Binghatti vs Samana

Samana is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,953 against AED 3,417 for Binghatti, so Binghatti is 75% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.67M for a median 1,180 sqft home from Samana, 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. Samana leans to 2 BR units, 80 records at AED 1,692 per sqft and AED 2.26M a unit.

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

Across 110 published plans from Binghatti, the median asks 70% before handover, with 0% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Samana publishes 73 plans, a median of 76% before handover and 25% 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 71% of Samana plans. At the light end, 8% of Binghatti plans and 26% of Samana plans ask 50% or less.

Binghatti builds in Dubai, across 17 communities, most of it in Jumeirah Village Circle, Al Jaddaf, Business Bay. Samana builds in Dubai, across 15 communities, concentrated in Majan, Dubai Industrial City, Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Binghatti peaks in 2027, when 23 of its 54 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Samana peaks in 2028 with 19 of 56. 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 43% for Samana. 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.