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China and the Gulf countries are increasing their trade deals, building on the relationship Chinese President Xi Jinping has with Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum, right, and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan

China the ‘wild card’ for Dubai property sales, says Damac

The reopening of China following their strict Covid lockdown will be the “wild card” that propels the Dubai real estate surge for at least another 18 to 24 months, says a senior executive at Damac Properties. “It’s no secret that there is a large influx of Russian buyers. European buyers have [also] increased drastically,” Ali […]

Dubai Marina

Dubai investors scramble for prime development plots

Dubai’s dwindling number of prime development sites is keeping prices high and competition fierce in this segment of the emirate’s property market. Waterside plots connected to existing infrastructure are in especially short supply, experts have said.  Earlier this month an undisclosed Dubai-based developer bought three adjoining plots spanning 1.7 million sq ft in Dubai Marina […]

City, Cityscape, Urban

Dubai’s mid-market property sales next to flourish, says Damac

This has been a record year for Damac Properties, with sales up 100 percent, and a senior executive predicts the current Dubai boom will continue for at least another 18-24 months. The company’s most recent launch was Cavalli Couture, described as an ultra-luxury branded project along the Dubai Canal, with interiors designed by the Italian […]

Damac Maldives

Damac expands to the Maldives with resort deal

Damac Properties is expanding further into South Asia with the signing of an agreement to operate a new Mandarin Oriental resort in the Maldives. The 34-hectare luxury resort, which is currently under development and will stretch across three private islands on the Bolidhuffaru Reef, is due to open in 2025 and will be the Dubai […]

Buying an apartment is now seen as a more attractive option than paying a landlord

Dubai tenants jump on property ladder as rents soar

Dubai has seen an increase in end-user homeowners as its property market matures and begins to move away from the speculators and flippers of the boom days before 2008. Surging rental rates and expats opting to live in the UAE longer have also made the jump from tenant to homeowner increasingly more attractive, industry experts […]

Trump Dubai
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Trump-branded properties in Dubai report 100% growth

Donald Trump may be the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation in the US, but his name is still big business in Dubai, where properties in the Gulf city bearing his brand name have appreciated by nearly 100 percent and continue to command strong demand. The former US president is under multiple probes, including the […]

Prospective buyers can explore a metaverse city before buying a property off plan

Metaverse will boost online home sales ‘five-fold’, says Damac

One of Dubai’s largest real estate developers is already close to $500 million in property sales each year online – and the metaverse is expected to help this grow more than five-fold when it is fully utilised as a selling channel. Many observers may be sceptical about the nascent Web3 sector, but Damac Properties is […]

AIDA is the first development Dar Al Arkan are building in Oman

Saudi developer to sell utility NFTs on its $1.6bn Oman project

Saudi Arabia’s largest listed real estate developer plans to drop a limited number of utility non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for its $1.6 billion project in Oman next month. Unlike the art and collectibles digital asset, utility non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are built to give their holders certain perks, such as exclusive access to events and items or […]

The Bhukkad Cafe in Dubai began accepting cryptrocurrency as a means of creating awareness of the payment system

Should your business jump on the bandwagon?

From groceries to luxury properties, hotel stays to coffees, burgers to business licenses, consumers in the UAE can now buy it all using cryptocurrency. But, even as several bricks-and-mortar businesses jump on the crypto bandwagon and regulations evolve, experts say the uptake is modest and widespread adoption in the Gulf state is still about five […]