Dubai Hills property prices
Recorded residential sales, 22 March to 18 September 2026
Figures are for the DLD area named “Dubai Hills” only. That is not the same thing as the whole Dubai Hills Estate master community.
What does property in Dubai Hills cost?
Dubai Hills (the DLD area of that name) had 483 residential sales recorded by the Dubai Land Department from 22 March to 18 September 2026. In the DLD area “Dubai Hills”, the median was AED 2,242 per sq ft, with the middle half of sales between AED 1,984 and 2,463. Ready homes sold at a median of AED 2,229 per sq ft (390 sales) and off-plan at AED 2,260 (74 sales). Data pulled 18 September 2026, 20:32 UTC.
- Recorded sales
- 483
- Median per sq ft, all sales
- AED 2,242
- Ready, median per sq ft
- AED 2,229
- Off-plan, median per sq ft
- AED 2,260
middle half 1,984–2,463
390 sales
74 sales
Ready against off-plan
These are two different markets in the same place. Blending them gives a number describing neither, so they are kept apart. Across Dubai, off-plan typically sells above ready per square foot; the market page has the city-wide comparison.
What does Dubai Hills let for?
Yield withheld. The rent records for this area's buildings are filed under a different land-registry district, Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, together with that district's own buildings, so they could not be matched to the homes that sold here.
What is being built?
The DLD’s project register lists active projects by land-registry district, which does not line up neatly with community names, so we do not attach projects to this page. The project register page lists the active projects with a registered end date in 2026, with the DLD-inspected progress and whether an escrow account is registered.
What does a purchase in Dubai Hills cost on top of the price?
- DLD transfer fee4% of the purchase price
- Paid to the Dubai Land Department on transfer, plus a fixed admin charge. Commonly borne by the buyer despite being nominally split.
- Registration trustee feeAED 2,000–4,000 + VAT
- Charged by the trustee office that processes the transfer. Scales with price band.
- Agency fee2% of the purchase price + VAT
- The market standard on a resale. On off-plan the developer pays, and we tell you which applies before you commit.
- Mortgage registration0.25% of the loan + AED 290
- Only where you are financing. A non-resident mortgage typically needs 20–50% down.
- Developer NOCAED 500–5,000
- On a resale, the developer's no-objection certificate is required before transfer. The fee is theirs to set.
- Oqood registration4% of the price
- Off-plan only. Registers the interim sale on the DLD's off-plan register, and should be paid into the project's escrow account.
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Start your briefSource: Dubai Land Department open data. Recorded sale transactions (flats, villas and hotel apartments) from 22 March to 18 September 2026; new Ejari rent contracts from 19 August to 17 September 2026. Not asking prices. A community is priced only with at least 30 recorded sales. Pulled 18 September 2026, 20:32 UTC.