Dubai Hills Estate vs Dubai South
At the median, Dubai Hills Estate asks AED 2,240 per sqft against AED 1,847 in Dubai South, 21% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai Hills Estate inventory sits between AED 2,040 and AED 2,538 per sqft, against AED 1,528 to AED 2,155 in Dubai South.
Dubai South carries the larger pipeline: 136 tracked off-plan projects and 4,518 priced units, against 46 projects and 328 priced units in Dubai Hills Estate.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai South: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 176 published plans, against 80% across 61 plans in Dubai Hills Estate.
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 Hills Estate2,240 328
- Dubai South1,847 4,518
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 328 priced units in Dubai Hills Estate and 4,518 in Dubai South.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai Hills Estate | Dubai South |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 46 | 136 |
| Priced units | 328 | 4,518 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,240 | 1,847 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,040 to 2,538 | 1,528 to 2,155 |
| Median asking price | AED 2.67M | AED 1.34M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 872K | AED 426K |
| Median paid before handover | 80% | 50% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 10% | 34% |
| Peak handover year | 2026 (13 projects) | 2028 (49 projects) |
| Active developers | 13 | 66 |
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
Dubai South is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,847 against AED 2,240 in Dubai Hills Estate, so Dubai Hills Estate is 21% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.34M for a median 891 sqft home in Dubai South, against AED 2.67M for a median 1,178 sqft home in Dubai Hills Estate.
Inventory is weighted differently. Dubai Hills Estate is dominated by 2 BR units, 121 priced records at a median AED 2,216 per sqft and AED 2.77M 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 872K in Dubai Hills Estate and AED 426K in Dubai South.
Supply and delivery
Dubai Hills Estate peaks in 2026, when 13 of its 46 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, 61% in Dubai Hills Estate 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.
13 developers are active in Dubai Hills Estate, led by Emaar, Ellington, H&H. 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.