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Dubai · Community head to head · July 2026

Dubai Land Residence Complex vs Dubai South

At the median, Dubai South asks AED 1,847 per sqft against AED 1,488 in Dubai Land Residence Complex, 24% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai South inventory sits between AED 1,528 and AED 2,155 per sqft, against AED 1,331 to AED 1,691 in Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Dubai South carries the larger pipeline: 136 tracked off-plan projects and 4,518 priced units, against 95 projects and 1,464 priced units in Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai South: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 176 published plans, against 55% across 155 plans in Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Dubai Land Residence Complex: AED 1,488/sqftDubai South: AED 1,847/sqft231 projects compared
Dubai Land Residence Complex against Dubai South

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.

  1. Dubai South1,847 4,518
  2. Dubai Land Residence Complex1,488 1,464
1,3311,7432,155

Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 1,464 priced units in Dubai Land Residence Complex and 4,518 in Dubai South.

Dubai Land Residence Complex against Dubai South

Side by side

MetricDubai Land Residence ComplexDubai South
Off-plan projects tracked95136
Priced units1,4644,518
Median AED per sqft1,4881,847
AED per sqft, p25 to p751,331 to 1,6911,528 to 2,155
Median asking priceAED 1.03MAED 1.34M
Lowest starting priceAED 363KAED 426K
Median paid before handover55%50%
Plans with a post-handover tail37%34%
Peak handover year2027 (46 projects)2028 (49 projects)
Active developers4666

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.

Where the two sit on AED per sqft

Price

Dubai Land Residence Complex is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,488 against AED 1,847 in Dubai South, so Dubai South is 24% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.03M for a median 769 sqft home in Dubai Land Residence Complex, against AED 1.34M for a median 891 sqft home in Dubai South.

Inventory is weighted differently. Dubai Land Residence Complex is dominated by 1 BR units, 564 priced records at a median AED 1,377 per sqft and AED 1.12M 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 363K in Dubai Land Residence Complex and AED 426K in Dubai South.

Pipeline shape and how much is already gone

Supply and delivery

Dubai Land Residence Complex peaks in 2027, when 46 of its 95 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, 29% in Dubai Land Residence Complex 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.

46 developers are active in Dubai Land Residence Complex, led by Imtiaz, Object 1, Samana. 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.