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DLD to look at stimulating affordable housing development in Dubai

  Dubai Land Department (DLD) is undertaking a study on how to develop the emirate’s affordable housing sector and is expected to make policy recommendations this year. In an interview, DLD director-general Sultan Butti Bin Mejren told Arabian Business that the government is keen to grow what is at present a nascent real estate sector…

Dubai targets greener buildings with al safat ranking system

  The construction wave in Dubai will no more be focused on breaking records only, as a new ranking system will encourage builders to implement more and more ‘green’ solutions for ranking higher with “Al Safat” system. Dubai Municipality Director General Hussain Nasser Lootah launched the new system on Tuesday, announcing that new buildings that…

Dubai property investments total $13bn in first 5 months of 2016

Investors pumped a total of AED48 billion ($13 billion) into Dubai’s real estate market during the first five months of the year, according to new figures from Dubai Land Department (DLD). DLD’s latest transactions report showed that 21,773 investments were made between January and May 2016. In earlier figures released in April, the DLD said…