Dubai market evidence
Off-Plan vs Ready Property in Al Jadaf
How off-plan and ready (existing) prices compare inside Al Jadaf in the historical DLD transaction record — and how that gap differs from Dubai as a whole.
Al Jadaf — the numbers
Off-plan median
9,984 AED/sqm
66% of sampled sales
Ready (existing) median
9,817 AED/sqm
34% of sampled sales
Off-plan vs ready
+2%
Dubai overall: +65%
Sampled transactions
2,306
What the Al Jadaf gap means
Across 2,306 sampled sales in Al Jadaf, off-plan carries a median of 9,984 AED/sqm against 9,817 AED/sqm for ready stock — an off-plan median roughly 2% above ready units. Citywide the same comparison sits at +65%, so Al Jadaf runs 63 percentage points narrower than Dubai overall.
Comparing within a single area removes most of the location mix effect that distorts the citywide figure, but not all of it: off-plan launches inside Al Jadaf may still skew toward newer towers or larger layouts than the resale stock they are measured against. Narrow further by unit type before treating this as a like-for-like premium.
Off-plan (66% of sampled transactions here) is bought from a developer before or during construction, typically on a payment plan, carrying handover and delivery risk. Ready property (34%) is an existing unit that can be inspected and let immediately.
This is sales transaction evidence only and ends 2023-03-17. It is market reference, not valuation or investment advice.