The UAE’s competitiveness as a higher education hub has witnessed a steep rise in the last decade. The nation now features in global academic discourse, with foreign students keeping the UAE as a plausible option. Especially in the last couple of years, the government has taken decisive steps to s...

Newspapers are awash with headlines about inflation that is hitting the world economies hard. The situation, experts claim, is precarious and doesn’t bode well for the foreseeable future. So, what led to the inflation and how to safeguard from its ill effects? The current rise in inflation can be ...

Dubai is not just a tourist attraction; it is one of the fastest-growing economies, where opportunities to work and make a good living are growing every year. As a result, it has welcomed people across cultures and regions. The knock-on impact is on the local real estate market, where properties are...

Stagflation is being touted as a looming threat in the post-pandemic economy. And we are beginning to see subtle manifestations of this in the news and in everyday life. While it has not been seen in many years, with each passing day, the likelihood of stagflation is becoming more pronounced, prompt...

The UAE has carved a niche for itself in global real estate. Dubai continues to draw institutional and individual investors, who are incentivized by the growing investor-friendly reforms, diversified property offerings, and ease of mortgaging, among others. Interestingly, the investor appetite is un...

In real estate sales, there is a broad classification based on who the seller is. If the property in question is newly built/under construction/off-plan and is being sold by the developer, it is considered to be in the primary market. If the property is ready-to-move-in, had been in use for a while,...

Multi-family housing is a complex business — there is much to keep track of and a lot that needs to function like clockwork. It is unnatural, therefore, that this residential segment continues to largely operate with legacy tools and systems. Somehow, old school property managers are still not qua...

First, there was Expo 2020, and now there will be District 2020. The hugely successful six-month-long Expo 2020, which officially ended on March 31, 2022, has not only done wonders for the real estate market of Dubai, it has also paved the way for District 2020, which is expected to evolve into a su...

The Dubai real estate sector has always carried a buzz around it, with travellers and investors across the world testifying to its charm. While it has been a shining example of growth, sustainability and transparency, recent developments have given it a further leg-up, making the buzz around it stro...

When Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General, Dubai Land Department (DLD), recently declared that the aim of DLD is to provide smart and advanced real estate solutions, he was not talking through his hat. DLD has taken several initiatives to promote transparency in land dealings and deploy emergin...