Reportage vs Samana

Reportage is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,693 against AED 1,953 for Samana, so Samana is 15% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.25M for a median 773 sqft home from Reportage, against AED 1.67M for a median 1,180 sqft home from Samana. Part of that gap is product, not premium: the two are not selling the same mix of unit.

Reportage sells mostly 1 BR units, 682 priced records at a median AED 1,733 per sqft and AED 967K 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 390K from Reportage and AED 450K from Samana.

Across 156 published plans from Reportage, the median asks 61% 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. 51% of Reportage plans want 60% or more before keys, against 71% of Samana plans. At the light end, 34% of Reportage plans and 26% of Samana plans ask 50% or less.

Reportage builds in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah, across 15 communities, most of it in Dubai Investments Park, Masdar City, Yas Island. Samana builds in Dubai, across 15 communities, concentrated in Majan, Dubai Industrial City, Dubai Land Residence Complex.

Reportage peaks in 2028, when 12 of its 38 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 Reportage 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.