Data protection has become a much-talked-about subject in view of several major breaches around the world. All businesses will do well to understand the importance of maintaining data security and client privacy. This is true of real estate as well.  The problem is that, while digitalizing real...

Dubai has long had a sought-after real estate market, which, in turn, became an important contributor to the economy of the UAE, accounting for around 5% of the GDP. Of late, the market has been outperforming itself due to major highs in transactions and rents. In fact, property transactions are bre...

The property market is transforming, and the adoption of FinTech and PropTech is aiding the process substantially. Fintech, or financial technology, in particular, can help real estate companies in myriad ways, enabling them to increase investment opportunities and cut costs right from property eval...

Building with mud — does that sound off? To the uninformed, it perhaps does. Talk about using mud as a building block and, immediately, visions of poverty and backwardness start to float in front of those who are only accustomed to cement-and-concrete architecture. Fortunately, there has been a re...

The UAE real estate sector was quite resilient against the pandemic headwinds. Later, the sector made a swift recovery to pre-pandemic levels. It follows, therefore, that associated sectors, such as interior design, have been quite resilient too. This is precisely how it has panned out — a large n...

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...