Ellington vs Samana

Samana is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,953 against AED 2,427 for Ellington, so Ellington is 24% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.67M for a median 1,180 sqft home from Samana, 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.

Ellington sells mostly 2 BR units, 146 priced records at a median AED 2,439 per sqft and AED 3.03M 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 429K from Ellington and AED 450K from Samana.

Across 74 published plans from Ellington, the median asks 70% before handover, with 1% 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. 80% of Ellington plans want 60% or more before keys, against 71% of Samana plans. At the light end, 20% of Ellington plans and 26% of Samana plans ask 50% or less.

Ellington builds in Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, across 26 communities, most of it in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, Dubai Islands, Jumeirah Lake Towers. Samana builds in Dubai, across 15 communities, concentrated in Majan, Dubai Industrial City, Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Ellington peaks in 2026, when 22 of its 67 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.

59% of the Ellington 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.