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In this dispatch we walk three threads worth pulling on: the quiet repricing under headline numbers, why the Golden-Visa bracket has run, and what European redomicile actually does to Q4 demand. We try not to publish unless we have something different to say.Maryam · Property Specialist
Neither structure is inherently safer. What actually matters is whether the person or firm in front of you can answer the questions that separate a well-run version of either from a poorly-run one.
ORN registers the office. BRN registers the person in front of you. Dubai's regulator makes both checkable directly — most buyers just don't know to ask.
Dubai has thousands of registered brokers. Reputation and referrals help, but the real filter is a short set of questions any legitimate broker can answer without hesitating.
A legitimate off-plan project in Dubai will pass five checks you can run yourself before signing anything. A project that fails even one of them deserves a harder look before it gets your deposit. None of the five requires a lawyer, a translator, or specialist knowledge — each one requires asking a direct question and […]
“The market we work in does not move on headline prices. It moves on which inventory finds a buyer, and how quickly.”
— from a recent dispatchThe rental yield quoted on almost any Dubai property listing is the gross figure: annual rent divided by purchase price, before a single cost is subtracted. Your real return is what is left after the costs of buying and running the property, and it is reliably lower than the number in the listing. The only […]
Four large numbers appear when a Dubai developer reports. They are not versions of each other, and the one that matters most to an off-plan buyer is usually the one nobody quotes.
Off-plan was 68% of Dubai's property sales in H1 2026. Ready homes took 51% of the money. Both are true — and adding them together is the most common mistake made with Dubai market data.
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