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Al Habtoor City

Al Habtoor City is a single-developer quarter on the Dubai Water Canal beside Sheikh Zayed Road: three hotels and three residential towers by Al Habtoor Group.

3 units in stock. 3 with a confirmed status: 1 ready, 2 under construction. 36th most expensive of 87 districts by median price.

  • Ready homes on the canal
  • Close to Downtown and DIFC
  • One developer
Median price $931K AED 3 420 000
Entry price $585K AED 2 150 000 — cheapest unit
Per square foot $939 AED 3 448 / sq ft, median
Ready stock 33% 1 unit discounted, up to −6%

Community factsheet

Specifications per Propsearch. They describe the whole community, not a single building.

What this area is actually like

What is Al Habtoor City?

Al Habtoor City is a complex built by one developer, Al Habtoor Group, on the bank of the Dubai Water Canal at the Sheikh Zayed Road exit. Broker sheets file it under Business Bay or as a line of its own; in practice it is a self-contained quarter with its own entrance and its own management.

It combines three hotels with residential towers over a shared podium. The tallest of the residential towers, Amna Tower, has 74 storeys, stands 307 metres high and holds 537 apartments. Residents get pools, gyms, restaurants and a running and cycling trail along the canal.

What are the strengths and the weak point?

The strength is the address: Downtown, Dubai Mall and DIFC are minutes away, the canal is under the windows and hotel services sit in the same complex.

The weak point is the highway. Some apartments face Sheikh Zayed Road, and the price gap between a canal view and a road view here is persistent.

Who buys here?

End users and landlords letting long-term to people who work in the centre. Nearby, on Sheikh Zayed Road itself, the same developer is building Al Habtoor Tower — a separate off-plan project, not part of the completed quarter.

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The market, per the Land Department

Residential price index 167.33 Q4 2025
Quarter on quarter +3.32% QoQ
Year on year +8.9% YoY
Full year 2025 +9.81% index 162.51

This is the official index for the whole emirate, not for Al Habtoor City: the Dubai Land Department does not publish a district breakdown publicly. Treat it as background — it tells you whether the market is rising or flat while you read the prices above. Transaction data for a specific building I pull separately, on request. Source: Dubai Land Department, read 15/08/2026.

The latest read: July 2026

The DLD index above comes out quarterly and does not separate segments. The monthly price index treats villas and apartments apart, which in 2026 is essential: a market-wide average conceals that the two have gone different ways.

Villas and townhouses 292.5 flat YoY
Apartments 168.7 −4.2% YoY
All residential 219.2 −0.3% MoM
Price per sqft 2 039 villas · apartments 1 397 AED

Off-plan took 72.8% of the month's deals and ready homes 27.2%. Ready volume was up 11.4% on the month, and off-plan alone fell both month on month and year on year (−45.3%). So negotiation is realistic on apartments and off-plan, much less so on completed villas in established communities. Index base is January 2021 = 100 — a villa reading of 292.5 means growth of 192.5% from that mark, not a premium over a 2021 peak. Monthly ValuStrat market review for July 2026, checked 24/08/2026.

Other districts

Business Bay $771K median · 329 units JVC $354K median · 263 units Palm Jumeirah $2.59M median · 212 units Emaar Beachfront $1.52M median · 178 units Dubai Marina $810K median · 162 units Downtown Dubai $1.13M median · 158 units
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