DAMAC Hills is Dubai's golf-course suburb done at scale — a 42-million-square-foot masterplan built around a championship course, with enough variety in its housing stock to work for a studio investor and a seven-bedroom villa buyer in the same community. Developed by DAMAC Properties and anchored by the Trump International Golf Club Dubai, it's matured from a speculative launch into what one recent market analysis called a "stabilised middle-premium market" — apartments doing the heavy lifting on yield, villas doing the heavy lifting on capital growth. The market suits two distinct buyers under one roof: income-focused investors targeting the apartment clusters, and families chasing space, golf-course views and a genuinely resort-style lifestyle. The one thing every buyer needs to get right from the start is which DAMAC Hills they're looking at — this is a different, more established community than DAMAC Hills 2 (formerly Akoya Oxygen), and listings get confused between the two often enough that it's worth double-checking before you commit.
Registered rent contracts from the Dubai Land Department — Apartments & Penthouses category, last 12 months.
| Start | Project | Beds | Size | Annual (AED) | AED / sqft/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - GOLF VEDUTA | 1 BR | 944 sqft | 83,000 | 88 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - CARSON | Studio | 407 sqft | 40,000 | 98 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - CARSON | Studio | 405 sqft | 38,000 | 94 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - GOLF GATE | 1 BR | 649 sqft | 74,000 | 114 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - LORETO | 3 BR | 2,835 sqft | 212,500 | 75 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - LORETO | 2 BR | 2,420 sqft | 212,500 | 88 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - ORCHID | 1 BR | 928 sqft | 78,000 | 84 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | DAMAC HILLS - ARTESIA | Studio | 476 sqft | 54,000 | 113 |
Source: Dubai Land Department rent-contract registry, filtered to the last 12 months. Category groups Flat with Penthouse and Villa with Townhouse/Compound (DLD does not distinguish sub-types). Data as of .