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Oct 25

COP26: The future of real estate must be green

Addressing the dignitaries gathered at the COP26 summit, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had this to say: “It’s one minute to midnight on the doomsday clock, and we need to act now.”(1) The doomsday in question here is the consequences we are about to face as the world nears a point of no ...

Oct 20

UAE allows 100% ownership of real estate brokerage firms owned by foreigners: Impact and implications

On the 1st of June, 2021, the 100% foreign ownership reform came into effect in the UAE. This change in existing Company Law was heralded as a landmark in the growth history of the nation. The reform did, however, retain a few key business areas in the “restricted” category. These included educa...

Oct 15

Real Estate sector is waking up to Cyber Reality

Until around 2010, whenever people heard the word “cyber-attack”, they generally associated it with the IT sector, which has a number of internet-facing functions and devices. Subsequently, digitalization permeated across business and industry, bringing largely conservative sectors like real est...

Oct 10

Prudent and strategic: Behind the UAE’s real estate investments in Southeast Asia

The UAE-based Equitativa – which manages the largest Shari’ah-compliant REIT in the world, Emirates REIT – recently launched a $500-million REIT(1) in Indonesia. Equitativa is hoping to acquire retail and hospitality properties, among other real estate assets, in the Southeast Asian na...

Oct 05

5 things to consider before remodelling your home

The high rate of innovation, in the past decade, has widened the disparities between old houses and new ones. Renovations, which focus more on restoring something to its original appearance, will not suffice; old houses will need remodelling, which involves making more structural changes than the sc...

Sep 25

Five factors to keep in mind before buying property in Dubai

Buying a home is never an easy decision. Probably the highest investment the vast majority of us make into a single purchase; our homes define the quality of our lives and are a marker of our status, based on their location, type, floorplans, and accessibility. In a city as dynamic and ever-changing...

Sep 20

Reviews rule the roost in short-term rental sector

Following a dip – during the pandemic, and in the initial post-pandemic phase – the short term rental markets are stirring back to cautious growth, globally. And it’s easy to see why. Although many countries are beginning to open their border to travelers from selected nations, the thr...

Sep 15

Remote property management is shaping into a lucrative business

They say some of the best innovations happened during large-scale crises. And throughout history, as humankind navigated challenges like World Wars, the Great Depression, and the Bubonic Plague, innovations were our answer — all born from a sense of urgency and desperation. These innovations chang...

Sep 10

Women in Real Estate: High representation but long road to equal pay

Gender inequality in the workforce is major concern globally, and with very good reason. The repercussions of this issue cut across social, economic, ethical, and productivity concerns. The scale of the issue can be grasped, based on the findings of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Rep...

Sep 05

Purpose-built rentals could alleviate the housing crisis

If there is one human-scale crisis that is seemingly intractable, it is the housing crisis. Globally, regardless of political systems and their effectiveness, the housing crisis has been a tough nut to crack. This crisis is particularly pronounced in highly-populated countries like India and China. ...

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