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The Hills

Median price per sqft · last 3 months

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Market bulletin · Thu, 22 Oct 2026

The Hills: 1 sales worth AED 1.81M in 30 days

The Hills recorded 1 sale worth AED 1.81M in the 30 days to Thu, 22 Oct 2026, flat on the previous 30 days. Over the last week 1 sale was registered (AED 1.81M), against 0 the week before.

By market over 12 months: developer off-plan sales 8%, off-plan resales 32%, secondary (ready) sales 60%.

Golf Heights was the most active project by value over 12 months (20 sales, AED 60.5M), and Emaar Properties the leading developer with 100% of value.

Leases registered in the last three months had a median annual rent of AED 170K. The best gross yield is on 1 BR apartments at about 6.7%.

Median AED/sqft

Monthly median of all registered sales

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Median AED/sqft
DateAED/sqft
Oct 26—
Sept 26—
Aug 26—
Jul 26—
Jun 26—
May 26—
Apr 26—
Mar 26AED 2,419
Feb 26AED 2,541
Jan 26AED 2,674
Dec 25AED 2,159
Nov 25AED 2,445
Oct 25AED 2,732
Sept 25AED 2,407
Aug 25AED 2,146
Jul 25AED 2,255
Jun 25AED 2,536
May 25AED 2,325
Apr 25AED 2,398
Mar 25AED 2,452
Feb 25AED 2,345
Jan 25AED 1,996
Dec 24AED 1,984
Nov 24AED 1,971

Sales per month

Registered sales by market

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Sales per month
DateOff-plan (developer)Off-plan resaleSecondary (ready)
Oct 26001
Sept 26001
Aug 26000
Jul 26001
Jun 26001
May 26002
Apr 26002
Mar 26032
Feb 26147
Jan 26142
Dec 25124
Nov 25137

Period comparison

This market against its own past: each window vs the one before it and vs the same window a year earlier.

Period comparison
WindowSalesvs priorValueAED/sqftvs prior
Last 1 month1unchanged 0.0%AED 1.81M——
Last 3 months3unchanged 0.0%AED 11.6M——
Last 6 months6down 86.4%AED 20.3M2,248down 10.5%
Last 12 months50down 60.6%AED 199M2,448up 8.6%

Raw medians — the headline change above is like-for-like (same market, type and bedrooms).

Off-plan, resale and secondary (12M)
MarketSalesShareMedian priceAED/sqft1Y
Off-plan (developer)48%———
Off-plan resale1632%AED 2.30M2,388up 0.5%
Secondary (ready)3060%AED 4.13M2,513up 11.4%
By bedrooms (12M)
BedroomsSalesShareMedian priceAED/sqft1Y
1 bedroom1326%AED 1.80M2,387up 11.4%
2 bedrooms1836%AED 3.28M2,193down 0.9%
3 bedrooms1632%AED 5.33M2,768up 6.1%
4 bedrooms36%———
By property type (12M)
TypeSalesShareMedian priceAED/sqft1Y
Apartments4284%AED 3.09M2,404up 8.4%
Hotel apartments816%AED 7.17M2,985up 17.7%
By price band (12M)
PriceSalesShareMedian priceAED/sqft1Y
Under AED 2M1326%AED 1.80M2,253up 8.3%
AED 2M–10M3570%AED 4.25M2,581up 7.3%
AED 10M–50M24%———

Rents & yields

Leases registered with Ejari / DLD.

Median annual rent

Monthly median of registered leases (new and renewed)

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Median annual rent
DateAnnual rent
Oct 26AED 145K
Sept 26AED 210K
Aug 26AED 165K
Jul 26AED 185K
Jun 26AED 215K
May 26AED 180K
Apr 26AED 156K
Mar 26AED 130K
Feb 26AED 193K
Jan 26AED 158K
Dec 25AED 158K
Nov 25AED 170K
Oct 25AED 165K
Sept 25AED 180K
Aug 25AED 205K
Jul 25AED 231K
Jun 25AED 193K
May 25AED 174K
Apr 25AED 149K
Mar 25AED 168K
Feb 25AED 230K
Jan 25AED 180K
Dec 24AED 136K
Nov 24AED 185K
Leases (12M)
275
New leases
44.7%
Median rent 3M
AED 170K
Rent/sqft 3M
AED 124
Gross yield
1 BR apartmentsAED 120K / AED 1.80M6.7%
2 BR apartmentsAED 170K / AED 3.31M5.1%
3 BR apartmentsAED 255K / AED 6.40M4.0%
Rent by bedrooms (12M)
BedroomsLeasesMedian rentNew leasesAED/sqft/yr
1 BR53AED 120KAED 120K132
2 BR94AED 170KAED 178K121
3 BR62AED 255KAED 270K141

Top projects

By sales value, last 12 months

Top projects
ProjectSales 12MAED/sqft3M
Golf HeightsThe Hills20——
Vida Residences A1&A2 - The Hills AThe Hills11——
Vida Residences C1&C2 - The Hills CThe Hills10——
Vida Residence The Hills B1The Hills5——
Vida Residence The Hills B2The Hills4——

Developers in The Hills

Their sales here only, last 12 months

Top developers
DeveloperSales 12MAED/sqftShare
Emaar Properties502,448100%

Similarly priced communities

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Communities with the closest 12-month median AED/sqft

Peers
NameSales 12MAED/sqft3M
Dubai Hills Estate2,1612,367up 2.0%
Business Bay4,9382,028down 3.5%
Dubai Media City1212,150up 8.8%
Jumeirah Heights572,380—
Jumeirah Islands6962,536down 0.9%
The Old Town802,167—
Jumeirah Garden City9672,300down 7.5%
Sobha Hartland 29902,600down 1.5%

Biggest sales, last 3 months

Biggest sales in The Hills
PricePropertyDate
AED 5.75M3 BR Apartment · 1,784 sqftVida Residences C1&C2 - The Hills C30 Jul
AED 4.00M2 BR Apartment · 1,778 sqftVida Residence The Hills B114 Sept
AED 1.81M1 BR Apartment · 879 sqftVida Residences A1&A2 - The Hills A16 Oct

Questions about The Hills

How many properties were sold in The Hills in the last year?

50 sales worth AED 199M were registered in the last 12 months: 8% developer off-plan, 32% off-plan resales and 60% secondary (ready) sales.

What is the average rent in The Hills?

The median annual rent on leases registered in the last three months was AED 170K, and the best gross rental yield is about 6.7%.

Source: Dubai Land Department registrations, data through Thu, 22 Oct 2026. Medians need at least five sales; like-for-like changes compare the same market, property type and bedroom count. DLD files townhouses as villas — we split them out where the project or unit name says townhouse.

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