−20% Fahid Island
Aldar’s new island between Yas and Saadiyat: beachfront apartments, mangrove shores — and a market that did not exist three years ago.
- beachfront
- a bet on Aldar
- early entry
What this district is actually like
What the place is
Fahid lies between the emirate’s two flagship islands — Yas with its parks and Saadiyat with its museums — and Aldar’s master plan sells precisely that position: ten minutes to either.
The first projects are Fahid Beach Residences and The Beach House: beachfront apartments with direct beach access. The island is positioned around wellbeing — promenades, mangrove shores, a walkable environment.
This is Abu Dhabi’s youngest coastal market: sales opened recently, and everything bought is still under construction.
What our live stock shows
As of 26 August 2026 the base holds 34 price-cut lots on the island — all apartments, from three projects: The Beach House (20), Fahid Beach Residences (13), Fahid Beach Terraces (1).
Entry from AED 1.875m; the deepest cut in the sample is 35%. For beachfront between Yas and Saadiyat that is well below the neighbouring finished markets — the price of the island still being a building site.
The uniformity of supply is information in itself: the island is apartment-only for now, with no villas on the resale side.
The economics
The bet is twofold: on the position between the emirate’s two anchors, and on Aldar as the master developer with the strongest record in the emirate of carrying such schemes through to a finished environment — Yas and Saadiyat being the evidence.
The risk is standard for an island under construction: infrastructure arrives in phases, and the first residents get the beach before the shops and schools. The horizon is years.
A 35% cut on individual lots is early buyers reselling against the developer’s open price list — the classic mechanics of a young market, and a reason to negotiate.
What to check before buying
The stage of your building and the infrastructure sequence: what of the promise works by your handover, and what comes later.
Escrow and the payment schedule: the tail due at handover should be covered by money, not by the hope of reselling first.
The assignment threshold in the contract — on a young market it is the main exit instrument.
And the aspect: mangrove shore and open sea are different views and different money.
What we have in Fahid Island
7 unitsProjects in Fahid Island
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Films from the channel about the emirate. They are not cut by district — the market, the islands and the ownership rules are the same conversation across all of them — so the rail is the emirate's rather than this district's.
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15:37Abu Dhabi property investment: Saadiyat Island and the Aldar launch numbers16 February 2023
Questions about Fahid Island
Where is Fahid Island
Between Yas and Saadiyat, ten minutes from either. The master developer is Aldar; the first projects are beachfront apartments — Fahid Beach Residences and The Beach House.
What are the prices
Per our live stock in August 2026 — apartments from AED 1.875m, with the deepest cut in the sample at 35%. Those are price-cut lots; developer launch prices run higher.
Is buying during construction worth it
That is a question of horizon. The position between Yas and Saadiyat is permanent; the schools and shops arrive in phases. If you need a finished everyday life, look at Yas or Saadiyat; if you want early entry at a low price, Fahid is exactly that.
The yield and entry price shown above are indicative figures for comparing districts against each other, drawn from market summaries rather than calculated from our own inventory the way the Dubai numbers are. They are not a valuation of any specific property and they are not investment advice. Foreign freehold ownership in Abu Dhabi is available only within designated investment zones — confirm the designation for any specific property before proceeding.
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