Azizi vs Ellington

Azizi is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 2,174 against AED 2,427 for Ellington, so Ellington is 12% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.23M for a median 671 sqft home from Azizi, against AED 2.98M for a median 1,254 sqft home from Ellington. 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. Ellington leans to 2 BR units, 146 records at AED 2,439 per sqft and AED 3.03M a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 335K from Azizi and AED 429K from Ellington.

Across 173 published plans from Azizi, the median asks 50% before handover, with 2% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Ellington publishes 74 plans, a median of 70% before handover and 1% 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 80% of Ellington plans. At the light end, 59% of Azizi plans and 20% of Ellington plans ask 50% or less.

Azizi builds in Dubai, across 19 communities, most of it in Meydan, Dubai South, Al Furjan. Ellington builds in Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, across 26 communities, concentrated in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, Dubai Islands, Jumeirah Lake Towers.

Azizi peaks in 2027, when 36 of its 60 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Ellington peaks in 2026 with 22 of 67. 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 59% for Ellington. 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.