The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department registered a 9.3 percent increase in trading value compared with the same period in 2025 while the number of transactions rose 23.7 percent. Sale deals totaled 16,426 covering 85 million square feet with residential units making up 82.2 percent of activity at 13,501 transactions. Mortgage registrations reached 2,590 with a combined value of AED7.6 billion and 11 new projects were registered during the six months as part of broader approvals under Executive Council Resolution No. 30 of 2022.
According to the department UAE nationals invested AED14.9 billion across 22,599 properties. GCC nationals excluding Emiratis contributed AED1.36 billion in 924 properties while Arab nationals accounted for AED5 billion through 4,449 properties. Other nationalities invested AED8.2 billion in 4,264 properties with participants drawn from 121 countries overall.
Top non-UAE buyers by property count included investors from India with 1,657 acquisitions followed by Syria at 1,163 Jordan at 670 Iraq at 668 and Egypt at 662. Muwaileh Commercial led activity with 2,385 transactions valued at AED2.8 billion while Al-Belaida and Al-Khan also posted strong volumes. The department noted that 50 projects have received approval to date with six added in the first half of the year.
Director-General Abdulaziz Ahmed Al-Shamsi attributed the performance to underlying market strength. “The results reflect the strength of Sharjah’s real estate market and the continuation of its growth trajectory” Al-Shamsi said. He stated that the increases in both value and transaction numbers demonstrate growing investor confidence in the emirate’s real estate ecosystem.
Al-Shamsi pointed to leadership support and regulatory frameworks as central to the outcomes. The director-general said the integrated system based on advanced legislation and quality services positions Sharjah as a leading regional and international destination. He added that the figures strengthen the sector’s contribution to sustainable economic development.
Sharjah’s market built on record full-year transactions of AED65.6 billion in 2025 which represented a 64 percent increase from the prior year according to Arabian Business. Savills data placed first-quarter 2026 trading value at AED18.5 billion reflecting a 40.7 percent rise year on year. Market projections indicate more than 33,000 additional residential units will be delivered by 2030 to address sustained demand.
