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Emaar's highest-volume villa community, with the widest spread of formats and the lowest entry price of any Emaar villa masterplan.
Direct answer
The Valley is an Emaar master community on the Dubai to Al Ain Road, made up of successive named neighbourhoods rather than one release. It mixes standalone villas, twin villas and townhouses at three to five bedrooms. Emaar's lowest published twin-villa price in the community is AED 2.8 million, and standalone four-bedroom villas start at about AED 4.36 million.
The Valley is an Emaar Properties master-planned villa community in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Freehold. Emaar lists The Valley among Dubai's freehold property locations.
At a glance
AED 2.8M
Lowest published twin-villa price
Rivana, per Emaar
AED 4.36M
Lowest published standalone villa
Avena, per Emaar
47,000 sqm
Golden Beach
Largest amenity in the masterplan
20 minutes
To Downtown Dubai
Published by Emaar
Every figure above is published by the developer or a government source. Figures we could not source are not shown.
Projects
Each phase carries its own price, format and handover date. Filter the list, then compare the ones that fit.
Emaar Properties
Twin villas at three, four and five bedrooms, the lowest published villa price in The Valley.
Launched
Emaar Properties
Twin villas with one of the earliest handover dates currently reported in The Valley.
Launched
Emaar Properties
Four-bedroom standalone villas, the entry point for detached product in The Valley.
Launched
Emaar Properties
Second Avena release, four-bedroom villas in three façade styles.
Launched
Emaar Properties
Four and five-bedroom villas. Published and market prices differ, so a range is shown.
Launched
Emaar Properties
Four and five-bedroom villas in the farm-led part of the masterplan.
Launched
Emaar Properties
Four and five-bedroom villas from about 5,670 sq ft, one of the larger formats in The Valley.
Launched
Emaar Properties
Four and five-bedroom villas with a 2029 handover.
Launched
Project names, developers and formats come from developer material. Prices, payment plans and handover dates are shown only where a source publishes them; anything marked indicative is market-sourced and should be confirmed before booking.
Pricing
Starting prices only. They represent the lowest published unit in each phase, not the price of any particular villa.
More than half the neighbourhoods Emaar has released in The Valley are townhouses, not villas. Velora, Venera, Elva, Elea, Vindera, Kaia, Nima, Talia, Nara, Orania, Elora, Lillia and Rivera are all townhouse phases, priced from roughly AED 2.1 million to AED 4.78 million. They are frequently advertised as villas by third-party listings.
The genuinely detached and semi-detached villa product is a smaller set. Rivana and Alana are twin villas at three, four and five bedrooms, published by Emaar at AED 2.8 million and AED 3.5 million. Avena and Avena 2 are four-bedroom standalone villas at AED 4.36 million and AED 4.37 million. Farm Grove, Farm Gardens 2, Ovelle and Avelia sit above them at four and five bedrooms, running from roughly AED 4.8 million to AED 7.26 million.
If you are comparing The Valley against a single-developer luxury masterplan such as The Oasis, compare the standalone phases only. The townhouse entry price is what makes The Valley look inexpensive, and it is not the same asset.
Emaar launched The Valley in 2019 as a mid-market community on the southern corridor, alongside an AED 2 billion widening of the Dubai to Al Ain Road from three lanes to six. The amenity programme is unusually specific for a Dubai masterplan and Emaar publishes the areas: Golden Beach at 47,000 sqm, a Town Centre at 32,000 sqm, a Sports Village at 25,000 sqm, Kids Dale at 13,000 sqm and a Pocket Park at 3,000 sqm, plus jogging trails, a dog park and a skate park.
Rivera Phase 2 is described by Emaar as the community's first LEED-certified neighbourhood. That certification applies to that neighbourhood specifically and should not be read as covering the whole masterplan.
Emaar has not published a total land area or a total number of homes for The Valley. Figures for either circulate widely on listing portals; because no official source states them, this page does not print one.
Because Emaar releases The Valley continuously, two buyers with the same budget can end up in very different positions depending on which neighbourhood was open when they bought. The variables worth pinning down in writing before booking are plot type, whether the unit is standalone or twin, the exact handover quarter, and the instalment schedule attached to that specific release.
Handover dates across the community currently run from Q2 2027 to Q4 2029. Earlier phases such as Eden are already delivered. A near-handover unit and a 2029 unit have very different cash-flow profiles even at the same headline price, because the later one spreads instalments across more years.
Total acquisition cost is the other thing worth modelling early. The 4% Dubai Land Department fee, the off-plan registration fee and trustee charges sit on top of the price, and for a villa in the AED 4 to 5 million band they add a meaningful amount to the cash needed at booking.
Fit
Schools, parks, a sports village and a beach amenity inside the masterplan, at the lowest villa entry price Emaar currently offers.
Twin villas from AED 2.8 million make this one of the few Emaar communities where a villa is reachable below AED 5 million.
Phases handing over in 2027 shorten the wait considerably compared with the 2029 and 2030 releases elsewhere in Dubai.
Ovelle, Avelia and Farm Gardens 2 offer four and five-bedroom standalone formats from around 5,670 sq ft upward.
Comparison
The two communities most often shortlisted against each other by buyers working below AED 5 million.
| Factor | The Valley | Dubai South |
|---|---|---|
| Master developer | Emaar, single developer | Multiple developers across several districts |
| Villa entry price | AED 2.8M twin villa, AED 4.36M standalone | AED 3.2M and up, varies by sub-community |
| Location anchor | Dubai to Al Ain Road, southern corridor | Al Maktoum International Airport and Expo City |
| Product consistency | One developer, one design language | Differs sharply between Emaar South and South Bay |
| Published drive time to Downtown | 20 minutes, per Emaar | 35 minutes from Emaar South, per Emaar |
Prices are the lowest each developer has published. Drive times are the developers' own published figures.
Both are Emaar. They sit at opposite ends of the same developer's villa range.
| Factor | The Valley | The Oasis |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest published villa price | AED 2.8M | AED 8.5M |
| Product | Villas, twin villas and townhouses | Villas and mansions only |
| Bedrooms | 3 to 5 | 4 to 7 |
| Setting | Green, family-led, road corridor | Lagoons, waterways and beaches |
| Branded phases | None | Address Villas Tierra, Palace Villas Ostra |
Source: Emaar published prices for each community.
The Valley sits on the Dubai to Al Ain Road. The drive times below are Emaar's own published figures.
Source: Emaar community page. Emaar's 2019 launch release quoted 25 minutes to Downtown rather than 20; the current community page states 20, and that is the figure shown.
Questions
Short answers first, with the qualification that matters underneath.
The Valley is an Emaar master community on the Dubai to Al Ain Road, released as a series of named neighbourhoods containing standalone villas, twin villas and townhouses at three to five bedrooms.
The villa and twin-villa phases are Rivana, Alana, Avena, Avena 2, Farm Grove, Farm Gardens 2, Ovelle and Avelia. Velora, Venera, Elva, Elea, Vindera, Kaia, Nima and Rivera are townhouse phases, not villas.
Emaar publishes AED 2.8 million for a Rivana twin villa and AED 4.36 million for an Avena four-bedroom standalone villa. Townhouse phases start lower, from about AED 2.1 million for Nima.
Avelia and Ovelle carry the latest handover dates currently reported, at Q4 2029. Emaar adds neighbourhoods continuously, so the newest release changes every few months and should be confirmed at the point of enquiry.
Three, four and five bedrooms. Twin villas cover all three; standalone villas are mostly four and five bedrooms.
Reported handover dates run from Q2 2027 for Alana to Q4 2029 for Ovelle and Avelia. Earlier neighbourhoods such as Eden have already been delivered.
Emaar has not published instalment schedules for The Valley neighbourhoods on its own pages. Market sources report 80/20 and 90/10 structures across different phases. Because plans are set per release, ask for the schedule attached to the specific unit in writing before booking.
The masterplan is built around family amenities that Emaar publishes by size: a 47,000 sqm beach, a 32,000 sqm town centre, a 25,000 sqm sports village and a 13,000 sqm children's play area, plus trails, a dog park and a skate park.
Yes. Emaar lists The Valley among Dubai's freehold locations, which allows buyers of any nationality to own the property outright.
Methodology
Prices, inventory, payment plans and handover dates can change. Confirm current developer or resale availability before making a purchase decision.
Next step
The Valley moves phase by phase, and what is open changes every few months. Tell us your budget, bedroom count and how soon you need handover, and we will send the neighbourhoods that are actually open, with their current schedules.
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