As many as 2,845 commercial property transactions worth AED33.9 billion ($9.23 billion) were recorded by the Dubai Land Department (DLD) in Q3 2021, according to the latest Dubai Commercial Property Price Indices.
Transaction volumes were up 1% when compared with the preceding quarter and stood 34% higher year-on-year, said the indices report, jointly created by JLL and Dubai Land Department and launched at the Cityscape Global Summit.
These figures demonstrate that 2021 saw a significant pick up in sales activity in this sector when compared with last year, said the report.
Sale transactions, which represent cash bought commercial properties, accounted for the largest proportion of the overall volume of transactions registered in the third quarter of 2021. Indeed, this element accounted for 74% of the total figure, followed by mortgages at 18% and gifts at 2%.
Meanwhile, the value of mortgage transactions equated to AED20.3 billion in Q3 2021 – double that of cash transactions.
This means that the relatively small volume of sales completed using mortgage finance were high-value commercial property transactions which have high dependency on financing options.
Ready (existing) properties accounted for 86% of transaction volumes in Q3 2021 with off plan sales comprising the remaining 14%. In terms of value, ready properties represented the vast majority (98%) of total transactions recorded between July and September of this year.
“This suggests that buyers showed a strong preference for completed, and thus ready-to-occupy, commercial properties in Dubai,” said Khalwar Khan, Head of Research, MEA and Turkey, JLL.
Around 88% of the total volume of transactions in the third quarter of 2021 comprised properties located in freehold areas. Business Bay took the lead, recording 367 transactions, and was followed by Jebal Ali First (279 transactions) and Al Thanyah Fifth (209 transactions). In terms of value, freehold areas represented 68% of total transactions. Marsa Dubai was the most popular area in this context, recording transactions worth AED4.9 billion. Palm Jumeirah took second place at AED3 billion and Al Kheeran ranked third at AED2 billion. - TradeArabia News Service