Every off-plan pitch in Dubai assumes a tenant. Read the brochures and you will find the payment plan, the handover date, the amenities, the projected yield. What you will almost never find is the tenant. Who is this person? What do they earn? What else will they be able to rent on the same street in 2029, when the four towers behind this one also hand over? That question has moved from niche to...
Yes, but only through a short list of approved structures, and most UAE companies are not on it. This is the question that costs Dubai buyers the most wasted time. Someone sets up a low-cost free zone licence, decides to buy an apartment in the company’s name for "asset protection", and only finds out at the Dubai Land Department registration trustee that the entity cannot hold the title at...
Dubai runs on software. Your tenancy contract, your electricity account, your car registration, your traffic fines, your metro fare and your title deed all live inside government apps, and most of them will not let you in until you have proved who you are digitally. That is a real advantage once you are set up, and a real obstacle for the first two weeks if you are not. This guide covers the essential...
Dubai recorded 11,503 home sales worth AED 24.69 billion in August 2026. Volumes fell 14.9% on July, but the average home sold for 7.2% more, and the resale market took its largest share of value all year. Here is what the month’s data means for buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants. August is the quietest month of the Dubai summer, and the headline number reflects it. But a 14.9% drop in...
Roughly three-quarters of every home sold in Dubai this year was bought before it was built. Off-plan is no longer the adventurous route into this market, it is the mainstream one, and if you are buying in Dubai in 2026 you will almost certainly be offered it. This guide covers the whole process: what you pay on day one, what the instalments actually cost, how the escrow system protects you, how to...
If you live in Dubai, you've probably seen the phrase “Dubai 2040” attached to everything from a new park to a metro extension to a property listing. It's easy to file it under city-branding and move on. It isn't. The Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan is the emirate's seventh development plan since 1960, launched in March 2021, and it's the document that decides where parks go, how far you'll walk to a...
Dubai's Shared Housing Law comes into force on 26 August 2026. It does not ban sharing an apartment. It bans doing it informally. For tenants, the change is straightforward: you can still live with roommates, but you can no longer rent out a room or a bed to someone else. For landlords, the change is bigger than most realise, because when a unit breaks the rules, the permit that’s missing is yours,...
Most guides to "the best areas to invest in Dubai" never show you a price. They rank neighbourhoods, describe amenities, and send you to a contact form. This one is different. Every figure below comes from live Veer & Sant inventory as of August 2026, 35 residences priced between AED 480,000 and AED 2,935,888 across Damac Hills 2, Dubai Production City, Dubai South, JVC, Town Square, Business Bay,...
The 10 Best Countries for Property Investment in 2026 (And Why the UAE Still Leads) Buying property abroad is a big decision. The country you choose matters as much as the building you buy. We looked at the markets investors ask us about most and compared them on the things that actually affect your return: rental income, taxes, price growth, how easy it is to sell, and whether the purchase gets you a...
On 23 November 2025, Dubai's Ruler, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, approved Law No. 15 of 2025, establishing the Government of Dubai's general budget cycle for the 2026–2028 financial years. The headline figure is the largest in the emirate's history: AED 302.7 billion in total expenditure against AED 329.2 billion in projected revenue. Crucially, this is a surplus budget) planned...
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