Area guide
Dubai
The main freehold market of the UAE
The largest emirate by population and the country's commercial and tourism hub. Foreign buyers have held full freehold title in designated zones since 2002, and the Dubai Land Department publishes every transaction on the public register.
Communities in Dubai
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AED 1,538/sqftRANK#2Business Bay
Business Bay is Dubai's central business district and a high-rise mixed-use hub straddling the Dubai Water Canal, immediately south of Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa. It is known for its dense skyline of corporate towers, hotels, branded residences and waterfront apartments.
+4.8%Capital Growth
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RANK#3Dubai Land Residence Complex
One of Dubai's most affordable freehold apartment sub-markets, with studios from around AED 400,000 and some of the highest gross rental yields in the city. It is a self-contained mid-rise community of studio to 3-bedroom apartments with retail, schools and parks.
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RANK#4Dubai World Central
Dubai World Central is the master-planned 'aerotropolis' built around Al Maktoum International Airport (planned to become the world's largest airport) and the former Expo 2020 site, now Expo City Dubai. It is known for affordable, freehold, walkable communities with generous gree
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AED 1,999/sqftRANK#5Dubai Marina
Dubai Marina is a landmark man-made waterfront district defined by its yacht-lined canal, the pedestrian Marina Walk, a dense skyline of high-rise residential towers, and adjacency to JBR beach. It is one of Dubai's most iconic tourist and lifestyle destinations for dining, night
+4.8%Capital Growth
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RANK#6Dmcc Master Community
A high-density waterfront community of around 80 towers across 26 clusters set around three artificial lakes, JLT is best known as an affordable, walkable dining and business hub with two of its own Metro stations. It combines residential, office and retail within the tax-free DM
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AED 927/sqftRANK#9Damac Hills 2
One of Dubai's largest and most affordable freehold master communities, known for its low entry prices on 3-4 bedroom townhouses and villas plus resort-style amenities including the Malibu Beach wave pool, water town, sports fields and community malls.
+4.8%Capital Growth
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AED 1,182/sqftRANK#10Al Furjan
Al Furjan is best known as an affordable, master-planned Nakheel freehold community that combines apartments, townhouses and villas around its own Red Line metro station. It sits minutes from Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens and the Expo City / Jebel Ali growth corridor.
+4.8%Capital Growth
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RANK#11International Media Production Zone
Dubai Production City is best known as the International Media Production Zone (IMPZ) free zone for media, printing, publishing and packaging companies, paired with an affordable residential cluster of mid-rise apartment buildings around a central lake and Dubai Production City G
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AED 2,351/sqftRANK#13
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AED 1,171/sqftRANK#14
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RANK#15Dubai Hills Estate
Dubai Hills Estate is Emaar and Meraas' flagship 11 sq km golf-course community, anchored by an 18-hole championship course, the large Dubai Hills Mall, Dubai Hills Park and top-tier schools and clinics. It sits centrally along Al Khail Road, roughly midway between Downtown Dubai
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AED 1,620/sqftRANK#16Dubai Science Park
Dubai's dedicated science, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech free zone (formerly DuBiotech), part of TECOM Group, home to anchor tenants such as AstraZeneca, Himalaya and Jotun. It has evolved into a mixed-use community pairing that R&D employment cluster with affordable mid
+4.8%Capital Growth
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AED 1,292/sqftRANK#17
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AED 892/sqftRANK#18Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City is a sports-themed master community built around world-class venues including the Dubai International Stadium, the ICC Academy, and The Els Club golf course. It is one of the more affordable freehold apartment districts in the Dubai-land corridor.
+4.8%Capital Growth
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RANK#19Palm Deira
Nakheel's ambitious five-island waterfront megaproject off the Deira coast - originally conceived as 'Palm Deira', later Deira Islands and now Dubai Islands - spanning ~17 sq km with over 20 km of beaches (including Dubai's first Blue Flag beaches), marinas, a golf course and mor
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RANK#20Silicon Oasis
A government-owned technology free zone and integrated tech park that hosts major global firms (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, HP, Dell, Cisco and others) alongside affordable mid-market apartments and villas. It is also known for its proximity to Dubai Academic City and its self-contai
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AED 1,570/sqftRANK#21Town Square
A large, affordable Nshama-built master community in the Dubailand/Al Qudra corridor centred on the expansive Town Square Park (over 150,000 sqm of parks and gardens), with a walkable retail plaza, cafes, cycling and jogging tracks and family amenities.
+4.8%Capital Growth
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RANK#22Dubai Maritime City
A 249-hectare purpose-built maritime freehold peninsula between Port Rashid and Dubai Dry Docks, positioned as a central waterfront district minutes from Bur Dubai, Deira and Downtown. It blends a working maritime/commercial hub with new residential and branded waterfront towers.
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RANK#23Dubai South Residential District
The residential core of the 145 sq km Dubai South master plan, anchored by Al Maktoum International Airport (planned to become the world's largest) and Expo City Dubai. It is known for affordable freehold homes and lagoon-style communities such as The Pulse, South Bay and Pulse B
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AED 1,658/sqftRANK#24The Valley
A self-sufficient, family-first Emaar master community centred on four lifestyle destinations - Golden Beach (a man-made beach zone), the Town Centre, the Sports Village and Kids' Dale - with low-rise villas and townhouses set among linear parks and open green space.
+4.8%Capital Growth