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Who Al Jaddaf suits: and who it doesn't

Al Jaddaf is the inner-city value corridor nobody watched until recently: creek-side plots between Downtown and the airport, filling with mid-market towers, hotels and the Jameel Arts Centre. It suits yield investors and commuters, ten minutes to both DXB and Downtown at half-Downtown pricing, and buyers front-running the Creek Harbour spillover. It doesn't suit prestige-address buyers yet. What to watch: quality varies widely across its developers; the creek-facing western edge is the segment with the real story. , Equity Edge analyst note

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Where Al Jaddaf sits

10 min Downtown10 min DXB Airport12 min DIFC8 min Dubai Creek Harbour

What is being built in Al Jaddaf

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12 projects are selling in Al Jaddaf today, from AED 764K, built by Azizi, Binghatti, BNW Developments, with handovers from 2026 through 2028.

Selling now
12 projects
Prices from
AED 764K
Handovers
2026 to 2028
Developers here
Azizi, Binghatti, BNW Developments, JAD Global

Unit types on sale: apartments, retail, penthouse.

LATEST REGISTERED SALE
AED 898K2%above the registered medianabove the studio apartment median
Registered1 September 2026
What soldStudio apartment in Al Jadaf
Like-for-like medianAED 879Kevery studio apartment registered in Al Jadaf, 12 months
Drawn from904 salesmedian AED 2,184/sqft
All apartmentsAED 1.36Macross every layout, 2,785 sales
DLD registered transactions for Al Jaddaf, trailing 12 months. The registry publishes no project name against a sale, so like-for-like here means the same area, the same property type and the same number of bedrooms. Methodology

The buildings of Al Jaddaf, by the registered numbers

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Every development in Al Jaddaf with five or more registered sales in the current window: what buyers actually paid, not asking prices.

Building / developmentMedian priceAED/sqftRegistered sales
Binghatti CullinanAED 1.45M2,207444
Binghatti StarlightAED 937,5002,069320
Binghatti MoonlightAED 1.65M1,924229
Binghatti GhostAED 1.19M2,658200
Binghatti TwilightAED 1.71M1,718177
ADEBA AZIZIAED 1.48M2,042153
MONTAGEAED 1.34M1,869140
Azizi DavidAED 837,2632,372136
Binghatti PinnacleAED 2.35M2,102132
AffiniAED 1.36M1,834123
Binghatti IvoryAED 1.87M2,22372
J188AED 1.23M1,62061
Binghatti AvenueAED 1.07M1,41657
Farhad Azizi ResidenceAED 874,9841,89851
Veritas Residence A Signature BNW DevelopmentAED 1.55M1,81645

8 more developments carry registered cohorts here. See the full sold-price picture →

All 23 towers and developments of Al Jaddaf

Every one has its own page with sold prices by bedroom count, straight from the registry.

How Al Jaddaf compares

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Schools within reach of Al Jaddaf

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Lycee Francais International Georges Pompidou School Oud Metha
French · Oud Metha · ~5 min · avg AED 31k/yr
OUTSTANDING
Dubai English Speaking School
UK · Oud Metha · ~5 min · avg AED 46k/yr
OUTSTANDING
Lycee Francais International
French · Oud Metha · ~7 min · avg AED 41k/yr
OUTSTANDING
Deira International School
UK - UK/IB · Dubai Festival City · ~10 min · avg AED 44k/yr
OUTSTANDING
Swiss International Scientific School FZ-LLC
International Baccalaureate · Dubai Healthcare City · ~4 min
VERY GOOD
The Indian High School
Indian · Oud Metha · ~6 min · avg AED 8k/yr
VERY GOOD

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Questions buyers ask about Al Jaddaf

What does an apartment cost in Al Jaddaf in 2026?

The median registered sale price for a Al Jaddaf apartment is AED 1.36M (2,785 DLD-registered sales, 12 months to Sep 2026), or AED 2,032/sqft. The median 1-bedroom sold for AED 1.42M.

What rent does an apartment achieve in Al Jaddaf?

The median registered rent is AED 75K/year across 9,031 Ejari contracts (12 months to Sep 2026). These are registered contracts, not asking prices.

What gross yield do Al Jaddaf apartments deliver?

5.5% gross, median registered rent divided by median registered sale price, both from the trailing 12 months. Asking-price yields quoted elsewhere usually flatter; this is the registered number.

Why is Al Jaddaf getting attention?

Location arbitrage. It sits ten minutes from Downtown, DIFC and the airport, beside Creek Harbour’s growth, at entry prices among central Dubai’s lowest. The registered medians above quantify the discount; the bet is that geography closes it.

What’s the tenant market like?

Deep and practical: airport and healthcare-city workers, Downtown commuters, and medical tourists via the hotel-serviced stock. One-beds dominate demand; yields run above the central-Dubai average.

Anything cultural there?

The Jameel Arts Centre anchors the creekside, with the Culture Village masterplan (Palazzo Versace end) adding identity. It’s early, but the bones of a genuine district are visible, which is usually when entry pricing is best.

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