Maya Thomas, a bid coordinator at Atkins, is a happy woman today. After waking up at unearthly hours to beat the traffic snarls from Sharjah until her workplace in Dubai […] Read More

New shifts in Dubai rental market New units are entering the market, however several freehold developers are carefully managing their pipeline with projections for delivery in 2017-18, and adopting a […] Read More

There was a time when property valuation in Dubai was of little concern to financial institutions. That was during the formative years of Dubai’s freehold era, when everything that a […] Read More

The Rera rent index, per se, does not influence decisions. It captures the current trends and market sentiment. The revision of the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (Rera) rental index has […] Read More

Subdued economic activity, sluggish investor sentiment and restrained demand — will 2016 go the same way for Dubai property market as 2015 did? This is the big question that’s baffling […] Read More

The growth in Dubai’s population, increased government investment in infrastructure projects and the on-going preparations to hose the Expo 2020, were growth drivers for Dubai real estate industry. We recorded […] Read More

In 2015, Dubai demonstrated the strength of its economic diversification model. The impact of falling oil prices was cushioned effectively by the city’s visionary goals for the medium and long […] Read More

The economic fundamentals of Dubai have a key role in defining the rental market dynamics. Not surprisingly, rents in Dubai have been an indicator of the economy and the level […] Read More

Dubai’s property sector is today witnessing an unprecedented trend. For the first time, the market has readily opened up to the middle income investors, who have monthly average incomes in […] Read More