Imtiaz vs Meraas

Imtiaz is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,975 against AED 2,558 for Meraas, so Meraas is 30% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 2.12M for a median 1,100 sqft home from Imtiaz, against AED 4.85M for a median 2,101 sqft home from Meraas. Part of that gap is product, not premium: the two are not selling the same mix of unit.

Imtiaz sells mostly 1 BR units, 67 priced records at a median AED 2,318 per sqft and AED 1.94M a unit. Meraas leans to 3 BR units, 231 records at AED 2,042 per sqft and AED 5.80M a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 556K from Imtiaz and AED 1.20M from Meraas.

Across 58 published plans from Imtiaz, the median asks 60% before handover, with 12% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Meraas publishes 77 plans, a median of 60% before handover and 4% with a post-handover tail.

The heavy end matters more than the median when the plan is the reason to buy. 66% of Imtiaz plans want 60% or more before keys, against 62% of Meraas plans. At the light end, 28% of Imtiaz plans and 38% of Meraas plans ask 50% or less.

Imtiaz builds in Dubai, across 10 communities, most of it in Dubai Islands, Dubai Land Residence Complex, Jumeirah Village Circle. Meraas builds in Dubai, across 16 communities, concentrated in City Walk, Umm Suqeim, Jumeirah.

Imtiaz peaks in 2027, when 19 of its 41 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Meraas peaks in 2026 with 19 of 56. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.

68% of the Imtiaz projects tracked are listed as sold out or out of stock, against 57% for Meraas. 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.