DAMAC Hills 2 Area Guide 2026
Updated 13 August 2026 · By the Cresco local market team
DAMAC Hills 2, formerly Akoya, is one of the largest and cheapest villa and townhouse communities in Dubai. 55 million square feet off Al Qudra Road, with a wave pool, a kart track and an equestrian park. Average transaction sits around AED 1.69 million. It also carries the most standing inventory of any community in this guide series, and we are going to show you that number.
The community
DAMAC acquired the site from Tatweer and launched in 2014 as Akoya Oxygen. It was renamed DAMAC Hills 2 in June 2021. The masterplan runs to 55 million square feet off Al Qudra Road in the Dubailand belt.
It is not finished. The northern communities are complete and occupied. Southern clusters and several leisure amenities are still under construction, with handovers running from Q2 2025 in Camelia through to Q3 2027 in Violet 4.
Sizes: villas three to six bed, 1,700 to 3,542 sq ft built up on plots of 1,884 to 2,943 sq ft. Townhouses two to four bed, 1,208 to 2,232 sq ft. Apartments studio to four bed, 421 to 1,237 sq ft.
Clusters include Violet, Camelia, Natura, Verona, Amazonia, Zinnia, Coursetia, Aquilegia, Avencia, Victoria, Basswood, Pacifica, Evergreens, Park Greens, ELO, The Farmhouses and Just Cavalli. Sources disagree on the total count, so we are not giving you one.
Prices
| Measure | Figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Average transaction price | AED 1,685,877 | Trailing 12 months |
| Median sale price | AED 1.9 million | Range AED 390,000 to 29.5 million |
| Average per sqft | AED 1,072 | Asking, H1 2026 |
| Villa transactions, per plot sqft | AED 743 to 1,289 | Land Department, July 2026 |
Asking prices by unit
| Unit | Asking range |
|---|---|
| 3 bedroom townhouse | AED 1,400,000 to 2,200,000 |
| 4 bedroom townhouse | AED 1,725,000 to 2,300,000 |
| 5 bedroom villa | AED 3,400,000 to 3,459,000 |
Rents and yield
| Unit | Annual rent |
|---|---|
| 3 bedroom | AED 112,000 |
| 4 bedroom | AED 124,000 |
| 5 bedroom | AED 149,000 |
| Community average | AED 120,000 |
Asking rents, H1 2026. Projected gross yield is around 6.0%, which is strong for a villa community, and it comes from a single source family so treat it as indicative.
What is here
- Malibu Beach wave pool, Sports Town, Motor Town with kart tracks, an equestrian park, a floating cinema and a rainforest park
- Cherry Tree Nursery on site, with GEMS Metropole, South View School, The Aquila School, GEMS FirstPoint and GEMS Heritage Indian nearby
- Saudi German Clinic on site; Mediclinic Parkview and Aster Clinic nearby
The two numbers you need to see
Two. The volume collapse. One portal reports transactions down 70.1% year on year. We could not corroborate that from a second source and we are not going to state it as fact, but it is a large enough claim that you should ask your agent to verify it against Land Department data before you commit. We are flagging it rather than hiding it.
The honest caveats
- No metro, one bus route. The DA2 serves the community. This is a car dependent location and the commute is its structural weakness.
- Still building until at least Q3 2027. Construction traffic and noise in the southern clusters.
- Service charge around AED 5 per square foot, from a single source and not verified against the Land Department’s Mollak system. Get the actual figure for your cluster.
- Downtown 25 to 30 minutes. Drive times to Dubai Marina and the airport are not published in any source we would stand behind, so we are not going to estimate them.
What DAMAC Hills 2 Sold For in August 2026
DAMAC Hills 2 recorded 80 sales in August 2026, worth AED 131.2 million. The median was AED 1,675,000 for 136.6 square metres, which is AED 1,059 per square foot.
That makes DAMAC Hills 2 the cheapest of the three DAMAC communities per square foot by a long way, and it is not close.
| Community | Sales | Median price AED | Median size | AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAMAC Hills | 136 | 1,211,160 | 63.3 sq m | 1,774 |
| DAMAC Lagoons | 268 | 1,637,350 | 107.5 sq m | 1,645 |
| DAMAC Hills 2 | 80 | 1,675,000 | 136.6 sq m | 1,059 |
At AED 1 million you buy 55.3 per cent more space in DAMAC Hills 2 than in DAMAC Lagoons, and 67.5 per cent more than in DAMAC Hills. The median unit is also the largest of the three at 136.6 square metres.
You are paying for the distance. DAMAC Hills 2 sits considerably further out along Jebel Ali Lehbab Road. That is the whole trade.
Cluster prices
| Cluster | Sales | Median price AED | Median size | AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camelia | 9 | 1,900,000 | 112.2 sq m | 1,368 |
| Viridis | 8 | 477,046 | 38.9 sq m | 1,111 |
| Vardon | 5 | 1,310,000 | 112.2 sq m | 869 |
Camelia and Vardon have the same median size, 112.2 square metres, and a 57 per cent difference in rate. AED 1,368 per square foot against AED 869. On the same size home that is roughly AED 600,000. Ask which cluster before you ask anything else.
This is a resale market, not an off plan market
| Sales | Share | AED per sq ft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ready | 75 | 94% | 1,055 |
| Off plan | 5 | 6% | 1,258 |
Ninety four per cent of DAMAC Hills 2 sales in August were ready property. That is the reverse of the rest of Dubai, where 73.5 per cent of sales were off plan. DAMAC Hills 2 is a built community changing hands, not a launch market.
Practically, that means you can walk the street, see the neighbours, measure the actual garden and check the service charge history before you buy. You cannot do any of that in a launch. It also means you are competing with other resale buyers rather than booking off a floor plan.
The full Dubai comparison is in our analysis of 10,004 August 2026 sales.
Source: Dubai Land Department transaction register, August 2026. Sales only, with a recorded area and price. All figures are medians. Square foot conversions at 10.7639 sq ft per sq m and are our own calculation. Clusters with fewer than five sales are excluded because the median stops meaning anything below that.
DAMAC Hills 2 questions, answered
How much does property cost in DAMAC Hills 2?
The average transaction price over the trailing twelve months was around AED 1,685,877, with a median of about AED 1.9 million. Three bedroom townhouses ask AED 1.4 to 2.2 million and five bedroom villas AED 3.4 million and up.
Was DAMAC Hills 2 called something else?
Yes. It launched in 2014 as Akoya Oxygen, was shortened to Akoya, and was renamed DAMAC Hills 2 in June 2021.
What rental yield does DAMAC Hills 2 pay?
Projected gross yields run around 6.0%, with three bedroom homes letting at about AED 112,000 a year and five bedrooms at about AED 149,000. These are asking based figures from a single source family.
Is DAMAC Hills 2 finished?
No. Northern communities are complete and occupied. Southern clusters and some leisure amenities are still under construction, with handovers running to Q3 2027 in Violet 4.
Is there a metro at DAMAC Hills 2?
No. The community is served by the DA2 bus route only and is car dependent. Downtown Dubai is 25 to 30 minutes by car.
Buying in DAMAC Hills 2? With nearly 2,000 listings against about 1,400 sales a year, the cluster and the unit decide whether you can exit. We will show you which clusters actually move.
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