Palm Jumeirah AED 3,524/sqftDubai Maritime City AED 3,152/sqftDowntown Dubai AED 2,905/sqftDubai Islands AED 2,770/sqftDubai Creek Harbour AED 2,563/sqftBusiness Bay AED 2,509/sqftDubai Marina AED 2,481/sqftDubai Hills Estate AED 2,448/sqftJumeirah Lakes Towers AED 2,306/sqftMohammed Bin Rashid City AED 2,097/sqftAl Jaddaf AED 2,049/sqftJumeirah Village Triangle AED 1,665/sqftDubai South AED 1,652/sqftArjan AED 1,584/sqftJumeirah Village Circle AED 1,491/sqftDubai Sports City AED 1,328/sqftALL DLD SALES · OFF-PLAN + EXISTINGPalm Jumeirah AED 3,524/sqftDubai Maritime City AED 3,152/sqftDowntown Dubai AED 2,905/sqftDubai Islands AED 2,770/sqftDubai Creek Harbour AED 2,563/sqftBusiness Bay AED 2,509/sqftDubai Marina AED 2,481/sqftDubai Hills Estate AED 2,448/sqftJumeirah Lakes Towers AED 2,306/sqftMohammed Bin Rashid City AED 2,097/sqftAl Jaddaf AED 2,049/sqftJumeirah Village Triangle AED 1,665/sqftDubai South AED 1,652/sqftArjan AED 1,584/sqftJumeirah Village Circle AED 1,491/sqftDubai Sports City AED 1,328/sqftALL DLD SALES · OFF-PLAN + EXISTING
DLD · MEDIAN 12M TO OCT 2026

OFF-PLAN

Emaar

Vista Ridge

Emaar South · Dubai

Vista Ridge at Emaar South by Emaar: 1–3 bedroom apartments and 3-bedroom townhouses from AED 1.27M, on an 80/20 construction-linked plan, handover September 2029.

The homes1, 2 & 3-bedroom apartments · 3-bedroom townhousesEvery type published in this brief’s unit mix. Sizes, counts and prices per type are in the unit mix below.
Registered sales, median per home, DLD, 30 January 2026 to 3 August 2026AED 2,003,888Median of 159 sales registered with the Dubai Land Department between 30 January 2026 and 3 August 2026, at a median 1,286 sq ft. Offices and shops excluded, duplicates removed — a dated extract, not a live query.
Payment plan80 / 20As published for this project, with 20% due on completion.
CompletionSeptember 2029Expected completion as published by Emaar on this brief.
Scale198 homesAs published in this brief's project summary.
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Unit mix, sizes, the payment plan and completion are Emaar's own, as published in this brief. The money figures are the Dubai Land Department transaction register as at 3 August 2026 — arm's-length sales only, offices and shops excluded, duplicates removed. A dated extract, not a live query.

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Project summary

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Developer
Emaar
Community
Emaar South, Dubai
Status
Off-plan
Completion
September 2029Expected completion as published by Emaar on this brief.
Unit mix
1, 2 & 3-bedroom apartments · 3-bedroom townhousesEvery type published in this brief’s unit mix.
Payment plan
80 / 20As published for this project, with 20% due on completion.

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Unit mix

4 types, as published in this brief.
Unit typeUnitsBuilt-up area (sq ft)Actions
1-Bedroom Apartment65787.81 – 1,005.03
2-Bedroom Apartment1121,275.95 – 1,688.86
3-Bedroom Apartment181,655.38 – 1,751.93
3-Bedroom Townhouse32,727.57 – 2,763.31
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Unit counts and starting prices per the Emaar fact sheet, which states a total of 198 units; areas are total areas (suite plus balcony) per the Emaar floor-plan pack, spanning every drawn layout. The two documents agree: the minimum BUA the fact sheet publishes for each type — 788, 1,276, 1,655 and 2,728 sq ft — is the smallest layout drawn in the plans, and the upper figures come from the floor plans. The three townhouse layouts are type 1 at 2,763.31 sq ft, type 1A at 2,761.59 and type 2 at 2,727.57.

Payment structure

Payment schedule

Handover Sep 2029

The schedule as published for this project, totalling 100% of the purchase price. Percentages apply to whichever price is agreed for the unit selected.

Cumulative share of purchase price — each block is one instalment
First instalment: 10%Cumulative at final instalment: 100%
InstalmentShareCumulativeWhen due
Down payment10%10%On booking
2nd10%20%March 2026
3rd10%30%August 2026
4th10%40%January 2027
5th10%50%30% construction · July 2027
6th10%60%50% construction · January 2028
7th10%70%70% construction · June 2028
8th10%80%90% construction · January 2029
9th (completion)20%100%100% construction · September 2029
Total100%

Per the Emaar fact sheet and payment plan; instalment dates as published at launch, subject to change, and construction-completion dates are estimated. Both documents run the schedule from a down payment on booking to a 9th instalment — there is no instalment labelled "1st". RERA BRN 68593.

Market evidence

Registered sales

DLD registerAs at 3 Aug 2026

Independent, registered evidence — not asking prices. Every figure below is drawn from arm’s-length sales at Vista Ridge recorded by the Dubai Land Department, taken from a single extract pulled on 10 Oct 2026 and covering sales registered up to 2 Oct 2026: 160 in all, the earliest dated 2 Feb 2026.

Median AED/sqft, last 6 months
AED 1,632
Apartments and villas, 38 sales to 2 Oct 2026
Registered sales, all time
160
2 Feb 2026 to 7 Aug 2026
PSF range
1,239 – 2,056
Low to high, AED/sqft, apartments and villas since Jan 2026
Median sale price
AED 2M
Apartments and villas since Jan 2026
Median AED/sqft by quarter, apartments and villas since Jan 2026
n = registered sales in each quarter
1,7001,400AED/sqft1,6292026 Q1122 txns1,6352026 Q236 txns1,4662026 Q31 txn
By bedroom count
BedsSalesMedian sizeMedian PSFMedian price
1 BR65794 sqft1,632AED 1.30M
2 BR921,379 sqft1,492AED 2.14M
3 BR21,750 sqft1,969AED 3.45M

A row in a lighter tone rests on fewer than 5 registered sales: read it as those sales, not as the rate for that bedroom count.

Off-plan first sale from the developer
1,631 AED/sqft
Median of 159 registered sales
100% of these sales
Most recent registered sales
12 most recent of 159 apartment and villa sales since Jan 2026, to 3 Aug 2026
DateBedsSize (sqft)Price (AED)AED/sqftBuilding
3 Aug 20262 BR1,3832,026,8881,466Vista Ridge Tower 1
22 Jun 20261 BR8251,323,9411,604—
19 Jun 20262 BR1,3832,028,8881,467—
22 May 20261 BR7881,271,9301,614—
21 May 20261 BR8251,346,8881,632—
19 May 20261 BR7941,308,8881,649—
15 May 20261 BR8261,346,8881,631—
15 May 20261 BR7891,272,8881,613—
14 May 20262 BR1,2862,634,8882,050—
13 May 20262 BR1,3712,672,8881,949—
8 May 20262 BR1,3821,993,8881,443—
7 May 20261 BR7931,280,8881,615—

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, which excludes transfer costs 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 at any count, down to a single sale; below 30 qualifying sales it is marked as a small sample, and no percentage or purchase-price seed is derived from it. The registered-sales count in the headline is every sale registered against the project over its whole history, of any property type, from the DLD transaction feed; the headline median is the last six months of apartment and villa sales only, from the same feed. The remaining figures on this page (range, quarterly and monthly series, bedroom table, recent sales) are apartments and villas since the first sale in the extract. 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. A bedroom row or quarter resting on a handful of registered sales is shown with its sale count and marked as a small sample, because a median over one or two sales describes those sales and not the market. 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`. Dates are the Dubai Land Department's own registration dates. Where a sale reaches us twice — once in DLD's bulk export and once in its daily feed — we keep the bulk record, and DLD registers on working days, so a sale agreed at a weekend carries the following working day. Source: Dubai Land Department (DLD) transaction register, via Mitchell's DLD pipeline. Data as at 3 Aug 2026; extract generated 10 Oct 2026. Past registered prices are evidence of what has been paid, not a forecast of future value.

The brief

About this project

GOLF-COURSE APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES IN EMAAR SOUTH

Vista Ridge is a residential development by Emaar at Emaar South, the Dubai South master community set around an 18-hole championship golf course, near Al Maktoum International Airport and Expo City Dubai. The development pairs contemporary architecture with green fairways and gardens, and amenities that include the golf course, pools, indoor and outdoor gyms, a padel court and yoga areas.

Per the Emaar fact sheet, Vista Ridge holds 198 residences: 65 one-bedroom, 112 two-bedroom and 18 three-bedroom apartments, plus 3 three-bedroom townhouses. Homes are designed with open-plan layouts and green views, and interiors of textured stone, warm timber and a neutral, earthy palette. Apartments run from 788 to 1,752 square feet, from AED 1.27 million; the three-bedroom townhouses run from 2,728 to 2,763 square feet, from AED 5.08 million.

Emaar has structured the launch around an 80/20 construction-linked payment plan — a 10% down payment followed by seven further instalments tied to construction milestones, with a final 20% on 100% completion, scheduled for September 2029.

Total units
198
Payment plan
80/20 construction-linked (10% down)
Expected completion
September 2029
Community
Emaar South (Dubai South)
Type
1–3 Bedroom Apartments & 3-Bedroom Townhouses

Per the Emaar fact sheet at launch, subject to change if there are future releases.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

LOCATION: A GOLF-COURSE COMMUNITY NEAR AL MAKTOUM AIRPORT

Emaar South is a master community in Dubai South, built around an 18-hole championship golf course and positioned alongside Expo City Dubai. Per the Emaar fact sheet, Vista Ridge is a 5-minute drive from Al Maktoum International Airport, 30 minutes from Dubai Marina, 35 minutes from Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa, and 45 minutes from Dubai International Airport. The position pairs a golf-and-garden setting with proximity to Dubai's next airport and business hubs.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

  • Pre-handover resale — the construction-linked plan means a buyer commits limited capital ahead of the 2029 completion; premiums depend on market conditions at the time and should be checked against live DLD data.
  • Buy-and-hold for rental — golf-course apartments at an accessible entry point near Al Maktoum International Airport support long-let demand.
  • Owner-occupation — a 1 to 3-bedroom apartment or 3-bedroom townhouse in a green, amenity-led golf community.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

  • Off-plan completion risk — delivery is scheduled for September 2029; timelines can move, and returns depend on the market at handover, not today's.
  • Emerging location — Dubai South and Emaar South are still maturing; amenity delivery and connectivity will build out over the project horizon.
  • Supply — Emaar South has a substantial apartment and townhouse delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.
  • Service charges — golf-course and amenity-led communities carry service charges that affect net yield.
Location

Area and connectivity

Vista Ridge is in the Emaar South area.

Location record
Area
Emaar South

Area and community are from our own project record.

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Location

Vista Ridge — Emaar South

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DLD sales data

Pricing against the market

Registered evidence · as at 3 Aug 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 10 Oct 2026. The most recent qualifying sale at Vista Ridge is dated 3 Aug 2026. Medians are of AED per square foot across all unit types unless stated otherwise.

Median AED / sqft — Vista Ridge against its benchmarks
Vista Ridgen = 159 registered sales since Jan 2026
1,631AED / sqft
this project
Dubai South Residential DistrictArea median, off-plan properties · n = 13,419 sales
1,692AED / sqft
−3.6%discount

Premium and discount compare Vista Ridge’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.

Registered price trend
+0.4%
median AED/sqft, 2026 Q1 → 2026 Q2 (3 months)
AED 1,629 → AED 1,635 per sqft.

A change between two period medians, not a compounded annual rate and not a forecast. Period medians move with the mix of units sold as well as with price, so read this alongside the sample sizes in each period.

Off-plan vs resale
Off-plan
1,631
AED/sqft median · n = 159
Resale
—
No registrations · n not reported

Only off-plan sales are on the register for this project as at 3 Aug 2026, so no off-plan-to-resale comparison can be evidenced here.

Source: Dubai Land Department (DLD) transaction register, via Mitchell's DLD pipeline. Register read 10 Oct 2026; most recent qualifying sale 3 Aug 2026. Only arm’s-length sales are counted.

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 sits inside an established masterplan with its own retail, schools and parks.

Emaar reports a delivery record stretching back to 2002 across Dubai and international markets.

Residential units delivered
125,600+
Across Dubai and other global markets since 2002 — Emaar Properties press release, 4 March 2026.
Revenue, 2025
AED 49.6bn
Group revenue as reported by Emaar for the 2025 financial year — Emaar Properties press release, 4 March 2026.

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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Sources

Every figure on this page is traceable
  • Emaar — Vista Ridge at Emaar South fact sheet (198 units split 65 one-bedroom, 112 two-bedroom and 18 three-bedroom apartments plus 3 three-bedroom townhouses, minimum built-up areas, AED 1.27M / 1.90M / 3.34M / 5.08M starting prices, location drive times, amenities, instalment schedule), floor-plan pack (unit layouts and areas), brochure, and payment plan (instalment dates and construction milestones, September 2029 estimated construction completion).
  • 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.
  • 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 2026-08-03. 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 South 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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