- What is Qiyas for?
- To help you check what a property is really selling for. When a broker or developer quotes you a price, Qiyas lets you compare it against the actual sale prices the DLD has registered for similar units — so you can walk into the conversation knowing the real market and negotiate with confidence, instead of taking a quoted figure on trust.
- Where does the data come from?
- Daily exports of Dubai Land Department (DLD) sale transactions. See our Methodology page for detail.
- Is this an official DLD service?
- No. Qiyas is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the Dubai Land Department.
- Why median instead of average?
- A few very expensive or bulk sales can pull the average up. The median (the middle sale) better represents a typical price.
- Do you sell property?
- No. Qiyas only visualises recorded transaction prices to help you research the market.
- How current is the data?
- The "data as of" line on each view shows the date range loaded. Data is refreshed when a new export is uploaded.
- How soon does a sale appear after it is registered?
- A sale shows up once it is published in the DLD export and we load that day’s file, which is usually within a day or two of registration. There can be a longer gap during weekends, public holidays, or if a registration is published late, so the most recent few days may still be filling in.
- Can I separate off-plan sales from ready (resale) sales?
- Yes. Use the off-plan / ready filter to switch between under-construction units sold by the developer and completed properties sold on the secondary market. They price very differently, so comparing like with like matters — keep the filter on one mode when you read a trend.
- What does the transaction count mean?
- It is the number of recorded sales that match your current filters (area, property type, bedrooms, date range, and off-plan/ready). A higher count means the median and price-per-sqft figures rest on more sales and are more reliable; a very low count means the numbers can swing on a single deal.
- How do I read the price-per-sqft gauge?
- The bar spans from the 10th percentile (p10) to the 90th percentile (p90) of recent price-per-sqft, so the middle 80% of sales fall inside it and the extreme high and low deals are trimmed off. The marker shows the median — the typical price-per-sqft — and where it sits in that range tells you whether prices are clustered tightly or spread wide.
- How do I report a data error?
- Email [email protected] with the area, property type, and date so we can trace the figure. Because Qiyas reflects what DLD published, some discrepancies originate in the source export, but we will check and correct anything we can on our side.