Palm Jumeirah came in fifth.
With Dh20.76 billion, Airport City came in sixth, followed by the Burj Khalifa region with Dh20.3 billion, Meydan with Dh18.84 billion, Al Yufrah 1 with Dh18.72 billion, and Palm Jebel Ali with Dh17.53 billion.
The steady expansion highlights investors’ ongoing faith in Dubai’s real estate market, which is fueled by solid fundamentals, a wide range of demand, and the emirate’s persistent appeal as a destination for international investment.