Who bought in Sharjah in the first nine months of 2026

The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department put the first nine months of 2026 at AED 46.8 billion, up 5.6% from AED 44.3 billion a year earlier. Transactions rose 14%, to 91,560, from 80,320. The headline is already in our market note. This one is the split.

Sales and mortgages

Sales were 24,749 transactions, up 2.1%, worth AED 35 billion, across 216 areas and 138 million square feet. Mortgages were 3,839 deals worth AED 10.2 billion, from 31 financing institutions. Title-deed transactions rose 11.2% to 34,420. Initial sales contracts were 11,258. Residential sales were 19,910 of the sales count, which is 80.5%.

Who paid

The department counted 9,891 new investors from 130 nationalities. Of the new names, 4,526 were from outside the Arab world and the Gulf, 2,494 were from Arab countries, 2,453 were UAE nationals, and 418 were from the GCC. On cash traded, UAE citizens led with AED 22.4 billion across 31,250 properties. Other foreign nationals were AED 14.1 billion across 6,732 properties. Arab investors were AED 7.8 billion across 6,692. GCC citizens were AED 2.5 billion across 1,451. 46,125 properties were traded in total.

Which areas

Gulf News, using the same department release, put Muwaileh Commercial first with 3,440 transactions worth AED 3.9 billion. Al Btayha’s Al Bleida area was next, 2,728 deals worth AED 1.8 billion. Al Khan had 1,581 transactions worth about AED 2 billion. Those are registered areas, not a ranking of the freehold masterplans. Aljada and Masaar can be busy and still not top a list that includes commercial land.

Freehold is still a list

Projects approved for freehold ownership by non-citizens stand at 52, under Executive Council Resolution No. 30 of 2022. Eight of those were approved in 2026 through September. Volume from 130 nationalities does not make an older tower freehold. We still only reserve inside a named freehold zone.