The Distinction
التمييزDAMAC DEVELOPMENT(L L C) · Home sales since 2012 · mostly resales in the 12 months to 23 Sep 2026
The Land Department’s record
completed per the Land Department · 100% complete · buildings · 308 units · 1 building · DLD target completion February 2016
Registered developer: DAMAC DEVELOPMENT(L L C) (DLD no. 192)
Master developer: Emaar Properties (P.J.S.C) (DLD no. 555)
Escrow account with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank · Zoned by Dubai Development Authority (DDA)
From the Land Department’s projects file, file dated 15 June 2026.
Rents recorded under DownTown Dubai
Typical yearly rent of AED 140,000 across 9,366 tenancies recorded in the community over the last 12 months.
This is the community’s figure, not this project’s.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
AED 1,719/sqft
Sep 2026 · 3 home sales
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Too few resales for a comparison. Resale price per sqft: AED 1,727/sqft · Sep 2023 · 3 sales against AED 1,719/sqft · Sep 2026 · 3 sales.
60 months
Recorded home resales here fall in 60 months, Jan 2017 to Sep 2026. The growth beside this is drawn from the months with 5 or more of them; a figure for what they will do next is a scenario you set on the returns page.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
What would this size cost?
Enter the size from the brochure or the floor plan. We price it against what homes of that size actually sold for in The Distinction — not an asking price, and not this project’s overall typical price, which mixes every size together.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Price per sqft trend
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
What it returns
A year of rent compared with what completed homes of that size actually sold for in The Distinction over the same twelve months. Prices are this project’s own recorded ready-home sales. Off-plan sales are left out because rent is paid on built homes. Rents marked this building are new rent contracts recorded in The Distinction itself. The rest are homes of the same size in Downtown Dubai, used where Ejari did not name the building. A red (i) marks a figure that rests on few records, with how many.
| Size | Price now, ready homes | Rents for | Yield before costs | Ready sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 1.16M | AED 75,000/yrsame size in Downtown Dubai · 213 new lets | 6.5% | 2 |
| 1 bed | AED 1.26M | AED 100,000/yrthis building · 15 new lets | 7.9% | 2 |
| 2 beds | AED 2.1M | AED 150,000/yrthis building · 24 new lets | 7.1% | 6 |
| 3 beds | AED 3.02M | AED 210,000/yrthis building · 10 new lets | 6.9% | 2 |
Reserve fund: AED 1.2/sqft of the AED 30.2/sqft recorded for 2021.
Yield before costs: a year of rent as a share of the price.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · association budgets Owners' association budgets, as recorded · a budget figure, not a price. File dated 22 Sep 2026 · synced 24 Sep 2026.
Common questions about The Distinction
Is The Distinction selling off-plan or as resales?
0% of the 13 home sales recorded in The Distinction in the 12 months to 23 Sep 2026 were off-plan, and the rest were recorded as existing property rather than off-plan. That period ends at this project's own newest recorded home sale rather than today, so a development that finished selling years ago still reports the year it was actually trading.
When did The Distinction start selling?
The Land Department's register holds 235 home sales in The Distinction. The earliest was recorded in Nov 2012 and the newest in Sep 2026. That is when a home sale here was first recorded. It is not the same as when the project launched or completed: the register of sales carries no build date, so we do not publish one.
Due diligence
Price vs. Downtown Dubai typical price
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Too few sales for a comparison. Sep 2026: here AED 1,719/sqft · 3 sales against Downtown Dubai AED 2,704/sqft · 145 sales.
Developer track record
83,307 recorded sales
Matched to Damac Crescent Properties, across the 20 companies Keyva groups under that name, Oct 2004 to 7 Oct 2026.
106 completed · 50 off-plan/in progress
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Verification guide →Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · project register The Land Department's project register · the status as the developer recorded it. File dated 15 Jun 2026 · synced 26 Sep 2026. The file date is the date carried on the rows themselves; the sync is when Keyva last loaded that file.
Dubai Land Department · developer register The Land Department's developer register. File dated 1 Oct 2026 · synced 3 Oct 2026.
Handover competition
Moderate competitionWhen The Distinction handed over in February 2016, 3 other projects in Downtown Dubai had a handover date on record within six months either side — a reference point for how crowded that period was. The Land Department's projects file of 15 Jun 2026 lists 16 other projects in Downtown Dubai as not yet finished. None of the 3 listed below is among them.
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Dubai Land Department · project register The Land Department's project register · the status as the developer recorded it. File dated 15 Jun 2026 · synced 26 Sep 2026. The file date is the date carried on the rows themselves; the sync is when Keyva last loaded that file.
What's around this property
Transport, schools, healthcare, and daily essentials within 3 km.
673 m
Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall
1.3 km
Canadian University Dubai
270 m
Mediclinic
376 m
Géant
Metro stations
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall673 m
- Business Bay1.5 km
- Financial Centre1.5 km
- Emirates Towers2.3 km
Schools
- Canadian University Dubai1.3 km
- Salma al Ansaria School1.6 km
- GEMS Wellington Primary School1.6 km
- Al Raya Girl's School2.2 km
Hospitals & clinics
- Mediclinic270 m
- BIOS CLINIC1.8 km
- Nexx Home Healthcare Services2.0 km
- Invisible Braces Dental And Skin Polyclinic3.0 km
Supermarkets
- Géant376 m
- Booba418 m
- Spinneys526 m
- Zoom642 m
Bus stops
- The Dubai Mall617 m
- The Dubai Mall630 m
- Dubai Mall Metro Bus Stop Landside 1633 m
- 8 Boulevard Walk Tower 1868 m
Pharmacies
- Life Pharmacy703 m
- Supercare Pharmacy1.0 km
- Life Pharmacy1.1 km
- Life Pharmacy1.1 km
Malls
- Business Time Centre635 m
- Mazaya Shopping Centre910 m
- Bay Avenue Mall1.1 km
- Al Wasl Centre1.2 km
Parks
- Public Playground Dubai Mall163 m
- Burj Park325 m
- Bay Avenue Park1.1 km
- Action Hub1.3 km
Mosques
- Shaikha Abdulla Salem908 m
- Masjid Al Ghafoor927 m
- Al Qasimi Mosque1.4 km
- City walk 2 mosque1.4 km
Straight-line distances — actual walking or driving routes will be longer. Measured from the centre of Burj Khalifa — we couldn't pin this project's exact address, so treat these as area-level, not door-to-door. Places data from OpenStreetMap.
Building in this project
Priced from each tower’s own recorded sales, rather than the project’s typical price above.
Dubai Land Department · building register The Land Department's building register. File dated 5 Oct 2026 · synced 5 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Other projects in Downtown Dubai
Each price is the project’s newest month with 5 or more recorded home sales, from Oct 2025 to 7 Oct 2026. Priced projects first, then the most home sales from Nov 2025 to 7 Oct 2026, then A–Z. Where a project has no month with that many, its newest month with any sale is shown instead, with a red (i) and its count.
Binghatti
Jun 2026 · 7 home sales
Emaar Development P.J.S.C.
Sep 2026 · 10 home sales
Emaar Properties (P.J.S.C)
Sep 2026 · 8 home sales
Ginco Properties L.L.C
Apr 2026 · 7 home sales
Emaar Development P.J.S.C.
Sep 2026 · 6 home sales
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
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