United Arab Emirates · Off-plan benchmark · July 2026

Off-plan under AED 1M: 408 sqft for the money

8,489 priced unit records ask under AED 1M in the tracked UAE off-plan book, 16% of every priced record in the corpus, published across 520 projects. The median asks AED 805,777 for 408 sqft, which is AED 1,774 per sqft. Half of the band sits between 352 and 619 sqft, so the same money buys a materially different home depending on where you spend it.

The size that dominates the band is the Studio: 5,731 priced records, 68% of everything on offer here, at a median 357 sqft and AED 2,149 per sqft. The money still reaches a 2 BR at the edge of the band, on AED 522 per sqft, which is cheaper ground than the modal unit. 100% of the band is apartments. 85% of it sits in Dubai; the rest is where the northern emirates compete on the same ticket.

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Median ticket

AED 806K

8,489 priced records

Median floor area

408 sqft

352 to 619 sqft mid half

Median per sqft

AED 1,774

AED 1,344 to 2,249 mid half

Projects selling here

520

38% already marked gone

Bedroom counts publishing 20 or more records in the band

What the money buys, rung by rung

Bedrooms	Priced records	Share of band	Median price	Median sqft	AED/sqft	Entry (p25 price)
Studio	5,731	68%	AED 778K	357	2,149	AED 689K
1 BR	2,543	30%	AED 919K	742	1,248	AED 825K
2 BR	212	2%	AED 918K	1,481	522	AED 664K

Same money, different shape. Each rung links to the page that benchmarks it across every band and every address. Rungs publishing fewer than 20 records inside this band are left out rather than printed thin.

What the label costs at this ticket

And in property types

Property type	Priced records	Share of band	Median price	Median sqft	AED/sqft
Apartment	8,483	100%	AED 806K	408	1,774

Inside one band the type is a floor area trade, not a price trade: the ticket is held roughly still, so a label asking fewer AED per sqft is simply handing over more square feet for the same money.

Where the band is deep, and where it buys more

By emirate

Emirate	Priced records	Share of band	Median sqft	AED/sqft	Median price
Dubai	7,174	85%	383	1,850	AED 805K
Ajman	887	10%	1,137	594	AED 836K
Sharjah	247	3%	668	1,103	AED 729K
Abu Dhabi	74	1%	666	1,245	AED 830K
Ras Al Khaimah	52	1%	356	2,499	AED 900K
Fujairah	35	0%	681	1,441	AED 981K
Umm Al Quwain	20	0%	387	1,850	AED 713K

20 communities, dearest per sqft first

Where the band sits, community by community

Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75, dashed rule is the band median at 1,774. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the priced units.

Al Jaddaf2,436 684
Al Satwa2,385 61
Dubailand2,351 1,279
Jumeirah Village Triangle2,292 175
Dubai South2,158 1,090
Motor City2,109 71
Dubai Science Park1,978 51
Dubai Industrial City1,873 111
Downtown Jebel Ali1,809 86
Dubai Investments Park1,758 1,025
Al Shamkha1,221 28
Al Furjan1,166 32
Al Warsan1,150 134
Khalifa City1,052 27
Al Nahda1,031 58
Al Khan998 46
Free Zone808 310
Al Rashidiya606 90
Al Ameera Village546 104
Al Amerah511 307

4981,5162,5342,436

Each dot is a community's median asking price per sqft inside this band, and the bar is its own p25 to p75. The band median across 8,489 priced unit records is AED 1,774.

Communities publishing 25 or more records inside the band

Cheapest ten per sqft

Community	Emirate	Records in band	AED/sqft	Median sqft	Median price
Al Amerah	Ajman	307	511	1,197	AED 619K
Al Ameera Village	Ajman	104	546	1,189	AED 672K
Al Rashidiya	Ajman	90	606	1,481	AED 910K
Free Zone	Ajman	310	808	1,128	AED 912K
Al Khan	Sharjah	46	998	738	AED 696K
Al Nahda	Sharjah	58	1,031	752	AED 778K
Khalifa City	Abu Dhabi	27	1,052	721	AED 909K
Al Warsan	Dubai	134	1,150	704	AED 851K
Al Furjan	Dubai	32	1,166	796	AED 910K
Al Shamkha	Abu Dhabi	28	1,221	682	AED 830K

Communities publishing 25 or more records inside the band

Dearest ten per sqft

Community	Emirate	Records in band	AED/sqft	Median sqft	Median price
Al Jaddaf	Dubai	684	2,436	338	AED 831K
Al Satwa	Dubai	61	2,385	414	AED 992K
Dubailand	Dubai	1,279	2,351	340	AED 796K
Jumeirah Village Triangle	Dubai	175	2,292	350	AED 791K
Dubai South	Dubai	1,090	2,158	361	AED 808K
Motor City	Dubai	71	2,109	417	AED 869K
Dubai Science Park	Dubai	51	1,978	460	AED 866K
Dubai Industrial City	Dubai	111	1,873	396	AED 781K
Downtown Jebel Ali	Dubai	86	1,809	340	AED 625K
Dubai Investments Park	Dubai	1,025	1,758	525	AED 761K

On floor area for the money, Al Rashidiya is the roomiest tracked address in this band: a median 1,481 sqft at AED 606 per sqft, against 408 sqft for the band as a whole.

Largest books whose published starting price lands here

Projects starting inside this band

Project	Developer	Community	Price from	Handover	Priced units
Azizi Venice	Azizi	Dubai South	AED 755K	2026	3,122
Azizi Milan	Azizi	Dubailand	AED 737K	2028	1,668
Verdana III	Reportage	Dubai Investments Park	AED 545K	2029	1,204
Ajman Creek Towers	GJ	Free Zone	AED 743K	2027	855
Azizi Jaddaf Beach Oasis	Azizi	Al Jaddaf	AED 744K	2028	471
Barajeel Towers	GJ	Al Rashidiya	AED 879K	2028	439
Damac Riverside Views	DAMAC	DAMAC Riverside	AED 802K	2028	371
Serenz	Danube	Jumeirah Village Circle	AED 903K	2029	300
Oceana	Reportage	Fujairah	AED 581K	2029	266
Celesto 4	Tarrad	Dubai Land Residence Complex	AED 580K	2028	233
Damac Riverside Views Azure 2	DAMAC	Dubai Investments Park	AED 748K	2029	0
Azizi Leily	Azizi	Al Jaddaf	AED 829K	2027	180
Al Aamra Tower 1	GJ	Al Amerah	AED 564K	2027	174
Aya Beachfront Residences	Deyaar	Al Raudah	AED 696K	2027	168
Binghatti Luxuria	Binghatti	Jumeirah Village Triangle	AED 766K	2027	167
Waada Dubai South	BT	Dubai South	AED 984K	2031	166
Al Haseen Residence 6	Dugasta	Dubai Industrial City	AED 736K	2027	162
Listone Residence	Lion Stone	International City	AED 647K	2027	160
Skyhills Astra	HRE	Dubai Science Park	AED 850K	2028	154
Verdana VI	Reportage	Dubai Investments Park	AED 640K	2029	150

The starting price is the lowest asking price published for the project, so a scheme appears here on its entry unit even where its penthouses sell several bands higher. Projects marked sold out are excluded, and the order is by how many priced unit records the project publishes. Filter the full index to go wider.

Largest books inside the band

Who sells at this level

Developer	Records in band	Median price	Median sqft	AED/sqft
Azizi	2,828	AED 795K	352	2,324
Reportage	1,059	AED 912K	533	1,754
GJ	711	AED 894K	1,135	607
Tarrad	217	AED 660K	362	1,750
Object 1	192	AED 863K	438	1,756
Lion Stone	139	AED 921K	677	1,383
Binghatti	130	AED 776K	338	2,286
Azha	126	AED 622K	1,226	511
Tiger Properties	120	AED 830K	429	1,238
Peace Homes	104	AED 826K	478	1,737
Alef	97	AED 729K	571	1,358
Samana	74	AED 893K	432	1,952
Pantheon	74	AED 825K	374	2,096
Dugasta	73	AED 809K	393	2,025
Danube	70	AED 915K	389	2,384
BT	70	AED 990K	753	1,313
AG	66	AED 841K	641	1,324
ADE	58	AED 716K	443	1,616
ALA	55	AED 677K	407	1,676
HMB	54	AED 825K	648	1,272

Record counts favour developers selling large schemes, so read this as book size at this ticket rather than as a quality ranking. 50 developers publish 25 or more priced records inside the band.

The plan you are likely to be offered here

Terms and delivery

Median booking deposit

20%

845 published plans

Median due before keys

55%

Booking plus construction

Plans with a tail

26%

Instalments after handover

Peak handover

2027

42% of dated projects

Handover year	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
Projects selling in this band	110	208	132	40	1

Plans are read from the projects publishing units in this band, counted once per plan, and only where the instalments total between 90% and 110%. A project selling across two bands is counted in both.

Answered from the corpus

Questions buyers ask at this budget

What can you buy off-plan under AED 1M in the UAE?+

As of July 2026, 8,489 priced off-plan unit records ask under AED 1M, 16% of the whole tracked book, across 520 projects. The median is 408 sqft at AED 1,774 per sqft, and the most common size on offer is a Studio at a median 357 sqft.

What is the largest home you can get off-plan under AED 1M?+

The band reaches a 2 BR at a median AED 918,000 on 1,481 sqft, across 212 priced records. That is the widest rung publishing enough records inside the band to benchmark, so treat it as the reach of the money rather than a guarantee of availability.

Which communities are cheapest per sqft off-plan under AED 1M?+

By median price per sqft inside the band, the cheapest tracked addresses are Al Amerah (AED 511 per sqft), Al Ameera Village (AED 546 per sqft), Al Rashidiya (AED 606 per sqft), Free Zone (AED 808 per sqft), Al Khan (AED 998 per sqft). Each publishes at least 25 priced records in this band.

What deposit is asked off-plan under AED 1M?+

Across 845 published payment plans from the projects selling into this band, the median booking deposit is 20% and the median share due before keys is 55%. 26% of those plans carry an instalment after handover.

Dubai Off-Plan Q3 2026

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Computed by OffplanIndex from developer-published inventories, July 2026. Bands are cut on the published asking price of each unit record, so a project selling across two bands appears in both. Aggregates are ours; the underlying listings belong to the developers who published them. Not investment advice. Method and exclusions: methodology. Every band side by side: off-plan by budget.