# Living in Damac Hills 2, Dubai: prices, vibe, who it suits

> A budget/mass-market, car-dependent master-suburb deep in Dubailand (launched 2014 as Akoya Oxygen, rebranded DAMAC Hills 2 in 2019), built entirely by…

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## Damac Hills 2 at a glance

A budget/mass-market, car-dependent master-suburb deep in Dubailand (launched 2014 as Akoya Oxygen, rebranded DAMAC Hills 2 in 2019), built entirely by DAMAC Properties around five internally-themed zones -- Water Town, Sports Town, Down Town, Motor Town, Equestrian Town -- rather than one continuous streetscape, spread across 30+ branded sub-clusters (Camelia, Natura, Aster, Albizia, Amargo, Park Greens, The Farmhouses and others). It is positioned as the affordable, family-suburban counterpart to DAMAC's pricier Dubailand siblings (DAMAC Hills, DAMAC Lagoons, DAMAC Islands): larger villa/townhouse plots and community amenities at a lower price point than more central or waterfront Dubai addresses, traded off against real distance from the city and no metro, tram or bus presence today. Broker note: the well-known Trump International Golf Club and the "Malibu Bay" wave pool belong to the separate, neighbouring DAMAC Hills (1) community, not DAMAC Hills 2 -- a frequent point of buyer confusion given the shared "Akoya"/DAMAC branding history, worth flagging before quoting amenities to a client.

## Who it suits

- Budget-conscious families who want villa or townhouse space and typical community amenities (pools, gyms, sports courts, cycling tracks) over a central address
- Buy-to-let investors: a Dubai property portal quotes a single community-wide gross rental yield of about 6.4% (villas ~6.45%) -- no per-bedroom yield breakdown is published, so none should be quoted
- Remote and flexible workers who do not need a daily city-centre commute
- Not a fit for anyone needing walkable retail/nightlife, a short office commute, or rail/bus access -- a car is effectively mandatory

## Homes and prices

A mix of villas/townhouses and apartments across 30+ DAMAC-branded themed sub-clusters (Camelia, Natura, Aster, Albizia, Amargo, Park Greens, The Farmhouses, Violet, Verona, Eterno and others). Villas/townhouses (3 to 6+ bedrooms) make up a large share of stock (505 of the ~1,918 active a Dubai property portal listings are villas); a smaller, newer stock of studio and 1-2BR apartments sits in mid-rise tower clusters (ELO, ELO 2, ELO 3, Evergreen). Predominantly low-to-mid-rise; no high-rise towers are confirmed in current listings, though this could change with active DAMAC launches.

PropertyFinder live listings (~1,918 active, pulled 2026-07-29): community-wide average price ~AED 1,536,238 at ~AED 999/sqft, with PF's own YoY index showing an INCREASE -- average price +0.7% YoY, average price/sqft +18.4% YoY (the original draft's -12% to -18% decline figure was a sign-flipped misread of the VILLAS-ONLY price/sqft change and has been corrected here). Villas-only (505 listings): average ~AED 1,864,485 (~AED 1,123/sqft); here average price is down -4.96% YoY while price/sqft is down -12.71% YoY -- track these two metrics separately. The villas-only direction (down) diverges from the community-wide direction (up), which may reflect a shifting listing mix rather than one clean market signal, so don't collapse the two into a single trend line. PropertyFinder quotes a single community-wide gross rental yield of about 6.4% (villas-only ~6.45%); no per-bedroom yield ladder is published by PF, so none is included here. Villa/townhouse sale prices per Bayut's July 2026 listings (indicative individual listings, not a full distribution): 3BR townhouse ~AED 1.35-2.2M, 4BR townhouse ~AED 1.7M+, 3BR villa ~AED 2.1M+, 6BR villa ~AED 3.9M. Apartment sale bands (studio/1BR/2BR) could not be corroborated across the two cited sources and are omitted rather than guessed. Rent (PropertyFinder area insights): studio ~AED 42k/yr, 1BR ~AED 60k/yr, 2BR ~AED 83k/yr, 3BR ~AED 94k/yr (apartment-weighted); independent broker data puts 3BR townhouse rent higher, around AED 105-125k/yr (~AED 115k average, servicedapartments.ae, May 2026) -- confirm unit type before quoting a rent figure to a buyer. (as of 2026-07.)

**Ownership:** Sold and registered as freehold by the master developer, open to buyers of all nationalities. Not named in Regulation No. (3) of 2006, the original designated-areas list, so any designation here comes from a later decree and could not be traced to a specific instrument in this review. Confirm the tenure of the specific plot or unit on its title deed or via the DLD Property Status Enquiry (Dubai REST) before any offer.

## Getting around

No metro or tram station is inside DAMAC Hills 2; it sits off Al Qudra Road (D63), between Jebel Ali-Lehbab Road (E77) and Al Ain-Dubai Road (E66). Broker and local-guide sources describe it as lacking direct RTA bus service and effectively car-dependent, but this has not been checked against the RTA route map directly, so treat it as well-corroborated but not primary-sourced. Drive times to central Dubai are commonly quoted in the 25-48 minute range (covering Downtown Dubai, DIFC/Business Bay, Dubai Marina) via Sheikh Zayed Road/Al Khail Road or Al Qudra Road depending on route and traffic; these are indicative broker-quoted figures with no stated peak/off-peak basis, and the ranges overlap enough that they don't reliably rank one destination against another.

## Lifestyle

The community's five internally-themed zones (see Character) anchor amenities such as pools, gyms, sports courts and cycling/jogging tracks (per a Dubai property portal's community guide). DAMAC/a Dubai property portal marketing separately describes the Park Greens sub-cluster as sitting within "5.1 million sq ft of parkland" -- a figure specific to that cluster, not a confirmed community-wide total, so don't quote it as a whole-community stat. The well-known Malibu-branded wave pool and Trump International Golf Club both belong to the neighbouring DAMAC Hills (1) community, not DAMAC Hills 2 (see broker note under Character).

## Schools nearby

- Jebel Ali School (British curriculum) - in the neighbouring DAMAC Hills / Akoya, not inside DAMAC Hills 2 (KHDA rating: KHDA Very good (2023-2024 inspection cycle))
- The Aquila School (UK/IB) - Dubailand, not inside DAMAC Hills 2 (KHDA rating: KHDA Good (2023-2024 inspection cycle))
- South View School (British curriculum) - Remraam / Dubailand, not inside DAMAC Hills 2 (KHDA rating: KHDA Good (2023-2024 inspection cycle))

## Developers active here

DAMAC Properties

## Provenance

Last verified 2026-07-29 by human-signoff-2026-07-29.

Sources:

- https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/dubai/properties-for-sale-damac-hills-2.html
- https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/dubai/villas-for-sale-damac-hills-2.html
- https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/area-insights/dubai/damac-hills-2
- https://www.bayut.com/area-guides/damac-hills-2/
- https://www.servicedapartments.ae/living-in-damac-hills-2-commute-rent-analysis/
- https://www.dubaihousing-ae.com/post/pros-and-cons-of-living-in-damac-hills-2-community
- https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/malibu-bay-wave-pool-beach-damac-hills/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Golf_Club,_Dubai
- https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/

Live asking prices and current listings for Damac Hills 2 are on the page itself: https://www.askeric.io/dubai/damac-hills-2