Alef vs Azizi

Alef is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,269 against AED 2,174 for Azizi, so Azizi is 71% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.49M for a median 1,169 sqft home from Alef, 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.

Alef sells mostly 1 BR units, 149 priced records at a median AED 1,368 per sqft and AED 729K 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 515K from Alef and AED 335K from Azizi.

Across 43 published plans from Alef, the median asks 40% before handover, with 44% 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. 30% of Alef plans want 60% or more before keys, against 41% of Azizi plans. At the light end, 70% of Alef plans and 59% of Azizi plans ask 50% or less.

Alef builds in Sharjah, across 4 communities, most of it in Muwaileh, Hayyan, Al Mamzar - Sharjah. Azizi builds in Dubai, across 19 communities, concentrated in Meydan, Dubai South, Al Furjan.

Alef peaks in 2029, when 13 of its 40 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.

0% of the Alef 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.