Q3 Records Historic 59,228 Property Sales Valued at AED170.7 Billion
Dubai’s property market reached another significant milestone in Q3 2025, achieving the highest-ever quarterly transaction volume and the second-highest quarterly sales value on record. This performance pushed total real estate sales for the first nine months of the year close to the AED500 billion mark.
A market update released today by fäm Properties confirmed that Q3 saw 59,228 sales transactions with a total value of AED170.7 billion, reflecting year-on-year increases of 17.2% in volume and 19.9% in value.
Figures from DXBinteract further illustrate the market’s momentum over the first nine months of 2025, with total sales amounting to AED498.8 billion from 158,200 transactions. This represents a 32.33% rise in value and a 20.46% increase in volume compared to the same period in 2024.
In Q3, apartment sales accounted for 49,370 transactions worth AED94.3 billion, up 25.9% year on year in volume. Commercial property sales climbed by 41.9% in volume, with 1,565 transactions valued at AED4.2 billion.
Plot sales also rose significantly, with a 25.7% year-on-year increase in volume, recording 1,214 deals worth AED36.1 billion. While villa sales decreased by 23.3% in volume year on year to 7,078 units worth AED43.1 billion, the median price per square foot for property sales in Q3 increased by 11.4% to AED1,685, continuing a consistent upward trend from AED858 in 2020.
“The Q3 figures again underline the lasting strength of the market, and Dubai’s growing appeal to local, regional and global investors and buyers as one of the world’s prime real estate investment hubs,” said Firas Al Msaddi, CEO of fäm Properties.
Dubai’s Q3 property sales performance has grown markedly over the past five years, rising from AED17.9 billion (8,500 transactions) in 2020 to AED42.5 billion (16,000) in 2021, AED69.1 billion (25,400) in 2022, AED109.4 billion (36,700) in 2023 and AED142.3 billion (50,500) in 2024.
The most expensive individual property sold in Q3 was a luxury villa in Jumeirah Second, which fetched AED250 million. The highest-priced apartment during the quarter was sold for AED174 million at Aman Residences Dubai – Tower 1.
Properties valued at more than AED5 million accounted for 10% (5,991) of Q3 sales. Meanwhile, 38% (22,785) of properties sold were priced between AED1-2 million, 25% (15,065) were below AED1 million, 15% (9,128) were in the AED2-3 million range, and 11% (6,258) were valued between AED3-5 million.
Overall, first sales from developers outpaced resales in the secondary market, making up 73% of the total volume and 66% of the total value, compared to 27% and 34% respectively for resales.
BEST-SELLING PROJECTS IN Q3, 2025
1st Sale Apartments
Volume Value Median Price
Binghatti Skyrise 1,393 2.2B 1.5M
Binghatti Hillviews 724 825.5M 1.2M
Binghatti Aquarise 634 1.1B 1.2M
Sobha Solis 624 765.2M 1.1M
Sobha Orbis 477 652.5M 1.2M
1st Sale Villas
Volume Value Median Price
Wadi Al Safa 3 849 5.9B 6.3M
Al Yelayiss 1 755 2.3B 2.7M
Dubai Invest’ Park 2 635 3.5B 6.8M
Madinat Al Mataar 392 1.6B 3.8M
Madinat Hind 4 376 705.4M 2M
ReSale Apartments
Volume Value Median Price
Azizi Riviera (All) 238 205.4M 696.2K
Elite Sports Residence 143 83.7M 575K
DIFC Heights Tower 137 593.4M 3.5M
Mediterranean Cluster 103 65.3M 650K
Sobha Hartland – The Crest 94 187.2M 1.6M
ReSale Villas
Volume Value Median Price
Wadi Al Safa 5 323 1.3B 3.4M
Al Hebiah Fifth 298 829.6M 3M
Madinat Al Mataar 199 759.3M 3.8M
Wadi Al Safa 7 161 562.6M 2.5M
Jabal Ali First 158 781.2M 5M