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Lagoon-centred homes ranging from townhouses to large villas; compare the exact phase before comparing prices.
The place in plain English
Tilal Al Ghaf is a Majid Al Futtaim community arranged around a recreational lagoon. It brings together townhouses and several villa lines, with a wide difference in home size and price across phases. A buyer should weigh the home itself, the stage of its neighbourhood and the journey to regular destinations. Completed-home sales and new-launch registrations are different evidence here, as the May 2026 reading below shows.
On the ground
Tilal Al Ghaf has a real recreational centre, but its townhouse, villa and large-home phases create different purchase decisions around it.
Majid Al Futtaim places Lagoon Al Ghaf, sandy beaches and walking and cycling routes at the centre of the plan. A home marketed with the lagoon still needs its actual walking route, access terms and view checked: being in the masterplan is not the same as facing the water.
The developer's published phase list moves from Elan townhouses through Harmony villas to Alaya and later large-format homes. Their floor area, plot, completion stage and purchase price do different jobs. The May 2026 completed transfers and off-plan registrations below should be read as separate groups, not one community average.
The Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai is a named community anchor. Whether it suits a child, has a place available or is an easy journey from a particular phase remains a family-level question. The same applies to daily errands beyond the gates.
Start with the exact phase, home type and route to the lagoon. Then compare a completed home with completed-home evidence, and a future home on its own delivery terms.
Place context reviewed 12 September 2026.
Market reading · May 2026
A softer May reading beside mostly completed sales.
Reported community price measures, not the change in value of a particular home.
Recorded activity
| Transaction group | May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Title-deed completed transfers | 14 recordedAverage AED 6,002,500 |
| Oqood off-plan registrations | 3 recordedAverage AED 11,900,000 |
The report does not break these rows down by exact home type or match them by size. Title deed identifies completed transfers here; it does not by itself establish a resale-only cohort.
The May 2026 report's residential price measure slipped 0.92%, while its twelve-month measure remained up 3.24%. It records 14 completed title-deed transfers and three off-plan Oqood registrations. That small, uneven split is the context for the reported average sale values, not a reason to compare the two averages as if they were identical homes.
The provider reports −0.92% over one month, +0.31% over three months, +1.77% over six months and +3.24% over twelve months to May 2026. These are separate residential price look-backs; the extract does not identify an exact villa type, release or location responsible for May's decline.
The three-month measure is only slightly positive. It makes a fresh comparison more useful than relying on the previous year's rise, but the report does not show that an individual home lost 0.92% of its value in May.
| Look-back period | Reported change |
|---|---|
| One month | −0.92% |
| Three months | +0.31% |
| Six months | +1.77% |
| Twelve months | +3.24% |
Separate look-back measures from the May community report; they do not track one matched home or equal changes in the segment averages below.
Fourteen title-deed transfers in May averaged AED 6,002,500. Three Oqood registrations averaged AED 11,900,000. The report labels the first as completed transactions and the second as off-plan; a title-deed transfer is not proof that every sale in its group was a resale.
Three off-plan registrations cannot establish a general premium over completed homes. Product size, release and specification may differ, and the source does not supply matched unit records. Even the 14 completed transfers are too few to use as one price for every home in Tilal Al Ghaf.
The report gives Tilal Al Ghaf a 4.93% gross rental yield in May 2026. It does not include the property-level rent, occupancy, charges or maintenance figures needed to calculate a return on a particular home.
It also prints Q1 sales and valuation benchmarks beside a Q2 active-listing benchmark. These are distinct measures and periods. Their differences cannot establish a negotiated discount or appreciation for a matched home.
A buyer comparing completed homes needs recent title-deed transfers for the same product and condition, plus the costs of owning that home. A buyer considering a new release needs to examine its unit size, payment schedule, delivery stage and comparable completed stock. The May extract cannot settle those questions because it contains only three off-plan registrations and no matched units.
The source shows a small monthly price decline against a still-positive annual measure. Newer comparable sales could confirm whether that softer reading persisted; without them, this archive should not be treated as today's price or a rental forecast.
These figures appear in the May community report with different transaction stages and period labels. It does not supply their sample sizes or a common set of homes.
| Measure | Source period | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Agreed sales | Q1 2026 | AED 2,098/sq ft |
| Transferred sales | Q1 2026 | AED 2,015/sq ft |
| Valuations | Q1 2026 | AED 2,238/sq ft |
| Active listings | Q2 2026 | AED 2,113/sq ft |
Q2 is the label printed in the May source, not proof that a complete quarter was observed. Listing asks, agreed prices, transferred values and valuations must remain distinct.
May 2026 Tilal Al Ghaf community report extract supplied for this study. The report attributes its market figures to Property Monitor and other third-party providers. This is a reading of those aggregates, not an independent transaction extraction. No April report, property-level records or complete numeric monthly chart series were supplied.
Source: May 2026 Tilal Al Ghaf community report; figures attributed to Property Monitor and other third-party providers. Editorial review: .
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