Aldar vs Azizi

Aldar is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,958 against AED 2,174 for Azizi, so Azizi is 11% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 5.60M for a median 2,210 sqft home from Aldar, against AED 1.23M for a median 671 sqft home from Azizi. Part of that gap is product, not premium: the two are not selling the same mix of unit.

Aldar sells mostly 2 BR units, 243 priced records at a median AED 3,420 per sqft and AED 6.58M a unit. Azizi leans to studios, 2,843 records at AED 2,325 per sqft and AED 796K a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 340K from Aldar and AED 335K from Azizi.

Across 118 published plans from Aldar, the median asks 60% before handover, with 1% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Azizi publishes 173 plans, a median of 50% before handover and 2% with a post-handover tail.

The heavy end matters more than the median when the plan is the reason to buy. 72% of Aldar plans want 60% or more before keys, against 41% of Azizi plans. At the light end, 25% of Aldar plans and 59% of Azizi plans ask 50% or less.

Aldar builds in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, across 13 communities, most of it in Dubailand, Saadiyat Island, Yas Island. Azizi builds in Dubai, across 19 communities, concentrated in Meydan, Dubai South, Al Furjan.

Aldar peaks in 2029, when 45 of its 132 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Azizi peaks in 2027 with 36 of 60. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.

30% of the Aldar projects tracked are listed as sold out or out of stock, against 50% for Azizi. That is the share of each book no longer taking new bookings at listed prices, which reads as demand on the way in and as scarcity on the way out.