Flats in the corresponding DLD community sold well above the Dubai median, while the anchor is not fully open. Check its delivery date and compare the completed buildings.
How to read these figures. Sales are for the corresponding Dubai Land Department community, which is used here as a proxy for the named master plan. The boundaries may not match exactly. Flat prices mix buildings, ages and off-plan with completed homes. A price difference is not evidence that the master plan or its anchor caused it.
Prices and sales: BUY DUBAI facts cube from Dubai Land Department registrations (registration basis, every sale procedure), 12 months to 28 October 2026. Flat price per sq ft is a median; the Dubai median uses the same filters. Cube c2c1f2e1bffc.
The Dubai Islands (formerly Palm Deira) master plan
Palm Deira was frozen after the 2008 crash and came back as Dubai Islands: five islands over 17 sq km with 20 km of beach.
Nakheel sells plots as well as homes: one land deal in 2023 was Dh600m for 2.59m sq ft.
Dubai Islands sold Dh6.1bn of property in the first half of 2025, with more than 10,700 homes under construction.
Anchor: Beaches and resort hotels. Opened: Resorts opening in phases.
Sources: Gulf News, Dubai Islands turns next big waterfront investment, Oct 2025; Gulf News, Dh600 million land deal on Dubai Islands, Oct 2023; Oxford Business Group, mega-projects on hold, 2013.
Where is Dubai Islands (formerly Palm Deira)?
Approximate centre, not a masterplan boundary. Open larger map · © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Prices compared year by year
Flats in the corresponding Land Department community sold at 66% above the Dubai median in 2023 and 40% above in 2025. The chart shows each year as a multiple of the Dubai median (1.0x); the mix of homes sold can also change the median.
Years with fewer than 30 flat sales are left out. Medians move when the mix of homes sold changes.
What to check before you buy
Most homes here are off-plan; the beach resorts are the anchor, so check which have opened near the building you are looking at.
- Who built the tower: the master developer, or another developer on a plot?
- Is the anchor open, and if not, who delivers it and by when?
- What did the same layout in the same building sell for in the last six months?
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Questions about Dubai Islands (formerly Palm Deira)
Who is the master developer of Dubai Islands (formerly Palm Deira)?
Nakheel. It built some of the homes itself and sold plots to other developers.
What is the anchor of Dubai Islands (formerly Palm Deira)?
Beaches and resort hotels. Resorts opening in phases.
Do homes in Dubai Islands (formerly Palm Deira) sell above the Dubai average?
Flats in the corresponding Land Department community sold 61% above the Dubai median price per sq ft in the 12 months to 28 October 2026. The community boundary may differ from the master plan.