Al Satwa vs The Valley
At the median, Al Satwa asks AED 2,331 per sqft against AED 1,250 in The Valley, 86% dearer per sqft. Half of Al Satwa inventory sits between AED 2,090 and AED 2,501 per sqft, against AED 1,090 to AED 1,747 in The Valley.
The Valley carries the larger pipeline: 49 tracked off-plan projects and 242 priced units, against 47 projects and 598 priced units in Al Satwa.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Al Satwa: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 52 published plans, against 80% across 40 plans in The Valley.
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.
- Al Satwa2,331 598
- The Valley1,250 242
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 598 priced units in Al Satwa and 242 in The Valley.
Side by side
| Metric | Al Satwa | The Valley |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 47 | 49 |
| Priced units | 598 | 242 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,331 | 1,250 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,090 to 2,501 | 1,090 to 1,747 |
| Median asking price | AED 1.80M | AED 2.99M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 756K | AED 999K |
| Median paid before handover | 50% | 80% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 8% | 5% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (21 projects) | 2028 (20 projects) |
| Active developers | 37 | 2 |
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
The Valley is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,250 against AED 2,331 in Al Satwa, so Al Satwa is 86% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 2.99M for a median 2,670 sqft home in The Valley, against AED 1.80M for a median 757 sqft home in Al Satwa.
Inventory is weighted differently. Al Satwa is dominated by 1 BR units, 323 priced records at a median AED 2,313 per sqft and AED 1.84M a unit. The Valley leans to 4 BR units, 93 records at AED 1,186 per sqft and AED 4.35M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 756K in Al Satwa and AED 999K in The Valley.
Supply and delivery
Al Satwa peaks in 2027, when 21 of its 47 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. The Valley peaks in 2028 with 20 of 49. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 17% in Al Satwa and 61% in The Valley are listed as sold out or out of stock, which is the share of the pipeline no longer taking new bookings at listed prices.
37 developers are active in Al Satwa, led by Object 1, JAD Global, Holm Avenue. The Valley has 2, led by Emaar, Sobha Realty.
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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.