- The Dubai real estate market showed robust growth in the first quarter of 2025, with 45,474 transactions worth 142.7 billion, 22% reflects the increase in volume and up to 30% increase in value.
- The segment of the clear ownership in Dubai achieved record-breaking volumes and value in Q1 2025, with 20,034 transactions in total AED 87.5 billion-a 21% increased in volume and up to 34% increase compared to Q1 2024.
- The total sales transactions for existing properties in Abu Dhabi continued to arise in Q1 2025, with an increase in value by 75% on an annual basis and a 9% increase in the volume; Possibly purchased by large commercial deals.
Q1 Insights from real estate seeker, the leading real estate portal of the Mena region, reveals the real estate market for Bullish VAE with both Dubai and Abu Dhabi experience to start a robust start to year -for various reasons.
Dubai achieved historical highlights in both the number and value of transactions and registered the strongest performance of the first quarter in more than a decade. The city record 45,474 WORTH AED transactions 142.7 billion reflection of an increase in the volume of 22% and to 30% increased into value compared to the same magazine in 2024. This was mainly driven by recording activities in off-plan sales and existing real estate transactions.
Indeed, off-plan Turnover collection for 56% of all transactions in Dubai, climbing to 25,440 transactions, which represent an increase of 24% YOY, with a value of AED 55.2 billion, an increase in AED 44.5 billion in Q1 2024 20.034 Verooo in Worth Ate transactions in value. These are the quarterly results of Hyghest-Eva for this segment.
Dubai’s figures reflect the ongoing demand from Boch -end users and investors, probably supported by a growing shift from rent to owning, since rising rents prices and residents prices to explore opportunities for homeowners.
In the meantime, Abu Dhabi saw an increase on the side -and -ready real estate market, the placement up to 9% increased in volume and to 75% increase in value, led by long commercial deals and the increasing demand for completed houses. Residential Ready Transactions rose by 5% in volume and 33% in value, which signales the preference of the buyers for relocation-in-ready options.
Main insights included:
Off-plan market:
- Dubai:
- Dubai’s real estate market Stay among the best performing markets Globe, where Q1 2025 witnesses an important prevention in total sales transactions. With 45,474 transactions reached as a result of 22% JoJ, the total value increased by 30%, and AED reached 142.7 billion; The highest volume transactions for a first quarter ever remember.
- In Q1 2025, Dubai’s Off-Plan-Markt remembered its highest performance of the first quarter in a decade, with off-plan sales accounting for 56% of the total transaction volume. The number of off-plan transactions reached 25,440, an increase of 20,557 in Q1 2024, 24% on an annual basis that reflects an increase, driven by strong long-term confidants in the medium term.
- In terms of value, the off-plan segment was also witnessed by a remarkable growth, by 24% increased year-on-year, with AED 55.2 billion compared to AED 44.5 billion in Q1 2024. This represents 39% of the total transaction value in Q1 2025, which emphasizes the constant attractiveness of development pussy-territory
- Abu Dhabi:
- The ABU Dhabi real estate market registered approximately 2,496 transactions, with a total transaction value for AED 9.6 billion.
- The off-plan-market of Abu Dhabi in Q1 2025 think of around 1,332 off-plan sales transactions, with a value that AED reaches 4.9 billion.
Existing/ready real estate market:
- Dubai:
- A new quarterly record was established that the average quarterly volume and the value of 2024 exceeded, with volume that exceeds the average of 2024 by 12% and the value by 19%, with which Dubai’s real estate market continues the highly positive momentum in 2025.
- Existing real estate -related transactions showed a yo -yo increase of 21% in volume, with around 20.034 transactions with a total value of AED 87.5 billion. Transaction value stopped with 34%, compared to AED 65.3 billion in Q1 2024
- REALTION REAL EARD Transactions were almost half (44%) of the total sales transaction volume.
- Abu Dhabi:
- The existing/ready market of Abu Dhabi in Q1 2025 registers 1,164 transactions, accounting for approximately 47% of the total transactions, compared to 1,066 transactions in Q1 2024.
- Existing real estate transactions have contributed to 49% of the total transaction value, which reflected to a remarkable growth of 9% in volume and a significant increase in the value of 75% compared to the same period last year. They represented 47% of the total transactions per volume.
- Residential transactions were 88% of the total existing market volume and 60% of the total value in Q1 2025, whereby the memory was attributed to commercial and other use. In comparison with Q1 2024, the transactions for residential ready up to 5% in volume and up to 33% rise in the value, which indicates the sustainable demand for completed properties.
Cherif Sleiman, Chief Revenue Officer, Property Finder, noticed, “This year, strong, individually in Dubai, where investor confgence in long -term capital valuation remams high depreciation of the dollar raised raised interest in investment options of the VAE.
In general, the VAE remains a reliable and worldwide competing ecosystem of real estate, supported by initiatives such as the Dubai Real Estate Alliance by the Dubai Land Department (DLD) that brings partners of public and private sector together. Parallel, the partnership of DLD with the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (ROD) to link the Real Estate Recordry of the Emorate to real estate agentization, makes Fractiona Market possible.
Together these developments help to build a smarter, more even and research -friendly real estate market. ”
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