# Dubai South: prices, sales and projects in 2026

> In the 12 months to 2 November 2026 the DLD registered 16,507 property sales in Dubai South, worth AED 25.09 billion. Homes sold at a median AED 1,660 per sq ft, and 91% of the sales were off-plan.

Source: https://withlida.com/areas/dubai-south

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DLD records to 2 November 2026

- DLD area: Madinat Al Mataar
- Size: 145 sq km (Dubai South)
- Launched: 2006, as a Dubai Government project
- Airport: Al Maktoum International
- Median sale: AED 1,660 / sq ft
- Sales, last 12 months: 16,507

## What changed, November 2026

- 825 sales registered in October 2026, 30 fewer than in September; the median home price was AED 1,641 per sq ft, against AED 1,676.
- Off-plan sales were 715 of October's 825, against 766 of September's 855.
- Azizi Venice 7 registered the most sales in October, 133, all off-plan.
- The busiest of the last 14 months was June 2026, with 2,924 sales, 2,803 of them off-plan.

## 1. Dubai South in numbers

Dubai South is a 145 sq km master-planned city launched by the Dubai Government in 2006 around Al Maktoum International Airport. In the 12 months to 2 November 2026 the DLD registered 16,507 sales there worth AED 25.09 billion, at a median AED 1,660 per sq ft for homes (DLD sales register).

- Sales value, 12 months: AED 25.09 bn (every registered sale, 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026)
- Off-plan share of sales: 91% (15,013 of 16,507 sales; 82% a year earlier)
- Projects with a sale: 149 (12 months to 2 November 2026)
- All Dubai, same method: AED 1,726 / sq ft (median home price, 12 months)

Almost everything sold in Dubai South is new. 15,013 of the 12 months' 16,507 sales, 91%, were off-plan, bought from a developer before the building was finished; only 1,494 were ready homes. Flats made up 14,952 of the sales and villas and townhouses 1,109.

The count rose while Dubai's fell. The 16,507 sales are 73% more than the 9,528 of the 12 months before, in a period when all Dubai registered 16% fewer. The value barely moved, AED 25.09 billion against AED 24.76 billion. More sales for the same money means smaller homes: 46% of the flats sold were studios, and villa sales fell from 1,992 to 1,109.

Two things to hold in mind as you read on. First, concentration: sixteen buildings registered as Azizi Venice account for 8,630 sales, 52% of everything here, so the area's numbers lean heavily on one development. Second, coverage: the DLD's area for Dubai South, Madinat Al Mataar, also holds Expo City Dubai's projects, which registered 375 sales, about 2% of the total, and are counted here.

## 2. Where Dubai South is and how it's laid out

Dubai South surrounds Al Maktoum International Airport at the southern end of Dubai, with its Residential District about 6.2 km north-east of the airport and Emaar South about 5.9 km to the south-west (Dubai South; OpenStreetMap, read 12 November 2026). The DLD files the whole city as one area, Madinat Al Mataar.

Dubai South describes itself as an emerging 145 square-kilometre master-planned city, launched as a Dubai Government project in 2006, and as the largest urban master development focusing on aviation, logistics and real estate. It offers free-zone benefits to businesses and a range of residential communities, and it names a Golf District near the airport among its parts (Dubai South, read 12 November 2026).

This is a city, not a neighbourhood, and its homes are far apart. On the map the Residential District is 6.2 km from the airport in one direction and Emaar South, in the golf district, 5.9 km in the other. Expo City Dubai, with the metro station of the same name, is 6.6 km to the north-west. Where a home is inside Dubai South matters as much as the fact that it's in Dubai South.

The register can't make that split for you. The DLD files every sale under one area name, Madinat Al Mataar. Until February 2026 a sale also carried one of two master project names, Dubai World Central or Dubai South Residential District; from March 2026 it carries neither. So this record gives the area as a whole and then splits it by project (section 6), where a project's name usually tells you which development it belongs to.

**Dubai South on the map**

- Al Maktoum International Airport (Airport)
- Dubai South Residential District (District): 6.2 km from the airport, straight line
- Emaar South (Community): In the golf district, 5.9 km from the airport
- Expo City Dubai station (Metro): 7.8 km from the Residential District, straight line

Positions: OpenStreetMap, read 12 November 2026. How to read it: the airport is at the centre; the homes are in separate districts several kilometres from it and from each other.

## 3. How many homes sell in Dubai South each year

The DLD registered 14,570 sales in Dubai South from 1 January to 2 November 2026, already more than in any full year in its register, worth AED 21.01 billion. In 2025 it registered 10,029, worth AED 25.30 billion (DLD sales register).

Five years ago Dubai South registered 849 sales in a year. The count has risen every year since: 2,081 in 2022, 2,983 in 2023, 7,645 in 2024 and 10,029 in 2025. The first ten months of 2026 have already passed that, at 14,570.

Nearly all of it is off-plan: 13,392 of 2026's sales, 92%. Off-plan sales are registered on the day a buyer signs, so they arrive in bursts. June 2026 alone held 2,924 sales, 2,803 of them off-plan, and one building, Azizi Venice 14, has registered 1,992 sales so far this year after 370 in 2024 and 346 in 2025. A total like this tells you how much was launched as much as how much demand there is.

Count and value have parted ways. 2025's 10,029 sales were worth AED 25.30 billion; 2026's 14,570 so far are worth AED 21.01 billion. The homes being sold are smaller: villa and townhouse sales went from 2,904 in 2024 to 1,953 in 2025 and 773 so far in 2026, while flat sales climbed.

The table shows the last 12 months by kind. The 1,109 villas and townhouses are worth AED 4.94 billion, and 793 of them were off-plan. Land accounts for 328 sales and AED 3.26 billion, which says more about developers buying plots than about homes.

| What was sold | Sales | Value | Off-plan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flats | 14,952 | AED 16.55 bn | 14,126 |
| Villas and townhouses | 1,109 | AED 4.94 bn | 793 |
| Land | 328 | AED 3.26 bn | 0 |
| Shops | 97 | AED 260 m | 94 |
| Other units | 11 | AED 23 m | 0 |
| Hotel rooms and apartments | 9 | AED 6 m | 0 |
| Whole buildings | 1 | AED 50 m | 0 |

DLD registered sales, 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026, by the DLD's property type and sub-type. How to read it: each row is one kind of property; the bar shows its share of the count, not of the value.

## 4. What a square foot costs in Dubai South

Homes in Dubai South sold at a median AED 1,660 per sq ft in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, against AED 1,590 in the 12 months before (DLD sales register). Off-plan homes sold at a median AED 1,684 per sq ft and ready homes at AED 1,112.

**Median price per sq ft, all Dubai and the neighbours** (AED / sq ft)

|  | All Dubai | Dubai Investments Park |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 972 | 519 |
| 2020 | 921 | 723 |
| 2021 | 1025 | 812 |
| 2022 | 1297 | 713 |
| 2023 | 1418 | 792 |
| 2024 | 1556 | 1535 |
| 2025 | 1686 | 1491 |
| 2026 so far | 1715 | 1281 |

The same median for every sale in Dubai and for Dubai Investments Park, by year; 2026 to 2 November 2026. A line is a mix of off-plan and ready sales, and the mix changes from year to year.

With nine in ten sales off-plan, the headline figure is close to an off-plan price. Ready homes sit AED 572 per sq ft below it, at AED 1,112, against AED 1,069 a year earlier. If you're looking at a finished home, that's the figure that describes it, and it rests on far fewer sales.

The yearly chart shows how fast the mix changed. The median for all homes was AED 657 per sq ft in 2022, AED 923 in 2023, AED 1,414 in 2024 and AED 1,582 in 2025. Part of that is price, and part is the area moving from villas and townhouses to studios and one-bedroom flats, which cost more per sq ft. The ready line moved more slowly: AED 663 in 2022, AED 813 in 2023, AED 915 in 2024, AED 1,086 in 2025 and AED 1,104 so far in 2026.

One change in the register matters more here than in most areas. Since February 2026 it files villas as buildings, and this record's method leaves buildings out of a median. Dubai South sold 1,109 villas and townhouses in the 12 months, so this year's price per sq ft rests on flats, while earlier years included villas. Section 5 gives villa prices on their own.

Next door, Dubai Investments Park registered a median AED 1,455 per sq ft over the same 12 months, with ready homes at AED 795. All Dubai stood at AED 1,726.

| Area | Sales | AED / sq ft | Off-plan | Ready | A year earlier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dubai South | 16,507 | 1,660 | 1,684 | 1,112 | 1,590 |
| All Dubai | 174,057 | 1,726 | 1,797 | 1,405 | 1,647 |
| Dubai Investments Park | 5,676 | 1,455 | 1,467 | 795 | 1,475 |

DLD registered sales, 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026. AED / sq ft: the median of clean sales of built homes, all sales, then off-plan and ready apart; 'a year earlier' is the same median for the 12 months before. How to read it: compare like with like, off-plan with off-plan and ready with ready.

## 5. What a home costs in Dubai South, by size

In the 12 months to 2 November 2026 a studio in Dubai South sold for a median AED 648,930, a one-bedroom flat for AED 1,170,000 and a two-bedroom flat for AED 1,793,888 (DLD sales register). The 1,109 villas and townhouses sold went for a median AED 4,463,771.

| Home | Sales | Median price, AED | Middle half of sales, AED | AED / sq ft | Median size, sq ft | Off-plan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Studio flat | 6,878 | 648,930 | 599,000 to 699,000 | 1,751 | 365 | 97% |
| 1 bed flat | 4,927 | 1,170,000 | 1,038,778 to 1,299,000 | 1,588 | 742 | 94% |
| 2 bed flat | 2,750 | 1,793,888 | 1,537,000 to 2,288,799 | 1,516 | 1,132 | 89% |
| 3 bed flat | 392 | 2,437,414 | 2,188,578 to 3,321,193 | 1,501 | 1,673 | 89% |
| 4 bed flat | 5 | — | — | — | — | 100% |
| Villas and townhouses | 1,109 | 4,463,771 | 3,407,166 to 5,100,000 | — | — | 72% |

DLD registered sales, 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026. Medians of clean sales, shown where they rest on at least 10. The middle half runs from the price a quarter of sales fell below to the price a quarter rose above. A villa's registered area is its plot in most rows, so no price per sq ft is given for villas.

Studios are the largest group by far: 6,878 of the 14,952 flats sold, and 97% of those sales were off-plan. The middle half of studio sales fell in a tight band, AED 599,000 to AED 699,000, which is what a market looks like when most sales come from developers' price lists and not from owners agreeing a price with buyers.

Villas and townhouses are a second market inside the first. Three-bedroom homes sold for a median AED 2,896,000 on 294 sales, four-bedroom homes for AED 4,500,000 on 496 and five-bedroom homes for AED 5,905,000 on 310. 72% of them were off-plan. The register gives a villa's area as its plot in most rows, so this record gives no price per sq ft for villas.

Be careful with year-on-year moves by size. The two-bedroom median went from AED 2,147,888 to AED 1,793,888, and the three-bedroom median from AED 2,922,039 to AED 2,437,414. Different projects were on sale in the two periods, so that's a change in what was sold, and the register alone can't tell you what happened to the price of any one home. Studios and one-bedroom flats edged up, from AED 620,000 and AED 1,152,698.

Rent isn't in this file. The sales register holds sales only, and this record doesn't work out a yield from a sale price and a rent taken from somewhere else. For the rent the DLD's own index gives for a home like yours, use the Rental Index look-up in section 9.

## 6. Every project in Dubai South with a sale

149 named projects registered at least one sale in Dubai South in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, and 117 of them registered ten or more (DLD sales register). The eight busiest account for 7,121 of the 16,507 sales, or 43%, and seven of those eight are Azizi Venice buildings.

In a city this spread out, the project is the level that means something. The register names no district and, since March 2026, no building, but a project's name usually tells you which development it sits in. The table lists every project with at least ten sales.

Azizi Venice 14 leads with 2,044 sales at a median AED 1,648 per sq ft and a median sale of AED 650,000. Azizi Venice 6 follows with 1,017 at AED 2,031, then Azizi Venice 15 with 822 and Azizi Venice 7 with 814. Outside that development, Terra Gardens registered 543 sales at AED 2,114 per sq ft and Terra Woods 495 at AED 2,194, Windsor House 408 at AED 1,459 and Windsor House II 402 at AED 1,541. At the other end, Waada - Altura 1 and 2 sold at about AED 1,170 per sq ft, with a median sale of AED 475,000.

That's a range of more than AED 1,000 per sq ft between projects in the same DLD area, which is why an area median only takes you so far. Compare a home with its own project's row first.

The resale market is small and mostly unnamed. 561 sales carried no project name, all of them ready homes, at a median AED 771,965 and AED 1,074 per sq ft. A dash in the table means fewer than ten clean home sales stood behind a median.

| Project | Mostly | Registered as | Sales | AED / sq ft | Median price, AED |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AZIZI VENICE 14 | Flats |  | 2,044 | 1,648 | 650,000 |
| Azizi Venice 6 | Flats |  | 1,017 | 2,031 | 745,000 |
| Azizi Venice 15 | Flats |  | 822 | 1,715 | 709,070 |
| AZIZI VENICE 7 | Flats |  | 814 | 1,853 | 668,690 |
| azizi venice 13 | Flats |  | 684 | 1,674 | 655,000 |
| azizi venice 12 | Flats |  | 649 | 1,685 | 724,396 |
| AZIZI VENICE 10 | Flats |  | 548 | 1,707 | 655,000 |
| Terra Gardens | Flats |  | 543 | 2,114 | 1,640,410 |
| AZIZI VENICE 11 | Flats |  | 529 | 1,668 | 670,000 |
| Terra Woods | Flats |  | 495 | 2,194 | 1,723,888 |
| WINDSOR HOUSE | Flats |  | 408 | 1,459 | 1,542,328 |
| WINDSOR HOUSE II | Flats |  | 402 | 1,541 | 1,645,328 |
| AZIZI VENICE 9 | Flats |  | 340 | 1,881 | 699,000 |
| Azizi Venice 16 | Flats |  | 300 | 1,900 | 751,205 |
| AZIZI VENICE 8 | Flats |  | 266 | 1,709 | 642,950 |
| Expo Valley Views | Flats |  | 253 | 1,925 | 2,573,000 |
| Golf Vale | Flats |  | 238 | 1,663 | 1,561,388 |
| AVENEW888-LOOM | Flats |  | 228 | 1,429 | 1,026,000 |
| South Square | Flats |  | 226 | 1,472 | 1,915,000 |
| Waada - Altura 2 | Flats |  | 225 | 1,171 | 475,000 |
| Waada - Altura 1 | Flats |  | 221 | 1,169 | 475,000 |
| AZIZI VENICE 2 | Flats |  | 211 | 1,980 | 704,940 |
| AZIZI VENICE 5 | Flats |  | 207 | 1,661 | 640,000 |
| Hayat 4 | Villas and townhouses |  | 194 | 1,336 | 4,630,000 |
| Golf Fields | Flats |  | 181 | 1,580 | 1,605,012 |
| Golf Hills | Flats |  | 166 | 1,609 | 1,537,388 |
| Golf Hills 2 | Flats |  | 163 | 1,587 | 1,528,888 |
| Grove Ridge | Flats |  | 160 | 1,625 | 1,999,888 |
| Vista Ridge | Flats |  | 160 | 1,631 | 2,002,888 |
| ENRE RESIDENCE BY IMTIAZ | Flats |  | 133 | 1,571 | 1,370,933 |
| Hayat 1 | Villas and townhouses |  | 117 | 1,448 | 4,800,000 |
| Hayat 5 | Villas and townhouses |  | 109 | 1,292 | 5,630,000 |
| AZIZI VENICE 4 | Flats |  | 97 | 1,662 | 714,000 |
| Golf Trails | Flats |  | 97 | 1,712 | 1,292,888 |
| MAG 5 BOULEVARD | Flats |  | 95 | 1,121 | 635,000 |
| Hayat 6 | Villas and townhouses |  | 94 | 1,384 | 5,542,500 |
| Waada - Cascada 2 | Flats |  | 84 | 1,138 | 871,000 |
| CELESTIA | Flats |  | 83 | 1,114 | 545,000 |
| Discovery Dunes | Land |  | 83 | — | — |
| AVENEW888 - MODO | Flats |  | 82 | 1,347 | 1,432,000 |
| MARQUIS HORIZON | Flats |  | 79 | 1,580 | 1,276,800 |
| OASIS RESIDENCES | Flats |  | 66 | 1,216 | 877,193 |
| The Pulse Beachfront 3 | Villas and townhouses |  | 57 | 1,272 | 4,200,000 |
| AZIZI VENICE 3 | Flats |  | 56 | 1,534 | 1,078,500 |
| DIVINE ELEMENTS | Flats |  | 52 | 1,458 | 992,450 |
| Waada - Rayhan 1 | Villas and townhouses |  | 52 | 1,494 | 2,905,000 |
| STORIES BY MIRFA | Flats |  | 49 | 1,119 | 579,780 |
| The Collective | Flats |  | 48 | 1,333 | 1,180,000 |
| AZIZI VENICE 1 | Flats |  | 46 | 2,254 | 787,710 |
| The Pulse- Beachfront | Villas and townhouses |  | 44 | 1,234 | 3,597,500 |
| Expo City Mangrove Residences | Flats |  | 43 | 1,913 | 2,448,119 |
| Livia Residence | Flats |  | 43 | 1,240 | 1,091,555 |
| Parkside | Villas and townhouses |  | 43 | 1,452 | 2,250,000 |
| Terra Heights | Flats |  | 40 | 1,995 | 2,137,888 |
| MIORAH By Zoya | Flats |  | 39 | 1,419 | 1,027,522 |
| Golden Woods Albab Views | Flats |  | 37 | 1,364 | 663,371 |
| Timber Terrace | Flats |  | 37 | 1,254 | 1,119,000 |
| South Living | Flats |  | 36 | 1,319 | 1,874,650 |
| The Harmony | Flats |  | 36 | 1,425 | 1,296,566 |
| Parkside 3 | Villas and townhouses |  | 35 | 1,371 | 2,250,000 |
| Nanma Lotus | Flats |  | 34 | 1,399 | 459,446 |
| Golf Point | Flats |  | 32 | 1,400 | 1,077,444 |
| Bhuvi Residence | Flats |  | 31 | — | — |
| Avion Residence | Flats |  | 30 | 1,117 | 1,297,000 |
| Parkside 2 | Villas and townhouses |  | 30 | 1,421 | 2,445,000 |
| Waada- Raiha | Villas and townhouses |  | 30 | 1,286 | 4,400,000 |
| Hayat 7 | Villas and townhouses |  | 28 | 1,501 | 5,335,000 |
| Cresswell Plaza | Flats |  | 27 | 1,258 | 1,165,000 |
| MAJESTIQUE RESIDENCE 2 | Flats |  | 27 | 1,316 | 1,190,000 |
| Waada - Cascada 1 | Flats |  | 27 | 1,161 | 1,450,000 |
| Expo City Al Waha Residences 02 | Flats |  | 25 | 2,551 | 3,618,000 |
| Greenview 3 | Villas and townhouses |  | 25 | 1,401 | 3,200,000 |
| MAJESTIQUE RESIDENCE 1 | Flats |  | 25 | 1,210 | 1,100,000 |
| Greenview 2 | Villas and townhouses |  | 24 | 1,511 | 2,562,500 |
| URBANA III | Flats |  | 24 | 1,091 | 1,655,000 |
| Altair 52 | Flats |  | 23 | 1,378 | 992,149 |
| Astra Residences | Flats |  | 23 | 1,799 | 675,990 |
| Fairway Villas 2 | Land |  | 23 | — | — |
| The Pulse Beachfront 2 | Villas and townhouses |  | 23 | 1,226 | 4,775,000 |
| South Bay 3 Premium | Villas and townhouses |  | 22 | 1,302 | 4,250,000 |
| TENORA | Flats |  | 22 | 866 | 745,000 |
| Beachfront Gates 2 | Flats |  | 21 | 1,301 | 1,788,691 |
| Cresswell Residences | Flats |  | 21 | 1,128 | 1,625,000 |
| THE EIGHTY THREE | Flats |  | 21 | 1,278 | 905,000 |
| Golf Views | Flats |  | 20 | 1,461 | 1,455,000 |
| South Bay 5 Premium | Villas and townhouses |  | 20 | 1,266 | 3,700,000 |
| The Pulse Residence Plaza | Flats |  | 20 | 1,020 | 740,000 |
| Cresswell Views | Flats |  | 19 | 1,140 | 1,560,000 |
| Greenview | Villas and townhouses |  | 19 | 1,449 | 2,600,000 |
| Lincoln Star Residence | Flats |  | 19 | 1,050 | 1,050,000 |
| The Pulse Residence | Flats |  | 19 | 1,005 | 1,075,000 |
| Expo City Sidr Residences | Flats |  | 18 | 2,096 | 3,865,000 |
| Greenway 2 | Villas and townhouses |  | 18 | 1,240 | 3,160,444 |
| Hayat 2 | Villas and townhouses |  | 17 | 1,411 | 4,475,000 |
| South Bay 1 | Villas and townhouses |  | 17 | 1,152 | 5,000,000 |
| URBANA II | Flats |  | 17 | 1,080 | 1,600,000 |
| Kappa Acca 3 | Flats |  | 16 | 1,063 | 502,500 |
| South Bay 2 | Villas and townhouses |  | 16 | 1,056 | 4,400,000 |
| Myra Residences | Flats |  | 14 | 1,400 | 674,660 |
| Views VII by Golden Woods | Flats |  | 14 | 1,282 | 1,250,833 |
| Expo City Al Waha Residences 01 | Flats |  | 13 | 2,515 | 3,491,000 |
| Expo City Valley | Villas and townhouses |  | 13 | 2,230 | 4,362,500 |
| GOLF LINKS | Land |  | 13 | — | — |
| South Bay 6 Premium | Villas and townhouses |  | 13 | 1,087 | 4,325,000 |
| The Pulse Residence Park | Flats |  | 13 | 1,040 | 740,000 |
| The Pulse Villas | Villas and townhouses |  | 13 | 1,736 | 2,500,000 |
| URBANA | Flats |  | 13 | 1,102 | 1,575,000 |
| Hayat 3 | Villas and townhouses |  | 12 | 1,270 | 4,189,580 |
| South Bay 4 Premium | Villas and townhouses |  | 12 | 1,321 | 4,900,000 |
| The Pulse Boulevard Apartments | Flats |  | 12 | 971 | 1,220,000 |
| Bling Avenue 1 | Flats |  | 11 | 1,299 | 1,080,979 |
| Fairway Villas | Land |  | 11 | — | — |
| Golf Verge | Flats |  | 11 | 1,866 | 2,613,888 |
| THE PULSE TOWNHOUSES | Other units |  | 11 | — | — |
| Expo City Sky Residences | Flats |  | 10 | 2,011 | 1,974,500 |
| Greenridge | Villas and townhouses |  | 10 | 1,623 | 3,050,888 |

DLD registered sales, 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026. Project names as the DLD registers them. How to read it: filter by registration type, sort by any column, or type a name.

## 7. What's being built in Dubai South, and by whom

47 projects registered their first home sale in Dubai South in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, led by Terra Gardens (543 sales), Terra Woods (495), Windsor House (408) and Windsor House II (402) (DLD sales register). Sixteen projects carrying the name Azizi Venice registered 8,630 sales, 52% of the area's total.

| Project | First home sale | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 to 2 November | 12 months |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AZIZI VENICE 14 | July 2024 | 0 | 370 | 346 | 1,992 | 2,044 |
| Azizi Venice 6 | January 2025 | 0 | 1 | 316 | 1,002 | 1,017 |
| Azizi Venice 15 | June 2025 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 793 | 822 |
| AZIZI VENICE 7 | April 2024 | 0 | 344 | 273 | 783 | 814 |
| azizi venice 13 | October 2024 | 0 | 19 | 139 | 660 | 684 |
| azizi venice 12 | November 2024 | 0 | 26 | 91 | 633 | 649 |
| AZIZI VENICE 10 | March 2024 | 0 | 187 | 168 | 521 | 548 |
| Terra Gardens | November 2025 | 0 | 0 | 358 | 185 | 543 |
| AZIZI VENICE 11 | September 2024 | 0 | 82 | 133 | 504 | 529 |
| Terra Woods | March 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 495 | 495 |

The ten projects with the most DLD registered sales in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, with their sales in each year. First home sale: the first flat or villa sale the register holds under the project's name. How to read it: a project that sells off-plan registers most of its sales in the months after its launch.

Forty-seven new projects in 12 months shows how early Dubai South still is. A first sale in the register isn't a launch date or a handover date; it's the day the first home sale was registered.

The register holds a project's name, not its builder, so this record names a developer only where the registered name carries it. The sixteen Azizi Venice buildings registered 8,630 sales, every one of them off-plan. For any other project, the developer is on the DLD's Project Status Enquiry (section 9).

The table shows the ten busiest projects year by year. Azizi Venice 14 registered 370 sales in 2024, 346 in 2025 and 1,992 so far in 2026, so one building can sell across several years and in more than one wave. Most other rows are empty before 2025 because the projects are that new.

Dubai South's own account of where it's going is worth knowing, as long as you read it as a plan and not as a fact about any home. Its executive chairman has spoken of the government's vision of attracting 1 million residents to Dubai South upon the completion of Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai South, read 12 November 2026). Handover dates, completion percentages and escrow details for a given project aren't in the sales register; section 9 shows where to look them up.

## 8. Living in Dubai South: metro, schools and the airport

The Dubai Metro reaches Dubai South at Expo City Dubai station, which is 7.8 km from the Residential District in a straight line (OpenStreetMap, read 12 November 2026). KHDA lists one school under Dubai South, GEMS Founders School, which it hasn't inspected yet.

| What | Name | Detail | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metro | Expo City Dubai station | 6.6 km from the airport and 7.8 km from the Residential District, straight line | OpenStreetMap |
| Airport | Al Maktoum International Airport | At the centre of the city | Dubai South, OpenStreetMap |
| School | GEMS Founders School, Dubai South | Not inspected yet by KHDA. UK curriculum, FS 1 to Year 9 | KHDA |
| District | Dubai South Residential District | 6.2 km north-east of the airport | OpenStreetMap |
| Community | Emaar South | In the golf district, 5.9 km south-west of the airport | OpenStreetMap |

Sources read 12 November 2026: OpenStreetMap (positions; distances in a straight line), KHDA's Education Directory, Dubai South. How to read it: a distance is a straight line, not a route, and the districts are several kilometres apart.

Distances inside Dubai South are large, so 'near the metro' or 'near the airport' depends entirely on which district you mean. Expo City Dubai station is 7.8 km from the Residential District in a straight line and further still from Emaar South. For most homes here, daily life runs on a car; check the route from the exact project before you rely on anything else.

For schools, KHDA, the Dubai regulator that inspects private schools, lists one under Dubai South: GEMS Founders School, teaching the UK curriculum from FS 1 to Year 9. It's listed as not inspected yet, so it has no rating to quote. KHDA's directory is the place to check any other school's rating and its year.

The city is planned around the airport. Dubai South describes itself as focused on aviation, logistics and real estate, and ties its plans to the completion of Al Maktoum International Airport. What's built and open today, district by district, is what you can check for yourself.

What this section can't give you is a feel for the place: how far the shops are from a given building today, or how the roads run at eight in the morning. Those you only learn by being there at the hours that matter to you.

## 9. How to check Dubai South's numbers yourself

Three free look-ups on the Dubai Land Department's website cover most of what a buyer or a tenant wants to confirm in Dubai South: the Service Charge Index, the Project Status Enquiry and the Rental Index (dubailand.gov.ae, read 12 November 2026). None of them needs an agent.

A record like this one gives you the area's numbers. It can't tell you about the one building or the one flat you're looking at, and that's where the DLD's own tools come in. They're the same sources a professional would use, and they're open to anyone.

The service charge is the yearly fee owners pay for the upkeep of a building's shared parts. The DLD publishes it in its Service Charge Index by project, usage and year. It changes from one building to the next, so an area-wide figure would mislead you; look the project up by its registered name, which is the name used in the table in section 6.

For an off-plan home, the Project Status Enquiry shows the project's details and its completion percentage as the DLD holds them. For rent, the Rental Index asks for the contract's end date, the property type and either a DEWA premise number, an Ejari contract number or the area. Ejari is the DLD's registration of a tenancy contract, and DEWA is Dubai's electricity and water utility. In all three, search with the DLD's names: the area is Madinat Al Mataar, not Dubai South.

1. **Service charge: the Service Charge Index**: Open dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/service-charge-index-overview/service-charge-index/, choose the project, its usage and the year, and read the service charge the DLD holds for it.
2. **An off-plan project: the Project Status Enquiry**: Open dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/real-estate-project-status-landing/ and search for the project. The DLD describes the service as showing a project's completion percentage and details.
3. **Rent: the Rental Index**: Open dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/rental-index-overview/rental-index/, enter the contract end date and the property type, then search by DEWA premise number, Ejari contract number or area.
4. **This record's own numbers**: The sales register is open data. Every figure here was counted from the DLD's sales transactions as released by Dubai Real Estate Data (dubairealestatedata.com) under CC BY 4.0, with the filter named in the last section.

## 10. Questions people ask about Dubai South

Short answers to the most common questions about Dubai South, each from the figures and sources on this page. Every number is for the 12 months to 2 November 2026 unless it says otherwise.

A few notes on reading these answers. Every price is a median of registered sales, not an asking price and not a valuation of any one home. Every count is of sales the DLD registered under Madinat Al Mataar, its name for Dubai South.

Some questions people ask can't be answered from a register, and this page doesn't try. Whether prices will go up or down is one: no register holds next year. Whether Dubai South is 'better' than Dubai Investments Park is another. The two can be compared on what was registered, and that's what the answers do; which one suits you depends on things only you know, like where you work and how much space you need.

Nothing here is financial, legal or investment advice. Rules and fees change, and the figures on this page are true to the day shown. Before you commit to anything, confirm the current position with the Dubai Land Department or a licensed professional.

**How much does an apartment in Dubai South cost?**

A studio sold for a median AED 648,930 in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, a one-bedroom flat for AED 1,170,000 and a two-bedroom flat for AED 1,793,888 (DLD sales register). The median for all homes was AED 1,660 per sq ft.

**How much is a villa in Dubai South?**

The 1,109 villas and townhouses sold in the 12 months to 2 November 2026 went for a median AED 4,463,771: AED 2,896,000 for three-bedroom homes, AED 4,500,000 for four-bedroom homes and AED 5,905,000 for five-bedroom homes (DLD sales register).

**How many properties are sold in Dubai South?**

The DLD registered 16,507 sales in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, worth AED 25.09 billion, and 14,570 from 1 January to 2 November 2026, already more than in any full year in its register.

**Is Dubai South mostly off-plan?**

Yes: 15,013 of the 16,507 sales in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, or 91%, were off-plan (DLD sales register). Only 1,494 were ready homes.

**What is Dubai South?**

A 145 square-kilometre master-planned city launched as a Dubai Government project in 2006, built around Al Maktoum International Airport and focused on aviation, logistics and real estate (Dubai South, read 12 November 2026).

**Does Dubai South have a metro station?**

Expo City Dubai station is inside the DLD area, 6.6 km from the airport and 7.8 km from the Residential District in a straight line (OpenStreetMap, read 12 November 2026). Most homes aren't within walking distance of it.

**Is Expo City Dubai part of Dubai South?**

In the DLD's register, yes: Expo City Dubai's projects are filed under the same area, Madinat Al Mataar, and are counted on this page. They registered 375 sales in the 12 months to 2 November 2026, about 2% of the total.

**What does the DLD call Dubai South?**

Madinat Al Mataar. That's the area name in the DLD's sales register and its look-ups, and the name every figure on this page was counted under.

## 11. How this record is made

Every sale, price and count on this page was counted on 12 November 2026 from the Dubai Land Department's register of sales, which runs to 2 November 2026. The figures count every sale registered under the DLD area Madinat Al Mataar, which also holds Expo City Dubai's projects.

The source is the DLD's sales transactions, published as open data through Dubai Pulse and released as one file by Dubai Real Estate Data (dubairealestatedata.com) under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Credit: Dubai Real Estate Data, based on Dubai Land Department open data. The other sources are Dubai South's own website, KHDA's Education Directory, OpenStreetMap for positions and distances, and the DLD's website for its look-ups, all read on 12 November 2026.

The method is the same on every withlida record. A count or a value takes every registered sale with a valid date; a value leaves out any price above AED 50,000 per sq ft as a typing error. A price per sq ft is the median of clean sales of built homes only, flats and villas, and is shown only where at least 10 sales stand behind it. Off-plan and ready sales are given apart. '12 months' means 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026, and 2026 is always a part-year.

What it can't say: asking prices, rents, yields, service charges, handover dates and who built a project aren't in the register. From March 2026 the register no longer names a master project or a building, and it files villas as buildings, which this method leaves out of a median, so this year's price per sq ft rests on flats. The DLD area also holds Expo City Dubai, whose projects (375 sales in the 12 months) are counted here. Sales with no project name, 561 in the 12 months, can't be tied to a district or a building.

2026-11-12 · published · First record for Dubai South: sales by year, prices by size, every project with a sale, and daily facts. Sources accessed 12 November 2026.

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Dubai South covers a 145 sq km master development, not a single residential neighbourhood. As of 15 October 2026, its operator describes apartments, villas and townhouses across named Residential District projects. A household's comparison turns on the exact address, evidence of readiness and recurring journeys; the masterplan's scale does not measure occupied housing. [Source: Dubai South](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/live).
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- For a household comparing addresses, the useful starting point is the named community, housing form and phase. The Residential District and Emaar South are distinct places within wider Dubai South.
- The Pulse Apartments, The Pulse Villas, The Pulse Townhouses, South Living, South Square, Beachfront Gates and South Bay are operator-described components. Catalogue descriptions establish housing plans, not possession or occupation.
- EXPO 2020 is RTA's current station name. A Residential District home needs its own onward connection to that station.
- GEMS Founders School Dubai South publishes academic-year tuition and term payments. DEWA publishes deposits and activation components; those amounts cover only part of moving in.
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**Last verified: 15 October 2026.**
Checked by the publication's independent check, 15 October 2026.

| Housing form/place | Source-backed status | Daily transport link | School evidence | Bills to confirm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Pulse Apartments, Residential District | Apartments described by Dubai South; the catalogue does not establish readiness for an individual building | Operator reports a district bus link to Expo Metro; confirm the building's stop and current service | GEMS publishes AY 2026/27 fees; seat and school route need confirmation | DEWA meter/account class, cooling arrangement and building statement |
| The Pulse Villas and The Pulse Townhouses, Residential District | Separate operator labels for villas/townhouses; confirm the named phase's handover record | Check the home-to-stop leg or road journey; the district bus statement is not a stop at every home | Same school fee source; no school place or transport coverage implied | DEWA deposit category, meter class and responsibility for home/shared-area costs |
| South Living, Residential District | Apartment project described by operator; a catalogue entry does not establish occupation | Verify the building entrance, available connection and onward rail journey | Same published GEMS schedule; confirm year group and route | Meter class, cooling account and applicable building charges |
| South Square, Residential District | Operator describes a planned residential community; amenities are project descriptions | Establish the entrance and connection for the phase being considered | Same school evidence; admission and route remain separate | Utility setup and the phase's applicable charge statement |
| Beachfront Gates, Residential District | Operator records an apartment-project launch; this is separate from The Pulse Beachfront | Confirm the tower's actual connection; no direct station access is established by the launch | Same school evidence; verify the exact school journey | Tower-specific utilities, cooling and charge record |
| The Pulse Beachfront, Residential District | Historical operator statement reports first-phase completion, with handovers then to follow | District bus connection is reported; confirm access from the particular phase | Same school evidence; confirm transport coverage | Phase/home account class and shared-facility charges |
| South Bay, Residential District | Operator's Live page describes future homes and facilities; it is not a whole-project completion record | Check access for the named cluster and its onward journey | Same school evidence; confirm seat and route from the cluster | Utility classification, cooling and applicable community statement |
| Emaar South, wider Dubai South | Emaar describes apartments, townhouses and villas; each neighbourhood needs its own readiness evidence | Verify the neighbourhood's road/bus connection separately from Residential District | GEMS fees are a reference, not proof of a route from Emaar South | Neighbourhood-specific utilities, cooling and charge statement |

Source: withlida.com, 15 October 2026, from [Dubai South's Live catalogue](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/live), its [Beachfront Gates launch record](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/newsroom/dubai-south-launches-beachfront-gates-caters-to-huge-demand-on-apartments-in-the-area), its [historical Pulse Beachfront completion statement](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/newsroom/dubai-south-properties-completes-the-first-phase-of-the-pulse-beachfront), [Emaar's community description](https://www.emaar.com/en/our-communities/emaar-south) and the [GEMS fee schedule](https://www.gemsfoundersschool-dubaisouth.com/en/Admissions/Fees-and-Payments). The bills column lists records to obtain, not published charges for these homes.

## Which places are within Dubai South?

The Residential District is one residential part of Dubai South; Emaar South is another named community within the wider development. Dubai South's operator presents the Residential District and its housing components on its [Live page](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/live). [Emaar describes Emaar South](https://www.emaar.com/en/our-communities/emaar-south) as a community in Dubai South with apartments, townhouses and villas, verified 15 October 2026.

Expo City Dubai has its own approved masterplan. The [Dubai Media Office release of 3 October 2024](https://www.mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2024/october/03-10/mohammed-bin-rashid-approves-new-master-plan-for-expo-city) discusses it alongside the broader Dubai South community and Al Maktoum International Airport. These connected places do not give every residential address the same station access, facilities or school journey.

For the address hierarchy and a closer geography comparison, use [Dubai South residential districts](/areas/dubai-south-residential-districts). The [Emaar South community guide](/areas/emaar-south) goes further into its named neighbourhoods. This broader guide keeps the household comparison across Dubai South in view.

## What homes are described in the Residential District?

The Residential District's operator describes both apartment living and villas/townhouses, with separate names for several projects. The housing mix below comes from [Dubai South's Live page](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/live), verified 15 October 2026:

- **The Pulse Apartments** is the apartment component. The operator describes shared pools and playgrounds; access and opening arrangements need confirmation for the building.
- **The Pulse Villas** describes two- to four-bedroom villas and townhouses, including closed kitchens and maid's quarters in the project description.
- **The Pulse Townhouses** separately describes two-, three- and four-bedroom townhouses in a gated community.
- **South Living** describes studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. The description establishes the housing forms, not an October handover status.
- **South Square** is described as a planned residential community with water ponds and wellness amenities. Those features belong to its project plan until their opening is established.
- **Beachfront Gates** is a separate named component. The operator's [launch statement](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/newsroom/dubai-south-launches-beachfront-gates-caters-to-huge-demand-on-apartments-in-the-area), retrieved 15 October 2026, identifies it as an apartment development and describes future swimming pools. It does not establish current occupation.
- **South Bay** is described in future tense as a gated community with homes around a lagoon. Its promenade, shopping mall and clubs remain planned features in that source.

**The Pulse Beachfront is distinct from Beachfront Gates and The Pulse Villas.** Dubai South's [historical completion release](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/newsroom/dubai-south-properties-completes-the-first-phase-of-the-pulse-beachfront), retrieved 15 October 2026, reports completion of a first phase containing 251 homes and says handovers were to commence. The retrieved text displays no publication date. This supports a historical first-phase milestone, not a dated statement that every phase was occupied or the whole district was complete in October 2026.

For a move tied to a school term or lease end, the relevant evidence is the particular residence's handover/possession documentation and confirmed utility activation. Marketing images, a project name in a catalogue and a planned completion date answer different questions.

## How do Expo Metro connections work?

RTA's current map names **EXPO 2020, R76**, on the Red Line. That station serves the Expo destination; it is not the name of a building or a Metro stop inside each Residential District community. [RTA's Metro stations map](https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/public-transport/metro-stations-map), verified 15 October 2026.

Dubai South's [undated Pulse Beachfront release](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/newsroom/dubai-south-properties-completes-the-first-phase-of-the-pulse-beachfront) reports a public bus route connecting the Residential District to what it calls Expo Metro station. This is evidence of the operator's reported district connection. It does not supply a current route number, stop list, frequency or journey time for a particular home.

A recurring rail journey therefore has several legs: home entrance to a usable stop or pickup point, the road connection to EXPO 2020, the train journey, and the destination's final walk or connection. The useful comparison is the whole route at the household's actual departure and return times. School drop-off, shift work and evening returns can produce different requirements from the same address.

For households that expect to use rail frequently, the connecting service and last journey home are central address questions. For households travelling by car, the relevant comparison is the actual home-to-work and home-to-school route. Neither pattern has a universal Dubai South journey time.

## Which school and move-in costs can be verified?

GEMS Founders School Dubai South publishes separate approved tuition, discounted tuition and term payments for academic year 2026/27. The following named year groups come from its [Fees and Payments schedule](https://www.gemsfoundersschool-dubaisouth.com/en/Admissions/Fees-and-Payments), verified 15 October 2026. KHDA is Dubai's private-education regulator; FS1 means Foundation Stage 1.

| Year group, AY 2026/27 | School-published KHDA-approved annual tuition | Annual tuition in 10% discount column | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FS1 | AED 36,400 | AED 32,760 | AED 13,104 | AED 9,828 | AED 9,828 |
| Year 1 | AED 43,400 | AED 39,060 | AED 15,624 | AED 11,718 | AED 11,718 |

Source: withlida.com, 15 October 2026, from [GEMS Founders School Dubai South's AY 26-27 fee schedule](https://www.gemsfoundersschool-dubaisouth.com/en/Admissions/Fees-and-Payments). The table preserves the school's column labels.

The displayed term payments add up to discounted annual tuition, rather than adding another charge on top: FS1 is AED 13,104 + AED 9,828 + AED 9,828 = AED 32,760; Year 1 is AED 15,624 + AED 11,718 + AED 11,718 = AED 39,060. The annual figures also equal AED 36,400 x 0.90 and AED 43,400 x 0.90 respectively.

**Discount conditions need the school's written confirmation.** The schedule labels the column as a 10% discount but does not set out eligibility, duration or whether it combines with other offers. A household's offer needs to confirm those terms for its named year group and academic year. Separate card promotions on the page do not establish entitlement to this tuition discount.

Tuition is also separate from a school place and the full cost of attendance. The linked [Year 1 KHDA fee fact sheet for 2026/27](https://www.gemsfoundersschool-dubaisouth.com/-/media/project/gems/gfd_gems_founders_school_dubai_south/_gfd/_files-and-documents/factsheet-2026-27/year-1.pdf), retrieved 15 October 2026, lists education supplies and optional services separately. Admissions, transport coverage and any applicable extra charges need confirmation for the child and address.

### DEWA deposit and activation only

DEWA, Dubai's electricity and water utility, lists residential security deposits separately from activation charges. Its [Move-in service schedule](https://dewa.gov.ae/en/consumer/supply-management/activation-of-electricity-water-move-in), verified 15 October 2026, gives the following standard components:

| DEWA component | Residential flat | Residential villa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security deposit | AED 2,000 | AED 4,000 |
| Small-meter connection component | AED 125 | AED 125 |
| Registration | AED 10 | AED 10 |
| Knowledge fee | AED 10 | AED 10 |
| Innovation fee | AED 10 | AED 10 |
| **Deposit plus standard small-meter activation subtotal** | **AED 2,155** | **AED 4,155** |

Source: withlida.com, 15 October 2026, calculated from [DEWA's deposit and activation components](https://dewa.gov.ae/en/consumer/supply-management/activation-of-electricity-water-move-in). These are conditional small-meter examples using standard charges, before any eligible activation concession.

The small-meter activation sum is AED 125 + AED 10 + AED 10 + AED 10 = AED 155. Adding the applicable deposit gives the subtotals above. DEWA also lists an alternative large-meter connection component of AED 300: AED 300 + AED 10 + AED 10 + AED 10 = AED 330, giving a flat subtotal of AED 2,330 or a villa subtotal of AED 4,330. Meter class and deposit category come from DEWA's account classification; a home marketed as a townhouse does not itself settle either.

**These DEWA subtotals are not a complete home budget or a monthly bill.** They exclude tenancy or purchase costs, other deposits, cooling arrangements, ongoing consumption, internet, moving, furnishing and school costs. The named property's account and contract establish which additional bills apply; no district-wide rent, service-charge or cooling estimate is substituted for them.

## Which facilities are current and which are planned?

The strongest current evidence here is RTA's station listing and the school's published academic-year fee schedule. District amenity descriptions and project plans have a different scope: a historical operator statement does not establish today's opening hours or a resident's access to every facility.

| Facility or record | What the source establishes | What still needs confirmation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EXPO 2020 Metro station | Current RTA station name on the Red Line, verified 15 October 2026 | The home-to-station connection and current journey plan |
| GEMS Founders School Dubai South | Published AY 2026/27 tuition and term schedule | Year-group place, discount terms, school transport and extras |
| Residential District parks, sports courts, shops, hypermarket, mosque and petrol station | Amenities reported in Dubai South's historical Pulse Beachfront release | Current operator/hours, route from the home and any access restrictions |
| Pulse apartment pools/playgrounds and Pulse Beachfront leisure facilities | Amenities described by Dubai South for those projects | Which facility is open and accessible to the particular building or phase |
| South Square ponds/wellness features, Beachfront Gates pools, South Bay lagoon/promenade/mall/clubs | Project descriptions or future-tense plans | Opening and resident-access evidence for each facility and phase |

Source: withlida.com, 15 October 2026, from the [RTA station map](https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/public-transport/metro-stations-map), [school fee schedule](https://www.gemsfoundersschool-dubaisouth.com/en/Admissions/Fees-and-Payments), [Dubai South Live page](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/live), [Beachfront Gates release](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/newsroom/dubai-south-launches-beachfront-gates-caters-to-huge-demand-on-apartments-in-the-area) and [historical Pulse Beachfront release](https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/newsroom/dubai-south-properties-completes-the-first-phase-of-the-pulse-beachfront). The historical release's population figure and remaining-phase timetable are not October 2026 totals or completion confirmations.

Ownership terms require the applicable property record and contract. Building-specific shared-area costs require the applicable approved record and current statement. As of October 2026, the [Dubai Land Department Service Charge Index](https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/service-charge-index-overview/) provides an official enquiry by project, use and year for approved jointly owned property charges. A charge means little without that matching scope, so this guide assigns no rate to an unnamed building.

For an immediate move, confirmed possession, usable facilities and the established daily route are the relevant comparisons. For a future move, the comparison includes the announced phase, contractual handover terms and the facilities promised for that phase. A public masterplan, a project announcement and a completed residence each establish a different stage.

## Dubai South FAQ, verified 15 October 2026

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:::faq-item{q="Does Dubai South have a Metro station?"}
RTA lists EXPO 2020 on the Red Line. Dubai South reports a Residential District bus connection to Expo Metro, but that does not place a station inside every housing community. The home's connecting stop, current service and complete journey need address-specific confirmation.
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:::faq-item{q="Is Emaar South the same as the Residential District?"}
They are distinct residential places within wider Dubai South. Emaar's community description covers apartments, townhouses and villas in Emaar South; Dubai South's Live page names the Residential District's separate housing components.
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:::faq-item{q="Are all Dubai South homes ready to move into?"}
Readiness is specific to the project, phase and residence. Dubai South's historical Pulse Beachfront statement reports first-phase completion with handovers then to follow. The catalogue's other descriptions do not establish current possession for every home.
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:::faq-item{q="What can a family verify about school and move-in costs?"}
The GEMS AY 2026/27 schedule separates approved tuition, discounted tuition and term payments. Discount terms, admissions and transport need school confirmation. DEWA separately publishes deposit and activation components; the conditional subtotals above cover only those components.
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2026-10-15 · refreshed · Replaced investment recommendations, identifiable transaction examples and market/yield assumptions with named housing components and status limits from Dubai South's Live page and historical Pulse Beachfront release; checked EXPO 2020 naming against RTA, AY 2026/27 tuition against GEMS and deposit/activation calculations against DEWA. Removed building-charge estimates and broken lifestyle links. Historical completion and planned facilities retain their original scope.

:::callout{variant="info" title="Before you act"}
This guide is general information, not financial, legal, or investment advice. Confirm current school terms with the school, routes with RTA, utility charges with DEWA, and property records and applicable charges with the Dubai Land Department (DLD), RERA, or a licensed professional before you commit.
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