Dubai Hills Estate vs Palm Jebel Ali
At the median, Palm Jebel Ali asks AED 2,501 per sqft against AED 2,240 in Dubai Hills Estate, 12% dearer per sqft. Half of Palm Jebel Ali inventory sits between AED 2,266 and AED 2,927 per sqft, against AED 2,040 to AED 2,538 in Dubai Hills Estate.
Palm Jebel Ali carries the larger pipeline: 48 tracked off-plan projects and 94 priced units, against 46 projects and 328 priced units in Dubai Hills Estate.
Payment plans sit level: the median plan on both sides asks 80% before keys, from 61 published plans in Dubai Hills Estate and 42 in Palm Jebel Ali.
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.
- Palm Jebel Ali2,501 94
- Dubai Hills Estate2,240 328
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 94 in Palm Jebel Ali.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai Hills Estate | Palm Jebel Ali |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 46 | 48 |
| Priced units | 328 | 94 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,240 | 2,501 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,040 to 2,538 | 2,266 to 2,927 |
| Median asking price | AED 2.67M | AED 18.1M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 872K | AED 2.50M |
| Median paid before handover | 80% | 80% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 10% | 0% |
| Peak handover year | 2026 (13 projects) | 2028 (23 projects) |
| Active developers | 13 | 1 |
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 Hills Estate is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 2,240 against AED 2,501 in Palm Jebel Ali, so Palm Jebel Ali is 12% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 2.67M for a median 1,178 sqft home in Dubai Hills Estate, against AED 18.1M for a median 7,724 sqft home in Palm Jebel Ali.
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. Palm Jebel Ali leans to 5 BR units, 32 records at AED 2,206 per sqft and AED 18.1M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 872K in Dubai Hills Estate and AED 2.50M in Palm Jebel Ali.
Supply and delivery
Dubai Hills Estate peaks in 2026, when 13 of its 46 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Palm Jebel Ali peaks in 2028 with 23 of 48. 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 20% in Palm Jebel Ali 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. Palm Jebel Ali has 1, led by Nakheel.
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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.