Palm Jebel Ali off-plan with a 20% down payment: 29 projects
29 of the 48 off-plan projects in Palm Jebel Ali, Dubai, publish a plan asking twenty percent of the price on booking: 60% of the community. The median starting price is AED 18,100,000, and the middle half of them start between AED 18.0M and AED 18.1M. The median project asks AED 2,362 per sqft, across 14 projects with priced units.
On the 36 plans that ask it, the median share due before handover is 80%, so the deposit is the first payment of several, not the whole price. Across every off-plan project in Palm Jebel Ali the median starting price is AED 18,100,000, so this band starts level with the address as a whole. 22 of the 29 projects stating a sale status are not marked sold out at the last observation.
Projects with a 20% down payment
A project is in this list when at least one of its readable payment plans asks twenty percent of the price on booking. Booking and before handover are the shares of the project's first plan in the band, and a project can publish more than one. Plans count only where their stages sum to between 90 and 110 percent of the price. Handover dates are the developer's published target and move often. Every project in the band is listed, including the 3 with no published starting price.
20% down payment elsewhere
| Community | Emirate | Projects | Median start | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Islands | Dubai | 93 | AED 2.24M | 2,326 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Dubai | 72 | AED 775K | 1,570 |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | Dubai | 54 | AED 679K | 1,456 |
| Dubai South | Dubai | 31 | AED 840K | 1,376 |
| Al Marjan Island | Ras Al Khaimah | 28 | AED 2.29M | 2,784 |
| Business Bay | Dubai | 28 | AED 2.79M | 2,944 |
| Bukadra | Dubai | 27 | AED 1.69M | 2,300 |
| Dubai Investments Park | Dubai | 21 | AED 1.19M | 1,151 |
| Dubailand | Dubai | 20 | AED 2.75M | 1,476 |
| Majan | Dubai | 20 | AED 1.10M | 1,552 |
| DAMAC Islands | Dubai | 19 | AED 2.40M | 1,128 |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle | Dubai | 19 | AED 856K | 1,801 |
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, emirate and community, is on the 20% down payment page.
Terms on these plans
Only the plans that ask this deposit are counted, and only where their stages sum to between 90 and 110 percent. A project publishing two such plans counts both. Model any of them against a real Palm Jebel Ali off-plan ticket in the payment plan calculator.
Questions buyers ask
- How many off-plan projects in Palm Jebel Ali offer a 20% down payment?
- 29 of the 48 off-plan projects tracked in Palm Jebel Ali publish at least one plan asking twenty percent of the price on booking, which is 60% of the community. Their starting prices run from AED 2,500,000 to AED 41,748,800, with a median of AED 18,100,000. A project publishing plans at two deposits is counted in both bands.
- What do off-plan projects with a 20% down payment in Palm Jebel Ali cost per sqft?
- The median of the project medians is AED 2,362 per sqft across 14 projects with priced units, and the middle half runs AED 2,209 to 2,516. Each project counts once, so a tower publishing 400 unit rows does not outvote a small scheme.
- How much is due before handover on a 20% down payment plan in Palm Jebel Ali?
- The deposit is only the first payment. Across 36 plans asking twenty percent of the price on booking in Palm Jebel Ali the median share due before the keys is 80%, and the middle half of plans ask at 80%. 0% of these plans carry a post-handover tail.
- Which developers offer a 20% down payment in Palm Jebel Ali?
- Nakheel (29), out of 1 developer with at least one project in this band.
- When do off-plan projects with a 20% down payment in Palm Jebel Ali hand over?
- Scheduled handovers by year: 2027: 6, 2028: 19, 2029: 3, 2030: 1. Dates are the developer's published target and move often.
The same deposit across every community is on the 20% down payment page, and every payment structure across the UAE is in off-plan payment plans.
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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 publish a plan asking the deposit. All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.