Same developer, same community, same handover year. The Vida name costs 18% more per square foot, and the register has less than a third as much evidence behind its price.
Greencrest is 15% cheaper per square foot with three and a half times the recorded sales behind that figure, which makes it both the better price and the better-evidenced one. The Vida premium buys a serviced, branded product with hotel-style management, which is a genuine difference if you intend to let it short-term and close to irrelevant if you intend to live in it. Both are Emaar, both hand over in 2029, and on delivery risk they are equivalent.
| Field | Greencrest Emaar | Vida Residences Hillside Emaar Properties |
|---|---|---|
| What buyers actually paid Recorded Dubai Land Department sales, register read 2026-09-22. | ||
| Median price paid The middle price of every recorded sale this year. | AED 1,803,888 | AED 3,013,888 |
| Price per sqft The only figure that compares fairly across different unit sizes. | AED 2,138 | AED 2,468 |
| Recorded sales How many purchases the register holds. | 141 | 57 |
| Most sold unit What the per-foot rate above is actually pricing. | 1 B/R | 1 B/R |
| Asking price and payment | ||
| Starting price Advertised entry price, not a recorded sale. | AED 3,335,888 | AED 1,800,000 |
| Payment plan | ||
| Delivery | ||
| Handover | 2029 | May 2029 |
| Escrow account The legal gate before units may lawfully be sold. Checked across every registration year from 2013. | Not found in the register we hold | Not found in the register we hold |
| Units in scheme From the project register. More units means more competition at handover. | Not published | Not published |
| Location | ||
| Area | Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai | Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai |
| View Greencrest | View Vida Residences Hillside | |
Greencrest transacts at a median AED 2,138 per square foot across 141 recorded purchases. Vida Residences Hillside transacts at AED 2,527 across 40. Both are one-bedroom-led buildings by Emaar in Dubai Hills Estate, registered under the cadastral name Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid.
The headline medians are closer than the rates: AED 1,803,888 at Greencrest against AED 2,038,888 at Vida. That narrower ticket gap reflects unit sizes rather than any softening of the premium — per square foot, which is the fair comparison, the gap is the full 18%.
What separates them is the Vida brand. Vida is Emaar's lifestyle hotel marque, and a Vida Residences building comes with serviced, hotel-style management attached. That is a real product difference rather than a naming exercise, and whether it is worth 18% depends entirely on what you intend to do with the apartment.
AED 2,138 against AED 2,527 per square foot. Same developer, same community, same handover year.
141 recorded sales stand behind Greencrest's median. 40 stand behind Vida Residences Hillside's. Forty transactions is enough to indicate a price level and not enough to be a reliable median — a handful of unusual sales would move it noticeably.
So treat the AED 2,527 figure as a reference point rather than a benchmark, and ask Emaar for current pricing on the specific unit and floor you are considering. That advice applies to any project with a thin sample, and it applies here more than to most of the pairs on this site.
Greencrest's figure is the more settled of the two, which is worth something in itself: it gives you a firmer basis for negotiation and a clearer picture of what the market has actually accepted.
141 recorded sales against 40. Forty is a price level, not a reliable median.
Both buildings hand over in 2029 — Greencrest filed for 2029 and Vida Residences Hillside for May 2029 — and both are Emaar, which holds the strongest delivery record we measure. On the risk that dominates most off-plan decisions, these two are equivalent, which is unusual and simplifies things considerably.
That leaves the product. A Vida Residences unit is designed to be operated: it suits short-term letting, it comes with hotel services, and it carries the running costs that go with them. Serviced buildings typically have materially higher service charges than unserviced neighbours, and at an 18% higher purchase price the two effects compound.
If you plan to let the apartment short-term, the Vida operation may recover its premium and more. If you plan to live in it, or to let it on a standard annual tenancy, you are paying 18% more per foot plus higher ongoing charges for services you will use lightly. Ask for the budgeted service charge per square foot for both buildings, and compare the net yield rather than the purchase price.
Greencrest, by about 15% per square foot — AED 2,138 against AED 2,527. The headline medians are closer (AED 1,803,888 against AED 2,038,888) because of unit sizes, but per square foot the gap is the full 18%. Data read 24 August 2026.
Both are Emaar one-bedroom-led buildings in Dubai Hills Estate handing over in 2029. The difference is the brand: Vida is Emaar's lifestyle hotel marque, so a Vida Residences building comes with serviced, hotel-style management. That is a genuine product difference, not just a name.
It depends on your plan. If you intend to let short-term, the hotel-style operation may recover the premium. If you intend to live there or let on a standard annual tenancy, you are paying 18% more per foot plus higher service charges for services you will use lightly. Compare net yield, not purchase price.
Greencrest's rests on 141 recorded sales, which is a sound sample. Vida Residences Hillside's rests on 40, which indicates a price level but is not a reliable median — a few unusual sales would move it. Treat the Vida figure as a reference point and ask Emaar for current pricing on your specific unit.
Both in 2029 — Greencrest filed for 2029 and Vida Residences Hillside for May 2029. Both are Emaar, which holds the strongest delivery record we measure, so on delivery risk the two are equivalent.
Transaction figures come from the Dubai Land Department’s open register for 2026, read 2026-09-22, recomputed rather than taken from marketing material. Prices are those paid, not asked. Figures quoted in the written sections are fixed at the date of writing. How we read the register.
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