Dubai Communities

The areas worth buying in, and who each one suits. Prices, rental yields and the trade-offs, community by community.

Downtown Dubai

Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall on the doorstep. The highest prices per square foot in the city, and the shortest void periods.

Canal-side towers next to Downtown at a lower entry price. Where our own office sits.

Waterfront apartments with the deepest short-let demand in Dubai, and the rental yields that follow it.

Villas and low-rise apartments around a golf course and a park. Built for families rather than investors.

The most common first purchase in Dubai: the lowest entry prices in a freehold community, and high gross yields.

Villas and townhouses on the Downtown side of MBR City, still filling in. Priced below the finished communities around it.

Emaar's waterfront masterplan facing the Downtown skyline. Mostly off-plan, with handovers running to 2030.

Beachfront land off Deira being built out now. Early pricing, and the risk profile that comes with it.

A golf-course community out on Hessa Street. Villas at a discount to Dubai Hills, in exchange for the commute.