Neighbourhood guide
Emirates Hills
A gated community of custom-built villas on large plots around a championship golf course and a series of lakes.
Photograph: Sev6nWiki, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Emirates Hills is a gated villa community developed by Emaar, made up of custom-built homes on large plots around a championship golf course and a series of lakes. It is the principal villa enclave within Emaar’s Emirates Living development, beside Emirates Golf Club.
- Master developer
- Emaar
- Established
- 2003
- Ownership
- Designated area under Regulation No. 3 of 2006
- Setting
- Large plots around golf and lakes
Landmarks and lifestyle
Around Emirates Hills
Three places inside the community and one beside it.
Montgomerie Golf Club Dubai
A championship course designed by Colin Montgomerie with Desmond Muirhead.
Photograph: Sev6nWiki, Wikimedia Commons
Emirates Golf Club
Open since 1988 and the long-standing home of the Dubai Desert Classic.
Photograph: George Lindh, Pexels
Lailak, Julnar and Nisreen Parks
Community parks among the villa streets and lakes.
Photograph: giggel, Wikimedia Commons
The lakes
A series of lakes woven through the plots and the fairways.
Photograph: Edgar El, Wikimedia CommonsMarket at a glance
Emirates Hills in figures
Registered home sales from October 2025 to September 2026, Dubai Land Department.
12Registered home sales in the last 12 months
AED 60.0mTypical villa sale, the median of 12 sales
AED 3,245Median price per sq ft, all homes
0.0%Share of sales bought off-plan
Available properties
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Emirates Hills against 16 Dubai communities
Six measures, calculated the same way for every community we cover. Five dots means the strongest reading among them.
Liquidity●○○○○12 salesHome sales, last 12 months · Rank 16 of 16
Sales each month, October 2023 to September 2026Darker bars are April to September 2026.
Price momentumNot enough sales to scoreChange in median AED per sq ft over 12 months
Median AED per sq ft by yearAED 1,854 in 2023, AED 1,923 in 2024.
Five-year growthNot enough sales to scoreChange in median AED per sq ft over 5 years
Activity against its own history●●○○○71% of its averageLast 12 months against its 10-year average · Rank 10 of 14
Home sales by yearPeak of 26 in 2022.
Prime demand●●●●○11 salesSales of AED 36.7m (USD 10m) or more · Rank 5 of 16
What buyers spentUnder AED 2mUSD 10m and above100.0% of sales at AED 2m or more, the Golden Visa level.
Ready-home market●●●●●100.0% of salesShare of sales in completed homes · Rank 1 of 16
Off-plan against completed12 of 12 sales were completed homes.
What homes sold for
Registered sales, last 12 months
| Home | Sales | Entry | Typical | Top | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villas | 12 | AED 40.0m | AED 60.0m | AED 75.0m | AED 3,244 |
Entry is the 10th percentile, typical the median and top the 90th percentile of registered sale prices. Bedroom rows show the median and include villas; sizes with fewer than ten sales are left out.
Price per sq ft over time
Median AED per sq ft, all homes
*2026 covers January to September. Medians reflect the mix of homes sold each year as well as prices.
Source: Dubai Land Department transaction register, data.dubai extract of 20 October 2026. Homes are apartments registered for residential use and all villas; sales, pre-registration and delayed sales are counted. Analysis by Redwood Heritage.
The Redwood perspective
Space, privacy and the freedom to build
Character
Custom detached villas on large plots, many individually designed, set along fairways and lakes.
Who it may suit
Families who want privacy and golf, and buyers who intend to build or remodel a home to their own design.
Ownership
Emirates Hills is a designated area under Regulation No. 3 of 2006 (Emirates Hills 1, 2 and 3). Confirm the title of the specific plot with the Dubai Land Department.
Trade-offs
The community is mature and largely built out, though villa rebuilds bring construction to individual streets from time to time. Service charges vary by building and are published in the RERA Service Charge Index on the Dubai Land Department website.
Compare with
Communities priced closest to Emirates Hills
The three guides nearest in median price per sq ft over the last 12 months.
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What the brochures leave out
Honest trade-offs
- A thin resale market. 12 registered home sales in 12 months. Selling can take longer here than in deeper communities.
- Activity below its long-run pace. Sales are running at 71% of the 10-year average.
- Villa resale is a smaller market. 12 villa sales in 12 months, 10 of them at AED 50m or more.
- Service charges differ by building. The Dubai Land Department publishes them in its Service Charge Index. We obtain the current figure for any home before you make an offer.
Owning from abroad
For the international buyer
- Who can buy. Non-UAE nationals may hold freehold title without time limit in the areas Dubai designates for foreign ownership. Emirates Hills is named in Regulation No. 3 of 2006.
- Golden Visa. Property worth AED 2m or more can support a UAE Golden Visa. 100.0% of registered home sales here in the last 12 months were at AED 2m or above.
- Purchase and yearly costs. The Dubai Land Department registration fee is 4% of the value, paid by the buyer. Service charges are the main yearly cost.
- Holding structure. Many families hold Dubai property through a company or foundation for succession. Our structuring colleagues at Redwood Heritage can arrange this alongside the purchase.
Questions buyers ask
Emirates Hills, answered
Each answer with its source. Figures are registered sales from October 2025 to September 2026.
Can foreigners buy property in Emirates Hills?
Non-UAE nationals may own freehold property without time limit in the areas Dubai designates for foreign ownership. Emirates Hills is named in Regulation No. 3 of 2006.
Source: Regulation No. 3 of 2006, Government of DubaiDoes a home in Emirates Hills qualify for a Golden Visa?
A property worth AED 2m or more, wholly owned or financed by a local bank, can support a UAE Golden Visa. In the last 12 months, 100.0% of registered home sales in Emirates Hills were at AED 2m or above.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Tourism; Dubai Land DepartmentWhat does a home in Emirates Hills cost?
Typical registered sale prices over the last 12 months: villas AED 60.0m. The buyer also pays the Dubai Land Department registration fee of 4% of the value.
Source: Dubai Land DepartmentWhat are service charges in Emirates Hills?
Service charges are set building by building and published by the Dubai Land Department in its Service Charge Index. We obtain the current figure for any home before you make an offer.
Source: Dubai Land Department, Service Charge IndexSources: Dubai Land Department transaction register, data.dubai extract of 20 October 2026; Regulation No. 3 of 2006; Ministry of Economy and Tourism, Golden Visa for real estate investors; Dubai Land Department, registration fees.
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