Area guide
Arabian Ranches
Emaar's golf and polo villa community · Dubai
- AED 1,358
- Median per sq ft, 3 months
- 258
- Registered sales, 12 months
- Three-bedroom
- Most sold unit type
Arabian Ranches is Emaar's gated villa community on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, close to its junction with Umm Suqeim Street. Emaar dates the community to 2004. It takes in the 18-hole Arabian Ranches Golf Club, with the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club alongside. This guide is about the original Arabian Ranches; Arabian Ranches II and Arabian Ranches III are separate Emaar communities nearby.
The housing is divided into named neighbourhoods, each built to its own architectural theme. Emaar describes Aseel as 55 Spanish-style villas of four to seven bedrooms overlooking the golf course. Al Reem has two and three-bedroom terraced homes beside Al Reem Lake. Al Mahra is built in a traditional Arabic style, and Alma, Alvorada, La Avenida and Mirador are among the others. The community is finished, so a buyer here is buying a house someone already owns.
It suits a family that wants a finished house with a garden, a school running from FS1 to Year 13 inside the gates, and sport built into the plan: golf, polo and riding, tennis, and lakes with walking trails. It suits less well anyone who needs a Metro station, a short commute to the older business districts, or a brand new house.
What Arabian Ranches sells for
Arabian Ranches sells at AED 1,358 per square foot, the median of registered sales, Dubai Land Department, as of 2 September 2026, 52 sales in the last three months, on a median price of AED 7.76M. That is 10.7 percent below the three months before them. The register holds 258 sales here in the last twelve months and 1,019 over three years, across 5 buildings with a page of their own. Three-bedroom units are the commonest, at 89 of the 258 sales registered in the last twelve months.
AED 1,358per sqft
Median registered sale price in Arabian Ranches over the last three months, the 50th most expensive of the 73 Dubai communities the sold register covers. Measured across 258 sales the Dubai Land Department recorded in the last twelve months, down 10.7% on the previous quarter. Transactions, not asking prices, as of 2 September 2026. Sold prices in Arabian Ranches, building by building.
| Busiest buildings | Sales, 12 months | Median per sq ft, 3 months | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aseel | 9 | AED 1,586 | 27 August 2026 |
| Arabian Ranches - Alvorada III | 5 | AED 1,379 | 13 July 2026 |
| Alma-2 | 2 | AED 1,872 | 30 June 2026 |
| La Avenida-2 | 2 | AED 1,578 | 27 July 2026 |
| Arabian Ranches -La Avenida I | 0 | n/a | 17 March 2025 |
Living in Arabian Ranches
Daily life runs from inside the gates and by car. The retail centre, the Mediclinic clinic, the JESS campus, the courts and the lake trails are all inside the community, and the Ranches Souk is in Arabian Ranches II. The nearest Metro stations, as the Land Department's records list them, are First Abu Dhabi Bank and Sharaf DG on the Red Line along Sheikh Zayed Road, a drive away. Work, bigger shopping trips and most evenings out mean Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Umm Suqeim Street or Al Qudra Road.
RTA has opened new road capacity on two of those routes. In August 2025 it opened an 800-metre tunnel on Umm Suqeim Street at Al Barsha South as part of its Umm Suqeim Street project, which it says cuts the drive between Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and Al Khail Road from 9.7 minutes to 3.8; that is RTA's figure for that stretch, not a commute time from the community. In February 2026 it opened a 600-metre, four-lane bridge at the junction of Al Qudra Road and the road linking Arabian Ranches with Dubai Studio City, and says waiting time at the junction fell from 113 seconds to 52.
Emaar Community Management runs the community. Ask the seller or Emaar Community Management for the master-community service charge on the house you want and confirm there are no arrears. Have the house surveyed too: no off-plan sales were recorded here in the last twelve months, so you are buying an existing house, and condition varies from one to the next.
Schools
- Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS), Arabian Ranches campus, FS1 to Year 13, UK and IB curricula, rated Outstanding by KHDA for 2023 to 2024, the latest published rating
- Ranches Primary School, UK curriculum, FS1 to Year 6, rated Very good by KHDA for 2023 to 2024, the latest published rating (nearby, in Arabian Ranches II)
- GEMS Metropole School, UK curriculum, FS1 to Year 13, rated Good by KHDA for 2023 to 2024, the latest published rating (nearby, in Motor City)
- KHDA ran no full inspections in 2024 to 2025 or 2025 to 2026, and an address here does not guarantee a place: check admissions and fees before you buy for a school
Getting around
- Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, near the junction with Umm Suqeim Street
- Umm Suqeim Street towards Al Khail Road and Sheikh Zayed Road, with RTA's 800-metre tunnel at Al Barsha South open since August 2025
- Al Qudra Road, with RTA's 600-metre bridge at the junction with the road to Dubai Studio City open since February 2026
- Nearest Metro stations: First Abu Dhabi Bank and Sharaf DG on the Red Line, a drive away; plan on a car
Shopping and dining
- Arabian Ranches retail centre, with supermarkets, cafés and restaurants
- The Ranches Souk, anchored by Carrefour (nearby, in Arabian Ranches II)
Leisure
- Arabian Ranches Golf Club, 18 holes, designed by Ian Baker-Finch with Nicklaus Design
- Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club, part of Emaar Leisure Group: 68 acres by Emaar's count, with a polo academy and a riding school, and two international-sized polo fields according to Emaar's Arabian Ranches sales pages
- Lakes, including Al Reem Lake, and the walking trails around them
- Tennis and basketball courts spread through the neighbourhoods
Who buys in Arabian Ranches
Arabian Ranches is a resale house market. In the site's sold figures from the Land Department register, as of 2 September 2026, all 258 sales of the last twelve months are houses (villas and townhouses) and none was off-plan. A buyer is choosing a finished house from its owner, and choosing a neighbourhood first. The case rests on what is already built: the golf course and the polo club, a school inside the gates rated Outstanding by KHDA, and the lakes and trails.
Read the medians on this page with the house type in mind. The figures mix two and three-bedroom townhouses with large golf-course villas, and the neighbourhoods are different markets: a large Aseel villa on the fairway and a terraced home in Al Reem are not substitutes for each other. Buyers who want a newer Emaar house compare the original with Arabian Ranches II and III nearby, whose sales are not in these figures.
Arabian Ranches: common questions
What is the price per square foot in Arabian Ranches?+
Arabian Ranches sells at AED 1,358 per square foot, the median of registered sales, Dubai Land Department, as of 2 September 2026, 52 sales in the last three months, on a median price of AED 7.76M. That is 10.7 percent below the three months before them. The register holds 258 sales here in the last twelve months and 1,019 over three years, across 5 buildings with a page of their own. Three-bedroom units are the commonest, at 89 of the 258 sales registered in the last twelve months.
What does a typical unit in Arabian Ranches sell for?+
The median registered price over the last three complete months is AED 7.76M, across 1,019 registered sales in three years. The register is as of 2 September 2026.
Can foreigners buy property in Arabian Ranches?+
Yes. Dubai allows foreign ownership in areas designated freehold, and in the Land Department's open data (as of 4 September 2026) every transaction recorded in Arabian Ranches I between January and early September 2026 is flagged as freehold. Ownership passes when the title deed is registered with the Dubai Land Department. Freehold designation under Regulation No. 3 of 2006 runs plot by plot rather than by community name, so confirm the title type for the specific house on the DLD record before you commit.
Is this Arabian Ranches 1, 2 or 3?+
This guide covers the original community, often called Arabian Ranches 1. Emaar describes Arabian Ranches as three phases, and Arabian Ranches II and Arabian Ranches III are separate communities nearby with their own neighbourhoods; Emaar gives Arabian Ranches III more than 4,000 villas and five entry points. The Land Department's open data lists the original as Arabian Ranches I and records the later two separately, and the sold figures on this page are the original community's alone.
How far is Arabian Ranches from Downtown Dubai and the airport?+
Emaar's own estimates are about 20 minutes to Dubai Marina, 25 minutes to Downtown Dubai and 25 minutes to Dubai International Airport. Treat those as off-peak figures. Every trip leaves by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Umm Suqeim Street or Al Qudra Road and there is no Metro nearby. RTA has opened a new tunnel on Umm Suqeim Street and a new bridge on Al Qudra Road since 2025, but rush hour still decides the commute, so drive yours at rush hour before you buy.
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