Binghatti vs Reportage

Reportage is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,693 against AED 3,417 for Binghatti, so Binghatti is 102% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.25M for a median 773 sqft home from Reportage, against AED 1.56M for a median 721 sqft home from Binghatti. Part of that gap is product, not premium: the two are not selling the same mix of unit.

Binghatti sells mostly 1 BR units, 1,826 priced records at a median AED 2,149 per sqft and AED 1.56M a unit. Reportage leans to 1 BR units, 682 records at AED 1,733 per sqft and AED 967K a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 450K from Binghatti and AED 390K from Reportage.

Across 110 published plans from Binghatti, the median asks 70% before handover, with 0% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Reportage publishes 156 plans, a median of 61% 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. 92% of Binghatti plans want 60% or more before keys, against 51% of Reportage plans. At the light end, 8% of Binghatti plans and 34% of Reportage plans ask 50% or less.

Binghatti builds in Dubai, across 17 communities, most of it in Jumeirah Village Circle, Al Jaddaf, Business Bay. Reportage builds in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah, across 15 communities, concentrated in Dubai Investments Park, Masdar City, Yas Island.

Binghatti peaks in 2027, when 23 of its 54 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Reportage peaks in 2028 with 12 of 38. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.

41% of the Binghatti projects tracked are listed as sold out or out of stock, against 41% for Reportage. 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.