Azizi vs DAMAC

DAMAC is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,580 against AED 2,174 for Azizi, so Azizi is 38% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 2.67M for a median 1,423 sqft home from DAMAC, 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.

Azizi sells mostly studios, 2,843 priced records at a median AED 2,325 per sqft and AED 796K a unit. DAMAC leans to 1 BR units, 584 records at AED 1,671 per sqft and AED 1.56M a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 335K from Azizi and AED 536K from DAMAC.

Across 173 published plans from Azizi, the median asks 50% before handover, with 2% carrying instalments that run past the keys. DAMAC publishes 204 plans, a median of 75% before handover and 3% with a post-handover tail.

The heavy end matters more than the median when the plan is the reason to buy. 41% of Azizi plans want 60% or more before keys, against 89% of DAMAC plans. At the light end, 59% of Azizi plans and 11% of DAMAC plans ask 50% or less.

Azizi builds in Dubai, across 19 communities, most of it in Meydan, Dubai South, Al Furjan. DAMAC builds in Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, across 23 communities, concentrated in DAMAC Lagoons, Dubai Investments Park, DAMAC Hills.

Azizi peaks in 2027, when 36 of its 60 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. DAMAC peaks in 2027 with 52 of 174. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.

50% of the Azizi projects tracked are listed as sold out or out of stock, against 35% for DAMAC. 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.