2025

The Dubai real estate market is poised for a period of stabilisation in 2025, with rent hikes expected to slow down significantly. Industry experts attribute this trend to a surge in new property completions and the implementation of the smart rental index, which is designed to introduce greater transparency and accuracy in pricing. A Shift Towards Market Stability The introduction of the smart...

Dubai’s real estate market has maintained its momentum into 2025, posting an impressive AED 142.7 billion in total sales during the first quarter, marking the second-highest quarterly figure on record. This performance represents a 30.3% year-on-year growth in value, with 45,485 transactions completed—a 22.8% increase compared to the same period last year. According to a recent market update,...

The country’s residency-by-investment programme is popular due to the high-end lifestyle and low-tax jurisdiction it offers to the well-heeled high net worth individuals, but it does not provide a pathway to citizenship. To tap the rising demand for 'golden visas’, US President Donald Trump recently announced plans to introduce a Gold Card visa – US citizenship for $5 million (about Rs 44 crore)...

In 2029, Dubai’s first skyscraper, the World Trade Centre, will turn 50 years old. When it was built, the 39-storey tower was an outlier, an ambitious spindle that stuck out in a low-rise landscape. Now it’s almost hard to see, dwarfed by soaring new additions. The first rash of those skyscrapers went up around the turn of the century, continuing until the Great Recession of 2008 upended the...

Growing population and buoyant economy have fuelled four-year bull run, but some warn rising prices are unsustainable Dubai’s property market is racing towards a record bull run, with the Middle Eastern commercial hub’s buoyant economy and swelling population fuelling the longest price rally since the eve of the 2008 financial crash. Properties in Dubai sold for an average of Dh1,750 ($476.50)...