DAMAC Hills is one of DAMAC Properties' flagship communities, a masterplan of villas, townhouses and apartments built around the Trump International Golf Club Dubai and 42 million square feet of private parkland, set inland in Dubailand rather than along the coast (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills; Trump Golf Dubai). It is one of the largest single-developer communities in Dubai's mid-market to upper-mid tier, and our July 2026 Dubai Land Department (DLD) data puts its gross rental yield at 6.9%, the fourth-highest of the sixteen communities we track, at a price per square metre still well below the coastal and Downtown-adjacent tier. This guide covers what a unit actually costs, what it rents for, what a 42% off-plan share means for supply risk, and how DAMAC Hills compares with JVC, Al Furjan and Dubai's other value-oriented communities before you commit capital.
Overview: Who DAMAC Hills Suits
DAMAC Hills suits buyers who want space, greenery and a golf-club lifestyle more than a city-centre address. Trump International Golf Club Dubai sits at the literal heart of the masterplan: an 18-hole championship course paired with a 9-hole floodlit Par 3 layout designed by Gil Hanse, backed by a 30,000-square-foot clubhouse with an infinity pool, and what the club describes as Dubai's first TrackMan performance range (Trump Golf Dubai; DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills). Around the course, DAMAC has built out 3,386 villas and townhouses and 7,128 apartments across dozens of named sub-communities, from villa clusters like The Legends, Golf Vita, Veneto Villas, Cavalli Estates and The Trump Estates to newer apartment towers such as Golf Town, Park Town and Damac District (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills).
It suits less well anyone who needs Downtown, DIFC or the Marina on a daily commute, or who wants a resale market as deep as JVC's or Dubai Marina's. DAMAC Hills sits within Dubailand, reached via Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and Al Khail Road rather than any Dubai Metro line (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills), a trade-off priced into the community's mid-market entry cost relative to coastal Dubai.
Price Per Square Metre and a Realistic Unit Budget
Our July 2026 snapshot, built from DLD's own dld_transactions dataset on ready, existing properties, puts DAMAC Hills' median resale price at 15,405 AED per square metre, based on a sample of 1,000 recent transactions (DLD Open Data, dld_transactions). That sits just below JLT (15,666 AED/sqm) and a shade above Al Furjan (14,446), placing DAMAC Hills firmly in Dubai's value tier, well below Downtown (26,478) or Dubai Marina (21,028).
At the unit level, the median resale transaction across that same sample is 1,899,130 AED (DLD Open Data, dld_transactions). Treat that as the centre of a genuinely wide spread rather than one product's price: DAMAC's own figures show roughly twice as many apartments as villas and townhouses across the masterplan (7,128 versus 3,386), so a studio or one-bedroom in a newer tower like Golf Town or Park Town sits well below the median, while a four- or five-bedroom villa in The Trump Estates or Cavalli Estates sits well above it (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills). Compare any specific listing against its own sub-community and unit type, not against this blended figure.
For context, Arabian Ranches, Dubai's established Emaar villa comparator, trades at a similar 15,145 AED per square metre but with a lower 4.4% gross yield and a far higher 6.65 million AED median unit (DLD Open Data, dld_transactions; DLD Open Data, dld_rent_contracts), reflecting a pure larger-plot villa product rather than DAMAC Hills' mixed villa-and-apartment stock. Buyers choosing between the two are largely trading off plot size and product mix, not community maturity.
Rental Yield and the Investor Case
Gross yield in DAMAC Hills runs at 6.9%, calculated as median new annual rent per square metre (Ejari registrations in dld_rent_contracts) divided by median ready resale price per square metre (dld_transactions) (DLD Open Data, dld_rent_contracts). That ties JVC and Al Furjan for yield and beats every prime, centrally located community in our table, including Dubai Marina (5.2%), Downtown (5.1%), Business Bay (5.9%) and even Dubai Hills Estate (6.1%), though it trails JVT (7.8%), Dubai South (7.2%) and Dubai Sports City (8.7%).
The investor case rests on that combination: a mid-market entry price paired with a large, established rental base drawn from families and golf-lifestyle tenants who value space and greenery over a coastal or Downtown address. Some of DAMAC's higher-value listings inside the community, including Damac District and Golf Greens, are marketed as eligible for the UAE's Golden Visa route, which requires a property investment of at least AED 2 million (u.ae, Golden Visa), giving larger units here a residency angle on top of the rental return. The trade-off is the one that applies to every inland, golf-anchored community: don't underwrite the purchase on a bet that per-square-metre pricing will re-rate toward the coast or Downtown. Buy it for the yield and the lifestyle, not for near-term capital appreciation matching Palm Jumeirah or Dubai Marina.
Off-Plan Share: What 42% Actually Means
Off-plan transactions account for 42% of recent DAMAC Hills deal flow (our DLD snapshot), meaningfully lower than most of the newer communities in our table: JLT (80%), Meydan (93%, based on a thinner ready-resale sample of ~237 records), Dubai Creek Harbour (70%) and even neighbouring Town Square (54%), and only modestly above Downtown (32%) and Palm Jumeirah (39%). DAMAC itself describes DAMAC Hills as a completed masterplan, with its sub-communities, buildings and amenities already finalised and serving residents (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills FAQ), and the data broadly supports that framing: DAMAC Hills' deal flow is more resale-weighted than most communities in our comparison set, not a still-forming one. Off-plan share measures deal-flow composition, though, not resale liquidity (transaction volume, days on market), and as noted above, DAMAC Hills' resale market remains shallower than JVC's or Dubai Marina's.
That said, 42% is still meaningful, and it isn't zero for a reason. DAMAC continues to launch new towers inside the existing masterplan footprint: current listings on the developer's own site include Golf Town, Park Town, Damac District and Golf Greens, all still selling on payment plans (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills). A buyer here is choosing between a deep, tested resale market in the older villa clusters and a smaller stream of newer off-plan apartment stock still being delivered into the same community, carrying the usual construction risk and the chance that fresh completions add supply competition for owners of older phases.
Lifestyle, Connectivity and Schools
DAMAC Hills is built around Trump International Golf Club Dubai and its private parkland; DAMAC puts the community's private green space at 42 million square feet (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills). Beyond the golf club itself, the developer's own amenity list includes a community swimming pool, the Malibu Bay wave pool, tennis courts, stables for an equestrian lifestyle, a fishing lake, a skate park and a dedicated community centre (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills). The golf club itself adds a Night Golf Complex across the championship course's back nine and indoor swing studios alongside its TrackMan range (Trump Golf Dubai).
DAMAC places the community within Dubailand, with access via Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and Al Khail Road (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills). By the developer's own published estimate, Dubai International Airport is about 39 minutes away, and the nearest named amenities are DAMAC Hills Mall (about 5 minutes), First Avenue Mall (about 11 minutes), Aster Medical Centre (about 9 minutes), Park Inn by Radisson (about 10 minutes) and Jebel Ali School (about 5 minutes) (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills). There is no Dubai Metro line reaching the community, so residents without a car should plan for a longer commute to Downtown, DIFC or the Marina than from a metro-linked district like JLT or Business Bay. Families should confirm current capacity, fees and curriculum directly with schools in the surrounding corridor before committing, since catchments shift independently of any developer's marketing.
How DAMAC Hills Compares to Other Dubai Communities
Our full July 2026 snapshot across sixteen communities, ready properties, medians on recent dld_transactions and dld_rent_contracts records:
| Community | Price (AED/sqm) | Gross yield | Off-plan share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Jumeirah | 29,036 | 5.4% | 39% |
| Downtown Dubai | 26,478 | 5.1% | 32% |
| Dubai Creek Harbour | 25,224 | 5.4% | 70% |
| Dubai Hills Estate | 25,022 | 6.1% | 62% |
| Sobha Hartland | 21,649 | 6.4% | 20% |
| Dubai Marina | 21,028 | 5.2% | 22% |
| Business Bay | 20,306 | 5.9% | 50% |
| Meydan* | 16,630 | 6.3% | 93% |
| JLT | 15,666 | 6.7% | 80% |
| DAMAC Hills | 15,405 | 6.9% | 42% |
| Al Furjan | 14,446 | 6.9% | 52% |
| Town Square | 14,398 | 6.7% | 54% |
| JVC | 13,697 | 6.9% | 51% |
| JVT | 13,140 | 7.8% | 83% |
| Dubai South | 11,743 | 7.2% | 76% |
| Dubai Sports City | 10,117 | 8.7% | 63% |
*Meydan's figures above draw on a thinner ready-resale sample (approximately 237 records) than the roughly 1,000-transaction samples behind most other rows in this table; treat its price, yield and off-plan share with more caution than the fuller-sample communities.
DAMAC Hills sits mid-table on price, within a few hundred AED per square metre of JLT and Al Furjan and roughly 1,700 AED above JVC. Its 6.9% yield matches JVC and Al Furjan despite JVC trading noticeably cheaper, and it beats every coastal or Downtown-adjacent community in the table by a wide margin. Its 42% off-plan share is low for a community still actively launching new towers, evidence that much of the masterplan is finished and trading on the resale market rather than pre-completion. The communities that beat it on yield, JVT, Dubai South and Dubai Sports City, all sit further out and carry a heavier off-plan share, so DAMAC Hills' mix of an established golf-anchored lifestyle product, a comparatively mature resale market and a solid yield makes it a reasonable middle ground for buyers wanting space and greenery without betting on a still-forming community.
Buying Costs and Golden Visa Reachability in DAMAC Hills
Whatever the community, the core government charge is the same: a 4% DLD registration fee, paid in practice by the buyer on Dubai's secondary market (DLD, Property Sale Registration). Budget on top for a trustee office registration fee (4,000 AED plus VAT for properties at or above 500,000 AED, or 2,000 AED plus VAT below that), a title deed issuance fee of 250 AED, and standard administrative charges levied through the same DLD service (DLD, Property Sale Registration).
On the UAE's Golden Visa route for real estate investors, the qualifying threshold is a property, or combined property portfolio, with a certified DLD value of at least AED 2,000,000 (Dubai Land Department, Golden Visa Investor service). DAMAC Hills' median unit price of AED 1,899,130 sits close to that threshold but is still roughly AED 100,870 short of it on its own, so a typical median-priced unit does not qualify by itself. A unit priced even modestly above the median, such as a larger apartment in Golf Town or Park Town or a townhouse in one of the villa clusters, can clear the AED 2,000,000 mark outright; buyers targeting the visa through a single DAMAC Hills property should look above the median or be ready to combine it with a second asset to reach the combined threshold.
FAQ
Is DAMAC Hills a good place to buy property in 2026? It suits buyers who want a golf-club lifestyle, space and greenery over a coastal or Downtown address. Our DLD snapshot shows a 6.9% gross yield, the fourth-highest of the sixteen communities we track, but it is not a district for buyers who need daily proximity to the city centre or fast metro access (our DLD snapshot).
How much does a property cost in DAMAC Hills? Our snapshot puts the median resale price at 15,405 AED per square metre, with a median unit transaction of 1,899,130 AED across a sample of 1,000 recent deals (DLD Open Data, dld_transactions). That figure blends apartments and villas of very different sizes, so treat it as a community-wide centre point rather than a single product's price.
What rental yield can I expect in DAMAC Hills? Our data shows 6.9% gross, tying JVC and Al Furjan and ahead of Downtown, Dubai Marina, Business Bay and Dubai Hills Estate, behind only JVT, Dubai South and Dubai Sports City among the sixteen communities we track (DLD Open Data, dld_rent_contracts).
Is DAMAC Hills still an off-plan community? Not primarily. Off-plan is 42% of recent deal flow, lower than most newer Dubai communities, and DAMAC markets DAMAC Hills as a completed masterplan. New towers such as Golf Town, Park Town and Golf Greens are still being launched within the existing footprint, though, so some off-plan supply keeps entering the market (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills).
Is DAMAC Hills close to the metro or the airport? There is no Dubai Metro line reaching the community. DAMAC's own figures put Dubai International Airport at about 39 minutes by car via Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, with DAMAC Hills Mall about 5 minutes away and Jebel Ali School about 5 minutes away (DAMAC Properties, DAMAC Hills).
How does DAMAC Hills compare to JVC or Al Furjan? DAMAC Hills is priced within a few hundred AED per square metre of Al Furjan and slightly above JVC, and its 6.9% yield matches both. JVC and Al Furjan offer somewhat better road access to central Dubai, while DAMAC Hills offers a golf-club setting, larger villa stock and a lower off-plan share (our DLD snapshot).
Does a DAMAC Hills property qualify for the UAE Golden Visa? Not quite on the median unit alone. The real estate route requires a certified DLD property value of at least AED 2,000,000 (Dubai Land Department, Golden Visa Investor service), and DAMAC Hills' median unit price of AED 1,899,130 falls about AED 100,870 short of that mark. A higher-value unit, such as a larger villa in The Trump Estates or Cavalli Estates, or a slightly-above-median apartment, can reach the threshold on its own; buyers relying on a median-priced unit should plan to combine it with a second property instead.
Sources
- DLD Open Data, dataset dld_transactions: DLD Open Data
- DLD Open Data, dataset dld_rent_contracts (Ejari): DLD Open Data
- Dubai Land Department, Property Sale Registration (DLD fees): dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/property-sale-registration
- DAMAC Properties, official DAMAC Hills community page: damacproperties.com/en/communities/damac-hills-community
- Trump Golf Dubai, official site: trumpgolfdubai.com
- u.ae, UAE Golden Visa: u.ae, Golden Visa
- Dubai Land Department, Golden Visa Investor application service: dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/request-for-golden-visa-investor
