Dubai South vs Jumeirah Village Triangle
At the median, Jumeirah Village Triangle asks AED 1,911 per sqft against AED 1,847 in Dubai South, 3% dearer per sqft. Half of Jumeirah Village Triangle inventory sits between AED 1,744 and AED 2,217 per sqft, against AED 1,528 to AED 2,155 in Dubai South.
Dubai South carries the larger pipeline: 136 tracked off-plan projects and 4,518 priced units, against 54 projects and 1,025 priced units in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai South: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 176 published plans, against 65% across 87 plans in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
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.
- Jumeirah Village Triangle1,911 1,025
- Dubai South1,847 4,518
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 4,518 priced units in Dubai South and 1,025 in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai South | Jumeirah Village Triangle |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 136 | 54 |
| Priced units | 4,518 | 1,025 |
| Median AED per sqft | 1,847 | 1,911 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,528 to 2,155 | 1,744 to 2,217 |
| Median asking price | AED 1.34M | AED 1.42M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 426K | AED 460K |
| Median paid before handover | 50% | 65% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 34% | 24% |
| Peak handover year | 2028 (49 projects) | 2027 (26 projects) |
| Active developers | 66 | 32 |
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 South is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,847 against AED 1,911 in Jumeirah Village Triangle, so Jumeirah Village Triangle is 3% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.34M for a median 891 sqft home in Dubai South, against AED 1.42M for a median 790 sqft home in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
Inventory is weighted differently. Dubai South is dominated by 2 BR units, 1,663 priced records at a median AED 1,998 per sqft and AED 2.41M a unit. Jumeirah Village Triangle leans to 1 BR units, 644 records at AED 1,859 per sqft and AED 1.40M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 426K in Dubai South and AED 460K in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
Supply and delivery
Dubai South peaks in 2028, when 49 of its 136 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Jumeirah Village Triangle peaks in 2027 with 26 of 54. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 35% in Dubai South and 35% in Jumeirah Village Triangle are listed as sold out or out of stock, which is the share of the pipeline no longer taking new bookings at listed prices.
66 developers are active in Dubai South, led by Emaar, Dubai South Properties, Azizi. Jumeirah Village Triangle has 32, led by Object 1, Tiger Properties, Binghatti.
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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.