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Dubai · Community head to head · July 2026

Dubai Land Residence Complex vs Dubailand

At the median, Dubailand asks AED 2,189 per sqft against AED 1,488 in Dubai Land Residence Complex, 47% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubailand inventory sits between AED 1,900 and AED 2,355 per sqft, against AED 1,331 to AED 1,691 in Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Dubailand carries the larger pipeline: 108 tracked off-plan projects and 2,507 priced units, against 95 projects and 1,464 priced units in Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai Land Residence Complex: the median plan asks 55% before keys across 155 published plans, against 60% across 112 plans in Dubailand.

Dubai Land Residence Complex: AED 1,488/sqftDubailand: AED 2,189/sqft203 projects compared
Dubai Land Residence Complex against Dubailand

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. Dubailand2,189 2,507
  2. Dubai Land Residence Complex1,488 1,464
1,3311,8432,355

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 2,507 in Dubailand.

Dubai Land Residence Complex against Dubailand

Side by side

MetricDubai Land Residence ComplexDubailand
Off-plan projects tracked95108
Priced units1,4642,507
Median AED per sqft1,4882,189
AED per sqft, p25 to p751,331 to 1,6911,900 to 2,355
Median asking priceAED 1.03MAED 895K
Lowest starting priceAED 363KAED 396K
Median paid before handover55%60%
Plans with a post-handover tail37%7%
Peak handover year2027 (46 projects)2028 (33 projects)
Active developers4623

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 2,189 in Dubailand, so Dubailand is 47% 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 895K for a median 471 sqft home in Dubailand.

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. 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 363K in Dubai Land Residence Complex and AED 396K in Dubailand.

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. 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, 29% in Dubai Land Residence Complex 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.

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