Off-plan apartments in Dubai Islands

Off-plan properties for sale in Dubai Islands: 18 projects

OffplanCompare tracks 18 active off-plan projects in Dubai Islands, Dubai, ranging from AED 1.1M to AED 4.3M, delivered by 5 different developers. Every project is filtered against our developer allowlist (Emaar, Sobha, Damac, Binghatti, Meraas, Nakheel, Ellington, Azizi, Samana, AYS) and is either pre-handover or has an unknown completion date — no sold-out or already-completed stock pollutes the catalogue. Whether you're browsing off-plan properties for sale in Dubai Islands by developer, bedroom count, budget or handover year, every listing below carries live pricing, the full payment plan and the developer's published handover date.

Top developers in Dubai Islands

The developers with the most active off-plan inventory in Dubai Islands, ranked by project count. From-price is the lowest entry-level unit each developer has live here.

Price range and rental yield in Dubai Islands

Entry pricing in Dubai Islands starts from AED 1.1M and runs up to AED 4.3M across the current off-plan catalogue. The median estimated gross rental yield is 7.0%. Net yield after service charges and management is typically 1–2 percentage points lower.

Bedroom mix in Dubai Islands off-plan property

How the Dubai Islands off-plan catalogue splits by bedroom count. A project counts once against each bedroom size it offers, so shares don’t sum to 100%.

The most-offered size in Dubai Islands is 1-bedroom inventory, with 18 projects listing units at that count. Buyers hunting a specific bedroom size can jump straight to the filtered slice below — every one is a live catalogue view of just that bedroom count in Dubai Islands.

Investment outlook in Dubai Islands for 2026

On an entry-level AED 1.1M unit at the Dubai Islands catalogue-median gross yield of 7.0%, gross rental income works out to approximately AED 6,183/month once the project hands over. Net returns typically land 15–25% below gross once service charges, agency, management and any mortgage servicing are deducted — use the yield figure as a ceiling, not a forecast. See our best-areas ranking for how Dubai Islands compares against every other Dubai submarket on the same yield/entry-price plane.

What renters can expect to pay in Dubai Islands

Based on entry-level pricing and gross-yield estimates for the 18 Dubai Islands projects on our catalogue that publish both figures, implied gross monthly rent lands between AED 6,183 and AED 24,960 per month, with a median of AED 14,888. Every figure here is post-handover: these projects are still under construction, so rental income only begins once units are delivered. Live rental listings for Dubai Islands are best checked directly on Bayut or Property Finder — OffplanCompare tracks off-plan sale inventory only.

Featured Dubai Islands projects to watch

A quick cross-section of the Dubai Islands catalogue — lowest entry price, top yield, earliest handover, and the most-active developer’s headline project. Every tag is derived directly from live catalogue data.

• Best value
  Azizi Wasl
  Azizi Developments · from AED 1.1M · 7.0% yield
• Handing over soonest
  Breva by AYS Developers
  AYS Property Development · from AED 2.0M · 7.0% yield
• Most-active developer (Ellington)
  Ellington Sands
  Ellington · from AED 1.7M · 7.0% yield
• Mid-market anchor
  Beach Residences Dubai Islands
  Nakheel · from AED 2.6M · 7.0% yield

Handover timing in Dubai Islands

Dubai Islands handovers on our catalogue span 2026–2031. The heaviest delivery year is 2028 with 6 projects due. Buyers stacking multiple units for a coordinated furnish-and-let strategy often target this year. Individual project pages carry the specific handover quarter and, where the developer publishes it, a construction-progress percentage. The sitewide handover schedule groups every catalogue project by quarter across all emirates.

Payment plans for off-plan apartments in Dubai Islands

15 of the 15 off-plan projects in the Dubai Islands catalogue with a published plan structure book with 20% down payment or lower, and 2 book with just 10% down. The most common structured payment plans here are 20/50/30, 20/40/40 and 20/60/20. Each plan reads as booking-down / during-construction / handover — for example 20/50/30 means 20% at booking, 50% staged over construction milestones, and 30% at handover.

Lowest down payments in Dubai Islands

• 10% down · 10/40/50
  Azizi Wasl
  by Azizi Developments
• 10% down · 10/60/30
  Bay Grove Residences Phase 4 By Nakheel
  by Nakheel

Comparable areas in Dubai

Other active Dubai submarkets you can compare against Dubai Islands, ranked by current off-plan inventory:

• Dubai Land 49 projects
• Dubai Investment Park 28 projects
• Palm Jebel Ali 23 projects
• Umm Al Quwain Marina 21 projects
• Dubai South 19 projects
• Business Bay 18 projects
• Damac Lagoons 17 projects
• Bukadra 15 projects