Handover due — status on requestDubai Creek Harbour

Creek Palace

Creek Palace at Dubai Creek Harbour by Emaar: 1, 2 & 3-bedroom apartments and 3-bedroom canal villas beside the Palace hotel, on a construction-linked plan, completion March 2026.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceOn request

CompletedMar 2026

StatusHandover due — status on request

CommunityDubai Creek Harbour

Overview

Project brief

A BRANDED CANAL-FACING RESIDENCE BESIDE THE PALACE HOTEL ON CREEK ISLAND

Creek Palace is a residential development by Emaar at Dubai Creek Harbour, positioned on Creek Island next to the Palace hotel by Address Hotels + Resorts. Residents have direct access to the hotel's spa, dining and 5-star services, together with the community's own recreational amenities.

The development comprises 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments alongside eight 3-bedroom canal villas at ground level, numbered G01 to G08 in the Emaar floor plans. Homes are arranged over a single tower: the floor plans run from ground level through level 33, giving 34 levels in all, with the villas fronting the Creek promenade and apartments above framing views of the Creek canal, Creek Beach and the Downtown Dubai skyline, including the Burj Khalifa. It sits a five-minute walk from Central Park and a ten-minute walk from Creek Marina.

Per the Emaar floor plans, one-bedroom apartments have a suite area of 585 to 602 sq ft and a total area of 642 to 643 sq ft including balcony; two-bedroom apartments 984 to 1,001 sq ft suite and 1,052 to 1,115 sq ft total; and three-bedroom apartments 1,457 to 1,460 sq ft suite and 1,651 to 2,286 sq ft total, the upper figure being a level-one layout with an 829 sq ft terrace. The canal villas are duplexes of 1,752 to 1,773 sq ft suite area and 1,901 to 1,926 sq ft in total.

Emaar structured the launch around a construction-linked payment plan — a 10% down payment followed by six further instalments, with the final 30% due on 100% construction completion, estimated for March 2026.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Creek Palace
Developer	Emaar
Community	Dubai Creek Harbour
Type	1, 2 & 3-Bedroom Apartments & 3-Bedroom Canal Villas
Building	Single tower, ground plus levels 1–33 (34 levels)
Starting price	Confirmed on request
Payment plan	Construction-linked (10% down + 6 instalments + 30% on completion)
Expected completion	March 2026

Building configuration and sizes per the Emaar floor plans; instalments and the estimated completion date per the Emaar payment plan. Subject to change if there are future releases.

UNIT MIX & STARTING PRICES

Unit type	Suite area (sq ft)	Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)	Starting price (AED)
1-Bedroom	585 – 602	642 – 643	Confirmed on request
2-Bedroom	984 – 1,001	1,052 – 1,115	Confirmed on request
3-Bedroom	1,457 – 1,460	1,651 – 2,286	Confirmed on request
3-Bedroom Canal Villa	1,752 – 1,773	1,901 – 1,926	Confirmed on request

Areas per the Emaar floor plans (CREEK_PALACE_RESIDENCES_DCH_FLOORPLAN.pdf), which publish both a suite area and a total area including balcony or terrace. The canal villas are the eight ground-level duplexes G01 to G08; the top of the three-bedroom total-area range is a single level-one layout with an 829 sq ft terrace. Emaar does not publish a price list in the pack held, so starting prices are confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Creek Palace is an off-plan, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Dubai Creek Harbour is available, current pricing and PSF trends will be shown alongside — those figures are the basis for any comparison, not the estimates below.

DEVELOPER: EMAAR, ONE OF DUBAI'S MOST ESTABLISHED DEVELOPERS

Creek Palace is developed by Emaar, the developer behind many of Dubai's landmark destinations. Emaar reported revenue of AED 49.6 billion for 2025 and, with a proven delivery track record, has delivered over 125,600 residential units across Dubai and other global markets since 2002. Its portfolio includes Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall. For investors, this scale and delivery history provide a meaningful measure of confidence at the off-plan stage.

LOCATION: CREEK ISLAND AT DUBAI CREEK HARBOUR

Dubai Creek Harbour is an Emaar master-planned waterfront district along Dubai Creek, near the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, with a marina and a central park, and is well connected to Downtown Dubai. Creek Palace sits on Creek Island beside the Palace hotel, a five-minute walk from Central Park and a ten-minute walk from Creek Marina, with Creek Beach and the Creek promenade at its doorstep. The district is served by a road, bus and water-taxi network linking it to Downtown Dubai and DXB airport.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Pre-handover resale — the construction-linked plan means a buyer commits limited capital ahead of the estimated March 2026 completion; Dubai Creek Harbour has an established resale market in its delivered towers, giving a potential exit route before handover. Actual premiums depend on market conditions at the time and should be checked against live DLD data.
Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — branded, hotel-adjacent waterfront stock with promenade and beach access supports both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a primary or second home on Creek Island with direct access to the Palace hotel's services and resort-style amenities.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Off-plan completion risk — delivery is estimated for March 2026; timelines can move, and returns depend on the market at handover, not today's.
Branded / hotel-adjacent premium — proximity to the Palace hotel and branded services typically carries a price premium; the entry point should be weighed against that premium and verified on current PSF.
Service charges — branded-amenity and waterfront communities typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
Supply — Dubai Creek Harbour has a substantial delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.

SOURCES

Emaar — Creek Palace floor plans, CREEK_PALACE_RESIDENCES_DCH_FLOORPLAN.pdf (unit mix, suite and total areas per type, the eight ground-level canal villas G01–G08, and the ground-to-level-33 configuration).
Emaar — Creek Palace payment plan, CREEK_PALACE_DCH_PAYMENT_PLAN_EN.pdf (instalment percentages and dates, and the estimated completion date of March 2026).
Emaar — Creek Palace at Dubai Creek Harbour brochure, CREEK_PALACE_DCH_BROCHURE_EN.pdf (Creek Island location, Palace hotel adjacency and amenities).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Dubai Creek Harbour) — live feed pending.

Payment structure

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Handover Mar 2026

8 instalments as published for this project, totalling 100% of the purchase price. No entry price is published for this project, so instalment amounts are not shown; percentages apply to whichever price is agreed.

Cumulative share of purchase price — each block is one instalment

First instalment: 10%Cumulative at final instalment: 100%

Instalment	Share	Cumulative	When due
Down payment	10%	10%	On booking
1st	10%	20%	June 2022
2nd	10%	30%	January 2023
3rd	10%	40%	November 2023
4th	10%	50%	May 2024
5th	10%	60%	November 2024
6th	10%	70%	May 2025
Completion	30%	100%	100% construction completion · March 2026
Total	100%

Percentages as published for this project and subject to change by the developer between releases. Amounts shown exclude Dubai Land Department transfer and registration fees, service charges and any other purchase costs, and are not a quotation. Mitchell’s Realty is the trading brand of The Luxury Real Estate Brokers LLC.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Creek Palace is in the Dubai Creek Harbour area.

Location record

Area: Dubai Creek Harbour

Area and community are from our own project record, not the DLD register.

Area and community: our own project record. Neither is a survey, and neither is a substitute for your own site visit.

Developer

Emaar

Dubai Creek Harbour

Emaar is the developer of this project in Dubai Creek Harbour. The figures alongside describe Mitchell’s coverage of Emaar on this site and the registered sales behind it, not an assessment of the developer.

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Method & questions

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Two different things sit on this page: transaction evidence taken from the Dubai Land Department’s public register, and the mechanics of buying in Dubai. The four notes below explain how the figures were built and what they can fairly be used for.

Registered, not askedEvery Dubai Land Department figure on this page comes from a sale that completed and was entered on the public register. Asking prices, portal listings and developer price lists are excluded: they record what someone hoped for, not what was paid.
Medians, not averagesProject samples are often thin, and a single penthouse or one bulk-discounted floor will pull an average a long way off. The median — the middle transaction — describes the typical unit far more reliably at these sample sizes. The count behind each figure is always shown so you can judge how much weight it deserves.
Sales only“Sales” means arm’s-length sales. Intra-family and other “Gift” transfers are excluded, as are rows registered at zero or nominal consideration, because neither is evidence of a market price.
A dated snapshotThese are a snapshot at the date stated beside them, taken from one extract of the register rather than queried live. A figure for this project quoted elsewhere, or taken from a different extract, may not match what you see here.

Common questions

What does buying off-plan at Creek Palace involve?

Off-plan means contracting with the developer before the building is finished. In outline: you reserve the unit, sign the developer’s Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA), and pay in instalments tied to construction milestones rather than in a single sum at the start.

Buyer payments on an off-plan sale in Dubai are made into a project escrow account regulated under Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007, and are released to the developer against verified construction progress. The developer registers the sale with the Dubai Land Department. The contract is between you and Emaar; we act as broker, not as principal.

What is the 4% DLD transfer fee, and who pays it?

The Dubai Land Department charges a property registration (transfer) fee of 4% of the price recorded on the contract, plus a fixed administrative charge. That is the rate in force as at July 2026. The statutory position splits the fee between buyer and seller; established market practice in Dubai is that the buyer pays the whole 4%.

Developers sometimes offer to absorb part or all of it on off-plan sales. Treat that as real only where it is written into the sale documents, not where it appears in marketing. Budget separately for the registration trustee charge, the Oqood registration fee on off-plan units, and — if you are borrowing — mortgage registration at 0.25% of the loan amount.

What is an Oqood registration, and is it the same as a title deed?

No. Oqood is the Dubai Land Department’s registration system for property that is not yet complete. When you buy off-plan, the developer lodges the SPA through Oqood, your interest is recorded on the interim property register, and you receive an initial registration certificate.

The title deed is a separate and later document, issued once the project is complete and the unit is formally transferred into your name. An off-plan purchase that is never registered leaves you off that interim register, so ask for evidence of Oqood registration once your first payment has cleared.

Can a non-UAE buyer own a unit outright?

In Dubai’s designated freehold areas, yes. Regulation No. 3 of 2006 sets out the areas in which non-UAE nationals may hold freehold title or a long lease; outside those areas ownership is restricted to UAE and GCC nationals. Ownership does not depend on holding UAE residency, and no local partner is required.

Tenure attaches to the plot rather than to a development’s marketing, so confirm what is recorded against the specific unit — freehold or leasehold, and the remaining term if leasehold — before you sign.

What happens at handover?

Once the building is complete and the completion certificate issued, you are called for handover: you inspect the unit (the snagging inspection), the developer addresses the defects listed, you settle the final instalment and any outstanding fees, and the unit is transferred into your name with a title deed issued.

Annual service charges begin at handover. They are levied per square foot at a rate approved by the regulator, so they are a recurring cost rather than a one-off. If you intend to let the unit, allow for the interval between handover and the first tenancy — a vacant unit earns nothing, and gross yield is annual rent measured against the purchase price, before those costs are taken off. Emaar gives completion for Creek Palace as Mar 2026; off-plan completion dates can move, and the SPA governs the position.

Where do the Dubai Land Department figures on this page come from?

They are drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s public transaction register — sales actually registered against Creek Palace, rather than asking prices, portal listings or developer price lists. They are a dated extract of the register, not a live query: the extract date is printed with the figures, and everything on this page is calculated from that single extract.

The number of sales behind every figure is shown alongside it. A median drawn from a handful of registrations carries far less weight than one drawn from several hundred, and should be read that way.

Who is Mitchell’s Realty, and how are you paid?

Mitchell’s Realty is the trading brand. The RERA-licensed brokerage behind it is The Luxury Real Estate Brokers LLC.

On developer off-plan sales the commission is paid by the developer. On resale transactions the brokerage fee is agreed with you in writing before terms are signed. We will confirm how we are paid on any specific transaction before you commit to it.

Please note. The above is general information about how transactions work in Dubai, not legal, tax or financial advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy. Fee rates, tenure rules and residency requirements change, and your own position may differ. Take your own independent legal and tax advice before you commit to a purchase.

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