3–9 August 2026: Dubai and Abu Dhabi Property Transactions Report

Residential registrations slowed in both emirates during the first full week of August. Dubai recorded 2,962 residential sales worth AED 5.61bn, while Abu Dhabi recorded 309 worth AED 1.17bn. These totals include homes, residential land and whole residential assets, with each component also reported separately.

The two markets are not combined. Dubai is compared with its own previous week, followed by the same analysis for Abu Dhabi.

The week at a glance

• Dubai: 2,962 residential sales worth AED 5.61bn. Sales fell 10.2% and value fell 5.7% week on week.
• Abu Dhabi: 309 residential sales worth AED 1.17bn. Sales fell 38.7% and value fell 34.2%.

Market	Sales, 3–9 Aug	Sales, previous week	Sales change	Value, 3–9 Aug	Value, previous week	Value change
Dubai	2,962	3,298	−10.2%	AED 5.61bn	AED 5.95bn	−5.7%
Abu Dhabi	309	504	−38.7%	AED 1.17bn	AED 1.78bn	−34.2%

What the data suggests

• Dubai experienced a quieter week without an equivalent fall in value. Residential sales declined 10.2%, while registered value fell 5.7%. Higher-value registrations, including an AED 117m Palm Jumeirah plot, softened the reduction in the weekly total.
• Abu Dhabi’s slowdown was concentrated rather than universal. Home sales and whole residential assets declined, but residential-land sales increased 22.2% and their value rose 12.5%.
• The same off-plan share concealed different momentum. Off-plan homes accounted for 74.6% of Dubai sales and 74.5% of Abu Dhabi sales. Dubai’s share increased because ready-home sales fell faster; Abu Dhabi’s share dropped as off-plan registrations contracted more sharply.

Dubai: 2,962 residential sales worth AED 5.61bn

Dubai’s total residential market comprised 2,962 sales worth AED 5.61bn from 3 to 9 August. The previous week produced 3,298 sales worth AED 5.95bn, putting the weekly change at −10.2% for sales and −5.7% for value.

Homes remained the largest component, with 2,949 sales worth AED 5.42bn. The register also contained 13 residential land sales worth AED 189.95m and no whole residential building sales. One AED 117m Palm Jumeirah plot supplied 61.6% of the week’s residential-land value.

Within the home-sale series, registrations fell 10.0% and value fell 4.2%. The median home sale moved from AED 1.02m to AED 1.05m, while the median registered price per square foot rose 3.7% to AED 1,699. These medians describe the homes registered during the week; they do not mean every Dubai home increased in value.

Off-plan activity proved more resilient. Registrations declined 7.8%, from 2,385 to 2,200, while ready-home sales fell 16.0%, from 892 to 749. Off-plan’s share of home sales consequently increased from 72.8% to 74.6%.

City of Arabia and Palm Jebel Ali moved against the market

City of Arabia recorded 279 home sales, up from 71. Azizi Milan Heights supplied 122 registrations and Azizi Milan 55 added 52, meaning those two projects accounted for 174 of the area’s sales.

Palm Jebel Ali rose from two sales to 60. Fifty-nine were registered at Palm Central Private Residences — Frond N, producing AED 321.3m in registered value for the area.

Dubai’s largest home sale of the week was an off-plan villa in Emirates Living registered at AED 97.75m.

Abu Dhabi: 309 residential sales worth AED 1.17bn

Abu Dhabi’s total residential market comprised 309 sales worth AED 1.17bn, compared with 504 worth AED 1.78bn in the previous week. Sales fell 38.7% and value declined 34.2%.

That total contained 282 home sales worth AED 1.05bn, 22 residential land sales worth AED 101.22m and five whole residential complexes worth AED 20.61m. Land moved against the wider slowdown: sales rose 22.2% and value increased 12.5% from the previous week.

Off-plan sales dropped from 389 to 210, a 46.0% reduction. Ready sales moved from 87 to 72, down 17.2%. The off-plan share therefore fell from 81.7% to 74.5%, even though off-plan property still supplied nearly three quarters of the week’s registrations.

The median home sale rose from AED 2.17m to AED 2.30m, and the median registered price per square foot moved from AED 1,539 to AED 1,774. Premium island transactions had an outsized effect on both measures, so neither should be treated as a broad weekly price index.

Premium islands carried much of Abu Dhabi’s value

Al Reem Island recorded 86 sales, down from 207. Its reduction of 121 registrations accounted for 62% of Abu Dhabi’s overall weekly decline.

Saadiyat Island moved in the other direction, rising from 26 sales to 46. Hudayriyat registered only 17 sales but generated AED 346.8m, equal to 33.1% of Abu Dhabi’s weekly home-sale value. Six Hudayriyat homes were registered above AED 26m.

The emirate’s largest home sale was a six-bedroom off-plan villa in Nawayef West A registered at AED 63.74m.

Year-to-date home-sale value passed AED 75bn

Abu Dhabi’s 2026 registered home-sale value passed AED 75bn on 7 August. By 9 August the year-to-date total stood at AED 75.2bn, already 8.3% above the AED 69.5bn registered across all of 2025.

The annual transaction count has not yet been overtaken. Abu Dhabi had registered 17,322 home sales in 2026 by 9 August, equal to 80.9% of the 21,411 recorded during full-year 2025. The difference shows how strongly higher-value homes have influenced this year’s total.

Homes, land and whole residential assets

The total residential market is the sum of three non-overlapping scopes: homes, residential land and whole residential assets. The total provides the broadest residential measure, while the component figures preserve a like-for-like view of apartments, villas and townhouses.

This distinction explains why publishers can report different totals for the same dates. Some combine plots, buildings, commercial property, hospitality units or mixed-use transactions with individual homes. Projectory’s total residential series includes residential plots and complete residential assets but excludes non-residential property.

The expanded scope closes much of the reporting gap

For Dubai, Projectory’s revised count of 2,962 residential sales is five below the 2,967 transactions reported by Binayah for the same week. The registered values remain further apart—AED 5.61bn for Projectory and AED 6.61bn in Binayah’s report—indicating that its monetary total captures a broader property mix than Projectory’s residential definition.

Abu Dhabi publishers also use different weekly cut-offs. For the 2–8 August window reported by Proprobin, Projectory’s expanded residential scope produces 311 sales against Proprobin’s 322. The comparable Projectory home-only count was 284. Including residential land and whole assets therefore reduces the gap from 38 transactions to 11 without adding commercial or mixed-use property.

Projectory’s take: Dubai’s residential market eased moderately, with one Palm Jumeirah plot supporting the land total. Abu Dhabi’s sharper slowdown was concentrated in homes and whole complexes, while residential land moved against the trend. The emirates finished with an almost identical home-sale off-plan share—74.6% in Dubai and 74.5% in Abu Dhabi—but arrived there from different directions.

How these figures are built

Projectory analysed Dubai and Abu Dhabi separately using sales registered by the Dubai Land Department and Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre from Monday 3 August through Sunday 9 August 2026. The comparison period is 27 July through 2 August. The principal weekly figure is the total residential market; home-only measures are retained for off-plan splits, medians and location analysis.

The home-sale scope includes apartments, villas, townhouses, duplexes and penthouses. DLD land rows matched to villa inventory remain in the home series and are not counted again as plots. Residential land covers separately registered residential plots. Whole residential assets covers complete residential buildings in Dubai and residential complexes in Abu Dhabi. Total residential market is the sum of those three non-overlapping scopes.

Commercial and mixed-use property, hotel units, mortgages, gifts and other transaction types are excluded from every scope. Each transaction identifier is counted once. Prices are registered values rather than asking prices. Off-plan shares and medians apply only to the home-sale scope; mixing plots or entire buildings into those measures would distort them.

The DLD and ADREC registers can add or correct historical transactions. Projectory refreshed DLD on 19 August and ADREC on 18 August 2026. Market medians describe the mix of homes registered during each week and should not be read as a repeat-sales price index.

The Abu Dhabi annual comparison applies the same home-sale definition. The 2026 figure covers 1 January through 9 August; the 2025 benchmark covers the full calendar year.

Cite this research

For articles, posts and market commentary, use: Projectory Research, “3–9 August 2026: Dubai and Abu Dhabi Property Transactions Report”, August 2026. The report covers Dubai and Abu Dhabi home sales, residential land and whole residential assets registered from 3 through 9 August using DLD and ADREC data refreshed on 18–19 August.

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Sources

• Dubai Land Department: Real Estate Data
• Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre: Market Data