Research in the style of an investment memorandum, articles and news from the Dubai market.
Memorandum · 20 September 2026Apartments have rolled over to AED 1,336 per sq ft while Victory Heights villas are up 17.0 per cent in twelve months. Where the yield sits, what the Hessa Street upgrade changed, and why we leave transaction volume blank.
Memorandum · 20 September 2026Dubai's highest-volume district has almost stopped repricing: AED 1,498 per sq ft, up 1.0 per cent, while rents fall across every apartment size. 185 buildings under construction against 457 completed.
Research · 15 September 2026Thirteen developers, from 90/10 to 30/70, and the law behind them: on default a developer may retain up to 40 per cent once construction passes 60 per cent. Two government pages state different launch thresholds; we print both.
Research · 10 September 2026AED 917 billion transacted in 2025 and 193,100 investors, 56.6 per cent of them UAE residents. Why the published nationality tables rest on no official dataset, and what the residency, German and Swiss corridors really mean.
Research · 8 September 2026344,000 units are scheduled for completion in three years, 146,400 of them in 2027 alone, against 157,000 residents added in the first half of 2026. Which part of the market carries the risk, and the one delay figure we will not print.
Community · 5 September 202693,536 registered units, 17,780 of them offices. Apartments have stalled at AED 2,413 per sq ft with asking rents down 7.6 per cent, while Grade A offices yield 7.8 per cent against 5.7 for a one-bedroom.
Market · 31 August 202658,840 off-plan sales worth AED 139.8 billion in the first half, 68.4 per cent of all sales, while residential volume fell 13.6 per cent year on year. Average ticket AED 2.38 million, and 2027 completions are roughly double 2026.
Market · 31 August 202627,160 secondary sales carried AED 146.7 billion, half the value on a third of the count. Transactions fell 59 per cent year on year, prices did not follow, and the average ticket stands at AED 5.39 million.
