Meraas vs Reportage

Reportage is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,693 against AED 2,558 for Meraas, so Meraas is 51% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.25M for a median 773 sqft home from Reportage, 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.

Meraas sells mostly 3 BR units, 231 priced records at a median AED 2,042 per sqft and AED 5.80M 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 1.20M from Meraas and AED 390K from Reportage.

Across 77 published plans from Meraas, the median asks 60% before handover, with 4% 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. 62% of Meraas plans want 60% or more before keys, against 51% of Reportage plans. At the light end, 38% of Meraas plans and 34% of Reportage plans ask 50% or less.

Meraas builds in Dubai, across 16 communities, most of it in City Walk, Umm Suqeim, Jumeirah. Reportage builds in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah, across 15 communities, concentrated in Dubai Investments Park, Masdar City, Yas Island.

Meraas peaks in 2026, when 19 of its 56 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.

57% of the Meraas 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.