Dubai Property & Real Estate Blog

Who’d have thought there actually was so much to say about property, let alone just property in Dubai? Perhaps there is so much to say simply because the market is so new, 5 years to be exact if you have been hiding under a rock and didn’t know. You can look in the papers all you want to see what...

Its common knowledge that the city of Dubai bases its infrastructure and development projects on all the other major cities of the world. I guess you could say that their logic is: If it worked for them it will work for us. Now that Dubai has shown its ability to enter the freehold market with gr...

Here's some exciting news, we are now providing you with even better property coverage by bringing all the latest Middle East property news straight to you.  Sure, you could wander round on google for a while and find the same information, but we know how busy you are!  Why waste time searching t...

It has just been announced that the current height of the Burj Dubai is 531.3m.  That's 145 stories up (wow!) and about 19.2m higher up than when it became the tallest building in the world.  Since that announcement was made on July 21st and it's only 3 weeks on, that's a big increase!  While oth...

Just when you thought they couldn't go much further, the Dubai government and associate developers seem to be proving everyone wrong.  There are already 25% of the worlds cranes stationed here because of the high levels of construction and on a humid day, the concrete mist obscures the landmarks ...

If you’re from the UK or another country that loves to tax to the hilt, then maintenance charges are probably better known to you as council taxes or community charges. In Dubai, maintenance charges are the costs that freehold property owners have to pay each year to cover the general upkeep of r...

It’s fantastic to see such a big effort being made by the UAE government, particularly the Dubai Land Department, to implement some much needed legislation on such a young property market. The interest in property here has been strong in the local market and in the international market, creating ...

Timeshares are what we usually associate with tourist destinations like Spain or Portugal but it looks like Dubai is soon to add timeshares to its list of property options.  As property prices in the Emirate have now reached competitive levels, leaving little room for profits when compared to pre...

Good news for potential property buyers: you can buy off-plan developments more securely now.  Initially, a lot of people took the brave step of buying a freehold property before construction had even started but delays in completion and no leg to stand on if plans changed have caused buyers to b...

It was not long ago that investors and market experts were predicting, with a great amount of hope, that the spiraling rents would start to level out. With huge increases in rent of around 20% in the past year alone, the costs of accommodation are really starting to take their toll on Dubai resid...