Emaar South – Golf Villas by Emaar at Al Maktoum International
Emaar's golf quarter on the airport corridor: a master community of some 24 neighbourhoods built around an 18-hole championship course, with the course open and playable, retail and a clinic trading in-community, and villa deliveries running since 2020. Four and five bedroom Fairway Villas from AED 4.79M on a 10/80/10 plan.
Emaar South — The Golf Quarter of the Airport Corridor
Emaar South is the largest villa story in Dubai South: a master community of roughly 24 neighbourhoods wrapped around an 18-hole championship golf course, minutes from Al Maktoum International. Unlike most of the district it is not a promise — the course is open and playable, South Village retail and the clinic operate in-community, and villa phases have been handing over since 2020. The current villa product is the Fairway line: three and four bedroom homes in Fairway Villas 2, and four and five bedroom golf-front villas in Fairway Villas 3, a special edition of 72 residences.
Emaar Properties
Emaar is Dubai's benchmark master developer — Downtown Dubai, Dubai Hills Estate, Arabian Ranches, The Oasis. Emaar South is its golf community on the Al Maktoum corridor. Emaar South has been delivering since 2020 — Urbana, Golf Links, the Expo Golf Villas phases and Fairway Villas are on the ground, with the pipeline running to 2030.
The price history here is the most instructive in the corridor: Expo Golf Villas launched in 2019 from AED 999,888 for a three bedroom, and comparable delivered homes now trade around AED 2.4M.
Emaar South — inside Dubai South, minutes from Al Maktoum International
The community sits inside the Dubai South master development beside the 18-hole championship course, minutes from Al Maktoum International and the Expo legacy district. Expo City and its metro station are close by; Downtown Dubai is roughly 35–40 minutes. GEMS Founders Dubai South serves the district.
- 18-hole championship course — open and playable
- Golf clubhouse
- Golf-front villa frontages
- Driving range & practice facilities
- South Village retail
- Clinic operating in-community
- Parks, pools and play areas
- Schools within the district
- Al Maktoum Intl — minutes away
- Expo City & metro nearby
- Expo Road (E77) corridor
- Downtown Dubai ~35–40 min
24.86583, 55.14001 · Dubai South
Emaar South
The one Dubai South address where the amenities already exist.
Most of the airport corridor is a construction schedule. Emaar South is a community with a playable golf course, trading retail, an operating clinic and six years of handovers behind it — and villa product still selling off-plan inside it.
The Course Is Open
The 18-hole championship course is built and playable — not a masterplan promise. Golf-front villas here look onto finished fairways.
Six Years of Handovers
Urbana, Golf Links, the Expo Golf Villas phases and Fairway Villas are delivered and lived in — you can walk finished streets before you buy.
Fairway Villas 3
A special edition of 72 golf-front residences in four and five bedrooms, from AED 4.79M, with keys guided for Q4 2026.
The Documented Price Run
Expo Golf Villas launched in 2019 from AED 999,888 for a three bedroom; comparable delivered homes now trade around AED 2.4M.
Minutes to the New Airport
The AED 128bn Al Maktoum expansion is the corridor's demand engine, and this community sits inside its catchment.
24 Neighbourhoods
The master plan runs to roughly 24 sub-communities with a pipeline to 2030 — Emaar keeps releasing inside a community that already works.
Property Types & Floor Plans
rate of 2026-08-10
3 Bedroom Villa — Nova B
3,030 ft² (281 m²)
AED 1,056/ft² · ≈ $3,095/m²
Ground + first · 2-car garage · suite 2,355 ft²
3 Bedroom Villa — Nova A
3,030 ft² (281 m²)
AED 1,056/ft² · ≈ $3,095/m²
Ground + first · mirrored layout
3 Bedroom Villa — Astra A
2,990 ft² (278 m²)
AED 1,070/ft² · ≈ $3,137/m²
Ground + first · suite 2,308 ft²
4 Bedroom Villa — Fairway Villas 3
4,036 ft² (375 m²)
AED 1,187/ft² · ≈ $3,479/m²
Ground + first + second · suite 3,111 ft²
5 Bedroom Villa — Fairway Villas 3
4,773 ft² (443 m²)
AED 1,004/ft² · ≈ $2,941/m²
Ground + first + second · suite 3,603 ft² · balconies 705 ft²
A 10/80/10 plan — 10% down, 80% across construction, 10% on handover.
Fairway Villas 3 sells on Emaar's 10/80/10 structure, with construction reported at 27% and handover guided for Q4 2026. Earlier Emaar South phases sold on their own schedules, so confirm the plan for the specific cluster and release at booking. The 4% DLD registration fee and the Oqood fee are charged on top of the price.
Why Emaar South is a Smart Dubai South Investment
For Growth
Expo Golf Villas launched in 2019 from AED 999,888 for a three bedroom; comparable delivered homes now trade around AED 2.4M. The honest counterweight our research kept hitting: delivered Emaar South stock changes hands at a DLD median near AED 1,000 per square foot while new launches ask around AED 1,935 — a wide premium for the newest phases over the built community next door. Know which side of that trade you are on.
For the Long Hold
A working community — playable course, trading retail, operating clinic, six years of handovers — inside the catchment of the AED 128bn Al Maktoum expansion. The caveat is yield: villa returns here run near 4% gross, the low end of the corridor, so this is an end-user and capital-growth address rather than an income one.
