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Dubai villa prices in 2026: registered sales community by community
Dubai villa prices: not listings, but the sales registered by the Dubai Land Department in 2026, community by community.
Asking prices and prices paid
Anyone looking for Dubai villa prices mostly finds listing prices, that is, what the seller asks. But Dubai is one of the few markets in the world where the state also publishes what is actually paid: every sale is registered by the Dubai Land Department and ends up in its open data.
We read those registers for 2026: from 1 January to 10 October they show 9,869 villas sold, with a median price of AED 3.30 million (about €0.80 million). It is the most solid basis for understanding Dubai villa prices community by community, and we use it in every reading we do.
Which price this is, in every table of Dubai villa prices: the sale value written in the contract and registered by the Dubai Land Department, in dirhams, with the euro equivalent next to it. It is not a listing price. The register gives a single amount for each sale: it does not report the payment plan, registration fees, taxes or commissions.
How to read the tables. «m» stands for million. «Median value» is the middle value: half of the villas were sold for less than that amount, half for more. «Price of 1 m² of plot» is the villa’s price divided by the square metres of its plot. The line starting with «=», under the dirham amount, is the same figure converted into euro: it is not another price.
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Contact usDubai villa prices in 2026: the key figures
- 9,869 villas sold in 2026 up to 10 October, with a median price of AED 3.30 million (about €0.80 million) and a median registered plot of 174 m².
- 7,072 off-plan, i.e. 72% of the total: in Dubai a villa is mostly bought before it exists.
- One project weighs heavily: DAMAC Islands 2 alone accounts for 3,478 registered sales.
- Monthly registrations went from 2,115 in January to 788 in September.
The last figure should be read with care: off-plan sales are often registered in batches when a project is launched, and a few large launches at the start of the year are enough to shift the monthly count. It is an observation about the numbers, not a market forecast.
Euro values are an indicative conversion: USD 1 equals AED 3.6725 (the UAE Central Bank’s fixed peg) and EUR 1 was worth USD 1.1206 on 9 October 2026 (the ECB reference rate), so AED 1 is worth about €0.243. Dubai villa prices are paid in dirhams: the real exchange rate changes every day.
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Dubai villa prices for completed homes: community by community
To read Dubai villa prices for completed homes we considered communities with at least 30 sales in the period, so that the median makes sense. The table shows Dubai villa prices for completed homes, community by community. The price per square metre is the price divided by the registered area, which for villas is the plot and not the house (the difference is explained below): it is useful for comparing villas in the same community, less for comparing different communities, because plots and types vary a lot.
| Community | Villas sold | Price of a villa (median value) | Price of 1 m² of plot | Plot in m² (median; half of the villas between) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Hills | 89 | AED 5.45m = €1.32m | AED 22,463/m² = €5,458/m² | 270 m² (201–293) |
| Arabian Ranches | 93 | AED 4.90m = €1.19m | AED 15,352/m² = €3,730/m² | 315 m² (253–373) |
| Emirates Living (The Springs and nearby communities) | 260 | AED 4.41m = €1.07m | AED 17,933/m² = €4,358/m² | 255 m² (188–343) |
| Tilal Al Ghaf | 44 | AED 4.09m = €0.99m | AED 22,272/m² = €5,412/m² | 202 m² (140–203) |
| The Field | 98 | AED 3.77m = €0.92m | AED 17,360/m² = €4,218/m² | 188 m² (187–288) |
| Al Furjan | 71 | AED 3.75m = €0.91m | AED 19,545/m² = €4,749/m² | 202 m² (170–224) |
| Mira | 142 | AED 3.49m = €0.85m | AED 13,071/m² = €3,176/m² | 273 m² (225–309) |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 136 | AED 3.27m = €0.79m | AED 18,237/m² = €4,431/m² | 161 m² (137–216) |
| Arabian Ranches III | 77 | AED 3.20m = €0.78m | AED 22,372/m² = €5,436/m² | 135 m² (129–158) |
| Villanova | 159 | AED 3.10m = €0.75m | AED 15,626/m² = €3,797/m² | 185 m² (163–239) |
| Serena | 63 | AED 3.00m = €0.73m | AED 13,843/m² = €3,364/m² | 247 m² (186–273) |
| The Valley | 71 | AED 2.91m = €0.71m | AED 15,230/m² = €3,701/m² | 176 m² (174–258) |
| Town Square | 80 | AED 2.80m = €0.68m | AED 13,928/m² = €3,384/m² | 191 m² (188–211) |
| Emaar South | 103 | AED 2.40m = €0.58m | AED 15,024/m² = €3,651/m² | 144 m² (138–248) |
At the top are Dubai Hills and Arabian Ranches, with larger plots on average; at the bottom are newer, more compact communities. These are the Dubai villa prices a buyer actually meets when negotiating a finished home in these areas.
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Off-plan Dubai villa prices: where sales concentrate
72% of the villas sold in 2026 were off-plan, and for off-plan Dubai villa prices the sales concentrate in a few large projects. The table shows the off-plan Dubai villa prices of the best-selling projects with a recognisable name in the register.
| Off-plan project | Villas sold | Price of a villa (median value) | Price of 1 m² of plot | Plot in m² (median; half of the villas between) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAMAC Islands 2 | 3,478 | AED 2.90m = €0.70m | AED 19,611/m² = €4,765/m² | 144 m² (144–220) |
| Lunaya | 401 | AED 6.58m = €1.60m | AED 29,196/m² = €7,094/m² | 200 m² (200–332) |
| Reportage Hills | 266 | AED 1.80m = €0.44m | AED 15,455/m² = €3,755/m² | 106 m² (106–110) |
| Verdana 4 | 160 | AED 1.33m = €0.32m | AED 13,548/m² = €3,292/m² | 95 m² (94–99) |
| Reportage Village 1 | 155 | AED 1.26m = €0.31m | AED 13,342/m² = €3,242/m² | 88 m² (88–91) |
The first project in the table, DAMAC Islands 2, has its own section below: Elite Luxury Real Estate works with DAMAC as an agent and we declare it. Before buying off-plan, the 10 checks we have collected apply: escrow account, contract, payment plan.
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DAMAC Islands 2: the best-selling project in Dubai villa prices
In the 2026 Dubai villa prices register one project outweighs all the others: DAMAC Islands 2, with 3,478 villas sold out of 9,869, i.e. 35% of the total. The median price is AED 2.90 million (about €0.70 million) and the median registered plot is 144 m², with 2,236 sales of four-bedroom villas and 1,242 of five-bedroom ones.
The project is sold in sections, each with its own name in the register. The table of Dubai villa prices shows the six best sellers: median prices across the sections range from AED 2.82 to 2.98 million, which helps to compare an offer with what other buyers actually paid.
| Section (name in the register) | Villas sold | Price of a villa (median value) | Plot in m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas 2 | 471 | AED 2.82m = €0.69m | 144 m² |
| Cuba | 442 | AED 2.83m = €0.69m | 144 m² |
| Bahamas 1 | 406 | AED 2.98m = €0.72m | 144 m² |
| Bermuda | 399 | AED 2.90m = €0.70m | 144 m² |
| Tahiti 2 | 382 | AED 2.90m = €0.70m | 144 m² |
| Maui | 353 | AED 2.91m = €0.71m | 144 m² |
These figures come from the Dubai Land Department public register, not from developer marketing material: they are sales that have already happened, not a promise of yield or a forecast. Elite Luxury Real Estate works with DAMAC as an agent, and we say so openly. Anyone assessing DAMAC Islands 2 can start from registered Dubai villa prices and ask for the preliminary reading: we compare the asking price with the sales registered in the same section and tell you in writing what to check. If you prefer, write to us mentioning DAMAC Islands 2.
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Dubai villa prices: plot and house, how big are they?
To read Dubai villa prices properly you need to tell two measures apart. The plot is the land the villa stands on. The built area is the sum of the floors of the house. A plot of 144 square metres can have a 203-square-metre house spread over several floors: they are different numbers, and two villas on the same plot can have very different houses.
In the register each sale has a single area, and for villas it is the plot, not the house. You can see it at DAMAC Islands 2: the register gives 144 m² for 2,150 of the 2,236 four-bedroom villas, always the same value, while the project sheet on our site (Italian version) shows four-bedroom townhouses with a house area from 203 m².
For the other communities the register uses the same field and the figures are consistent with the plot, but we have not checked it community by community: plot and built area must be read on the title deed and the drawings before an offer. The table shows the plot behind Dubai villa prices for the completed villas sold in 2026, by number of bedrooms.
| Bedrooms | Completed villas sold | Plot in m² (median; half of the villas between) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 247 | 175 m² (165–250) |
| 3 | 1,337 | 177 m² (156–247) |
| 4 | 973 | 257 m² (220–300) |
| 5 | 61 | 380 m² (278–432) |
In Dubai villa prices the price per square metre in the tables is therefore the price divided by the plot, not by the house. Built area and volumes are not in the register: there are no heights, volumes or building-density indices. The volumes you can build are set by the community rules and the authorities, and are read case by case: they are never included in Dubai villa prices, and anyone building must check them first.
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Dubai villa prices and land: what a plot costs before you build
Anyone comparing Dubai villa prices with the cost of building from scratch starts from the land, and the register distinguishes villas from land. In land sales the area is that of the plot, and it is the most useful figure for anyone who wants to build: size, price and price per square metre of the land, without the house. The table lists the areas with at least 25 land sales in 2026 and a median price above AED 9,000 per m².
| Area or project | Plots sold | Plot in m² (median; half of the plots between) | Price of a plot (median value) | Price of 1 m² of plot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah* | 45 | 685 m² (623–1,226) | AED 45.0m = €10.9m | AED 56,898/m² = €13,826/m² |
| Palm Jebel Ali, Frond E* | 36 | 702 m² (685–1,819) | AED 31.4m = €7.63m | AED 42,262/m² = €10,269/m² |
| Palm Jebel Ali, Frond D* | 41 | 704 m² (686–1,721) | AED 30.9m = €7.51m | AED 42,985/m² = €10,445/m² |
| Eden Hills | 126 | 750 m² (696–814) | AED 21.1m = €5.13m | AED 27,619/m² = €6,711/m² |
| Cedarwood Estates* | 56 | 916 m² (586–1,053) | AED 17.9m = €4.36m | AED 22,447/m² = €5,454/m² |
| Nad Al Sheba Gardens, phase 11 | 97 | 627 m² (594–707) | AED 16.1m = €3.90m | AED 23,303/m² = €5,662/m² |
| Mareva 2 (The Oasis) | 271 | 810 m² (768–1,120) | AED 15.8m = €3.85m | AED 19,554/m² = €4,751/m² |
| Mareva (The Oasis) | 255 | 843 m² (777–1,360) | AED 15.6m = €3.79m | AED 19,070/m² = €4,634/m² |
| Ashwood Estates | 163 | 693 m² (570–967) | AED 12.7m = €3.09m | AED 21,134/m² = €5,135/m² |
| Emirates Living* | 55 | 604 m² (552–751) | AED 12.5m = €3.04m | AED 19,008/m² = €4,619/m² |
| Elwood Estates | 42 | 577 m² (556–627) | AED 11.6m = €2.83m | AED 19,382/m² = €4,710/m² |
| Arabian Ranches | 88 | 724 m² (601–831) | AED 10.5m = €2.55m | AED 14,175/m² = €3,444/m² |
| Jumeirah Park* | 53 | 680 m² (553–751) | AED 9.75m = €2.37m | AED 14,308/m² = €3,477/m² |
| The Valley, Ovelle | 84 | 643 m² (540–717) | AED 7.29m = €1.77m | AED 13,101/m² = €3,183/m² |
| Emirates Hills* | 14 | 2,082 m² (1,283–3,935, min and max) | AED 60.0m = €14.6m | AED 31,376/m² = €7,624/m² |
*Data up to 11 August 2026: these are plots registered as commercial, which the most recent file does not include.
In the areas in the table the median plot is between roughly 580 and 920 m², excluding Emirates Hills. For anyone building, Dubai villa prices start with the land: it costs from AED 13,101 per m² (The Valley, Ovelle) to 56,898 (Palm Jumeirah), that is from €3,183 to €13,826 per m². In value, the median plot ranges from AED 7.29 million (about €1.77 million) (The Valley, Ovelle) to AED 45.0 million (about €10.9 million) (Palm Jumeirah).
The register shows the price of the land, not the terms of the contract or how much can be built on it: before buying a plot, the community’s building restrictions must be read, and they change from one area to the next. It is work an architect does before the offer, not after, and it changes what Dubai villa prices mean for anyone who wants to build.
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Emirates Hills: the most expensive plots in Dubai villa prices
In Emirates Hills properties are registered as land, with or without the villa built on it. From 1 January to 11 August 2026 there were 14 sales, from AED 33.0 to 134.0 million (€8.0 to 32.6 million), with a median value of AED 60.0 million. Areas range from 1,283 to 3,935 m², in line with the plots described in our guide to Palm Jumeirah and Emirates Hills.
The land register counts 631 plots in Emirates Hills in all, not only those sold in 2026: they range from 1,133 to 7,946 m², with a median of 1,905 m² and half of the plots between 1,576 and 2,623 m². The plots sold in 2026 are larger than average (median 2,082 m²).
At these figures the price depends on the plot (golf or lake frontage, size, exposure) and on what stands on it: a villa to demolish, one to renovate or a new house. This is where Dubai villa prices are read better with an architect than with a table.
Palm Jumeirah: little data for Dubai villa prices
On Palm Jumeirah, from 1 January to 10 October, the register shows only 4 sales classified as villas: AED 28.6 million (registered area 413 m², Zabeel Saray); AED 60.0 million (registered area 1,754 m², Club Villas); AED 115.0 million (registered area 1,700 m², Eome, off-plan); AED 260.0 million (registered area 2,467 m², Eome). They are too few to calculate an honest median, and we do not turn them into an average.
For Dubai villa prices on the Palm, anyone assessing a house therefore has to compare the asking price with the individual registered sales of truly similar homes, one by one. It is work we do in the preliminary reading, starting from the listing.
How to use Dubai villa prices before an offer
- Start from the community, not the city: Dubai villa prices change more between communities than from one year to the next.
- Compare the same type: number of bedrooms, plot size, detached or townhouse, completed or off-plan.
- Look at sales, not listings: the gap between the asking price and registered Dubai villa prices is the first margin for negotiation.
- Add the house itself: age, condition of systems, exposure and works needed are not in the register, but they weigh on value.
The Dubai Land Department’s official index for villas went from 97.99 in 2020 to 213.18 in 2025: the market has risen a lot, and that is exactly why comparing with registered sales matters more than any promise of appreciation.
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Frequently asked questions about Dubai villa prices
How much does a villa in Dubai cost on average in 2026?
In Dubai villa prices registered from 1 January to 10 October 2026 the median villa price is AED 3.30 million, but it varies a lot between communities: from AED 2.40 to 5.45 million in the completed-villa communities with the most sales.
Where can I find real Dubai villa prices?
Dubai villa prices actually paid are in the Dubai Land Department open data, which records every sale with value, area, location and project. Portal listings show asking prices instead.
Why does the price per square metre vary so much?
In Dubai villa prices the square metre is that of the plot and not of the house, and plots, types and finishes change between communities. Use it to compare similar villas in the same area.
Which price is the one in the Dubai registers?
It is the sale value written in the contract and registered by the Dubai Land Department, in dirhams. It is not a listing price. The register gives a single amount for each sale and does not report the payment plan, registration fees, taxes or commissions.
Are these Dubai villa prices a forecast?
No: they are sales that have already happened. They tell you what was paid, not what a villa will be worth tomorrow.
How much are Dubai villa prices in euros?
The median price of villas sold in 2026 is AED 3.30 million, about €0.80 million. The completed-villa communities with the most sales range from about €0.58 to €1.32 million. The exchange rate used is the one stated in the article: Dubai villa prices are paid in dirhams.
How big is a villa in Dubai?
In Dubai villa prices the register gives the plot, not the house: in completed villas sold in 2026 the median registered plot is 177 m² for three bedrooms, 257 m² for four and 380 m² for five. At DAMAC Islands 2 the plot is 144 m² for four bedrooms, while the house starts at 203 m². The built area is not in the register. The plots of the land sold are generally between roughly 580 and 920 m².
How much does land cost to build a villa in Dubai?
Next to Dubai villa prices, in the areas with the most land sales in 2026 the median plot costs from AED 7.29 million (about €1.77 million) (The Valley, Ovelle) to AED 45.0 million (about €10.9 million) (Palm Jumeirah), with median plots between roughly 580 and 920 m². The price of the land does not include construction or the plot’s restrictions, to be read before making an offer.
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Source: Dubai Land Department, open data (residential sales from 01/01/2026 to 10/10/2026; for Emirates Hills, plots registered as commercial, from 01/01/2026 to 11 August 2026). Method: only sales of residential villa-type properties worth at least AED 300,000; medians; communities with at least 30 sales. Emirates Hills: sales in the «Emirates Hills» project registered as land; land register of 11/08/2026.
Plots: land sales (type «Land», 350–5,000 m²) grouped by project or area, with at least 25 sales and a median price above AED 9,000 per m² (social-housing and industrial areas and DAMAC projects excluded); an asterisk marks data up to 11/08/2026.
Registered plot: the area stated in the sales contract; for villas it is the plot area, not the house (at DAMAC Islands 2 it is identical for 2,150 villas out of 2,236 and differs from the 203 m² house area in our listing), not checked community by community; the register contains no built areas or volumes. Price: sale value stated in the contract, a single amount per sale. Price index: Dubai Land Department. Exchange rates: USD 1 = AED 3.6725 (fixed peg, UAE Central Bank); EUR 1 = USD 1.1206 (ECB reference rate of 9 October 2026). Analysis by Elite Luxury Real Estate.
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