FreeholdDubai · 3 for sale · 1 to let
Dubai Marina
High-rise living around a man-made waterway
SaleAED 1.1M — AED 30M
Rent fromAED 75K / yr
The canal city that never quite switches off
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Community Guides
Ten Dubai addresses,
read properly.
Every community in Dubai sells itself on a photograph. These guides deal with the rest of it — what the area is actually like to live in, what the stock costs to buy and to rent, whether the title is freehold, how you get in and out, and what the service charge will do to your yield.
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Communities covered
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Designated freehold
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Live instructions
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How to read these price bands
Each band is an indicative range for orientation, not a valuation. Sale figures are capital prices; rent figures are annual rent, which is how Dubai quotes residential leases. The Dubai Land Department publishes transacted data for every registered sale, and a broker will put current comparables for a specific building in front of you before you make an offer. There is no annual property tax in Dubai, but every owner pays a service charge levied per square foot and set building by building.
Dubai Land Department — transacted data and the rental indexWhere we work
Freehold
FreeholdDubai · 2 for sale
JBR
Sand at one end of the block, retail at the other
SaleAED 1.6M — AED 35M
Rent fromAED 110K / yr
Beachfront with a high street attached
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FreeholdDubai · 1 for sale · 1 to let
Downtown Dubai
Burj Khalifa, the fountain and Dubai Mall on your doorstep
SaleAED 1.5M — AED 60M
Rent fromAED 95K / yr
The postcard, and the price that comes with it
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FreeholdDubai · 2 for sale · 1 to let
Palm Jumeirah
The island address, from Shoreline flats to Signature villas
SaleAED 2M — AED 200M
Rent fromAED 150K / yr
Private beach, or the frond beside one
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FreeholdDubai · 1 for sale
Business Bay
Canal-side towers, offices and a growing residential centre
SaleAED 900K — AED 25M
Rent fromAED 60K / yr
Downtown adjacency without the Downtown premium
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FreeholdDubai · 1 for sale · 1 to let
Jumeirah Village Circle
Affordable freehold, low-rise streets, still filling in
SaleAED 550K — AED 6M
Rent fromAED 40K / yr
Where the yield case is easiest to make
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FreeholdDubai · 1 for sale
Emirates Hills
Dubai at its lowest density and highest ticket
SaleAED 20M — AED 300M
Rent fromAED 800K / yr
Custom-built houses on a golf course
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FreeholdDubai · 1 for sale
Arabian Ranches
Villas, schools and a golf club, twenty years matured
SaleAED 3M — AED 35M
Rent fromAED 180K / yr
The original Dubai family suburb
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FreeholdDubai · 3 for sale
Dubai Hills Estate
Central, green and still delivering new phases
SaleAED 1.3M — AED 90M
Rent fromAED 90K / yr
A golf course with a city built around it
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FreeholdDubai · 1 for sale
Dubai Creek Harbour
Off-plan led, creek-side, next to a wildlife sanctuary
SaleAED 1.2M — AED 40M
Rent fromAED 70K / yr
The waterfront district still being written
Read the guideFreehold, leasehold and who may own what
Ownership in Dubai is decided by the area, not the buyer.
Freehold ownership is open to buyers of every nationality inside the designated freehold areas — which covers all ten communities on this page. Outside those areas land is leasehold or restricted, and the distinction turns on where the plot sits rather than who is buying it. Title is registered with the Dubai Land Department; off-plan purchases are recorded on Oqood until the title deed issues at handover.
Brokerage in Dubai is regulated by RERA under the Dubai Land Department. Ask any agent for their individual BRN and the office ORN, then verify both with DLD before you sign anything.
Not sure which area fits?
Tell us the budget, the commute and whether there are school runs involved, and we will tell you which two or three of these communities are worth your weekend.