Azizi vs Emaar

Emaar is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 2,068 against AED 2,174 for Azizi, so Azizi is 5% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 3.19M for a median 1,554 sqft home from Emaar, 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. Emaar leans to 2 BR units, 501 records at AED 2,241 per sqft and AED 2.84M a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 335K from Azizi and AED 660K from Emaar.

Across 173 published plans from Azizi, the median asks 50% before handover, with 2% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Emaar publishes 272 plans, a median of 80% before handover and 11% 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 Emaar plans. At the light end, 59% of Azizi plans and 10% of Emaar plans ask 50% or less.

Azizi builds in Dubai, across 19 communities, most of it in Meydan, Dubai South, Al Furjan. Emaar builds in Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, across 28 communities, concentrated in The Valley, Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai Hills Estate.

Azizi peaks in 2027, when 36 of its 60 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Emaar peaks in 2029 with 82 of 240. 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 54% for Emaar. 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.