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The Lakes
A guide to living in The Lakes, Dubai — what it sells for, what it rents for, the buildings, and who to ask. Every figure is drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s registers: sales through September 2026.
What The Lakes actually sells for — every building, ranked by recorded price →
At a glance
The Lakes in numbers
- Made of
- 4 villa projects with a recorded sale history
- Sales on record
- 1,057 since 2008 — the latest registered 21 Aug 2026
The guide
Living in The Lakes
The Lakes is Emaar's villa community around a set of lakes beside the Emirates Golf Club, between the Springs and the Greens, and one of the quietest addresses on that side of the city. Its named neighbourhoods have had two decades to grow their trees, its houses are larger than the Springs' and smaller than the Meadows', and it trades as a settled family market minutes from the Marina.
The place
The community lies between Sheikh Zayed Road and the golf club, with the Greens and the Views beside it, the Springs and the Meadows behind and the Marina and the free zones a short drive. Its neighbourhoods, each named, are loops of villas around the lakes and parks with pools in each; the Springs' souk and the Greens' are a short walk or drive, and the district's schools are next door.
What you get
Villas in the developer's original layouts, from family houses to large lake-facing homes, with gardens; many have been extended or refitted by their owners, and the register records the difference. There are no apartments and no townhouses.
Who it suits
Families who want an established villa with mature trees and a lake, near the Springs' schools and the Marina, and who will pay for the position. Owners who intend to live in what they buy, which most here do.
It suits people less well who want new-build finish, an apartment, or the belt's prices.
Buying and renting here
The community's houses have a deep record on the register, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, and the tables on this page show what each layout has actually fetched; the gap to read is between original houses and rebuilt ones, and between lake-facing plots and internal ones. The register files a villa sold with its plot against the plot, and this page reads those sales correctly. There is no off-plan here. For tenants, the official index caps a renewal while a new lease follows the market.
What it costs to buy
What The Lakes sells for
Completed resales over the last three years, by layout — the registered price and the registered floor area. Off-plan launches are counted separately and never folded in.
| Layout | Typical size | Median price | Mean price | Per sq ft | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 B/R | 3,250 sqft | 5,850,000 | 6,234,389 | 1,840 | 90 |
Over the last 12 months, 25 completed homes changed hands in The Lakes at a median of AED 7,000,000 — AED 2,196 a square foot, up 15% on the year before.
Every The Lakes building ranked by recorded price, and every sale as registered →
Where the market is moving
The busiest projects in The Lakes
Over the ninety days to 3 September, Zulal alone accounted for 6 of the 8 completed homes sold in The Lakes, above its usual pace.
| # | Project | Sales, 90 days | Against its usual pace | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zulal | 6 | 1.7× | 2,535 |
Completed homes only, by the date the Dubai Land Department registered the transfer — the ninety days to 3 Sept 2026. Pace is this window against the building’s own average ninety days over the year before. Buildings with fewer than five sales in the window are left out. 4 villa projects in The Lakes carry a recorded history, and each has its own page. Every one ranked by recorded price →
Questions people ask
The Lakes, answered from the register
How much does it cost to buy in The Lakes?
Over the last 12 months, 25 completed homes changed hands in The Lakes at a median of AED 7,000,000 — AED 2,196 a square foot, up 15% on the year before. Every figure is a transfer registered at the Dubai Land Department, not an asking price.
How much is a three-bedroom in The Lakes?
Completed three-bedroom homes in The Lakes sold for a median AED 5,850,000 over the last three years — typically 3,250 sq ft, or AED 1,840 a square foot — across 90 recorded sales.
How many villa projects are there in The Lakes?
4 villa projects in The Lakes carry a recorded sale history. Each has its own page with every registered price, and 2 of them have enough recent resales to be ranked by price per square foot.
Is The Lakes still being built?
Of the 28 sales registered in The Lakes in 2025, 0 were off-plan purchases from a developer and 28 were resales of finished homes — an established community trading hands. The register has 1,057 sales for The Lakes since 2008.
Which buildings in The Lakes are selling right now?
Over the ninety days to 3 September, Zulal alone accounted for 6 of the 8 completed homes sold in The Lakes, above its usual pace.