CompletedDubai Creek Harbour

Creekside 18

Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour by Emaar: 1–4 bedroom glass-fronted apartments across two towers on Creek Island, overlooking Central Park. Completed May 2020.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceNot publishedEmaar has not released a starting price

Median registered / sqftAED 2,261Median of 61 DLD sales, May 2025 – Sep 2026

CompletedMay 2020Completion date on this brief

CommunityDubai Creek Harbour

Overview

Project brief

TWO WATERFRONT TOWERS AT THE HEART OF CREEK ISLAND

Creekside 18 is a two-tower residential development by Emaar at Dubai Creek Harbour, set on Creek Island and extending toward the historic Dubai Creek. The towers overlook Central Park and the waterfront promenade, within a community of retail, dining and leisure venues.

The development comprises more than 450 glass-fronted 1, 2, 3 and 4-bedroom apartments, each with a private outdoor balcony and floor-to-ceiling windows framing views across the creek and the Dubai skyline. Amenities include temperature-controlled swimming pools, a gym, a squash court, children's play areas and a landscaped podium.

Creekside 18 is a delivered project: construction completed in May 2020. There is no active construction-linked payment plan; secondary-market availability and terms are confirmed on request.

Key information

Price, areas, mix & the masterplan

Total units: 450+ (Emaar brochure)
Starting price: Confirmed on request
Community: Dubai Creek Harbour
Type: 1–4 Bedroom Apartments
Buildings: Two towers (37 storeys each per PropSearch)
Status: Completed May 2020 (per PropSearch)

Apartment mix and unit total per the Emaar Creekside 18 brochure; storey counts and the completion date per PropSearch. Current availability is confirmed on request.

UNIT MIX & STARTING PRICES

1-BedroomUnitsNot published per typeSize (per Emaar brochure)Not published per typeStarting price (AED)Confirmed on request
2-BedroomUnitsNot published per typeSize (per Emaar brochure)Not published per typeStarting price (AED)Confirmed on request
3-BedroomUnitsNot published per typeSize (per Emaar brochure)Not published per typeStarting price (AED)Confirmed on request
4-BedroomUnitsNot published per typeSize (per Emaar brochure)Not published per typeStarting price (AED)Confirmed on request
All typesUnitsMore than 450Size (per Emaar brochure)Not publishedStarting price (AED)Confirmed on request

Emaar's Creekside 18 brochure states more than 450 glass-fronted one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments, all with outdoor balconies. It publishes no per-type unit counts, areas or prices, and no Emaar fact sheet or floor-plan set is held for this release. Transaction records reported on PropSearch indicate one- to three-bedroom sizes of roughly 679 to 1,632 sq ft; those are PropSearch-derived, not Emaar figures.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Creekside 18 is a completed, 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 notes below.

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. Creekside 18 sits at the heart of Creek Island, a two-minute walk from Central Park, a three-minute walk from Creek Marina and a five-minute walk from Vida Creek Harbour. By road it is around five minutes to Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, ten minutes to Downtown Dubai and fifteen minutes to Dubai International Airport.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — completed, waterfront and park-facing stock on Creek Island supports both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a ready primary or second home in a waterfront community with immediate access to Central Park, Creek Marina and the promenade.
Secondary-market purchase — as a delivered building, Creekside 18 trades on the resale market; entry pricing and available units should be checked against live DLD data.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Completed asset — this is a delivered building, so off-plan payment-plan leverage no longer applies; purchases are on secondary-market terms.
Service charges — waterfront communities typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
Supply — Dubai Creek Harbour has a substantial delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers in the district can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.
Building age and condition — as with any completed unit, condition, floor and view materially affect price and rent, and should be verified per unit.
No Emaar unit-mix table — Emaar has not published a unit-mix table for this release; the sizes shown are PropSearch-derived and should be verified before committing, as are the storey counts and completion date.

PAYMENT PLAN

Creekside 18 is a completed development (handover May 2020); there is no active construction-linked payment plan. Secondary-market purchase terms and any available post-handover arrangements are confirmed on request.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

DLD register

Creekside 18 is in the Dubai Creek Harbour area. The Dubai Land Department register records the nearest metro station, retail centre and landmark against the project — those are the points shown below.

Connectivity schematic

Diagram, not a map. Node positions are for orientation only — they are not to scale, not to bearing, and imply no distance or travel time.

Location record

Area: Dubai Creek Harbour
Nearest metro: Creek Metro Station
Nearest mall: City Centre Mirdif
Nearest landmark: Dubai International Airport

Area and community are from our own project record, not the DLD register. Each connectivity point is the nearest of its kind recorded against this project in the Dubai Land Department register. The register publishes the name only — no distances or journey times — so none are stated here. We can confirm them in writing on request.

Connectivity points: Dubai Land Department project register. Area and community: our own project record. Neither is a survey, and neither is a substitute for your own site visit.

Location

Creekside 18 — Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai Creek Harbour

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HOW THIS PRICES AGAINST THE MARKET

Registered evidence · as at 11 Sep 2026

Every figure below is derived from arm’s-length sales registered with the Dubai Land Department — completed transactions, not asking prices. The register was read on 12 Sep 2026. The most recent qualifying sale at Creekside 18 is dated 11 Sep 2026. Medians are of AED per square foot across all unit types unless stated otherwise.

Median AED / sqft — Creekside 18 against its benchmarks

Creekside 18n = 61 registered sales since May 2025

2,261AED / sqft

this project

Dubai Creek HarbourCommunity median, existing properties · n = 824 sales

2,332AED / sqft

−3.0%discount

Al Khairan FirstArea median, existing properties · n = 634 sales

2,392AED / sqft

−5.5%discount

Premium and discount compare Creekside 18’s median AED/sqft with each benchmark median from the same extract; n is the number of registered sales behind each median. A premium is neither good nor bad in itself — it reflects specification, unit mix, floor level and how recently the sales were registered. Bar length is proportional to the median shown.

Off-plan vs resale

Off-plan

—

No registrations · n not reported

Resale

2,261

AED/sqft median · n = 61

Only resale sales are on the register for this project as at 11 Sep 2026, so no off-plan-to-resale comparison can be evidenced here.

What to watch

Wide price dispersion. Registered prices run from AED 1,771 to AED 2,970 per sqft — a spread of 53% of the median, as at 11 Sep 2026. We have not measured what drives that range for this project; floor, view, layout and unit size are the usual causes and are worth checking unit by unit. The median is not a price guide for any specific unit.
Benchmarks are not like-for-like. The community and area medians cover every building in that boundary — whatever its age, finish, view and unit mix — while the project median covers one scheme. Part of any premium or discount is composition rather than value.
A median is not a valuation. Every figure here is a median of registered AED per sqft across mixed floors, sizes and payment terms, up to 11 Sep 2026. The price of a particular unit can sit well outside it, and none of this constitutes a valuation or investment advice.
Historic evidence, not a projection. These are transactions already completed and registered up to 11 Sep 2026. They describe what buyers paid, not what prices, rents or resale liquidity will do next.

Source: Dubai Land Department (DLD) transaction register, via Mitchell's DLD pipeline. Register read 12 Sep 2026; most recent qualifying sale 11 Sep 2026. Only arm’s-length sales are counted. This section is a summary of registered transaction evidence — it is not a valuation, a forecast, or investment advice.

Market evidence

WHAT BUYERS ARE ACTUALLY PAYING

DLD registerAs at 11 Sep 2026

Independent, registered evidence — not asking prices. Every figure below is drawn from arm’s-length sales at Creekside 18 recorded by the Dubai Land Department, taken from a single extract pulled on 12 Sep 2026 and covering sales registered up to 11 Sep 2026: 61 in all, the earliest dated 8 May 2025.

Median price / sqft

AED 2,261

Registered DLD sales

Registered sales

May 2025 – Sep 2026

PSF range

1,771 – 2,970

Low to high, AED/sqft

Median sale price

AED 2.75M

All unit types

Median AED/sqft by month

17 months · sale counts omitted at this scale

By bedroom count

Beds	Sales	Median size	Median PSF	Median price
1 BR	9	674 sqft	2,282	AED 1.54M
2 BR	25	1,130 sqft	2,213	AED 2.50M
3 BR	27	1,616 sqft	2,264	AED 3.65M

Resale secondary market

2,261 AED/sqft

Median of 61 registered sales

Most recent registered sales

12 most recent of 61 on record, to 11 Sep 2026

Date	Beds	Size (sqft)	Price (AED)	AED/sqft
11 Sep 2026	2 BR	1,130	2,500,000	2,213
10 Aug 2026	3 BR	1,615	3,650,000	2,261
6 Aug 2026	1 BR	674	1,537,000	2,282
27 Jul 2026	3 BR	1,617	3,500,000	2,164
24 Jul 2026	1 BR	674	1,500,000	2,226
22 Jul 2026	2 BR	1,142	2,700,000	2,365
2 Jul 2026	3 BR	1,616	3,750,000	2,320
2 Jul 2026	3 BR	1,614	3,000,000	1,859
29 Jun 2026	3 BR	1,614	3,400,000	2,107
4 Jun 2026	2 BR	1,144	2,765,000	2,417
18 May 2026	3 BR	1,620	3,550,000	2,192
22 Apr 2026	3 BR	1,617	3,200,000	1,979

Individual arm’s-length sales as registered with the Dubai Land Department. Sizes are as recorded on the title deed; price is the registered consideration, exclusive of the 4% transfer fee and any agency or developer charges.

Registered DLD transactions for this project. Only arm's-length 'Sales' of homes are counted; intra-family 'Gifts' transfers, zero-price rows, and land, building and villa transfers are excluded. Offices, shops, showrooms and other non-residential units in the same building are also excluded — they price far above the apartments above them and would otherwise set the top of the price-per-square-foot range. Where the register holds the same sale twice, the duplicate is removed before anything is counted. A project is published only once it has at least 30 qualifying sales. Period and bedroom figures are medians of AED per square foot, which are robust to the outliers that skew a mean on a thin sample. Benchmarks are medians over the trailing 12 months for the same area and registration type. This is a dated extract, not a live query: it changes only when the extract is regenerated with `npm run data:dld`. Source: Dubai Land Department (DLD) transaction register, via Mitchell's DLD pipeline. Data as at 11 Sep 2026; extract generated 12 Sep 2026. Past registered prices are evidence of what has been paid, not a forecast of future value.

The developer

Emaar

One of Dubai’s largest and longest-established master developers.

Emaar Properties is the developer behind a substantial share of Dubai’s best-known destinations, including Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall. It builds at master-community scale — Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai Creek Harbour, Emaar South, The Valley, Downtown Dubai, Emaar Beachfront and Rashid Yachts & Marina among the communities covered on this site — so an Emaar project usually arrives inside an established masterplan with its own retail, schools and parks rather than as a standalone tower.

For an off-plan buyer the relevant question about any developer is delivery: whether the building completes, and roughly when it said it would. Emaar reports a delivery record stretching back to 2002 across Dubai and international markets. That is a measure of scale and history, not a guarantee about any individual project — construction progress, handover timing and specification are confirmed per project on request.

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Residential units delivered

125,600+

Across Dubai and other global markets since 2002 — Emaar Properties press release, 4 March 2026 (emaar.com).

Revenue, 2025

AED 49.6bn

Group revenue as reported by Emaar for the 2025 financial year — Emaar Properties press release, 4 March 2026 (emaar.com).

Both figures are Emaar’s own published statements about its business, carried here as the developer reports them. They are not an independent measurement, an audit, or a forecast, and they describe Emaar as a whole rather than this or any other individual project.

Method & questions

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Figures as at 11 Sep 2026

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, stated as at 11 Sep 2026, 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 Creekside 18 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 Creekside 18 as May 2020; 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 Creekside 18, rather than asking prices, portal listings or developer price lists. The set shown here is stated as at 11 Sep 2026. 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 Commercial Real Estate, and how are you paid?

Mitchell’s Commercial Real Estate is the trading brand of Stephen James Mitchell, RERA-licensed broker BRN 68593.

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.

Small print

Sources, provenance & what is not published

Every figure on this page is traceable

SOURCES

Emaar — Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour brochure (English, Chinese and Persian editions held): more than 450 glass-fronted one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments with outdoor balconies; position at the heart of Creek Island; walk times (2 minutes to Central Park, 3 minutes to Creek Marina, 5 minutes to Vida Creek Harbour) and drive times (5 minutes to Ras Al Khor, 10 minutes to Downtown Dubai, 15 minutes to Dubai International Airport); amenities — squash court, temperature-controlled swimming pools, gym, retail and dining, children's play areas and a landscaped podium.
PropSearch (propsearch.ae) — storey counts (37 each), one- to three-bedroom sizes of 679–1,632 sq ft and the May 2020 completion date. Emaar's brochure states none of these. A PropSearch unit count of 434 residences was dropped as it conflicts with Emaar's own "more than 450".
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Verified 2026-09-08 against Emaar Properties’ own press release, "Strong 2026 Momentum Positions Emaar for Continued Growth Following Record Year" (emaar.com, published 4 March 2026): confirms "record revenue of AED 49.6 billion" for FY2025 and "over 125,600 residential units ... since 2002" — both figures match this page exactly. https://www.emaar.com/en/press-release-listing/strong-2026-momentum-positions-emaar-for-continued-growth-following-record-year
Dubai Land Department transaction register — every registered-sales figure on this page (transaction count, medians, the price-per-square-foot range, the quarterly and monthly trend and the bedroom breakdown), as at 2026-08-10. Arm's-length sales only: intra-family gift transfers, zero-price rows and land, building and villa transfers are excluded, and where the register holds the same sale twice the duplicate is removed before anything is counted. The Dubai Creek Harbour benchmark these figures are compared against is a trailing-12-month median on the same basis. A dated extract, not a live query.

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TWO WATERFRONT TOWERS AT THE HEART OF CREEK ISLAND

Price, areas, mix & the masterplan

UNIT MIX & STARTING PRICES

THE INVESTMENT CASE

LOCATION: CREEK ISLAND AT DUBAI CREEK HARBOUR

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

PAYMENT PLAN

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Location

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