Sharjah’s real estate market generated AED 46.8 billion in transactions during the first nine months of 2026, up from AED 44.3 billion over the same period last year, a 5.6 per cent increase, according to the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department.
Total transaction count reached 91,560, a 14 per cent rise on the 80,320 recorded in the comparable period of 2025. Title deed transactions climbed to 34,420, up 11.2 per cent, while preliminary sales contracts numbered 11,258. Mortgage activity added 3,839 transactions worth approximately AED 10.2 billion, spread across 31 financing entities.
Sales transactions in the emirate numbered 24,749 over the period, a 2.1 per cent increase year-on-year, covering 216 areas with a total traded area of 138 million square feet and a combined value of AED 35 billion.
Muwaileh Commercial led by volume with 3,440 transactions worth AED 3.9 billion, followed by Al Buleida with 2,728 transactions at AED 1.8 billion and Al Khan with 1,581 transactions valued at around AED 2 billion. Muzeiri’a and Al Sajaa Industrial recorded 1,115 and 991 transactions respectively.
Residential units dominated the sales mix, accounting for 19,910 of the units sold, or 80.5 per cent of the total. Industrial properties followed at 14.2 per cent with 3,524 units, commercial at 5.2 per cent with 1,295, and agricultural at 0.1 per cent with 20 units.
Twenty-two new real estate projects spanning the residential, industrial and commercial sectors were registered in the emirate during the nine-month period.
Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director General of the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department, said the results reflect “the variety of projects, the wider range of ownership opportunities, and the flexible legislative and regulatory environment” in the emirate, and attributed the performance to leadership direction from the Ruler of Sharjah and the Crown Prince.
