Sharjah’s real estate sector continued to record a strong performance in April, marking 7,206 transactions with a trading value of AED4 billion ($1.09 billion) across various areas of the emirate. The total traded area of sales transactions reached approximately 10.3 million square feet, which reflects the continued momentum and growth in Sharjah’s real estate market.
Several factors are driving the real estate surge in Sharjah, including flexible government policies and supportive legislation have contributed to a stable regulatory environment that encourages long-term investment. Moreover, major development projects and well-planned urban expansion have also played a pivotal role in attracting local and foreign capital.
Another key factor contributing to the real estate surge is Sharjah’s rapid population growth and increasing demand for residential property, which has led to a diversification of real estate products offered to meet the needs of various segments.
Investment landscape expands
Major real estate transactions were recorded during April 2025, such as a Al-Majaz 3 deal with a value of AED115 million, which highlights the growing confidence in the emirate’s real estate market. Additionally, the wide geographical distribution of sales transactions, which covered 117 areas, reflects the expansion of the investment landscape and the market’s ability to respond to investors’ aspirations.
The data issued by the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department also indicated that the total number of transactions reached 7,206, which included 1,415 sales transactions, representing 19.6 percent of the total, and 413 mortgage transactions, representing 5.7 percent, with a value of AED866.8 million.
Furthermore, the number of initial contract transactions reached 751, representing 10.4 percent, ownership certificate transactions reached 3,453, representing 48 percent, and the number of ownership deeds reached 1,174, representing 16.3 percent of the total transactions.
Sales transactions took place in 117 areas distributed across the various cities and regions of Sharjah. These properties included residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural land. As for their types, 785 lands were traded, 338 of units in towers, and 292 of built-in land transactions.
Al-Majaz 3 recorded the highest real estate deal for a built-in land, valued at AED115 million. The same area also recorded the highest mortgage transaction for a built-in land, valued at AED130 million.
Muwailih Commercial records highest trading value
The total number of real estate sale transactions in Sharjah reached 1,312. “Al-Metraq” area ranked the highest in terms of number of sales transactions, with 365, followed by “Muwailih Commercial” area with 156, “Tilal” area with 152, and “Al-Khan” area with 64 transactions.
In terms of the areas with the highest trading value, Muwailih Commercial ranked the highest with a trading value of AED348.4 million, followed by Tilal with AED310.6 million, Al-Sajaa Industrial area with AED168.4 million, and Al-Majaz 3 area with AED136 million.
In the Central Region, a total of 66 sales transactions were recorded, most of which were in Industrial Area 3, with 19 transactions. The area also had the highest trading value at AED16.8 million.
As for the city of Khor Fakkan, it recorded 24 sales transactions, in which Al-Harai Commercial, Hay Al-Bardi 2 and Hay Al-Luleya areas, recorded 4 transactions each. Meanwhile, Hay Al-Bardi 5 had the highest trading value, with AED4.2 million.
Finally, in Kalba, 11 sales transactions were recorded, led by the Al-Tarif 5 area with 5 transactions, which was also the highest in terms of the trading value, at AED1.3 million.