Dubai Daily | Episode 26: 2025 Year-End Market Wrap-Up (Part 1: Record-Breaking Performance)

2025 Year-End Market Wrap-Up Part 1: Record-breaking AED 525.87B+ transactions in first 290 days (168,540 transactions since January), quarterly breakdown (Q1: +15.8% YoY housing prices, 9,300 mortgage transactions +24% YoY, +12% apartment asking prices; H1: 94,000 residential sales +23.04% YoY, AED 262.7B transaction value +37.68% YoY; Q3: +2.5% quarterly growth, AED 400B+ total Q1-Q3 +15% YoY), off-plan dominance (69% of Q1 transactions, 60%+ overall, 53 new projects in January with 12,400+ units), property type performance (apartments 81% of ready transactions Q1, AED 2,023/sqft off-plan vs AED 1,600/sqft ready Q2, 20% annual price growth; villas 80% YoY secondary sales growth, strongest price appreciation in Jumeirah Islands/Palm/Emirates Hills/The Meadows), developer performance (Emaar: AED 52.9B sales +10% YoY, AED 17.6B revenue +41%, AED 9.8B net profit +49%, AED 120.4B backlog +44%; Damac: AED 23B sales, USD 4-4.3B forecasted revenue, USD 20B backlog; Nakheel: AED 13B sales by August), price appreciation (15.8% annual increase, luxury 8-10%, Palm Jumeirah/Emirates Hills 20% in some areas).

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