Jumeirah Islands

Every villa sits on a man-made island with water on three sides, a private pool and a garden, inside a gated, low-rise community with no towers. Nakheel built 46 residential clusters of 16 villas each, added The Mansions enclave, 84 townhouses, a clubhouse and a retail pavilion, and the whole community is finished and lived in, so you buy what you can walk through rather than a rendering.

Nakheel developed it through its Jumeirah Islands Company subsidiary. The community launched in 2003 and the villa clusters were completed in 2006. The townhouses and the Pavilion followed in 2017 and the refurbished clubhouse in 2021. Since March 2024 Nakheel has been part of Dubai Holding following its merger with Meydan.

Four and five bedroom villas of roughly 5,101 to 7,200 sq ft built-up on original plans, 31 five-bedroom homes in The Mansions, and 84 four-bedroom townhouses of about 3,600 sq ft. Many villas have been extended or rebuilt and are larger. Apartments are available only on the JLT edge, in Jumeirah Heights and in the new Serenia District and Eltiera towers.

The 46 clusters are numbered and each follows one of six architectural themes: European, Mediterranean, Oasis, Islamic, Contemporary and Tropical. Inside, villas use one of three layouts, Entertainment Foyer, Garden Hall or Master View. Master View villas have floor-to-ceiling windows and larger balconies and are the most sought after.

The community sits east of Sheikh Zayed Road between Interchanges 5 and 6. Google Maps drive times in typical 2026 traffic are about 15 minutes to Dubai Marina, 14 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 22 minutes to Downtown Dubai, 31 minutes to Al Maktoum International Airport and 46 minutes to Dubai International Airport. DMCC Metro station in Jumeirah Lakes Towers is the nearest rail link.

On the Bayut index for September 2026, villas average AED 4,479 per square foot, about USD 1,220, up 22.94 percent in twelve months. Resales recorded in 2025 averaged AED 23.3 million, about USD 6.35 million, for four-bedroom villas and AED 32.3 million, about USD 8.78 million, for five-bedroom villas. The highest reported sale is AED 46 million, about USD 12.53 million, for a five-bedroom Master View villa in June 2025.

In 2025, four-bedroom villas rented for an average of AED 820,870 a year, about USD 223,518, and five-bedroom villas for AED 1,199,863, about USD 326,715, across 160 recorded contracts. The gross yield on villa resales in that year was 3 percent, because capital values rose faster than rents. This is a capital-growth and end-user community rather than a yield play.

Yes, with Nakheel planning approval before any work starts. Nakheel assesses applications case by case and charges per square foot of added built-up area plus application fees; unapproved changes attract a fine and are checked at resale. When buying an extended villa, the approval file should be verified before transfer so that the extra space is legal and transferable.

Dubai's property route to the ten-year Golden Visa requires AED 2 million, about USD 544,588, of DLD-certified value registered in your name. Every villa in Jumeirah Islands clears that threshold at current prices, and mortgaged property qualifies on its full certified value. Apartments in the new Serenia and Eltiera towers start close to the line, so eligibility is checked unit by unit.

Ready villas and townhouses are bought on the secondary market with the title transferred at a Dubai Land Department registration trustee office. Payment is settled by bank transfer, manager's cheque, cash or crypto, with the method agreed in the sale contract. Off-plan apartments in Serenia District and the Eltiera towers are paid in instalments into the tower's DLD-registered escrow account under the developer's published payment plan.