Active project
Masaar 3 is the busiest townhouse launch programme in the UAE right now. It is also sold on a plan that leaves 60% of the price due on a date Arada has not published.
Arada’s third and largest Sharjah forest community: a planned 4,000 villas and townhouses across eight gated districts, with more than 100,000 trees and 6.6km of cycling and jogging paths. Townhouses come in two, three and four-bedroom layouts from about AED 1.8M on a 5/35/60 payment plan. The fifth phase, Layan, launched on 5 April 2026 with 437 homes.
No per-bedroom price list, no unit sizes and no handover date are published.
Phases
Arada launches Masaar 3 in named phases. Four are reported gone; one is current.
| Phase | Status | What Arada published |
|---|---|---|
| Rowdat, phases 1–4 | Reported sold out | Arada states the first four phases sold out. No per-phase price, size or date was published |
| Layan — fifth phase | Launched 5 April 2026 | 437 villas and townhouses in two to five-bedroom configurations, more than two thirds of them three and four-bedroom family homes |
| Phases 6 and beyond | Not launched | Construction contracts for the first six phases were said to be awarded within three months of the Layan announcement |
Sell-out claims are Arada’s own statements, attributed as such. Arada published no starting price, phase-specific payment split or handover date for Layan.
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Under constructionFrom AED 1.8Mtownhouse starting price
An active multi-phase release rather than fixed inventory; Arada launched a fifth phase, Layan, in April 2026. Arada's page labels ownership freehold, which sits awkwardly with Sharjah's usufruct framework.
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The fifth phase of Masaar 3, launched 5 April 2026: 437 villas and townhouses in two to five-bedroom layouts, more than two thirds of them three and four-bedroom. Arada states the first four Rowdat phases sold out — its own claim. No price or handover date published for this phase.
The balloon
The 5% booking figure is what the plan is sold on. The 60% is what it costs.
| Stage | Share | On AED 1.8M | What has to be true |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booking | 5% | AED 90,000 | Cash available now |
| Construction | 35% | AED 630,000 | Cash available across the build, on Arada’s milestone schedule |
| Handover | 60% | AED 1,080,000 | Cash, or a mortgage approved on a bank’s terms, on a date Arada has not published |
Compare that against a construction-linked Dubai plan of the 10/70/20 kind. There you would have paid around 80% before handover and face roughly AED 360,000 at the end on the same purchase price. At Masaar 3 you face three times that, and you face it on a date nobody has told you.
Neither shape is better in the abstract. A back-loaded plan preserves your cash and lets you walk into a finished home before the large money moves; a front-loaded one removes the refinancing risk. What makes this one worth thinking about carefully is the combination: the largest instalment in the plan, falling on the least specified date in the plan.
Two questions settle it. Can you fund AED 1.08M without a mortgage if approval is slower or smaller than you expect? And what does the sale agreement say happens if you cannot pay on the completion date?
Dirham figures are this site’s arithmetic on Arada’s published percentages and published starting price, shown to make the shape concrete. They are not a quote and not a mortgage calculation. Compare plan shapes
Missing
This is not a criticism of the project. It is the list of things a buyer needs that the published material does not contain.
Not published for the masterplan or for any phase. With 60% falling due on it, this is the single most important missing figure. Get it in the sale agreement, with the delay clause.
Arada publishes one “from” figure covering two, three and four-bedroom townhouses, and gives it slightly differently on two of its own pages. Ask for the price of the layout you actually want.
No built-up area or plot dimension is published for any Masaar 3 layout. Sharjah Sustainable City II publishes these; Arada does not.
Arada’s page labels ownership freehold. The UAE government portal describes a 100-year usufruct for non-GCC buyers in Sharjah. Get your unit’s ownership type in writing.
Compare
The honest version of the comparison every buyer in this band is making.
| Masaar 3 | A typical Dubai townhouse under AED 3M | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | About AED 1.8M | From about AED 1.6M, most above AED 2M |
| Payment split | Published: 5/35/60 | Usually not published at all |
| Cash before handover | 40% | Commonly 70–80% |
| Handover date | Not published | Usually published by phase |
| Ownership | Usufruct capped at 100 years for most foreign buyers | Freehold title in designated areas |
| Commute | Sharjah, on the Dubai corridor | Inside Dubai |
| Resale market | Thin | Deep |
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FAQ
Arada publishes townhouses from about AED 1.8M, with its landing page and its launch page giving slightly different figures of AED 1.87M and approximately AED 1.8M. Two, three and four-bedroom layouts are offered. No per-bedroom price list is published.
5% on booking, 35% across construction and 60% on handover. On an AED 1.8M townhouse that is AED 90,000 to book, AED 630,000 through the build and AED 1,080,000 due at completion — which for most buyers means a mortgage approved on a bank’s terms at a date Arada has not published.
Layan, the fifth phase, launched on 5 April 2026 with 437 villas and townhouses in two to five-bedroom configurations, more than two thirds of them three and four-bedroom family homes. Arada states the four earlier Rowdat phases sold out.
The fifth phase of Masaar 3, launched in April 2026. Arada published the unit count and bedroom weighting but no starting price, payment split specific to the phase, or handover date. Construction contracts for the first six phases were said to be awarded within three months of the announcement.
Arada has not published a handover date for the masterplan or for any individual phase. Given that 60% of the price falls due at handover, this is the single most important missing figure and should be established in writing before booking.
No. Masaar 3 is a separate, larger masterplan of a planned 4,000 homes across eight districts, against the original Masaar’s 3,000 homes across six named districts on 19 million sq ft. They share a brand, a forest concept and a payment structure, not a site.
Masaar 3 undercuts almost everything in that Dubai band on entry price, and Arada publishes a payment split where most Dubai developers publish nothing. Against that: no handover date, a 60% balloon at completion, a Sharjah commute, and a usufruct rather than freehold title for most foreign buyers.
Per-bedroom prices, unit sizes, plot dimensions and a handover date for the phase currently selling. We will get them and show you the cash flow in dirhams.
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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.