Dubai Hills is Emaar's flagship family formula: an 18-hole golf course, its own mall, parks and schools inside the master plan, halfway between Downtown and Marina. It suits end-user families and investors who want blue-chip master-community stock with genuine owner-occupier demand underneath it. It doesn't suit bargain hunters, the Emaar premium is priced in. What to watch: the villa and apartment markets here move differently; villas are scarce and tightly held, while apartment supply keeps arriving around the mall district. , Equity Edge analyst note
AED 1.27M25%below the registered medianbelow the 1 bed apartment median
Registered1 September 2026
What sold1 bed apartment in Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid
Like-for-like medianAED 1.71Mevery 1 bed apartment registered in Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, 12 months
Drawn from1,223 salesmedian AED 2,325/sqft
All apartmentsAED 2.03Macross every layout, 2,533 sales
DLD registered transactions for Dubai Hills Estate, 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 Dubai Hills Estate, by the registered numbers
What does an apartment cost in Dubai Hills Estate in 2026?
The median registered sale price for a Dubai Hills Estate apartment is AED 2.03M (2,533 DLD-registered sales, 12 months to Sep 2026), or AED 2,389/sqft. The median 1-bedroom sold for AED 1.71M.
What rent does an apartment achieve in Dubai Hills Estate?
The median registered rent is AED 110K/year across 5,372 Ejari contracts (12 months to Sep 2026). These are registered contracts, not asking prices.
What gross yield do Dubai Hills Estate apartments deliver?
5.4% 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.
What makes Dubai Hills hold value?
Single-developer master planning with amenities that actually exist, mall, golf, schools, parks, and the healthcare cluster. Communities where families put children in local schools create sticky owner-occupier demand, which cushions prices in down-cycles better than investor-heavy districts.
Villas or apartments in Dubai Hills?
Different markets. Villas and townhouses are supply-capped and dominated by end-users, scarcity supports prices but yields are modest. Apartments near the mall trade more like an investment product with steady rental demand. The registered per-type numbers on this page show the split.
Which schools serve Dubai Hills?
GEMS schools operate inside the community, with several more (including international curricula) within a 10–15 minute drive across Al Barsha and Umm Suqeim. School-run practicality is a genuine driver of rents here, proximity is priced.
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