Samana vs Sobha Realty

Samana is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 1,953 against AED 2,775 for Sobha Realty, so Sobha Realty is 42% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.67M for a median 1,180 sqft home from Samana, against AED 2.19M for a median 802 sqft home from Sobha Realty. Part of that gap is product, not premium: the two are not selling the same mix of unit.

Samana sells mostly 2 BR units, 80 priced records at a median AED 1,692 per sqft and AED 2.26M a unit. Sobha Realty leans to 1 BR units, 2,732 records at AED 2,895 per sqft and AED 2.05M a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 450K from Samana and AED 800K from Sobha Realty.

Across 73 published plans from Samana, the median asks 76% before handover, with 25% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Sobha Realty publishes 99 plans, a median of 60% before handover and 2% with a post-handover tail.

The heavy end matters more than the median when the plan is the reason to buy. 71% of Samana plans want 60% or more before keys, against 87% of Sobha Realty plans. At the light end, 26% of Samana plans and 13% of Sobha Realty plans ask 50% or less.

Samana builds in Dubai, across 15 communities, most of it in Majan, Dubai Industrial City, Dubai Land Residence Complex. Sobha Realty builds in Dubai, Umm Al Quwain, Abu Dhabi, across 25 communities, concentrated in Umm Al Quwain Marina, Bukadra, Mohammed Bin Rashid City.

Samana peaks in 2028, when 19 of its 56 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Sobha Realty peaks in 2029 with 32 of 97. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.

43% of the Samana projects tracked are listed as sold out or out of stock, against 25% for Sobha Realty. 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.