More than 7,000 villas and townhouses in the Jumeirah Village, developed by Nakheel, were sold out in one day since the project was launched last Thursday, according to a statement from the company.

Buyers from the UAE and the GCC region snapped up the project's spacious two and three bedroom villas, and the one and two bedroom townhouses, which are to be constructed among distinct landscaping in classic Arabic and Mediterranean architectural styles.

An additional 1,000 villas and townhouses, which were due to be released at the second phase expansion of Jumeirah Village, were also sold out with the initial offering of 6,000 villas, owing to the huge interest shown by the investors in owing property at the development. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chairman of Nakheel, said, "We are certainly overwhelmed by the response to Jumeirah Village from the investors who were keen to own property in the project." Jumeirah Village is the latest self sustained community development by Nakheel that promotes an idyllic village lifestyle set amidst pristine surroundings and unsurpassed leisure and lifestyle amenities.

Sulayem said with the complete sale of properties in the development, Jumeirah Village joins a distinguished portfolio of Nakheel projects that were lapped up in record time. "Properties on The Palm Jumeirah were completely sold out in 72 hours. Similarly, properties on other iconic Nakheel projects such as The Palm Jebel Ali, Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Lake Towers and International City were also sold to high profile investors from all over the world," he added.