Maryam has been in the Dubai property market for three years, at Jalili Real Estate, working in both off-plan and the secondary market and helping clients buy, sell and invest. What she does with a brief is compare: budget, location, property type, payment terms, rental potential and the purpose of the purchase, set against each other until the options that survive are the ones worth a viewing.
Because she works both markets, she can lay an off-plan option and a ready one next to each other rather than steering a client into whichever she happens to sell. On a new launch she compares the developer, the location, the project itself, the payment plan, the handover date and the investment case. On a ready property she looks at the asking price, the location, the condition of the unit, the rental potential and its overall value. The client sees both before deciding.
She works across the city — Downtown Dubai, Business Bay, Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai Marina, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Hills Estate, JVC, Al Barari, Arabian Ranches, Meydan, Dubai Islands, Jumeirah and Dubai South among them — and advises on the district as much as the unit: the projects around it, access, the way of life, rental demand and where the area is heading. For clients outside Dubai she handles the research, the shortlist, photos and video, and the viewings. First home or investment, apartment or villa, she starts with the client’s situation. She works in Farsi and English.