Dubai & UAE off-plan townhouse research
Compare verified townhouse projects by community, developer, price, bedroom count, payment plan and handover. Every current figure is labelled with its source and the date we checked it.
Prices and project details checked against developer or official sources. We never publish a figure we cannot attribute.
Market snapshot
Counts describe the projects verified on this site, not total market inventory.
| Market | Best for | Projects tracked | Lowest published price | What you may own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | Widest project and developer choice, deepest resale market | 52 | AED 535,516 | Freehold title in designated areas |
| Sharjah | Lowest entry prices and the smallest formats | 13 | AED 1.19M | Ownership without time limit in approved development areas |
| Abu Dhabi | Island and master-community releases that sell out fast | 7 | AED 2M | Ownership within designated investment zones |
| Ras Al Khaimah | Waterfront and golf townhouses, very little stock | 3 | AED 4.5M | Freehold where a project is specifically authorised |
The full UAE comparison · Last market review 10 Sep 2026
Current opportunities
A project only appears here if its developer publishes a price, a payment plan or a handover date. Everything else is on the emirate pages, labelled honestly.
Reportage Properties Dubai Investments Park
From AED 1.7Mcurrent developer price, townhouse-specific
From the developer
Not published: plot
The clearest currently selling off-plan townhouse in Dubai under AED 2M. The payment plan is unusually back-loaded: 70% of the price falls due at handover.
DAMAC Properties DAMAC Riverside
From AED 1.99Mcurrent developer price, townhouse-specific
From the developer
Not published: plot
DAMAC's own page confirms the unit type, bedroom mix and handover window but renders price client-side, so the price and size figures here come from portal listings rather than the developer.
DAMAC Properties DAMAC Sun City
Launched at AED 2.7Moriginal launch price, townhouse-specific
Resale only — the developer reports no remaining stock
Not published: plot
Portals report developer inventory as sold out, leaving resale only. DAMAC's page publishes neither a price nor a sales status.
DAMAC Properties DAMAC Hills 2
From AED 1.96Mcurrent developer price, townhouse-specific
From the developer
Not published: plot
Portal-sourced price only: DAMAC's own page shows price on request. Sources also disagree on whether this phase is still selling, so treat availability as unconfirmed until the developer states it.
Emaar Properties Emaar South
Launched at AED 2.7Moriginal launch price, townhouse-specific
Resale only — the developer reports no remaining stock
Not published: plot
Emaar's project page calls these 3 and 4-bedroom townhouses in clusters of four, while Emaar's community listing tags the same project as a villa. We follow the project page. Developer inventory is sold out; resale only.
Reportage Properties Dubailand
From AED 2.59Mcurrent developer price, townhouse-specific
From the developer
Not published: plot
902 three-storey townhouses with no apartment component: 744 three-bedroom, 66 four-bedroom and 92 five-bedroom. That makes it the largest single source of five-bedroom townhouse stock outside DAMAC. 70% of the price falls due at handover.
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Communities
Eight masterplans account for most of the tracked supply. Each has its own page with phases, prices and what has sold out.
Dubai–Al Ain Road corridor, south-east Dubai
Emaar's phased townhouse-and-villa masterplan on the Dubai–Al Ain Road, released in named collections rather than one launch.
Dubailand, west of DAMAC Hills
A roughly 49 million sq ft Mediterranean-themed masterplan split into clusters named after European destinations, each with its own unit mix.
Dubailand
A 30 million sq ft island-themed masterplan of 5,915 villas and townhouses, organised into six named clusters.
Between Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Jebel Ali, served by DIP metro station
An established mixed-use district of roughly 2,300 hectares where off-plan townhouse supply comes from a small number of large multi-phase projects rather than a steady launch pipeline.
Dubailand, near Emirates Road
A separate 20 million sq ft follow-on masterplan themed on eight destinations, not a later phase of DAMAC Islands.
Dubai Investments Park
A roughly 10 million sq ft waterfront-themed community inside Dubai Investments Park.
Dubailand
A 2.7 million sq ft community of 770 units where townhouses are the primary product.
Dubailand, along Jebel Ali–Lehbab Road
A 55 million sq ft community, formerly Akoya, where most townhouse stock is delivered or resale and new off-plan releases are occasional.
Method
A townhouse starting price, a project starting price and a community-wide price are three different things. Conflating them is the most common error in off-plan content, and every figure here carries its scope.
Where a developer publishes no price, plan or handover date, the page says so and names what is absent. We do not fill gaps with a portal number and present it as the developer’s.
Prices, availability and payment plans change. Every market-sensitive figure carries the date we last checked it, and regulatory statements carry the date the law was last reviewed.
When we get something wrong we say what we published, what is correct, and how it happened — on the page and in the corrections log.
Corrections logResearch
The process from verification to handover, sourced to the Land Department — including the registration fee most guides get wrong and the 50% mortgage ceiling most leave out.
Read the guideWhat each plan shape asks of you in cash before handover, which is the only comparison that matters.
Compare plansThere is no best community. There is a best community for a given budget, commute and bedroom count, and this compares them on that basis.
Compare communities“New” is the most abused word in off-plan marketing. This separates genuine first releases from relaunches and resale stock.
New projectsFAQ
A multi-level home sharing at least one wall with a neighbour, bought from the developer before it is built. You pay in instalments across construction rather than all at once, and you are buying a specification and a plot rather than a finished home you can inspect.
Yes, but the rule is different in every emirate and always attaches to a designated area or an approved project rather than the emirate as a whole. Dubai grants freehold in designated areas; Sharjah has allowed all nationalities to own without a time limit in approved development projects since 2022; Abu Dhabi permits ownership inside designated investment zones; Ras Al Khaimah authorises projects individually. Confirm your specific project with the relevant registrar.
Published starting prices across the tracked dataset run from about AED 1.19M in Sharjah to well above AED 5M for island and golf communities. The figure alone tells you very little: a low “from” price often belongs to an apartment in a mixed release, or to a middle unit on the smallest plot in the row.
Construction-linked plans, 60/40 and 80/20 splits, 1% monthly structures and post-handover plans. Compare them on how much cash you must produce before handover, not on the booking percentage, which is the number developers lead with and the least informative one.
That the project and its escrow account appear on the Land Department register; the full payment schedule with dates rather than the booking amount; the exact unit and plot rather than a render; what the contract says about delay; and what ownership right you are being granted, in writing.
A first sale is bought from the developer at its price on its payment plan. A resale is bought from an existing buyer part-way through that plan: you pay them for their equity, then take over the remaining instalments, subject to a developer NOC. The two cannot be compared on headline price alone.
Tell us the budget, the bedrooms and where you need to be. We reply with matching projects and the source behind every figure.