Dubai Real Estate Weekly Market Analysis 25th-Aug-2025
The total real estate transactions in Dubai for Week 34 was AED 10.12 billion and 5,188 transactions. Off-plan contributed 66.6% or 6.7 billion, while Ready properties contributed 33.4% or 3.4 billion. Total trading reached AED 10.12 billion across 5,188 transactions, a +10.5% jump in value and +4.6% rise in activity versus last week (AED 9.16 billion, 4,961 deals). Off-plan dominated by value with a 66.6% share (AED 6.74 billion), while ready assets contributed 33.4% (AED 3.39 billion). Category Off-Plan (AED billion) Ready (AED billion) Flat 6.22 1.80 Villa 0.33 0.74 Hotel Apts & Rooms 0.07 0.11 Commercials 0.12 0.73 Total 6.74 3.39 Off-Plan Market Performance Sub-category Value (AED millions) % of Off-Plan Flat 6,216.3 92.3% Villa 329.9 4.9% Hotel Apt. & Rooms 70.6 1.0% Commercials 120.5 1.8% Total 6,737.4 100% Off-plan activity was overwhelmingly driven by flats (92.3%), with modest contributions from villas (4.9%) and small tails from commercial and hospitality. Top Performing Off-Plan Areas (by value traded) Area Value (AED millions) Business Bay 895.5 Dubai Science Park 364.8 Hadaeq Sheikh MBR 334.9 Jumeirah Village Circle 329.8 DMCC-EZ2 303.5 These top 10 off-plan areas together accounted for 49.8% of all off-plan value this week. Business Bay alone contributed 13.3% of the off-plan market, with Dubai Science Park (5.4%) and Hadaeq Sheikh MBR (5.0%) following. Ready Market Performance Sub-category Value (AED millions) % of Ready Flat 1,800.2 53.2% Villa 741.9 21.9% Hotel Apt. & Rooms 112.3 3.3% Commercials 731.2 21.6% Total 3,385.6 100% The ready market was led by flats (53.2%), while commercials (21.6%) and villas (21.9%) provided meaningful secondary pillars—an unusually balanced split for ready stock. Top Performing Ready Areas (by value traded) Area Value (AED millions) City Walk 427.8 Burj Khalifa 308.2 Business Bay 236.5 Palm Jumeirah 211.5 Jumeirah Lakes Towers 179.5 The top 10 ready areas captured 57.4% of ready value. City Walk (12.6% of ready) led the board, with Burj Khalifa (9.1%) and Business Bay (7.0%) close behind, signaling demand concentration in prime, amenity-rich mixed-use districts. On the micro level, below is the sales distribution based on the number of bedrooms Weekly Comparison Metric Last Week This Week Change Total Volume 9.16 (AED, billions) 10.12 (AED, billions) +10.5% Transactions (count) 4,961 (AED, billions) 5,188 (AED, billions) +4.6% Market Insights & Outlook