−8% Illustrative photo Al Hudayriat Island
Abu Dhabi’s sports island, where housing has only just arrived: a wave pool, cycle tracks — and Modon’s first districts of villas, townhouses and plots.
- sport as a way of life
- early entry
- a plot to build on
Entry price $613K AED 2 251 243 · for an apartment
Format Houses villas and townhouses
Regulator DMT Dept. of Municipalities & Transport, Abu Dhabi
What this district is actually like
What the place is
Hudayriat is a large island across a bridge from Abu Dhabi island proper, developed for years as the city’s sports and beach ground: cycle tracks and a velodrome, a surf wave pool, beach clubs, running routes.
Housing is recent: master developer Modon is releasing districts in phases — Nawayef on the hills, Al Naseem, Bashayer, and Wadeem plots for private homes. This is a young market: most of what has sold is still being built.
The distinction from the neighbouring islands is function: what is sold here is sport and active living, not a museum quarter as on Saadiyat and not theme parks as on Yas.
What our live stock shows
As of 26 August 2026 our base holds 59 price-cut lots on the island: 20 plots, 19 villas, 12 apartments and 8 townhouses — from Wadeem, Bashayer, Nawayef and Al Naseem.
Entry per our stock: apartments from AED 2.25m, plots from 2.99m, townhouses from 4.2m, villas from 6.84m. The deepest cut in the sample is 27%.
A fifth of the supply is land. That is rare for Abu Dhabi: the island lets you buy a plot and build your own house — at a far earlier stage of the market than anywhere comparable.
The economics
Hudayriat is an early-stage bet: the sports infrastructure already works and draws crowds every weekend, while the housing is still completing. The buyer pays for an environment that arrived before the homes rather than being promised after them.
The mirror-image risk: a young market with few resales, so a price cannot be checked against transaction history. The discounts in the live stock are the one market reference there is.
We hold no rental statistics for the island and will not invent any: letting here is only forming as the first phases hand over.
What to check before buying
The phase and its handover date: the island builds in waves, and living beside a site is the base case of the first years.
For Wadeem plots — the building rules: height, footprint, and the obligation to build within a set period.
The project escrow and the payment schedule — the standard checks of a market under construction.
And the road: there is one bridge off the island, and the morning drive toward the centre is worth testing on a weekday.
What we have in Al Hudayriat Island
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Films from the channel about the emirate. They are not cut by district — the market, the islands and the ownership rules are the same conversation across all of them — so the rail is the emirate's rather than this district's.
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Questions about Al Hudayriat Island
Can I buy a plot and build my own house
Yes — that is the island’s defining feature: the Wadeem phase sells plots for private homes, from AED 2.99m in our stock. The building rules — height, footprint, deadlines — are set by the master developer and belong in your reading before any deposit.
How does Hudayriat differ from Saadiyat and Yas
By function. Saadiyat sells museums and beach, Yas sells parks and the circuit, Hudayriat sells sport: cycle tracks, the wave pool, running routes. The environment already works; the housing is younger than the neighbours’ and cheaper at entry.
What are the prices
Per our live stock in August 2026: apartments from AED 2.25m, plots from 2.99m, townhouses from 4.2m, villas from 6.84m. These are price-cut lots — developer launch prices run higher.
The yield and entry price shown above are indicative figures for comparing districts against each other, drawn from market summaries rather than calculated from our own inventory the way the Dubai numbers are. They are not a valuation of any specific property and they are not investment advice. Foreign freehold ownership in Abu Dhabi is available only within designated investment zones — confirm the designation for any specific property before proceeding.
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