Mohammed Bin Rashid City vs Palm Jebel Ali
At the median, Palm Jebel Ali asks AED 2,501 per sqft against AED 2,181 in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, 15% dearer per sqft. Half of Palm Jebel Ali inventory sits between AED 2,266 and AED 2,927 per sqft, against AED 1,858 to AED 2,529 in Mohammed Bin Rashid City.
Mohammed Bin Rashid City carries the larger pipeline: 61 tracked off-plan projects and 660 priced units, against 48 projects and 94 priced units in Palm Jebel Ali.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Mohammed Bin Rashid City: the median plan asks 52% before keys across 74 published plans, against 80% across 42 plans 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
- Mohammed Bin Rashid City2,181 660
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 660 priced units in Mohammed Bin Rashid City and 94 in Palm Jebel Ali.
Side by side
| Metric | Mohammed Bin Rashid City | Palm Jebel Ali |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 61 | 48 |
| Priced units | 660 | 94 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,181 | 2,501 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,858 to 2,529 | 2,266 to 2,927 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.82M | AED 18.1M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 675K | AED 2.50M |
| Median paid before handover | 52% | 80% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 11% | 0% |
| Peak handover year | 2026 (21 projects) | 2028 (23 projects) |
| Active developers | 30 | 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
Mohammed Bin Rashid City is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 2,181 against AED 2,501 in Palm Jebel Ali, so Palm Jebel Ali is 15% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 3.82M for a median 1,337 sqft home in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, against AED 18.1M for a median 7,724 sqft home in Palm Jebel Ali.
Inventory is weighted differently. Mohammed Bin Rashid City is dominated by 1 BR units, 289 priced records at a median AED 2,228 per sqft and AED 1.70M 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 675K in Mohammed Bin Rashid City and AED 2.50M in Palm Jebel Ali.
Supply and delivery
Mohammed Bin Rashid City peaks in 2026, when 21 of its 61 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, 49% in Mohammed Bin Rashid City 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.
30 developers are active in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, led by Ellington, Sobha Realty, MAG. 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.