Off-plan apartments in Dubailand, Dubai

Apartments make up nearly the whole category, and the spread inside it is unusually wide: entry prices start from around $170K while the largest schemes ask several times that. The gap is mostly amenity and address rather than floor area, since a project with its own park, pool deck and retail row costs more to build than a plain block.

For an investor the appeal is space per dollar. Rents here are set against what the same tenant would pay for a smaller flat closer in, and the trade is a longer drive. Because much of the pipeline completes late in the decade, a buyer is effectively pricing the area as it will be once the surrounding retail and schools are running, rather than as it is today. That helps on a long payment plan and hurts if the rent needs to start soon. Deposits, prices and floor plans sit with each launch in the listing above.