Mohammed Bin Rashid City vs The Valley
At the median, Mohammed Bin Rashid City asks AED 2,181 per sqft against AED 1,250 in The Valley, 74% dearer per sqft. Half of Mohammed Bin Rashid City inventory sits between AED 1,858 and AED 2,529 per sqft, against AED 1,090 to AED 1,747 in The Valley.
Mohammed Bin Rashid City carries the larger pipeline: 61 tracked off-plan projects and 660 priced units, against 49 projects and 242 priced units in The Valley.
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 40 plans in The Valley.
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.
- Mohammed Bin Rashid City2,181 660
- The Valley1,250 242
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 242 in The Valley.
Side by side
| Metric | Mohammed Bin Rashid City | The Valley |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 61 | 49 |
| Priced units | 660 | 242 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,181 | 1,250 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,858 to 2,529 | 1,090 to 1,747 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.82M | AED 2.99M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 675K | AED 999K |
| Median paid before handover | 52% | 80% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 11% | 5% |
| Peak handover year | 2026 (21 projects) | 2028 (20 projects) |
| Active developers | 30 | 2 |
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
The Valley is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,250 against AED 2,181 in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, so Mohammed Bin Rashid City is 74% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 2.99M for a median 2,670 sqft home in The Valley, against AED 3.82M for a median 1,337 sqft home in Mohammed Bin Rashid City.
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. The Valley leans to 4 BR units, 93 records at AED 1,186 per sqft and AED 4.35M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 675K in Mohammed Bin Rashid City and AED 999K in The Valley.
Supply and delivery
Mohammed Bin Rashid City peaks in 2026, when 21 of its 61 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. The Valley peaks in 2028 with 20 of 49. 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 61% in The Valley 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. The Valley has 2, led by Emaar, Sobha Realty.
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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.