Off-plan handovers in 2028
769 off-plan projects across the UAE carry a developer-published completion date in 2028, together holding 17,453 priced unit records. 587 of them are in Dubai and 182 across the other emirates. The heaviest year is 2027, with 880.
The 2028 cohort asks a median AED 1,801 per sqft, computed across the 523 projects in it that carry a priced median, with the middle half between AED 1,388 and AED 2,401. That is 10% below the AED 2,008 median across the whole UAE book. 26% of the cohort is already listed as sold out or out of stock, so what is left is a smaller set than the project count suggests.
When in the year
Quarters are the developer's own target, not a registry completion date, and they move. A cluster in Q4 is partly real and partly a rounding habit: a scheme with no firm month is often published as the last quarter of the year it is aiming at.
Where it lands
| Emirate | Projects due 2028 | Share of the year | Median AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 587 | 76% | 1,771 |
| Abu Dhabi | 64 | 8% | 1,742 |
| Ras Al Khaimah | 64 | 8% | 2,824 |
| Sharjah | 32 | 4% | 1,052 |
| Umm Al Quwain | 12 | 2% | 2,200 |
| Ajman | 10 | 1% | 992 |
Emirate medians here are computed over the projects handing over in 2028 only, so they will differ from the emirate benchmark, which uses the whole book. Projects with no emirate recorded are left out of this table and still counted in the year total.
Which communities
Chips carry the number of 2028 completions in that community, not its total book.
Who is delivering
What the year is made of
These two tables count unit records rather than projects, so a tower publishing 400 rows carries 400 votes, and their median of AED 2,034 per sqft is unit weighted. Every other figure on this page counts one vote per scheme. Rows need 20 records inside the cohort to be printed, which is why a year can show fewer rungs than the market as a whole.
Terms at this horizon
A plan counts once per project, and only plans whose stages sum to between 90 and 110 percent are read. The deposit asked at the far end of the pipeline is usually the smaller one, since the developer is selling a longer wait rather than a nearer key handover. Model any of these against a real ticket in the payment plan calculator.
The largest schemes
| Project | Developer | Community | Priced units | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azizi Milan | Azizi | Dubailand | 1,668 | 2,292 |
| Binghatti Vision Iconic | Binghatti | Nad Al Sheba | 878 | 3,769 |
| Maybach Ultimate Luxury | Binghatti | Nad Al Sheba | 863 | 3,551 |
| Azizi Jaddaf Beach Oasis | Azizi | Al Jaddaf | 471 | 2,364 |
| Verdana IV | Reportage | Dubai Investments Park | 442 | 1,769 |
| Barajeel Towers | GJ | Al Rashidiya | 439 | 693 |
| Sobha Aquamont | Sobha Realty | Sobha Aquamont | 413 | 2,035 |
| Damac Riverside Views | DAMAC | DAMAC Riverside | 371 | 1,580 |
| Skyscape | Sobha Realty | Bukadra | 370 | 2,550 |
| Tilal Binghatti | Binghatti | Academic City | 363 | 1,684 |
| Al Vista | Dubai Investments | Bukadra | 284 | 2,375 |
| Celesto 4 | Tarrad | Dubai Land Residence Complex | 233 | 1,538 |
The year in context
| Year | Projects | Priced units | Median AED/sqft | Sold out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 506 | 7,395 | 1,673 | 57% |
| 2027 | 880 | 14,329 | 1,753 | 34% |
| 2028 | 769 | 17,453 | 1,801 | 26% |
| 2029 | 468 | 10,324 | 2,054 | 24% |
| 2030 | 133 | 2,572 | 2,499 | 17% |
The price ladder runs with the calendar: AED 1,673 per sqft for the 2026 cohort against AED 2,499 for 2030. Later cohorts are newer launches at newer prices, and the cheap end of an older year has already sold, so read this as what is on sale rather than as a forecast.
Go deeper
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2028 handovers in context: price per sqft by community and developer, payment plan structures ranked by cash due before handover, the 2026 to 2029 delivery pipeline, and the CSV behind every table. PDF plus data, delivered instantly.
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). Handover dates are the developer's published target and are frequently revised. All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.