DXBinteract indicator
What share of Dubai property sales are off-plan?
Off-plan to ready ratio: The split of sales between units sold before completion (off-plan) and completed (ready) units. Off-plan units were 68% of Dubai's 215,608 property sales in 2025 — an off-plan to ready ratio of 2.12.
- Off-plan share, 2025
- 68%
- 146,551 off-plan of 215,608 sales
- Off-plan : ready ratio, 2025
- 2.12
- 146,551 ÷ 69,057
- Off-plan median per sq ft, 2025
- 1,789
- ready: 1,399
What does off-plan to ready ratio mean?
An off-plan sale is the sale of a unit that is not yet completed; a ready sale is the sale of a completed unit. The off-plan to ready ratio compares the two, by number of sales.
It measures how much of the market is buying future supply. It is not the primary/secondary split: off-plan units are resold too.
Formula: Off-plan share = off-plan sales ÷ all sales × 100; ratio = off-plan sales ÷ ready sales
What is the off-plan to ready ratio in Dubai?
| Year | Off-plan sales | Ready sales | Off-plan share | Off-plan median | Ready median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 98,013 | 42,437 | 69.8% | 1,390,000 | 1,500,000 |
| 2025 | 146,551 | 69,057 | 68% | 1,599,999 | 1,440,000 |
What should you watch out for?
- A few transactions have no off-plan flag and are counted only in the total.
How these figures are calculated
- Method
- Uses the off-plan flag on each registered sale.
- Also
- Calendar years; the current year is year to date.
Full definitions: DXBinteract methodology · market indicators explained
Source and how to cite
DXBinteract analysis based on Dubai Land Department transaction data.
- Data to
- (latest registered transaction)
- Last updated
- — figures refresh hourly from the live dataset
- Permanent URL
- https://dxbinteract.com/dubai-real-estate-indicators/off-plan-vs-ready
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