Highlights include:
- Enquiries increase in established, popular communities
- Data reveals more demand for off-plan super-luxury properties
- Palm Jumeirah villas are 38% cheaper compared to 2017
Dubai: An off-plan 5-bedroom apartment spanning 24,000 sq ft in Omniyat’s One Palm, worth AED74 million is the most expensive property sold so far in 2019, reveals Property Finder, the MENA region’s leading property portal.
In second place is an Emirates Hills 6-bedroom villa spanning 17,800 sq ft that fetched AED64 million on the secondary market. And in third place is a 5-bedroom Garden Home villa on the Palm Jumeirah’s Fronds which sold on the secondary market for AED51 million.
In 2018, the most expensive property sold was an Emirates Hills villa on the secondary market for a whopping AED90 million.
Buyers seem to have a bigger inclination for off-plan super-luxury properties versus the secondary market, going by Dubai Land Department statistics for 2019.
“As property prices decline, both in the secondary and off-plan markets coupled with motivated developers offering many different types of incentives, we are seeing more interest for luxury properties, especially from non-residents. In addition, we are also seeing an increase in enquiries for mortgages from non-residents,” says Lynnette Abad, Director of Research and Data, Property Finder.
Properties in demand
Other properties that figured in the top 5 costliest property transactions in 2019 are a AED43.5 million 5-bedroom off-plan Il Primo apartment in Opera District, Downtown Dubai, and a AED43 million 4-bedroom off-plan apartment at the Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences.
Emaar’s Il Primo tower is witnessing good demand, with another 5-bedroom off-plan apartment fetching AED42.9 million. Apartments in this under-construction project with views of the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Fountain are seeing robust sales around the AED40 million mark.
Other communities seeing a lot of traction in super-luxury residential sales worth AED40 million and above are Emirates Hills (secondary market) and Bulgari Resort & Residences (off-plan) in Jumeirah Bay.
In the AED30 million club, there were two transactions so far in 2019: one worth AED32 million for a Polo Homes villa in Arabian Ranches and another worth AED33.6 million for a Palme Couture Residence, both in the secondary market.
It is worth noting that the average transaction price for a Polo Home in Arabian Ranches (on the secondary market) in 2019 is AED8.9 million. This is 7% cheaper than the average transacted price of Polo Homes of AED9.58 million in 2017.
Palm Jumeirah most favoured
Meanwhile, the Palm Jumeirah is the hub of most transactions in the AED20 million club. In the off-plan space, projects like The Alef Residences, XX11 Carat, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray and Bulgari Resort & Residences are fetching over AED20 million for an individual unit sale.
In the secondary market, villas on the Palm Jumeirah Fronds continue to dominate. The average transacted price of a Garden Homes villa on the Palm this year is AED11.18 million. This is 38% cheaper than the average transaction price (AED17.89 million) of these units in 2017, according to the Research and Data team at Property Finder.
Jumeirah Golf Estates and Emirates Hills are also seeing some big-ticket transactions in the secondary market worth AED20 million.
“Properties which were once considered overpriced have become more attractive as prices declined, therefore we are seeing enquiries increase in the more established, prominent and popular areas,” adds Abad.
About Property Finder – www.propertyfinder.ae
Property Finder is the leading digital real estate platform in the Middle East and North Africa region that facilitates the house hunting journey for both buyers and renters.
Founded in 2007, the website has evolved over the years as the go-to platform for developers, real estate brokerages and house hunters to make informed decisions on all things real estate.
A UAE-born startup, Property Finder has branched out of the country’s shores and operates in a total of seven markets, including Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco, and has a significant stake in the second largest property portal in Turkey, which has over 6 million monthly visitors and more than 18,000 real estate agents.
US private equity firm General Atlantic led Property Finder’s latest round of investment of a total of $120 million in 2018. This is being used to hire further exceptional talent and investing in its technology and product capabilities.
The property portal employs over 450 employees globally, of which 204 people work out of its Dubai office, and generates over six million monthly visits as a Group.
In April 2019, Property Finder announced acquisition of JRD Group, following an increased investment in Turkish portal Zingat in April 2019.
In 2014, Property Finder acquired eSimsar.com, the top property portal in Saudi Arabia, while in 2013, the Group bought out realestate.com.lb, the number 1 property portal in Lebanon, and lastly, the acquisition of Selektimmo, a Moroccan portal, to pad out sarouty.ma, Property Finder’s Moroccan offering, in 2016.
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