UAE Market Insights
Every piece here is built on DLD transaction data, price-per-sqft trends, and supply-side registration reads. No sentiment. No evergreen filler. Published on a consistent cadence.
Escrow drawdowns: what the data reveals
Secondary pricing: comps versus registered transactions
New supply registrations and absorption timing
Completion-rate variance across four active developers, mapped against escrow release schedules and DLD registration milestones from Q1 2024.
Q2 2025 registration data shows supply additions outpacing absorption in two sub-markets. The timing implications for off-plan entry and hold period.
Asking prices in Business Bay and JVC diverge from DLD registration records. The gap, its direction, and what it signals for buyers acting now.
Three numbers that matter right now
17.4%
62%
9.1 mo
Off-plan share of total Dubai transactions in H1 2025 — the highest recorded proportion since DLD began disaggregated reporting.
Median absorption time for secondary units priced within 5% of DLD comp values — significantly faster than the 14-month 2022 benchmark.
Year-on-year price-per-sqft growth in registered DLD transactions, Downtown Dubai, Q1 2025 versus Q1 2024.
Data is a starting point. Precision is the work.
If the numbers above raised specific questions about a sub-market or development, bring them. A consultation is a structured read of your criteria against current transaction data.