Price and unit mix
Dubai Islands: 46% one-bedroom, 39% two-bedroom, 12% three-bedroom, almost no studios. Dubai Maritime City: 51% one-bedroom, 24% two-bedroom, 20% studios.
Maritime City's studio share is part of why its per-foot figure is higher; Dubai Islands' larger mix costs more per purchase but buys more space at a lower rate per foot.
Dubai Islands AED 2,861/sqft vs Maritime City AED 3,159/sqft.
Supply, delivery and escrow
Dubai Islands is the larger and more crowded market: 3,424 recorded sales across 110 developments, led by Hado By Beyond (619), The Meriva Collection (472), Ellington Sands I (278). Maritime City recorded 1,694 across 42, led by Breez by Danube (401), Kanyon By Beyond (307), Franck Muller Yachting (151).
7 of 20 Dubai Islands projects filed for 2026 are past that date and unfinished, against 1 of 4 in Maritime City. Of 2026 registrations, 18 of 28 on Dubai Islands and 11 of 13 in Maritime City hold an open escrow account. In the register, Dubai Islands is filed as Palm Deira and Maritime City as Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah.
Past their 2026 date: Dubai Islands 7 of 20, Maritime City 1 of 4.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is from the Dubai Land Department transaction register, off-plan sales January to 17 September 2026, read on 17 September 2026. Prices are medians of what buyers actually paid, pooled across all recorded off-plan sales in each community — not asking prices and not an average of project averages. 'Past their 2026 date' counts projects whose filed completion date in the register has already passed without the project being recorded as finished; the register can lag a real site, so verify any single project in Dubai REST. Communities are matched to the register through their official DLD district names, listed on our district-names page.