The Ridge Dubai Resale Index rose 1.8% month-on-month in December 2021; the mix-controlled median (2014 = 100) printed 103.9, up 31.7% year-on-year. 4,241 residential transactions were registered in the month — 2,001 secondary resales and 2,240 off-plan sales — at a secondary median of AED 992.8/sqft. The headline is a median of registered ready resales and is sensitive to sales mix; the stratified RDRI companion below controls composition explicitly.
Ridge Ratings, “Ridge Dubai Resale Index — December 2021 release”, ridgeratings.com/release/2021-12. Methodology v1.5 · registered land-registry transactions.
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