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Market research built from the historical Dubai Land Department transaction record. Every figure below is derived from the same dataset the site's valuation and comparison tools run on.
Market researchOne Dubai building, many prices: what a building median does not tell youHow much sold prices vary inside one building, and what to check before trusting its median.2 min read · Market researchDoes the building price above its neighbourhood? Usually not, and that is the wrong questionWhy the average building matches its area, why hundreds do not, and how the two medians get compared wrongly.3 min read · Market researchThe fastest growing Dubai areas by AED/sqm, and why the top of that list is not about pricesWhy area growth rankings measure the sales mix, which areas actually moved, and how to tell the two apart.3 min read · Market researchDubai sales fell in H1 2026, but the headline number counts a data outage as market behaviourThe first year-on-year decline in five years, separated from both seasonality and a month of missing records.3 min read · Market researchDubai property prices over the last 10 years, from the transaction recordA decade of Dubai sales volume and prices, area by area, and why the citywide average misleads.2 min read · Market researchThe off-plan premium in Dubai is smaller than the citywide number suggestsWhy the headline off-plan premium is a mix effect, and what the per-area median actually shows.1 min read · Market researchStudios cost more per square metre than one-beds, and less in totalPrice per square metre and total price rank studios and one-beds in opposite orders, in area after area. Which one to use, and when.2 min read · Market researchVilla AED/sqm often sits below apartments in the same area, and that is not the same as costing lessWhy lower villa AED/sqm does not mean a cheaper villa, and which area comparisons are too thin to trust.2 min read ·
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