Palm JumeirahAED 3,631/sqftDubai Maritime CityAED 3,135/sqftDowntown DubaiAED 2,922/sqftDubai IslandsAED 2,753/sqftDubai Creek HarbourAED 2,567/sqftBusiness BayAED 2,562/sqftDubai MarinaAED 2,496/sqftDubai Hills EstateAED 2,439/sqftJumeirah Lakes TowersAED 2,279/sqftMohammed Bin Rashid CityAED 2,098/sqftAl JaddafAED 2,047/sqftJumeirah Village TriangleAED 1,665/sqftDubai SouthAED 1,647/sqftArjanAED 1,594/sqftJumeirah Village CircleAED 1,505/sqftDubai Sports CityAED 1,330/sqftALL DLD SALES · OFF-PLAN + EXISTINGPalm JumeirahAED 3,631/sqftDubai Maritime CityAED 3,135/sqftDowntown DubaiAED 2,922/sqftDubai IslandsAED 2,753/sqftDubai Creek HarbourAED 2,567/sqftBusiness BayAED 2,562/sqftDubai MarinaAED 2,496/sqftDubai Hills EstateAED 2,439/sqftJumeirah Lakes TowersAED 2,279/sqftMohammed Bin Rashid CityAED 2,098/sqftAl JaddafAED 2,047/sqftJumeirah Village TriangleAED 1,665/sqftDubai SouthAED 1,647/sqftArjanAED 1,594/sqftJumeirah Village CircleAED 1,505/sqftDubai Sports CityAED 1,330/sqftALL DLD SALES · OFF-PLAN + EXISTING
DLD · MEDIAN 12M TO SEP 2026
CompletedEmaar Beachfront

Marina Vista

Marina Vista at Emaar Beachfront by Emaar: twin towers of 1–4 bedroom apartments plus 3 and 4-bedroom podium villas on the private island, completed in 2023.

Marina Vista — Emaar Beachfront
DeveloperEmaar
Entry priceAED 1.5MStarting price as published by the developer
Median registered / sqftAED 3,312Median of 49 DLD sales, May 2025 – Sep 2026
CompletedMar 2023Completion date on this brief
CommunityEmaar Beachfront

Overview

Project brief

TWIN BEACHFRONT TOWERS AT THE ENTRY TO DUBAI'S PRIVATE ISLAND

Marina Vista is a twin-tower residential development by Emaar at Emaar Beachfront, the gated private island set within Dubai Harbour between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. It occupies one of the first positions at the entry point to the island, nearest to Dubai Marina, with a 1.5-kilometre stretch of white-sand beach and direct visual connection to the water from every apartment.

The Emaar brochure offers a choice of one, two, three and four-bedroom beachfront apartments with uninterrupted views over Dubai Marina and the Arabian Gulf. The Emaar floor plans add a row of 3 and 4-bedroom villas at the ground and mezzanine levels of Tower 1. Tower 1 is 27 floors over a six-level podium (G + M + 6P + 27) on its key plan; the Tower 2 plans run from podium levels PO1–PO6 up to level 37. Across both towers the floor plans give 1-bedroom apartments at 653.58 to 870.70 square feet, 2-bedroom apartments at 1,104.05 to 1,277.03 square feet, 3-bedroom apartments at 1,537.41 to 2,042.24 square feet and 4-bedroom apartments at 2,249.44 to 2,449.65 square feet, all total areas including balcony.

Construction ran from December 2018 to March 2023, so the building trades on the secondary market rather than off-plan. Figures below reflect completed-building resale data rather than a developer launch.

Key information

Price, areas, mix & the masterplan

Community
Emaar Beachfront, Dubai Harbour
Type
1, 2, 3 & 4-Bedroom Apartments and 3 & 4-Bedroom Villas
Towers
Two — Tower 1 (G + M + 6P + 27 floors); Tower 2 plans run to level 37
Villas
Seven, at Tower 1 ground and mezzanine level (G01–G07)
Status
Completed / handed over (2023)
Indicative resale entry
From approximately AED 1.5 million (1-bed) (per PropSearch / DLD)

Tower configuration, unit types and sizes are taken from the Emaar floor plans and brochure. Completed building; resale availability and pricing vary by unit and are confirmed on request.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

  • 1-Bedroom apartmentTowerTower 1Suite area (sq ft)685.55 – 723.23Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)731.30 – 870.70
  • 1-Bedroom apartmentTowerTower 2Suite area (sq ft)600.09 – 668.76Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)653.58 – 747.66
  • 2-Bedroom apartmentTowerTower 1Suite area (sq ft)995.23 – 1,108.90Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)1,147.43 – 1,277.03
  • 2-Bedroom apartmentTowerTower 2Suite area (sq ft)990.17 – 999.54Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)1,104.05 – 1,214.93
  • 3-Bedroom apartmentTowerTower 1Suite area (sq ft)1,464.75 – 1,464.97Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)1,699.83 – 1,700.05
  • 3-Bedroom apartmentTowerTower 2Suite area (sq ft)1,360.67 – 1,656.35Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)1,537.41 – 2,042.24
  • 4-Bedroom apartmentTowerTower 2Suite area (sq ft)1,899.18 – 2,049.77Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)2,249.44 – 2,449.65
  • 3-Bedroom villaTowerTower 1, ground & mezzanineSuite area (sq ft)1,600.49 – 1,670.13Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)1,977.23 – 2,048.58
  • 4-Bedroom villaTowerTower 1, ground & mezzanineSuite area (sq ft)1,975.72Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)2,402.62

Areas are taken from the Emaar floor plans, which publish suite, balcony and total areas for every layout type. Tower 1 apartment plans cover podium levels P1–P6 and levels 02–27 and are held in the Emaar document titled "Marina Vista – Tower 1", supplied in the South Beach pack; Tower 2 plans cover podium levels PO1–PO6 and levels 1–37. Villa areas are stated as suite plus terrace / balcony. The four-bedroom apartments appear on Tower 2's upper levels only. Emaar publishes no per-type unit counts or launch prices in the pack held; indicative resale pricing is PropSearch / Dubai Land Department transaction data, and current availability and pricing are confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Marina Vista is a completed, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Emaar Beachfront is available, current pricing and PSF trends will be shown alongside — those figures are the basis for any comparison, not the estimates below.

LOCATION: THE ENTRY POINT TO A PRIVATE ISLAND, NEAREST TO DUBAI MARINA

Emaar Beachfront is a gated island community within Dubai Harbour, with 1.5 km of beach, a 13,000 sq m retail mall and a waterfront promenade of retail and dining. Per the Emaar brochure, Marina Vista sits at the island's entry point closest to Dubai Marina, which is reachable on foot, by car or by yacht, with Sheikh Zayed Road an interchange and two sets of lights away, and the community is 20 minutes from Dubai International Airport and 45 minutes from Al Maktoum International. Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Residence and the Cruise Terminal are all close by, combining a resort-style island setting with genuine connectivity to the rest of the city.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

  • Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — a completed beachfront tower with a private beach and Marina proximity supports both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
  • Owner-occupation — a move-in-ready home in an established gated beachfront community at the Marina end of the island.
  • Secondary-market entry — as a delivered building, units can be inspected and income assessed before purchase, unlike an off-plan launch.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

  • Secondary-market pricing — pricing is set by individual resellers and varies by floor, view and condition; entry points should be verified on current PSF, not indicative figures.
  • Beachfront premium — Emaar Beachfront prices at a premium to mainland Dubai Marina; the entry point should be weighed against that premium.
  • Service charges — beachfront and branded-amenity communities typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
  • Supply — Emaar Beachfront and Dubai Harbour have a substantial delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers nearby can affect resale and rental pricing.
Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Marina Vista is in Emaar Beachfront, within the Dubai Harbour area.

Location record
Area
Dubai Harbour
Community
Emaar Beachfront

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.

Location

Marina VistaEmaar Beachfront, Dubai Harbour

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HOW THIS PRICES AGAINST THE MARKET

Registered evidence · as at 4 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 Marina Vista is dated 4 Sep 2026. Medians are of AED per square foot across all unit types unless stated otherwise.

Median AED / sqft — Marina Vista against its benchmarks
Marina Vistan = 49 registered sales since May 2025
3,312AED / sqft
this project
Dubai HarbourCommunity median, existing properties · n = 191 sales
3,348AED / sqft
−1.1%discount
Marsa DubaiArea median, existing properties · n = 1,443 sales
2,064AED / sqft
+60.5%premium

Premium and discount compare Marina Vista’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
3,312
AED/sqft median · n = 49

Only resale sales are on the register for this project as at 4 Sep 2026, so no off-plan-to-resale comparison can be evidenced here.

What to watch
  • Wide price dispersion. Registered prices run from AED 2,420 to AED 4,562 per sqft — a spread of 65% of the median, as at 4 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.
  • Concentrated unit mix. 51% of registered sales (25 of 49) are 1 bedroom units, so the overall median largely describes that layout. Evidence for the other layouts is thinner and should be read at the bedroom level.
  • Thin recent flow. 2 sales were registered in 2026 Q3. A quarter-on-quarter move on that base reflects which units happened to close, not a change in 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 Sep 2026

Independent, registered evidence — not asking prices. Every figure below is drawn from arm’s-length sales at Marina Vista recorded by the Dubai Land Department, taken from a single extract pulled on 12 Sep 2026 and covering sales registered up to 4 Sep 2026: 49 in all, the earliest dated 19 May 2025.

Median price / sqft
AED 3,312
Registered DLD sales
Registered sales
49
May 2025 – Sep 2026
PSF range
2,420 – 4,562
Low to high, AED/sqft
Median sale price
AED 3.63M
All unit types
Median AED/sqft by month
15 months · sale counts omitted at this scale
4,0002,000AED/sqft3,973May 25Jul 25Sep 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 262,420Sep 26
By bedroom count
BedsSalesMedian sizeMedian PSFMedian price
1 BR25827 sqft2,988AED 2.40M
2 BR211,172 sqft3,625AED 4.25M
3 BR31,756 sqft3,559AED 6.25M
Resale secondary market
3,312 AED/sqft
Median of 49 registered sales
100% of these sales
Most recent registered sales
12 most recent of 49 on record, to 4 Sep 2026
DateBedsSize (sqft)Price (AED)AED/sqftBuilding
4 Sep 20261 BR8262,000,0002,420
16 Jul 20261 BR8272,225,0002,692
25 Jun 20262 BR1,1724,250,0003,626
24 Jun 20261 BR8712,250,0002,582
10 Jun 20262 BR1,0804,500,0004,169
4 Jun 20262 BR1,2034,200,0003,492
4 May 20261 BR7302,500,0003,423
29 Apr 20262 BR1,1993,950,0003,295
21 Apr 20261 BR7392,000,0002,708
1 Apr 20262 BR1,1724,250,0003,625
1 Apr 20262 BR1,1724,250,0003,625Marina Vista Tower 2
31 Mar 20262 BR1,1484,570,0003,982

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 4 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.

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.

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HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Figures as at 4 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. A dated snapshotThese are a snapshot, stated as at 4 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 Marina Vista 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 Marina Vista as Mar 2023; 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 Marina Vista, rather than asking prices, portal listings or developer price lists. The set shown here is stated as at 4 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 — Marina Vista Tower 2 floor plans (every apartment layout type with suite, balcony and total areas; podium levels PO1–PO6 and levels 1–37) and Marina Vista villas floor plans (units G01–G07 at Tower 1 ground and mezzanine level, with suite, terrace / balcony and total areas).
  • Emaar — Marina Vista Tower 1 floor plans, the document titled "Marina Vista – Tower 1" supplied in the Emaar South Beach pack (key plan "27 floors G + M + 6P + 27"; every apartment layout type with suite, balcony and total areas across podium levels P1–P6 and levels 02–27).
  • Emaar — Marina Vista brochure (Emaar Beachfront location, entry-point position nearest Dubai Marina, one to four-bedroom apartments, Sheikh Zayed Road an interchange and two sets of lights away, beach sports, yachting, on-site gym, swimming pool and the Emaar Beachfront Boulevard; Emaar Beachfront at 27 towers, 10,000 residential units, 1.5 km beach and a 13,000 sq m retail mall, 20 minutes to Dubai International and 45 minutes to Al Maktoum International).
  • PropSearch — Marina Vista at Emaar Beachfront project page: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/marina-vista-at-emaar-beachfront (December 2018 construction start and March 2023 completion, recent resale transaction data and indicative resale entry price).
  • 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 2026-09-04. 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 Emaar Beachfront 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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