Volume · Issue August 31, 2026Dubai - Private circulation
The Jalili Journal

Prime market intelligence,
privately distributed.

Published twelve times a year for serious buyers, investors, and the curious adjacent.

— Editor's note

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

Market Notes
Aug 29, 20266 min

ORN and BRN: How to Verify a Dubai Broker

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.

By Jalili Real Estate·6 min read
Market Notes
Aug 29, 20266 min

How to Choose a Real Estate Broker in Dubai

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.

By Jalili Real Estate·6 min read
Aug 25, 20266 min

Five Questions That Tell You Whether a Dubai Off-Plan Project Is Real in 2026

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 […]

By Jalili Real Estate·6 min read

“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 dispatch
Market Notes
Aug 21, 20266 min

Gross vs Net Rental Yield in Dubai: How to Work Out Your Real Return in 2026

The 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 […]

By Jalili Real Estate·6 min read
Market Notes
Aug 14, 20267 min

Bookings, revenue, backlog, profit: how to read a Dubai developer’s results

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.

By Jalili Real Estate·7 min read
Market Notes
Aug 14, 20267 min

Off-plan wins the count, ready homes win the money: reading Dubai’s 2026 numbers

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.

By Jalili Real Estate·7 min read
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