Dubai Hills Estate vs Majan
Verdict: Majan runs AED 1,600 per sqft against AED 2,240 for Dubai Hills Estate, 40% cheaper, across 1,354 priced units, and Majan carries the lighter cash load before handover (60% against 80% for Dubai Hills Estate).
At the median, Dubai Hills Estate asks AED 2,240 per sqft against AED 1,600 in Majan, 40% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai Hills Estate inventory sits between AED 2,040 and AED 2,538 per sqft, against AED 1,478 to AED 1,814 in Majan.
Majan carries the larger pipeline: 49 tracked off-plan projects and 1,354 priced units, against 46 projects and 328 priced units in Dubai Hills Estate.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Majan: the median plan asks 60% before keys across 74 published plans, against 80% across 61 plans in Dubai Hills Estate. On the median priced unit that is AED 729K due before handover in Majan, against AED 2.14M 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
- Majan1,600 1,354
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 1,354 in Majan.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai Hills Estate | Majan |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 46 | 49 |
| Priced units | 328 | 1,354 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,240 | 1,600 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,040 to 2,538 | 1,478 to 1,814 |
| Median asking price | AED 2.67M | AED 1.21M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 872K | AED 475K |
| Median paid before handover | 80% | 60% |
| Cash due before handover, median unit | AED 2.14M | AED 729K |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 10% | 18% |
| Peak handover year | 2026 (13 projects) | 2027 (17 projects) |
| Active developers | 13 | 34 |
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
Majan is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,600 against AED 2,240 in Dubai Hills Estate, so Dubai Hills Estate is 40% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.21M for a median 827 sqft home in Majan, 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. Majan leans to 1 BR units, 660 records at AED 1,551 per sqft and AED 1.16M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 872K in Dubai Hills Estate and AED 475K in Majan.
Supply and delivery
Dubai Hills Estate peaks in 2026, when 13 of its 46 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Majan peaks in 2027 with 17 of 49. 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 19% in Majan 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. Majan has 34, led by Samana, Meraki Developers, Binghatti.
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Source: OffplanIndex derived analytics, built 2026-10-02 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.