Palm Jebel Ali vs The Valley
At the median, Palm Jebel Ali asks AED 2,501 per sqft against AED 1,250 in The Valley, 100% dearer per sqft. Half of Palm Jebel Ali inventory sits between AED 2,266 and AED 2,927 per sqft, against AED 1,090 to AED 1,747 in The Valley.
The Valley carries the larger pipeline: 49 tracked off-plan projects and 242 priced units, against 48 projects and 94 priced units in Palm Jebel Ali.
Payment plans sit level: the median plan on both sides asks 80% before keys, from 42 published plans in Palm Jebel Ali and 40 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.
- Palm Jebel Ali2,501 94
- The Valley1,250 242
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 94 priced units in Palm Jebel Ali and 242 in The Valley.
Side by side
| Metric | Palm Jebel Ali | The Valley |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 48 | 49 |
| Priced units | 94 | 242 |
| Median AED per sqft | 2,501 | 1,250 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,266 to 2,927 | 1,090 to 1,747 |
| Median asking price | AED 18.1M | AED 2.99M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 2.50M | AED 999K |
| Median paid before handover | 80% | 80% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 0% | 5% |
| Peak handover year | 2028 (23 projects) | 2028 (20 projects) |
| Active developers | 1 | 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 2,501 in Palm Jebel Ali, so Palm Jebel Ali is 100% 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 18.1M for a median 7,724 sqft home in Palm Jebel Ali.
Inventory is weighted differently. Palm Jebel Ali is dominated by 5 BR units, 32 priced records at a median AED 2,206 per sqft and AED 18.1M 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 2.50M in Palm Jebel Ali and AED 999K in The Valley.
Supply and delivery
Palm Jebel Ali peaks in 2028, when 23 of its 48 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, 20% in Palm Jebel Ali 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.
1 developers are active in Palm Jebel Ali, led by Nakheel. 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.