DLD's project register lists 362,636 homes due to complete in Dubai between 2026 and 2029. The peak is 2027 and 2028, at just over 100,000 a year. A date on the register isn't a delivery, though. By early October half the homes due in 2026 had already missed their date, and more than half of the 2027 homes were in projects recorded at 0% construction.
The headline total matters less than three things underneath it: how far along each year's supply is, how much is already late, and which areas take the load.
All figures come from DLD's project register as loaded on 4 October 2026, for projects that are neither finished nor cancelled. "Homes" means apartments plus villas as recorded for each project. Construction percentages are the figures on the register, and we treat the 19 values outside 0–100% as unknown. "Scheduled" means the completion date on the register, which developers update and which often moves.
How many homes are scheduled to complete each year?
Table: open projects and homes on the DLD register by scheduled completion year, with recorded construction progress, as of 4 October 2026. Progress is weighted by homes. Source: DLD project register, Peak Trust Research.
| Scheduled completion | Projects | Homes | Apartments | Villas | Construction recorded (home-weighted) | Projects not started | Homes in 80%+ complete projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 or earlier, still open | 148 | 40,003 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| 2026 | 265 | 85,375 | 82,135 | 3,240 | 60% | 2 | 17,146 |
| 2027 | 430 | 104,339 | 98,780 | 5,559 | 7% | 159 | 99 |
| 2028 | 426 | 107,484 | 93,791 | 13,693 | 3% | 145 | 0 |
| 2029 | 219 | 65,438 | 59,375 | 6,063 | 1% | 60 | 0 |
| 2030 | 77 | 37,910 | 29,013 | 8,897 | 0% | 6 | 0 |
| No date on the register | 211 | 62,822 | 58,842 | 3,980 | 19% | 17 | 916 |
Of the 148 open projects dated 2025 or earlier, 109 (25,800 homes) were due in 2025 and were on average 53% complete. The rest form a tail of older dates going back to 2010. This count includes one frozen project of 108 homes. Our Developer Outlook leaves frozen projects out, which is why it counts 147 projects and 39,895 homes rather than 148 and 40,003.
Apartments are 92% of the 2026–2029 pipeline, 334,081 of 362,636 homes. Villas grow in the later years, with 13,693 of the homes due in 2028.
How much of 2026 is actually built?
Less than the headline suggests. Of the 85,375 homes with a 2026 date, only 17,146 were in projects at 80% or more. Another 33,586 were at 50–79%.
Table: homes on the DLD register by scheduled completion year and recorded construction progress, as of 4 October 2026. Source: DLD project register, Peak Trust Research.
| Construction recorded | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80–100% | 17,146 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 50–79% | 33,586 | 2,705 | 0 | 0 |
| 20–49% | 17,608 | 10,266 | 3,826 | 293 |
| 1–19% | 3,683 | 34,209 | 40,952 | 22,533 |
| 0% | 521 | 57,036 | 62,559 | 41,580 |
| Not recorded | 12,831 | 24 | 147 | 1,032 |
| Total | 85,375 | 104,339 | 107,484 | 65,438 |
Slippage is already visible. As of 4 October 2026, 145 projects with 41,825 homes had passed a January–September 2026 completion date and were still open, on average 56% complete (weighted by homes). Only 5,832 of those homes were in projects at 80% or more. The 120 projects due in October–December 2026, with 43,550 homes, averaged 64% on the same basis.
The register shows the same gap from the delivery side. Of the homes in projects dated January–June 2026, 22,975 (41%) were in projects recorded as finished by early October, and 33,421 were still open.
Completions are rising all the same, because older late projects are finishing too. The register recorded 33,499 homes completed in Q2 2026 and 33,566 in Q3, against 31,078 in the whole of 2025. Many of those projects carried dates from earlier years.
Table: homes in projects the DLD register recorded as completed, by quarter of completion. Source: DLD project register, Peak Trust Research.
| Completed | Projects | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (full year) | 74 | 31,078 |
| Q1 2026 | 38 | 15,325 |
| Q2 2026 | 58 | 33,499 |
| Q3 2026 | 56 | 33,566 |
Is 2027 the peak?
On the register, 2027 and 2028 are the two biggest years, but most of that supply hasn't left the ground. Of the homes due in 2027, 57,036 were in projects recorded at 0% construction, as were 62,559 of those due in 2028. And 159 projects due in 2027 had not started. The 0% figure counts every project recording no construction, whatever its status. Projects the register lists as not started hold 41,849 of those 2027 homes, the figure our Developer Outlook uses; the other 15,187 are in projects listed as active or pending that have yet to record any construction.
On past delivery rates, a good part of 2027 is likely to move into 2028 and 2029. That flattens the peak without removing it, because the homes still arrive, only later. The register shows schedules stretching. The completion dates filed for projects registered in 2026 sit a median 2.6 years after registration (250 projects), against 2.3 years for 2025 registrations (188) and 2.0 years for 2024 registrations (132).
Where are the handovers?
Table: homes scheduled for completion by area, 2026–2029, the 12 areas with the most. DLD registry names, with the common name where one applies. Source: DLD project register, Peak Trust Research.
| Area | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | Total 2026–2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar) | 7,967 | 12,465 | 7,307 | 7,906 | 35,645 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle (Al Barsha South Fourth) | 9,437 | 7,070 | 6,587 | 3,573 | 26,667 |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 3,188 | 7,800 | 10,968 | 2,196 | 24,152 |
| Business Bay | 15,229 | 3,620 | 1,204 | 1,451 | 21,504 |
| Wadi Al Safa 4 | 0 | 7,833 | 4,441 | 2,868 | 15,142 |
| Wadi Al Safa 3 | 2,212 | 6,699 | 5,328 | 362 | 14,601 |
| Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa) | 10,496 | 1,905 | 80 | 0 | 12,481 |
| Dubai Maritime City (Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah) | 1,454 | 1,203 | 4,077 | 4,547 | 11,281 |
| Al Hebiah First | 47 | 3,261 | 7,215 | 598 | 11,121 |
| Dubai Marina (Marsa Dubai) | 3,727 | 3,028 | 3,414 | 625 | 10,794 |
| Dubai Islands (Palm Deira) | 1,710 | 4,234 | 3,714 | 1,074 | 10,732 |
| Dubai Investment Park Second | 0 | 1,880 | 1,476 | 6,351 | 9,707 |
Timing varies a lot by area. Business Bay and Downtown carry most of their pipeline in 2026: 15,229 and 10,496 homes, in just 12 and 5 projects, so a few very large towers. Those 2026 projects were on average 49% and 59% complete. The Wadi Al Safa areas, Al Hebiah First and Dubai Investment Park peak in 2027–2029, almost entirely in projects that haven't been built yet.
Table: the 10 areas with the most homes scheduled for completion in 2026, with average recorded construction progress per project. Source: DLD project register, Peak Trust Research.
| Area | Projects | Homes | Average construction recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 12 | 15,229 | 49% |
| Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa) | 5 | 10,496 | 59% |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | 43 | 9,437 | 51% |
| Dubai South | 21 | 7,967 | 47% |
| Dubai Marina | 7 | 3,727 | 70% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 8 | 3,508 | 70% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 15 | 3,188 | 62% |
| Arjan (Al Barshaa South Third) | 8 | 2,937 | 57% |
| Al Barshaa South Second | 3 | 2,884 | 51% |
| Al Hebiah Fourth | 6 | 2,811 | 70% |
JVC is the opposite case to Business Bay. Its 2026 homes are spread over 43 smaller projects, so they should arrive as a steadier stream rather than in a few large blocks.
How do you read a completion date on the register?
Read the date with the percentage. A 2026 date on a project recorded at 20% will in practice be a 2027 or 2028 completion, because Dubai towers don't go from a fifth built to handover in a few months. The percentage comes from the technical reports RERA asks developers to file, and DLD treats a report as expired after three months, so the figure can lag the site by a quarter.
Count projects as well as homes. Ten thousand homes in five towers behave differently from ten thousand in forty mid-rise buildings. A few large projects slipping together can move an area's whole year.
Expect the later years to fill up. 2029 and 2030 look light because many of the projects that will complete then haven't been registered yet. DLD added 250 projects between January and September 2026, and most filed dates two to three years out. For those years the register is a floor.
What it means for developers
- Plan against the area's pipeline, not the city's. A 2028 completion in Wadi Al Safa 5 lands in that area's biggest year, with 10,968 homes due. In Downtown, 2028 is almost empty.
- Assume your competitors' dates will slip as well as your own. With half of 2026's homes already late, some of the supply you hand over against will be last year's schedule. The bunching moves; it doesn't disappear.
- Unit type matters as much as volume. Several of the biggest pipelines are also studio-heavy areas. Read this alongside our unit-mix guide: a studio completing in Dubai South in 2027 competes with a lot of near-identical stock.
- Land bought now is unlikely to complete before 2029 or 2030. On today's register those years look thin, at 65,438 and 37,910 homes, but they will fill as more projects register.
For investors
A completion date on the register is a schedule, and it can move. Before buying off-plan, check the project's recorded progress against its date and how many homes are due in the same area in the same year. Set the pipeline against the area's rental yields and rent levels.
Peak Trust advises developers on launch timing against supply. See our work with developers.
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