Dubai Hills Estate vs Dubailand
At the median, Dubai Hills Estate asks AED 2,240 per sqft against AED 2,189 in Dubailand, 2% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai Hills Estate inventory sits between AED 2,040 and AED 2,538 per sqft, against AED 1,900 to AED 2,355 in Dubailand.
Dubailand carries the larger pipeline: 108 tracked off-plan projects and 2,507 priced units, against 46 projects and 328 priced units in Dubai Hills Estate.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubailand: the median plan asks 60% before keys across 112 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
- Dubailand2,189 2,507
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 2,507 in Dubailand.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai Hills Estate | Dubailand |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 46 | 108 |
| Priced units | 328 | 2,507 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,240 | 2,189 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,040 to 2,538 | 1,900 to 2,355 |
| Median asking price | AED 2.67M | AED 895K |
| Lowest starting price | AED 872K | AED 396K |
| Median paid before handover | 80% | 60% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 10% | 7% |
| Peak handover year | 2026 (13 projects) | 2028 (33 projects) |
| Active developers | 13 | 23 |
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
Dubailand is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 2,189 against AED 2,240 in Dubai Hills Estate, so Dubai Hills Estate is 2% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 895K for a median 471 sqft home in Dubailand, 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. Dubailand leans to studios, 1,271 records at AED 2,351 per sqft and AED 796K a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 872K in Dubai Hills Estate and AED 396K in Dubailand.
Supply and delivery
Dubai Hills Estate peaks in 2026, when 13 of its 46 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubailand peaks in 2028 with 33 of 108. 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 24% in Dubailand 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. Dubailand has 23, led by Aldar, DAMAC, 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.