Methodology
How the numbers are derived
Find ranks areas against two workplaces, a school or early-childhood shortlist, housing type, and a rent band. These notes match the disclaimers on the homepage.
Typical drive is not live traffic
Commute times are typical drive, not live traffic. We use OSRM-style routing on hub-to-community matrices. Read a minute as a relative ranking: one area is usually shorter to a hub than another. It is not a live traffic feed and not a promise for your door-to-desk time on a given Tuesday. Road works, school term, Ramadan patterns, and weather all move the lived journey. When the product shows a rush time, that is a weekday morning estimate — not live traffic.
Rent bands are not asking prices
Rent figures are aggregated DLD / Ejari-derived bands, not live asking prices. Dubai Pulse aggregates from registered contracts are rolled up by area and housing type, with a date stamp in the product. Portal asking rents can sit above or below those bands depending on season and the particular home. Use a band to see whether an area is in budget for the housing type you need. Use a viewing to learn the asking price of a specific unit. A band is not a valuation of that unit.
School fees: verify with the school
School fees come from KHDA public data — inspection information and published fee schedules. Always verify current fees, places, and transport with the school before you decide. Published numbers move.
Dated sources
Numbers move. Prefer a clear framework and a date stamp over fake precision. These pages describe the method. They do not publish the signed-in school or building lists.