Off-plan developers ranked from the lowest price per sqft
190 of the 676 developers we track build in Dubai and have at least 30 priced unit records, which is enough to state a median asking price per sqft that is not an artefact of one launch. This page publishes the 25 cheapest of them, as of July 2026. The other end of the same distribution has a page of its own, and the complete ranked list of all 190 sits on the developers index.
Azha is at the cheap end at AED 518 per sqft across 202 priced units, 74% below the Dubai-wide off-plan median of AED 2,021. Crystal Bay closes this table at AED 1,289, with 165 ranked developers beyond it, running to Omniyat at AED 7,329. The median across the 190 ranked developers is AED 1,741 per sqft.
A developer's median is a blend of where they build and what they build. Compare it against the community medians before reading it as a pricing stance: a developer working only in prime waterfront districts will price above one working in mid-market suburbs even at identical margin.
The ranking
Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75, dashed rule is the Dubai median at 2,021. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the base count.
- Azha518 202
- GJ706 1,813
- Emirates891 159
- Arabian Gulf1,094 31
- Ajmal Estate1,119 61
- Dubai Properties1,129 39
- Al Mizan1,131 30
- Sunrise Capital1,162 54
- HVM Living1,174 32
- Newbury1,200 48
- Red Rose1,200 67
- London Gate1,209 37
- Nabni1,211 40
- Zenith1,220 70
- Zedor1,223 35
- Valores1,242 42
- H M B1,245 70
- Dubai South Properties1,247 67
- Wasl1,256 109
- Al Waleed1,260 122
The first 20 of 25 rows, in the order of the table below. Where a row publishes a p25 to p75 band it is drawn as the bar; where it does not, only the median is plotted.
| # | Developer | Median AED/sqft | p25 to p75 | Median price | Median size | Projects | Of which Dubai | Priced units | Pre-handover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azha | 518 | 508 to 1,467 | AED 675K | 1,226 sqft | 5 | 3 | 202 | 40% |
| 2 | GJ | 706 | 576 to 820 | AED 1.03M | 1,349 sqft | 15 | 1 | 1,813 | 41% |
| 3 | Emirates | 891 | 870 to 898 | AED 1.65M | 1,861 sqft | 9 | 3 | 159 | 43% |
| 4 | Arabian Gulf | 1,094 | 861 to 1,256 | AED 983K | 807 sqft | 6 | 8 | 31 | 40% |
| 5 | Ajmal Estate | 1,119 | 1,113 to 1,130 | AED 865K | 776 sqft | 1 | 1 | 61 | 30% |
| 6 | Dubai Properties | 1,129 | 961 to 1,194 | AED 2.80M | 2,477 sqft | 7 | 24 | 39 | 60% |
| 7 | Al Mizan | 1,131 | 1,096 to 1,155 | AED 2.62M | 2,347 sqft | 3 | 3 | 30 | 45% |
| 8 | Sunrise Capital | 1,162 | 1,020 to 1,310 | AED 1.65M | 1,273 sqft | 2 | 3 | 54 | 45% |
| 9 | HVM Living | 1,174 | 1,174 to 1,175 | AED 1.11M | 815 sqft | 1 | 1 | 32 | 40% |
| 10 | Newbury | 1,200 | 1,131 to 1,200 | AED 1.04M | 874 sqft | 2 | 2 | 48 | 50% |
| 11 | Red Rose | 1,200 | 1,200 to 1,351 | AED 1.19M | 992 sqft | 1 | 1 | 67 | 50% |
| 12 | London Gate | 1,209 | 1,077 to 1,287 | AED 1.20M | 963 sqft | 7 | 12 | 37 | 30% |
| 13 | Nabni | 1,211 | 994 to 1,406 | AED 1.50M | 1,486 sqft | 5 | 7 | 40 | 40% |
| 14 | Zenith | 1,220 | 1,125 to 1,587 | AED 1.49M | 1,110 sqft | 5 | 5 | 70 | 30% |
| 15 | Zedor | 1,223 | 1,194 to 1,231 | AED 875K | 715 sqft | 1 | 1 | 35 | 50% |
| 16 | Valores | 1,242 | 1,200 to 1,320 | AED 665K | 536 sqft | 4 | 4 | 42 | 35% |
| 17 | H M B | 1,245 | 1,027 to 1,425 | AED 825K | 732 sqft | 5 | 5 | 70 | 60% |
| 18 | Dubai South Properties | 1,247 | 1,063 to 1,362 | AED 1.96M | 1,671 sqft | 16 | 25 | 67 | 60% |
| 19 | Wasl | 1,256 | 1,129 to 1,498 | AED 1.09M | 1,082 sqft | 21 | 25 | 109 | 60% |
| 20 | Al Waleed | 1,260 | 1,214 to 1,322 | AED 1.09M | 860 sqft | 2 | 3 | 122 | 40% |
| 21 | Laraix | 1,271 | 1,175 to 1,368 | AED 1.32M | 1,053 sqft | 3 | 3 | 33 | 60% |
| 22 | Karma | 1,282 | 1,063 to 1,382 | AED 1.28M | 1,182 sqft | 5 | 5 | 50 | 52% |
| 23 | Zoya | 1,286 | 1,114 to 1,494 | AED 1.21M | 822 sqft | 12 | 12 | 55 | 48% |
| 24 | OKSA | 1,287 | 1,209 to 1,356 | AED 1.14M | 859 sqft | 2 | 2 | 75 | 45% |
| 25 | Crystal Bay | 1,289 | 1,098 to 2,248 | AED 2.16M | 1,229 sqft | 3 | 3 | 46 | 55% |
How this is computed
Median AED/sqft is computed across every priced unit record attached to that developer's projects, so a developer with one very large tower is weighted by that tower's inventory. A developer is ranked only with at least 30 priced unit records and at least one tracked project in Dubai. The table stops at 25 rather than printing all 190: the opposite end of this distribution is its own page, and publishing the whole list on both would be the same table twice. Developer aggregates in our published tables cover the full portfolio rather than one emirate, which is why the table shows both total projects and the Dubai subset: read the median with that split in mind for developers active outside Dubai. Median size is the median built-up area of the same unit records, and is the fastest way to see whether a low median price is a genuine discount or a smaller unit. Figures are OffplanIndex aggregates over developer-published project facts and unit inventories, not a copy of any listing database.
Full definitions, exclusion rules and sources are in the methodology, and what we do and do not republish is set out in the data policy. Built 2026-09-02 from data observed to 2026-07-30. Not investment advice.
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