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Dubai · Community head to head · July 2026

Al Furjan vs Dubai South

At the median, Dubai South asks AED 1,847 per sqft against AED 1,500 in Al Furjan, 23% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai South inventory sits between AED 1,528 and AED 2,155 per sqft, against AED 1,301 to AED 1,685 in Al Furjan.

Dubai South carries the larger pipeline: 136 tracked off-plan projects and 4,518 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 176 in Dubai South.

Al Furjan: AED 1,500/sqftDubai South: AED 1,847/sqft189 projects compared
Al Furjan against Dubai South

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.

  1. Dubai South1,847 4,518
  2. Al Furjan1,500 594
1,3011,7282,155

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 4,518 in Dubai South.

Al Furjan against Dubai South

Side by side

MetricAl FurjanDubai South
Off-plan projects tracked53136
Priced units5944,518
Median AED per sqft1,5001,847
AED per sqft, p25 to p751,301 to 1,6851,528 to 2,155
Median asking priceAED 1.83MAED 1.34M
Lowest starting priceAED 335KAED 426K
Median paid before handover50%50%
Plans with a post-handover tail11%34%
Peak handover year2027 (23 projects)2028 (49 projects)
Active developers4566

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.

Where the two sit on AED per sqft

Price

Al Furjan is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,500 against AED 1,847 in Dubai South, so Dubai South is 23% 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 1.34M for a median 891 sqft home in Dubai South.

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 South leans to 2 BR units, 1,663 records at AED 1,998 per sqft and AED 2.41M a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 335K in Al Furjan and AED 426K in Dubai South.

Pipeline shape and how much is already gone

Supply and delivery

Al Furjan peaks in 2027, when 23 of its 53 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubai South peaks in 2028 with 49 of 136. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.

Of the projects tracked, 57% in Al Furjan and 35% in Dubai South 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 South has 66, led by Emaar, Dubai South Properties, Azizi.

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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.