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Without a doubt, one of the most exciting pieces of news in the past few weeks was the announcement that investors into the UAE market and certain categories of skilled professionals will be granted 10-year residence visas, and that all mainland companies will now be able to have 100 per cent foreign ownership. As someone…
In every city where rents start to rise dramatically, the calls for rent control become loud enough for the regulators to follow with some form of restrictions. And in every city where such controls have been introduced, the effects have been ambiguous at best, with economists arguing for “market based pricing”, while social activists talk…
One’s home is more than just a place to live. A look at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs shows that after safety and shelter, people seek love and belonging, esteem, and eventually self-actualisation. For many, their home will span across all these thresholds at varying degrees … probably explaining why they continue to take the plunge…
Dubai’s high-end freehold communities are seeing some sort of price stability, probably for the first time since mid-2014. The main reason for that is these locations are seeing fewer off-plan launches, which would add to the pressure on ready properties there. And a some of the locations are starting to see prices climb up from…
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security.