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Off-Plan Townhouses in Ras Al Khaimah

RAK is the smallest of the four townhouse markets and the most lifestyle-led. It also has the most generous published payment plan in this dataset, and the least straightforward freehold story.

  • 3 projects tracked
  • 1 with stock currently for sale
  • 40% payable after handover
What is for saleThe payment plan

Where can you buy an off-plan townhouse in Ras Al Khaimah?

Essentially in one place: Al Hamra Village. Its Falcon Island precinct sells island townhouses, with the two and three-bedroom units sold out and four-bedroom stock from AED 4.5M, and Aila Homes is a 200-townhouse release announced in 2025. At Mina Al Arab, RAK Properties’ townhouse phase Granada II is sold out and its current releases are apartments and villas.

  • Falcon Island is one of the few UAE projects publishing both built-up area and plot size per bedroom count.
  • Its plan puts 40% of the price after handover, across three years — the gentlest structure we track.
  • Al Marjan Island has no verified townhouse product despite appearing in RAK townhouse searches.

3Projects tracked
AED 4.5MOnly current pricefour-bedroom, Falcon Island
3,229 sq ftLargest published plotFalcon Island four-bedroom
1Emirate-wide developerAl Hamra builds the current stock

Three projects is the whole verified RAK townhouse market, not a sample of it.

What is for sale

Three projects, three different states

In a market this small, the distinction between selling, announced and sold out matters more than any comparison between them.

Falcon Island townhouses

Al Hamra Falcon Island

Available

From AED 4.5Mtownhouse starting price

Bedrooms
2–4 bed
Built-up area
1,184–2,368 sq ft
Plot
1,292–3,229 sq ft
Payment plan
20% booking, 30% during construction, 10% on completion, 40% across three years after handover
Handover
Awaiting verification

Al Hamra publishes built-up area and plot size per bedroom count, which almost no UAE developer does. The two and three-bedroom townhouses are sold out; the four-bedroom remains, from AED 4.5M. The 40% payable after handover across three years is unusually generous.

Aila Homes

Al Hamra Al Hamra Village

Developer announced

Price awaiting verification

Bedrooms
3–4 bed
Built-up area
Awaiting verification
Plot
Awaiting verification
Payment plan
Awaiting verification
Handover
Awaiting verification

200 townhouses in three and four-bedroom layouts, launched July 2025 as part of a combined AED 3 billion release with an apartment project. Al Hamra states more than half sold before the official launch — its own claim. No price, size or handover date is published.

Granada II

RAK Properties Mina Al Arab

Developer sold out

Price awaiting verification

Bedrooms
2–3 bed
Built-up area
1,831–2,224 sq ft
Plot
Awaiting verification
Payment plan
Awaiting verification
Handover
Q1 2026

80 townhouses in two and three-bedroom layouts, sold out, with handover stated as Q1 2026. Listed here as the clearest evidence of what Mina Al Arab townhouses actually were, since the developer's current releases are apartments and villas.

“Announced” means the developer has published the project but no price, size or handover date. Aila Homes is in that state: 200 townhouses announced in July 2025, with Al Hamra stating more than half sold before the official launch.

Sizes

The one UAE market that publishes plot dimensions

Almost every developer publishes a built-up area at best. Al Hamra publishes both built-up area and plot size per bedroom count, which is the only way to know what garden you are buying.

Published built-up area and plot sizes at Falcon Island
Falcon Island townhouseBuilt-up areaPlotGarden as a share of plotStatus
2 bedroom1,184 sq ft1,292 sq ftModest — the plot barely exceeds the footprintSold out
3 bedroomBetween the two rangesBetween the two rangesAl Hamra publishes the range, not the mid-pointSold out
4 bedroom2,368 sq ft3,229 sq ftAround 860 sq ft of outdoor spaceAvailable from AED 4.5M

Al Hamra publishes these as ranges across the townhouse types rather than a table per unit, so the two and four-bedroom rows are the published ends of those ranges.

Payment

The gentlest published plan in this dataset

Al Hamra applies the same four-stage structure across every Falcon Island townhouse type. Nearly half the price falls due after you have the keys.

Falcon Island townhouse payment structure, applied to the published AED 4.5M price
StageShareOn AED 4.5MWhen
Booking20%AED 900,000On reservation
Construction30%AED 1,350,000Across the build
Completion10%AED 450,000At handover
Post-handover40%AED 1,800,000Spread over three years after handover

The dirham column is this site’s arithmetic on Al Hamra’s published percentages and its published AED 4.5M starting price, shown to make the shape concrete. It is not a quote, and it is not a mortgage calculation. How plan shapes compare

A post-handover component is the closest thing off-plan has to a hedge: you can inspect the finished home, and in many cases let it, before the largest instalments fall due. It is not free money. The developer prices it in, resale is usually restricted until the plan completes, and the obligation survives whatever the market does in the meantime.

Ownership

There is no blanket RAK freehold

RAK Municipality’s published real-estate law refers to a separate Emiri Decree as the instrument that grants freehold authorisation, which points to a project-by-project model rather than an emirate-wide designation of the kind Dubai operates. Al Hamra states that its Falcon Island villas and townhouses are 100% freehold, and that is a claim about one project.

The practical consequence is simple. A RAK developer telling you “RAK is freehold” is not citing a law that says so. Ask which decree authorises that specific project, and get the answer in the sale documents rather than the brochure. Nothing on this page is legal advice.

Sources: RAK Municipality’s published real-estate law and Al Hamra’s Falcon Island pages.

Not listed here

What RAK searches turn up that we do not carry

Al Marjan Island

Appears constantly in RAK townhouse searches and has no townhouse product we can verify. It is dominated by apartment towers and hotel-branded residences. One portal tags a RAK Properties project there as townhouses; the developer’s own pages call it apartments in one place and villas in another.

Mina Al Arab current releases

RAK Properties is actively selling at Mina Al Arab, but its current releases are apartments and villas. Granada II was the townhouse phase and it is sold out, with a Q1 2026 handover already stated.

Hotel-branded residences

RAK’s casino-and-resort pipeline has produced a wave of branded residences. They are apartments sold on a hospitality proposition, and comparing their prices with townhouse prices is meaningless.

Fit

Is RAK the right search?

Strong fit for

  • You want genuine waterfront rather than a lagoon feature in a suburb.
  • A plot size you can check matters more to you than a low entry price.
  • The post-handover structure fits how your money actually arrives.
  • You are buying for use or letting rather than for pre-handover trading.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need choice. There is one project with stock, in one bedroom count.
  • Your budget is under AED 4.5M for a townhouse in this emirate.
  • You commute to Dubai daily — this is a different emirate, not a suburb.
  • You want freehold settled by a general rule rather than project by project.

FAQ

Ras Al Khaimah townhouse questions

Can foreigners buy townhouses in Ras Al Khaimah?

In authorised projects, yes, but there is no blanket emirate-wide freehold. RAK Municipality’s published real-estate law refers to a separate Emiri Decree as the instrument granting freehold authorisation, which points to a project-by-project model. Al Hamra states its Falcon Island villas and townhouses are 100% freehold. Confirm the status of your specific project in writing.

What is Aila Homes?

A release of 200 townhouses in three and four-bedroom layouts by Al Hamra, launched in July 2025 as part of a combined AED 3 billion announcement with an apartment project. Al Hamra states more than half sold before the official launch. No price, size or handover date has been published.

Are there beachfront townhouses in RAK?

Falcon Island, inside Al Hamra Village, is the clearest example — a twin-island waterfront precinct with canal-view townhouses. Al Hamra describes it as the first project in the UAE to offer two-bedroom townhouses on an island, though those are now sold out.

How much is a townhouse in Ras Al Khaimah?

The only current verified figure is AED 4.5M for the four-bedroom townhouse at Falcon Island, which comes with 2,368 sq ft of built-up area on a 3,229 sq ft plot. The sold-out two and three-bedroom units were smaller and cheaper. Aila Homes has published nothing.

What payment plans exist in RAK?

Al Hamra publishes the same four-stage plan across all Falcon Island townhouse types: 20% on booking, 30% during construction, 10% on completion and 40% spread over three years after handover. Paying nearly half the price after you have the keys is unusual anywhere in the UAE.

Is RAK cheaper than Dubai?

Not on current townhouse evidence. The one available RAK townhouse is AED 4.5M, well above Dubai’s entry level, because it is an island product rather than a volume suburb. RAK is cheaper than Dubai on many property types; townhouses are not currently one of them.

Are there townhouses on Al Marjan Island?

None that we can verify from a developer source. Al Marjan is dominated by apartment towers and hotel-branded residences. One portal tags a RAK Properties project there as townhouses, while the developer’s own pages describe it as apartments in one place and villas in another, so we do not list it.

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The RAK townhouse market is small enough that availability changes with single releases. Tell us what you are after and we will find what is genuinely for sale.

Four fields. We reply with matching projects and the source behind every figure.

How this page is built

  • We take project facts from the developer first. Where a developer does not publish a figure, we say so instead of substituting a portal number silently — and where we do use a portal figure, the source chip on the card says which portal and when.
  • A price only appears next to the words “townhouse starting price” when the source ties it to a townhouse. Mixed apartment-and-townhouse releases are labelled as such, because their headline figure is almost always the smallest apartment.
  • We do not publish yields, guaranteed returns or appreciation forecasts. Nothing on this site is investment advice.
  • Projects we could not verify are named in the open, with the reason, rather than quietly dropped or quietly included.
  • The dirham figures in the payment table are this site’s arithmetic on the developer’s published percentages and published starting price. They illustrate the shape of the plan and are not a quotation.

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Prices, availability, payment plans and handover schedules change. Verify current information with the developer or an authorised agent before committing to a purchase.