Dubai Islands vs Majan
Verdict: Majan runs AED 1,600 per sqft against AED 2,492 for Dubai Islands, 56% cheaper, across 1,354 priced units, and Dubai Islands carries the lighter cash load before handover (50% against 60% for Majan).
At the median, Dubai Islands asks AED 2,492 per sqft against AED 1,600 in Majan, 56% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai Islands inventory sits between AED 2,139 and AED 2,962 per sqft, against AED 1,478 to AED 1,814 in Majan.
Dubai Islands carries the larger pipeline: 187 tracked off-plan projects and 2,309 priced units, against 49 projects and 1,354 priced units in Majan.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai Islands: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 196 published plans, against 60% across 74 plans in Majan. On the median priced unit that is AED 1.70M due before handover in Dubai Islands, against AED 729K in Majan.
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 Islands2,492 2,309
- Majan1,600 1,354
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 2,309 priced units in Dubai Islands and 1,354 in Majan.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai Islands | Majan |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 187 | 49 |
| Priced units | 2,309 | 1,354 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,492 | 1,600 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,139 to 2,962 | 1,478 to 1,814 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.41M | AED 1.21M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 1.10M | AED 475K |
| Median paid before handover | 50% | 60% |
| Cash due before handover, median unit | AED 1.70M | AED 729K |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 12% | 18% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (79 projects) | 2027 (17 projects) |
| Active developers | 87 | 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 2,492 in Dubai Islands, so Dubai Islands is 56% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.21M for a median 827 sqft home in Majan, against AED 3.41M for a median 1,391 sqft home in Dubai Islands.
Inventory is weighted differently. Dubai Islands is dominated by 2 BR units, 1,045 priced records at a median AED 2,490 per sqft and AED 3.37M 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 1.10M in Dubai Islands and AED 475K in Majan.
Supply and delivery
Dubai Islands peaks in 2027, when 79 of its 187 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, 25% in Dubai Islands 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.
87 developers are active in Dubai Islands, led by Nakheel, Imtiaz, Ellington. Majan has 34, led by Samana, Meraki Developers, Binghatti.
Go deeper
More comparisons
The full report: every community, every developer, ranked.
Dubai Islands and Majan in context: price per sqft by community and developer, payment plan structures ranked by cash due before handover, the 2026 to 2029 delivery pipeline, and the CSV behind every table. PDF plus data, delivered instantly.
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.