Buyers have snapped up nearly nine in every ten villas being built across Dubai, a level of uptake that has outstripped apartment sales even as both categories move quickly off developers’ books.
Figures compiled by fäm Properties put villa absorption at 85.4 percent, with 58,349 of 68,297 units under construction already spoken for. Apartments, which make up the far larger share of the building pipeline at 495,775 units, have reached a 74.1 percent absorption rate, or 367,514 sold.
Taken together, the two segments account for 564,072 residential units in various stages of construction. Of that total, 425,863 — roughly three quarters — have found buyers, according to the property firm’s analysis.
Firas Al Msaddi, chief executive of fäm Properties, tied the numbers to a supply-and-demand balance that has held up as new stock keeps entering the market. “The fact that around three quarters of apartments and more than eight in ten villas currently under construction have already been sold reflects a market where demand keeps pace with development,” he said.
The pace is sharper still among homes nearing handover. Of the 96,585 units set for delivery this year, 82.9 percent have sold — a figure driven by villas, 95 percent of which are gone, against 82 percent of the 91,209 apartments due in the same window.
Several neighborhoods have cleared their entire 2026 inventory. Records from DXBinteract show full absorption for the 637 apartments in Al Wasl, along with villa communities in Wadi Al Safa 5, Nad Al Sheba First and Al Hebiah Sixth, where every unit scheduled for this year’s handover has been sold.
On Palm Jumeirah, 93.5 percent of the 2,397 apartments arriving this year have buyers, while Jumeirah Lakes Towers has moved 92.8 percent of its 2,324 apartments due for delivery.
Most of the wider construction pipeline is slated for completion by 2028.
