Indicating the strong performance of the real estate market and its global appeal, Dubai’s real estate market has recorded its strongest performance ever, setting new records in the first half of 2025 with the transactions reached $117.41 billion, a growth of 25%, while sales reached $88.94 billion from 98,462 deals.
According to data from the Dubai Land Department (DLD), this represents a growth rate of approximately 40% compared to the first half of last year, when sales reached approximately $63.44 billion, resulting from 80,231 transactions.
The real estate transactions stood at 123,343, representing a growth rate of approximately 25% compared to the same period last year. The value of the mortgages was $22.63 billion out of 20,276 transactions, and $5.8 billion in grants resulting from 4,605 transactions in the first six months of this year.
In June 2025, real estate sales grew by approximately 20.7% compared to the same period last year, reaching $14.76 billion from 16,303 transactions, compared with $12.23 billion distributed across 13,810 transactions in June 2024.
Likewise, in May 2025, the real estate sector witnessed the highest monthly value of real estate sales ever in Dubai, at $18.22 billion, followed by April 2025 at $16.91 billion, and in October 2024, the value was $1.72 billion.
Business Bay ranked first in terms of sales value during the first half of this year, with $4.49 billion, while Me’aisem 2 came in second with over $4.08 billion, and Al Yalayis 1 came in third with over $3.81 billion, the data showed.
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Investors and billionaires from around the world have been looking at Dubai and they include the Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen, who decided to relocate his business away from London to the UAE, and Bharti Mittal, founder of Unbound and Managing Director of Bharti Global.
As the largest individual shareholder in British telecoms giant BT Group, Bharti Mittal opened a new branch of his company, Unbound, in Abu Dhabi in April 2025, as the UK government tightened tax regulations in the UK.
The UK-based Michael Edward Platt, who co-founded Bluecrest Capital Management, the third largest hedge fund in Europe, also has moved his primary residence and family office to the UAE.
Bluecrest Capital Management, which peaked with assets under management exceeding $35 billion, strengthened its presence in Dubai after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals in 2022.
One of the major reasons for the spurt in real estate growth in Dubai is that it offers unparalleled affordability compared with other cities across the world.
A prime residential property in Dubai is said to cost $438 per sq. ft. as against $1,480 in London and coming to luxury markets, Dubai’s average price per sq. m. is $3,850, whereas it is $19,350 in London.
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