DAMAC Hills Dubai

DAMAC Hills is not one building — it is a 42 million sq ft gated master community that DAMAC Properties launched in Dubailand in 2012, along Al Qudra Road (D63). It holds 33 sub-communities, more than 3,386 villas and townhouses alongside 7,128 apartments, and more than 26,000 residents, all built around the 18-hole Trump International Golf Club Dubai designed by Gil Hanse.

Prices span the whole market: apartments from AED 560,000 to AED 3.35 million, townhouses AED 3.1 million to 6.5 million, and villas AED 3.4 million to over AED 33.5 million. Because the entry apartment sits under our Rs 1.5 crore display threshold, the headline reads Price on Call and every band is printed below. The source listing for this community carries no price. Browse the rest of our Dubai section, our projects list, and the clusters inside these gates that we track individually: Park Town from AED 821,000, Green Acres from AED 1.66 million, The Turf Villas from AED 1.75 million, Pelham from AED 2.48 million, The Trump Estates from AED 3.8 million and The Flora from AED 5.34 million.

At a glance

Price bands across the community

DAMAC Hills is one of the few Dubai communities where a buyer can enter at under AED 600,000 or at over AED 33 million without leaving the gates. Here is the whole ladder:

The two rate figures are worth reading together rather than choosing between. A median of about AED 1,060 per sq ft is a transaction-weighted number, and the transactions here are dominated by apartments — the median sale is AED 1.31 million, which is an apartment or a small townhouse, not a villa. The AED 1,600 to 1,700 indicators describe where the community is being marketed in 2026. Neither is wrong; they measure different things, and the gap between them is roughly the gap between what has sold and what is being asked.

The appreciation figure is the one most worth checking against your own numbers. Buyers who bought off-plan here in 2022 and 2023 at around AED 2.2 million are reported to be looking at valuations of AED 3.0 to 3.5 million, a rise of 40% to 55% in under three years. That is a real record on a real community, and it is also a three-year window that included the strongest stretch of the Dubai cycle. Do not extrapolate it.

Liquidity: what the transaction data says

About 1,842 sales in twelve months across a community of roughly 10,500 homes is a turnover of a little under 18% a year. That is high, and for a buyer it is the single most useful number on this page: DAMAC Hills is liquid.

But read where that liquidity sits. The median transaction of AED 1.31 million is well below the townhouse floor of AED 3.1 million and the villa floor of AED 3.4 million, which means the volume is overwhelmingly in the 7,128 apartments. If you buy an apartment here you are in the deepest part of the market; if you buy a golf villa at AED 8 million, the community's turnover statistic is not describing your exit.

What it costs to run

No community-wide service charge is published for DAMAC Hills, but the structural point matters more than the exact figure. Dubai villa service charges run about AED 2 to 6 per sq ft a year against AED 10 to 30 for apartments — so a 3,000 sq ft villa here costs roughly AED 6,000 to 18,000 a year to run, while a 900 sq ft apartment can cost AED 9,000 to 27,000.

That inversion — a villa costing less to run than a much smaller apartment — is one of the least understood facts in Dubai buying, and it materially changes net yield. Get the RERA-approved budget for the specific sub-community, not the community, because 33 sub-communities do not share one budget.

Location and amenities

DAMAC Hills sits along Al Qudra Road (D63) in Dubailand, inland from the coastal communities. It is gated, and at 42 million sq ft it is large enough that the internal drive matters as much as the external one — ask how far your sub-community is from the gate and from the school run.

The amenity list is the community's real argument, and it is unusually complete for an inland Dubailand address: the Trump International Golf Club's 18-hole championship course, the Malibu Bay wave pool, an equestrian centre, a 2,000 sq m skate park and a central park with green landscapes and walking trails.

What DAMAC Hills does not have is a Metro station. That is the structural trade against the coastal communities, and it is priced in — it is a large part of why the community's median rate sits near AED 1,060 per sq ft while Business Bay averages about AED 3,000. Residents and tenants here need cars.

Choosing a sub-community

Thirty-three sub-communities inside one set of gates means the address on your title deed matters far more than the community name. The gap between an apartment at AED 560,000 and a villa at AED 33.5 million is sixty-fold, and both are DAMAC Hills.

Practical sequence: pick the type first (apartment, townhouse or villa), then the sub-community, then the plot. Golf frontage is the top of the market here. Park frontage is the next tier. Interior plots are the volume, and that is where the community's median transaction of AED 1.31 million lives. Anyone quoting you a "DAMAC Hills price" without naming the sub-community and the plot is not quoting you anything.

About the developer

DAMAC Properties is the largest private developer in the UAE and the Middle East, with 50,000 homes handed over, more than 54,000 units under construction and 55,000-plus in the pipeline.

In 2026 it handed over 8,800 residential units across Dubai, DAMAC Hills among them, and awarded more than AED 10 billion of construction contracts in the first half of the year, about USD 2.72 billion.

For a buyer inside these gates the important point is not the delivery record but the ongoing control: DAMAC runs the master community, the amenity programme and the golf-club relationship, and still holds plots inside it. That means the community you buy into is not finished changing, which cuts both ways — new amenities and new supply arrive from the same source.

For Indian buyers

DAMAC Hills is freehold, so an Indian citizen can own here outright with a Dubai Land Department title deed, and there is no annual property tax in Dubai.

The community's range means it fits almost any budget, which is unusual. An apartment at AED 560,000 is about USD 152,000 and sits comfortably inside one person's Liberalised Remittance Scheme allowance of USD 250,000 for a financial year, fees included. A townhouse at AED 3.1 million is about USD 844,000, which needs four remitters or several years. Decide the funding route before you pick the home, not after. Your bank will want the sale agreement and the DLD trustee account details, and TCS applies above the current threshold.

On residency, every townhouse and villa here clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold, and apartments do so only at the top of their band. On tax at home, Dubai rent is taxable in India for a resident at slab rates as income from house property with the standard 30% deduction, and the asset is reported in Schedule FA. The UAE takes nothing, so there is no foreign tax credit — which matters most on the apartments, where the quoted 7.7% yield is the reason to be here.

Pros

• An 18-hole championship golf course designed by Gil Hanse at the centre of the community
• About 1,842 sales in twelve months across roughly 10,500 homes — genuinely liquid
• Entry from AED 560,000 on apartments, with a quoted 7.7% rental yield
• 2022 and 2023 buyers at about AED 2.2 million report valuations of AED 3.0 to 3.5 million
• Villa service charges of about AED 2 to 6 per sq ft a year, cheaper to run than a smaller apartment
• Malibu Bay wave pool, an equestrian centre, a 2,000 sq m skate park and a central park
• A sixty-fold price range inside one gated community, so the address suits most budgets
• DAMAC has handed over 50,000 homes and still runs the master community

Cons

• No Metro station — residents and tenants need cars
• The median transaction of AED 1.31 million shows liquidity is in apartments, not villas
• The two published rates, AED 1,060 median and AED 1,600 to 1,700 indicators, measure different things
• No community-wide service charge is published, and 33 sub-communities do not share one budget
• The 40% to 55% appreciation figure covers the strongest stretch of the Dubai cycle
• DAMAC still holds plots inside the gates, so new supply arrives from the same developer
• At 42 million sq ft the internal drive matters as much as the external one
• A "DAMAC Hills price" means nothing without the sub-community and the plot

Who this is for

• Families who want a gated, amenity-rich community and are content to drive
• Apartment investors who want liquidity and a quoted 7.7% yield
• Golfers and villa buyers at the top of the range

Who should look elsewhere

• Anyone who needs a Metro-served address
• Villa buyers who need a fast, deep resale market
• Buyers who will not identify the sub-community and plot before discussing price
• Investors extrapolating the last three years' appreciation into the next three

Our verdict

DAMAC Hills is one of the more honest propositions in inland Dubai: a mature, gated, 42 million sq ft community with a championship golf course, a wave pool, an equestrian centre and 26,000 residents already living there, at a median rate near AED 1,060 per sq ft against Business Bay's AED 3,000. What you give up is the Metro, and what you get back is space, amenities and a documented appreciation record.

The discipline this community demands is specificity. Thirty-three sub-communities and a sixty-fold price range mean the words "DAMAC Hills" carry almost no information about what you are buying — pick the type, then the sub-community, then the plot, and get the RERA-approved service-charge budget for that sub-community rather than the community. And read the liquidity honestly: 1,842 sales a year is excellent, but the median transaction of AED 1.31 million tells you that depth is in the apartments. Buy an apartment here for yield and liquidity, or a villa here to live in. Buying a villa for a quick exit is the one thing this community's own data does not support.

FAQs

What does property in DAMAC Hills cost?

Apartments run AED 560,000 to AED 3.35 million, townhouses AED 3.1 million to 6.5 million, and villas AED 3.4 million to over AED 33.5 million. The community's median transaction across about 1,842 sales in twelve months was near AED 1.31 million, which tells you most of the volume is in apartments.

What is the rate per sq ft?

Two figures are published and they measure different things. The median is about AED 1,060 per sq ft, which is transaction-weighted and therefore dominated by apartments. Indicators for 2026 put the community at AED 1,600 to 1,700 per sq ft, which is closer to where it is being marketed. Neither is wrong; the gap between them is roughly the gap between sold and asked.

How big is the community?

About 42 million sq ft along Al Qudra Road (D63) in Dubailand, launched in 2012. It contains 33 sub-communities, more than 3,386 villas and townhouses, 7,128 apartments and more than 26,000 residents.

What is the golf course?

Trump International Golf Club Dubai, an 18-hole championship course designed by Gil Hanse, sits at the centre of the community. It is one of very few UAE communities where homeowners can step out of the front door onto a course of that standard, and golf frontage is the top of the local market.

Has it appreciated?

Buyers who purchased off-plan here in 2022 and 2023 at around AED 2.2 million are reported to be looking at valuations of AED 3.0 to 3.5 million, a rise of 40% to 55% in under three years. That is a real record, and it covers the strongest stretch of the recent Dubai cycle, so treat it as history rather than a forecast.

What are the service charges?

Not published community-wide, and with 33 sub-communities there is no single budget. As a structural guide, Dubai villa service charges run about AED 2 to 6 per sq ft a year and apartments AED 10 to 30 - so a 3,000 sq ft villa here can cost less to run than a 900 sq ft apartment. Get the RERA-approved budget for the specific sub-community.

What yield does it pay?

About 7.7% is the figure quoted for the community's apartments, supported by steady tenant demand from the golf-course setting and family amenities. Villa yields across the DAMAC Hills communities are quoted lower, from 4.47% to 7.2% depending on the source.

Is there a Metro station?

No. DAMAC Hills is an inland Dubailand community on Al Qudra Road and residents need cars. That is the structural trade against the coastal communities, and it is a large part of why the median rate here is near AED 1,060 per sq ft against about AED 3,000 in Business Bay.

Can an Indian citizen buy here, and does it give a Golden Visa?

Yes to the first. DAMAC Hills is freehold, so any nationality can own outright with a DLD title deed. An apartment at AED 560,000 is about USD 152,000 and fits inside one person's USD 250,000 LRS allowance; a townhouse at AED 3.1 million is about USD 844,000 and needs several remitters or several years. Every townhouse and villa clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold; apartments do so only at the top of their band.

If you want the sub-community price lists, the approved service-charge budgets and current transaction comparables inside these gates, talk to Realty Hunting and we will chase them down.