Off-plan in Dubai Islands at AED 2M to 3M: 88 projects
88 of the 187 off-plan projects in Dubai Islands, Dubai, start between AED 2M and 3M: 47% of the community. The median starting price is AED 2,400,000, and the middle half of them start between AED 2.18M and AED 2.60M. The median project in the band asks AED 2,452 per sqft, across 72 projects with priced units.
Across every off-plan project in Dubai Islands the median starting price is AED 2,229,150, so this band starts 8% above the address as a whole. 64 of the 82 projects stating a sale status are not marked sold out at the last observation.
Projects at AED 2M to 3M
A project is in this band when its published starting price is AED 2M or more and under AED 3M. AED/sqft is the project's own median over its priced unit records, and priced units is how many of those records it carries. Handover dates are the developer's published target and move often. Every project in the band is listed, including the 16 with no priced units.
Other budgets in Dubai Islands
| Starting price | Projects | Share | Median start | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AED 1M to 2M | 55 | 29% | AED 1.80M | 2,104 |
| AED 2M to 3M | 88 | 47% | AED 2.40M | 2,452 |
| AED 3M to 5M | 21 | 11% | AED 3.88M | 2,743 |
| AED 5M to 10M | 5 | 3% | AED 5.80M | 3,898 |
Only bands holding five or more off-plan projects are listed, which is the floor for a page worth publishing. The whole address, every budget pooled, is on the Dubai Islands page, and the same address cut by delivery year starts at handover 2026.
AED 2M to 3M elsewhere
| Community | Emirate | Projects | Median start | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Marjan Island | Ras Al Khaimah | 23 | AED 2.42M | 3,068 |
| Business Bay | Dubai | 18 | AED 2.59M | 3,002 |
| Dubailand | Dubai | 17 | AED 2.80M | 1,244 |
| Al Reem Island | Abu Dhabi | 15 | AED 2.60M | 1,804 |
| The Valley | Dubai | 12 | AED 2.59M | 1,126 |
| Dubai Maritime City | Dubai | 11 | AED 2.32M | 2,896 |
| Dubai South | Dubai | 11 | AED 2.63M | 1,254 |
| City Walk | Dubai | 10 | AED 2.55M | 3,090 |
| Mina Rashid | Dubai | 10 | AED 2.10M | 2,782 |
| Dubai Design District | Dubai | 8 | AED 2.10M | 3,127 |
| Jumeirah Lake Towers | Dubai | 7 | AED 2.26M | 2,372 |
| Palm Jebel Ali | Dubai | 7 | AED 2.70M | 3,302 |
Ranked by how many projects each address has in the band, not by price, so the list is what a buyer can actually shop. The whole band across the UAE, by bedroom, type and emirate, is on the AED 2M to 3M page.
Terms on these projects
A plan counts once per project and only where its stages sum to between 90 and 110 percent. Model any of them against a real Dubai Islands off-plan ticket in the payment plan calculator.
Questions buyers ask
- How many off-plan projects in Dubai Islands start between AED 2M and 3M?
- 88 of the 187 off-plan projects tracked in Dubai Islands start between AED 2M and 3M, which is 47% of the community. Their starting prices run from AED 2,000,000 to AED 2,989,000, with a median of AED 2,400,000.
- What do off-plan projects at AED 2M to 3M in Dubai Islands cost per sqft?
- The median of the project medians is AED 2,452 per sqft across 72 projects with priced units, and the middle half runs AED 2,254 to 2,858. Each project counts once, so a tower publishing 400 unit rows does not outvote a small scheme.
- Which developers have the most off-plan projects at AED 2M to 3M in Dubai Islands?
- Nakheel (10), Ellington (8), Imtiaz (7), out of 51 developers with at least one project in this band.
- When do off-plan projects at AED 2M to 3M in Dubai Islands hand over?
- Scheduled handovers by year: 2026: 15, 2027: 36, 2028: 25, 2029: 7, 2030: 5. Dates are the developer's published target and move often.
- What payment plan do off-plan projects at AED 2M to 3M in Dubai Islands offer?
- Across 94 published plans the median booking deposit is 20%, with 50% due before handover and 17% of plans carrying a post-handover tail.
The same budget cut by rooms rather than by address is on the bedroom pages, and every budget band across the UAE is in off-plan by budget.
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Source: OffplanIndex derived analytics, built 2026-10-02 from developer-published project facts and unit inventories aggregated from public portals (latest observation 2026-07-30). A page is published only where 5 or more off-plan projects start in the band. All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.