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REITs provide real estate firms with access to a new pool of private and institutional capital Throughout the GCC, everyone seems to be talking about real estate investment trusts (Reits). Reits are not entirely new to the region. Indeed, a legal framework for Dubai Reits has been in place for over 10 years in the…
How Dubai’s Oqood management system makes off-plan investment more secure As the viability of a development project is, in most cases, dependent on the pre-sale of a minimum number of the real property units in the development before construction begins, there is a need to protect the interests of those investors and purchasers entering into…
More buyers are going for homes valued at Dh1m and more Dubai: Property investors seem more willing to pick up higher priced properties in Dubai — in the first three months, transactions of Dh1 million and more made up 64 per cent of the overall compared with 47 per cent in Q1-16. Simultaneously, today’s buyers…
We look at some of the upcoming residential districts in the emirate Developers in Dubai are masters of creating communities with a twist. PW takes a look at some of these community developments and what they offer. Bluewaters Island Meraas’ man-made island project is best known for the world’s largest observation wheel, Ain Dubai, but…
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security.