Emaar Properties is the developer behind Downtown Dubai and a long list of master communities across the city, and it continues to launch off-plan homes at scale. This hub brings together what Emaar reports about itself and what Dubai Land Department (DLD) records show about its launches and handovers, so the two can be read side by side.
Who Emaar is
Emaar Properties was founded by Mohamed Alabbar and is a public joint stock company listed on the Dubai Financial Market. It is the developer behind Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and Dubai Fountain, and alongside homes it runs shopping malls, hospitality and leisure businesses, reporting 41 hotels and resorts with more than 10,000 keys, owned and managed (About Emaar). Its UAE build-to-sell activity is carried out by a separately listed subsidiary, Emaar Development PJSC.
In its corporate disclosure as of September 2026, Emaar puts its net asset value at AED 247 billion (USD 67.3 billion), based on a third-party valuation of its assets, and says it has delivered more than 130,900 residential units in Dubai and other markets since 2002.
Emaar's master communities
Emaar sells mostly within large master-planned communities rather than standalone towers. Its official communities page lists, in Dubai:
Downtown Dubai, around Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall.
Dubai Creek Harbour and Emaar Beachfront, both waterfront communities with apartments and villas.
Dubai Hills Estate, laid out around an 18-hole championship golf course.
Rashid Yachts & Marina, an apartment community on the waterfront.
Villa and townhouse communities: The Valley, The Oasis, Grand Polo Club & Resort and The Heights Country Club & Wellness.
Emaar South, built around a championship golf course, and Expo Living, a newer apartment community inspired by the Expo 2020 legacy.
Outside Dubai, Emaar is developing Address Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah, and the group operates in markets such as Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt and Turkey through local companies.
New supply has shifted towards the newer communities. In the first nine months of 2026 Emaar launched 14 projects, among them Alva at The Valley, Valia at Dubai Creek Harbour, and Serro, Serro II and Salva at The Heights Country Club & Wellness. The group also announced plans for an AED 200 billion master plan during the first half of the year (Emaar results release, 5 November 2026).
The nine-month 2026 picture
The same release gives the latest company-level figures:
Group property sales of AED 34.7 billion between January and September 2026, of which AED 26.2 billion in the UAE.
A revenue backlog from property sales of AED 158.8 billion at 30 September 2026, up 6% year on year; AED 127.2 billion of it relates to UAE development operations.
More than 4,800 residential units handed over in the UAE during the nine months, with more than 80% of active UAE projects described as ahead of schedule.
A land bank of about 604 million sq ft, of which 315 million sq ft is in the UAE.
Backlog is revenue that has been contracted but not yet recognised. For a buyer, it mainly indicates how much construction the developer has committed to finish over the coming years. Older releases are on Emaar's press release page.
Launches and handovers: what the DLD data shows
DXB Interact aggregates DLD records by developer. For Emaar it shows:
Launched: 335 projects with 121,272 units since 2012. The busiest years were 2024 (76 projects, 24,221 units) and 2025 (54 projects, 16,891 units); 2026 so far shows 11 projects with 3,800 units.
Delivered: 204 projects with 75,632 units, including 27 projects (7,318 units) in 2025 and 16 projects (6,004 units) so far in 2026.
Planned completions: 142 projects with 48,927 units. They are concentrated in 2028 (40 projects, 14,335 units) and 2029 (55 projects, 17,084 units), followed by 2030 (20 projects, 6,792 units).
Construction progress of those planned units: 28,025 at 0–20%, 5,355 at 20–40%, 6,792 at 40–60%, 4,835 at 60–80% and 3,920 at 80–100%.
Source: DXB Interact (DLD data), as of 10 November 2026.
Several points stand out. Emaar's pipeline is large in absolute terms, yet modest relative to its record: planned units amount to roughly two-thirds of what it has already delivered in Dubai. As with most developers after the 2024 launch wave, the bulk of it, about 57%, is in the 0–20% construction bracket and is due in 2028–2029. The company's count of 14 launches in nine months and the DLD-based count of 11 projects for 2026 are compiled differently, so they should not be expected to match.
On punctuality, the DXB Interact reliability view lists 490 completed project records for Emaar, none of them recorded as late, and 4 records still past their planned date. The median delay across those overdue records is 467 days, and the overall reliability score is 99.2%. In other words, a very high on-time share can sit alongside a few long delays, which is why the status of the specific building matters more than the brand average. You can look up any project by name or number on the DLD project status service.
Emaar projects listed on WiseView
Our catalogue includes a number of current Emaar projects, for example Creek Bay in Dubai Creek Harbour, Greencrest in Dubai Hills, Golf Hills in Emaar South and Marina Cove in Dubai Marina. Each page shows the payment plan and expected completion date as supplied by the developer. You can browse everything on our off-plan projects page.
Questions worth asking before you buy
Which community, phase and building the unit is in, and what the DLD project status service shows for it.
How the payment plan splits the price between construction and handover. Our guide to off-plan payment plans in Dubai covers 60/40, 70/30 and post-handover structures, Oqood and the 4% fee.
Whether the sale contract will be registered in Oqood and which project escrow account your payments go to.
For Address Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah: check which registry and rules apply. Dubai's escrow law, Law No. 8 of 2007, covers off-plan sales in the Emirate of Dubai.
To compare Emaar with a developer that keeps most of the building work in-house, see our Sobha Realty hub. If you are weighing a particular Emaar launch, our team can go through it with you.
Talk to a WiseView broker
Weighing an Emaar launch? Book a consultation with a WiseView broker: meet our team and pick an advisor, browse off-plan projects in Dubai, or write to info@wiseview.ae or call +971 4 540 9916. We will compare communities, payment plans and DLD records for the projects on your list.
General information, not financial advice. Figures are as published by the sources cited, as of 10 November 2026.
Sources: Emaar Properties: About Emaar, communities page, results release of 5 November 2026, press release listing (emaar.com); DXB Interact, DLD data as of 10 November 2026 (dxbinteract.com); Dubai Land Department, project status service (dubailand.gov.ae); Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007 on escrow accounts (dlp.dubai.gov.ae).
