Off-planEmaar South

Golf Lane at Emaar South

Golf Lane at Emaar South by Emaar: 4-bedroom semi-detached villas from AED 4.48M and 5-bedroom standalone villas from AED 5.36M, on a construction-linked plan to October 2028.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 4.48M

HandoverOct 2028

StatusOff-plan

CommunityEmaar South

Overview

Project brief

A GOLF-COURSE VILLA NEIGHBOURHOOD AT EMAAR SOUTH

Golf Lane is a villa neighbourhood by Emaar at Emaar South, the developer's masterplanned community in Dubai South. The community sits alongside Expo City Dubai and Al Maktoum International Airport, arranged around an 18-hole championship golf course, and Golf Lane shares its amenities across the wider master plan.

Golf Lane offers two villa types: four-bedroom semi-detached homes and five-bedroom standalone homes. Per the Emaar fact sheet, four-bedroom villas have a built-up area of 4,016 to 4,043 square feet and start from AED 4.48 million; five-bedroom villas have a built-up area of 4,852 to 4,918 square feet and start from AED 5.36 million. The floor-plan pack sets out three layouts per type — Ava, Terra and Sage for the four-bedroom, Myra, Kyra and Livia for the five-bedroom — each in an original and a mirrored version, over ground, first and second floors.

Emaar has structured the launch around a construction-linked payment plan: 10% on booking, 70% across seven instalments during construction, and 20% on 100% construction completion, estimated for October 2028.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Golf Lane at Emaar South
Developer	Emaar
Community	Emaar South, Dubai South
Type	4-Bedroom Semi-Detached & 5-Bedroom Standalone Villas
Total units	Approximately 664 (PropSearch; not stated in the Emaar pack)
Starting price	From AED 4.48 million
Payment plan	Construction-linked (10% / 70% / 20%)
Expected completion	October 2028

Based on initial launch information, subject to change if there are future releases.

UNIT MIX & STARTING PRICES

Unit type	BUA (sq ft)	Starting price (AED)
4-Bedroom Semi-Detached Villa	4,016 – 4,043	4.48M
5-Bedroom Standalone Villa	4,852 – 4,918	5.36M

Minimum and maximum built-up areas and starting prices per the Emaar fact sheet. The floor-plan pack corroborates the range, giving total areas of 4,016.44–4,043.36 sq ft across the four-bedroom layouts and 4,851.94–4,917.71 sq ft across the five-bedroom layouts. The fact sheet does not publish plot areas or a unit count by type — both are confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Golf Lane is an off-plan, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Emaar South 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

Golf Lane 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: A GOLF COMMUNITY IN DUBAI SOUTH

Emaar South is a masterplanned community in Dubai South, alongside Expo City Dubai and Al Maktoum International Airport, built around an 18-hole championship golf course. Per the Emaar brochure, the location is a seven-minute drive from Al Maktoum International Airport, ten minutes from Expo City Dubai, twenty minutes from Dubai Marina, thirty minutes from Downtown Dubai and fifty minutes from Abu Dhabi. Golf Lane sits within the community with access to the 18-hole golf course, clubhouse, community centre, community park, linear park, swimming pool, gym, jogging path, kids' play areas and a skate park and multi-purpose court.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Pre-handover resale — the construction-linked plan means a buyer commits limited capital ahead of the October 2028 completion; any premium depends on market conditions at the time and should be checked against live DLD data.
Buy-and-hold for rental — larger four and five-bedroom villa stock in a golf-course community supports family long-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a four or five-bedroom villa in a masterplanned, amenity-led community.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Off-plan completion risk — delivery is estimated for October 2028; timelines can move, and returns depend on the market at handover, not today's.
Back-weighted payment plan — 20% falls due on 100% construction completion, so the largest single payment is concentrated at handover and should be planned for.
Community pipeline — Emaar South has a large ongoing delivery pipeline of further neighbourhoods; concurrent handovers can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.
Location trade-off — Emaar South sits toward the Dubai South edge of the city; commute times to central districts should be weighed against the value on offer.
Unit count not published — Emaar's pack does not state a total unit count for Golf Lane; the figure shown is PropSearch-derived and should be verified before it is relied on.

SOURCES

Emaar — Golf Lane at Emaar South fact sheet (unit types, minimum and maximum built-up areas, starting prices, instalment schedule and October 2028 estimated construction completion), payment plan (instalment percentages, dates and construction milestones), floor-plan pack (layout names and total areas) and brochure (drive times, amenities, community description).
PropSearch — Golf Lane project page: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/golf-lane (approximately 664 units — a figure the Emaar pack does not state).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Emaar South) — live feed pending.

Payment structure

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Handover Oct 2028

9 instalments as published for this project, totalling 100% of the purchase price. Amounts in AED are calculated from the entry price of AED 4,480,000 stated on this brief and are illustrative only — the sum payable depends on the unit selected and the price agreed.

Cumulative share of purchase price — each block is one instalment

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

Instalment	Share	Cumulative	When due	Amount (AED)
Down payment	10%	10%	On booking · May 2024	AED 448,000
2nd	10%	20%	Jul 2024	AED 448,000
3rd	10%	30%	Jan 2025	AED 448,000
4th	10%	40%	Jun 2025	AED 448,000
5th	10%	50%	10% construction · Jan 2026	AED 448,000
6th	10%	60%	20% construction · Jul 2026	AED 448,000
7th	10%	70%	40% construction · Jan 2027	AED 448,000
8th	10%	80%	60% construction · Jul 2027	AED 448,000
9th (completion)	20%	100%	100% construction · Oct 2028	AED 896,000
Total	100%			AED 4,480,000

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.

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AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Golf Lane at Emaar South is in the Emaar South area.

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Area: Emaar South

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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 Golf Lane at Emaar South 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 Golf Lane at Emaar South as Oct 2028; 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 Golf Lane at Emaar South, 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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