Nakheel vs Reportage

Reportage is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,693 against AED 2,138 for Nakheel, so Nakheel is 26% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.25M for a median 773 sqft home from Reportage, against AED 5.60M for a median 2,921 sqft home from Nakheel. Part of that gap is product, not premium: the two are not selling the same mix of unit.

Nakheel sells mostly 2 BR units, 109 priced records at a median AED 2,020 per sqft and AED 2.80M 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 600K from Nakheel and AED 390K from Reportage.

Across 81 published plans from Nakheel, the median asks 80% 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. 91% of Nakheel plans want 60% or more before keys, against 51% of Reportage plans. At the light end, 9% of Nakheel plans and 34% of Reportage plans ask 50% or less.

Nakheel builds in Dubai, across 13 communities, most of it in Palm Jebel Ali, Dubai Islands, Al Furjan. Reportage builds in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah, across 15 communities, concentrated in Dubai Investments Park, Masdar City, Yas Island.

Nakheel peaks in 2028, when 30 of its 82 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.

46% of the Nakheel 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.