Dubai, UAE – Dubai real estate transactions in the first half of this year amounted to approximately AED 421 billion. Resulting from 109.5 thousand transactions.
Mid-term trading was distributed over sales, worth 286.4 billion dirhams, as a result of 86 thousand transactions. The mortgages, amounting to 102 billion dirhams, resulted from 19,000 deals. And donations, amounting to 31.4 billion dirhams, as a result of 4,500 transactions.
Sales included 71,510 residential units, 7,300 buildings and villas, and 7,130 plots of land. While mortgages, across: 14,500 apartments, 2,590 buildings, and 5,235 plots of land. While donations, across: 3,510 residential units, 260 villas and buildings, and 735 plots of land.
Total mortgages jumped by 23% in the first half of 2026, similar to the increase in the volume of donations, by 47.5%. Compared to a 12% decline in sales volume, in light of the recent geopolitical circumstances the region has experienced.
Completed and on the map
The value of off-plan transactions amounted to 143.5 billion dirhams, as a result of 59,640 transactions. Distributed into: sales, amounting to 140 billion, for 58.8 thousand transactions, mortgages, amounting to 1.3 billion, results, 212 deals, and gifts, amounting to 2.2 billion, for 630 deals.
The value of mid-term trading for completed transactions amounted to 277.3 billion dirhams, as a result of 49,760 transactions. Distributed into: sales of 147 billion, for 27,150 transactions, and mortgages of 101 billion, as a result of 18,740 transactions. Donations, amounting to 29.3 billion dirhams, resulted from 3,870 transactions.
Top Sales
According to the most prominent areas of Dubai that accounted for real estate trading, the Dubai Islands area came first in residential apartment sales, at 8.4 billion dirhams. Airport City is second, with 7.2 billion, Business Bay, 6 billion.
Regarding sales of buildings and villas, Al-Yalais 1 came first, with 10.6 billion, and Wadi Al-Safa 3, with 1.4 billion. Saih Shuaib 1, worth 1.4 billion.
As for land sales, they came first, Maisam II, with 10.1 billion, and Al-Yalais 5, with 7 billion. The first irrigation, 6.3 billion.
In mortgages, Business Bay came first in apartments, with 1.5 billion, Dubai Marina came second, with 1.3 billion, while buildings, villas, and Palm Jumeirah came first, with 780 million. And the Emirates Hills again for 673 million dirhams. The Dubai Waterfront area was the most mortgaged area in terms of land, with 11 billion, followed by Palm Jumeirah, with 5.4 billion dirhams.
In donations, the following areas topped the list: Palm Jumeirah in residential apartments, with 2.4 billion, followed by Dubai Marina, with 966 million dirhams. While donations of villas and buildings came from the following areas: Emirates Hills first, with 113 million dirhams, and Palm Jumeirah second, with 84 million. As for the lands, the areas of Palm Jumeirah came first, with 2.2 billion, then the Dubai Islands, with 1.2 billion dirhams.
monthly performance
Regarding June’s performance, the monthly turnover amounted to 49 billion dirhams, due to 17,710 deals.
Trading in June was distributed as follows: sales, amounting to 33.5 billion dirhams, due to 13,700 transactions. Mortgages, amounting to 10.5 billion, for 3,000 transactions, and gifts, amounting to 5 billion dirhams, as a result of 1,010 deals.
