UAE Properties Boom Is Back With a Bang, Says Yzer Property
Business cycle of the United Arab Emirates and its local property market are no longer relying on area of oil exploration to drive its...
What to Expect from Dubai Real Estate Market in 2019
2019 will see the same level of growth in the Dubai real estate, construction and manufacturing sectors, as we saw in 2018, due...
“New” Investors in Dubai Real Estate
Previously we have been reading that Indians, Iranians or Emiratis are the most active investors in real estate in Dubai. Lately, with the withdrawal...
Dubai’s Real Estate Agents Will Be Busy during Ramadan
Rentals and Sales not to be affected by Ramadan
Sales activity has been picking up again in 2017, with Dubai reporting a 45% surge in...
Why Affordability Is The New Buzzword in Dubai Real Estate
Affordability wasn’t written into Dubai’s design brief. The ‘build it and they will come’ mentality saw developers race to fill the desert with glitzy...
The current state of Dubai’s real estate market
While reports from developers and analysts report that Dubai’s real estate market is down, according to industry experts transactions are still happening although these...
How to Become a Real Estate Investor
Investing in real estate is generally considered a high-risk and high-return investment, yet it is one of the most preferred assets, especially for wealthy...
Is Your Neighbour Paying Less Than You?
In some communities, the most popular luxury high-rises cost up to 150% more than the median home prices in the same area, according to...
Death of The Real Estate Agent – The Industry Is Changing
What do real estate agents, brokerage clerks and telemarketers have in common?
They will all lose their jobs in the near future. According to researchers...
New UAE Stimulus Likely to Easy Pressure on Real Estate Sector
UAE stimulus efforts announced this week are needed as housing oversupply trend continues
Real estate prices have been on the decline for the last three...
Middle East Point of View: Ethical Tax, Anti-bribery Management and GCC...
Financial institutions are working together to combat tax evasion, bribery and corruption through ISO certifications and the Common Reporting Standard. These are among the...
New Visa Rules: White Collar Workers In, Less Remittances Out
Last year, 164 billion dirhams of remittances were sent abroad, according to the UAE Central Bank. “The goal of keeping more of this...
VAT Has Limited Impact on Real Estate Sector
The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) and Dubai Land Department (DLD) have confirmed that the UAE’s recently introduced VAT will have a limited impact on...
Alternative solutions needed to fund capital projects in GCC
The new economic reality of lower oil prices will constrain the amount of funding available to the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) governments to finance...
Are real estate bubbles predictable?
Since real estate is inherently cyclical, analyzing and predicting market cycles have always been critical topics for real estate investors, tenants and developers. The...
VAT to Increase Costs for Real Estate Investors Across GCC
A survey of local investment professionals across the GCC region revealed that real estate is likely to become a costlier investment following the implementation...
Declining Sentiment Stresses Need for ‘Affordability’
Declining sentiment stresses need for ‘affordability’ across all real estate sectors
The major theme for Q1 across the office, residential, retail and hotel sectors has...
How Home Prices Impact Talent Choices
When a large accounting firm organized for 40 of its 2015 graduate intake to move into the former Olympic Athletes’ Village in London, with...