Al Furjan vs Dubai Islands
At the median, Dubai Islands asks AED 2,492 per sqft against AED 1,500 in Al Furjan, 66% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai Islands inventory sits between AED 2,139 and AED 2,962 per sqft, against AED 1,301 to AED 1,685 in Al Furjan.
Dubai Islands carries the larger pipeline: 183 tracked off-plan projects and 2,309 priced units, against 53 projects and 594 priced units in Al Furjan.
Payment plans sit level: the median plan on both sides asks 50% before keys, from 102 published plans in Al Furjan and 196 in Dubai Islands.
Price per sqft, and the band around it
Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the priced units.
- Dubai Islands2,492 2,309
- Al Furjan1,500 594
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 594 priced units in Al Furjan and 2,309 in Dubai Islands.
Side by side
| Metric | Al Furjan | Dubai Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 53 | 183 |
| Priced units | 594 | 2,309 |
| Median AED per sqft | 1,500 | 2,492 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,301 to 1,685 | 2,139 to 2,962 |
| Median asking price | AED 1.83M | AED 3.41M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 335K | AED 1.10M |
| Median paid before handover | 50% | 50% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 11% | 12% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (23 projects) | 2027 (79 projects) |
| Active developers | 45 | 86 |
Every figure is computed by OffplanIndex over developer-published unit inventories and payment plans. Rows a community cannot answer are left out rather than filled in. Not investment advice.
Price
Al Furjan is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,500 against AED 2,492 in Dubai Islands, so Dubai Islands is 66% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.83M for a median 1,292 sqft home in Al Furjan, against AED 3.41M for a median 1,391 sqft home in Dubai Islands.
Inventory is weighted differently. Al Furjan is dominated by 2 BR units, 254 priced records at a median AED 1,500 per sqft and AED 1.93M a unit. Dubai Islands leans to 2 BR units, 1,045 records at AED 2,490 per sqft and AED 3.37M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 335K in Al Furjan and AED 1.10M in Dubai Islands.
Supply and delivery
Al Furjan peaks in 2027, when 23 of its 53 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubai Islands peaks in 2027 with 79 of 183. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 57% in Al Furjan and 25% in Dubai Islands are listed as sold out or out of stock, which is the share of the pipeline no longer taking new bookings at listed prices.
45 developers are active in Al Furjan, led by Azizi, Nakheel, Nabni. Dubai Islands has 86, led by Nakheel, Imtiaz, Ellington.
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Source: OffplanIndex derived analytics, built 2026-09-02 from developer-published project facts and unit inventories aggregated from public portals (latest observation 2026-07-30). All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.