Off-plan property in Dubai

Australia vs Dubai for a property investor: a 10% deposit and nothing until completion, a 4% yield on the Gold Coast, tax on profit and a AUD 1 million case.

Land plots and joint ventures in Dubai: a plot bought for AED 15 million and sold for 30, the 50/50 split, the 20% escrow rule and where land deals go wrong.

AI in Dubai real estate: former top broker Artashes on why brokers will not vanish but thin out within 3 years, and how investors should check advice.

Trump Tower Dubai opposite DIFC, Trump Tower Jeddah at AED 1,940 per sq ft and villas with a hotel near Muscat due in 2028: the Gulf projects compared.

Force majeure in Dubai real estate: why missile alerts do not cancel a deal, what a contract must say, and how the 10% deposit is recovered.

DIFC will vs mainland will: lawyer Evgenia Konechnykh on fees from AED 10,000, court costs from AED 40,000, frozen accounts and executors.

Mortgage for the final payment in Dubai: 17 banks finance handover instalments, fixed rates from 3.99%, minimum income AED 15,000 and when to apply.

A walkthrough of Al Marjan Island as it is being built: current infrastructure, the resort plots still under construction, and the architectural vision for the hotels going up around Oceano. What a hospitality-led island means for somebody buying a residential unit on it.

Binghatti Aquarise on the Dubai Water Canal: what the project offers, how Binghatti’s delivery model works, and the specific questions to ask before buying into a fast-build tower.

Skyrise is Binghatti’s tallest Business Bay project. What a landmark-scale tower changes about pricing, service charge and resale — and how to judge whether the height premium is worth paying.

Binghatti Hills is one of the largest residential projects in Arjan. What buying into a very large mid-market development actually means for rent, resale and service charge.

Dubai Sports City offers some of the lowest entry prices for new-build apartments in the city. What you get, what you give up, and how the district has actually performed for landlords.

A room-by-room walk through Peninsula Four The Plaza in Business Bay: layouts, the podium levels, service charge risk, and how the resale market treats this tower versus the rest of the Peninsula masterplan.

Ten residential floors on a four-storey podium between Central Park and Address Harbour Point, on a 60/40 payment plan. Why a low floor count matters more than the brochure suggests, and what Creek Harbour actually is once you stop reading the masterplan.

1Wood in Jumeirah Village Circle, District 14, handover Q3 2025, from AED 700 000. Studios from 374 sq ft, one-beds from 758 sq ft. A masterclass from Object 1's development director on the long-let case.

Thirty five-bedroom villas in Meydan D11, 682 m² each, from AED 13.2 million. A 100-metre lagoon, a lazy river, four-metre ceilings and twelve corner plots — ten minutes from Downtown.

Missoni, Address, Nikki Beach and Nobu are all landing on Al Marjan. What the islands consist of, how construction is progressing, why the island format changed, who is buying the land — and which RAK segment I think actually works.

How to buy commercial property in Dubai and where the difficulties actually are, plus a side-by-side of the remaining stock in Danube Oceanz and Select Group Nautica — and why pre-launch pricing is almost always the better entry.

Only 80 of the 294 apartments in Nautica are two-bedrooms, and there is a school ten minutes on foot in Mina Rashid. What that combination does to the resale case, plus the reservation and instalment structure in full.

The history of Dubai Maritime City, the Nautica launch by Select Group, and an honest forecast: where 1-bedroom pricing can realistically go, what I think of the 2 and 3-bedroom units, and how branded towers change the maths.

Two locations with one shared fate: Mina Rashid and Maritime City. Whether they suit investment, how to think about a long hold, which unit sizes fit which location, and how to actually prepare for an Emaar launch.

DIFC is Dubai's most successful free zone and the leading financial centre between Europe and Singapore. What it means to own residential inside it, and why the rental yield story here is different from the rest of the city.

Green onyx, amethyst geodes, a private waterfall and pool in every apartment, Australian paldao doors and a building laid out according to Vastu Shastra. Only 48 units. What R.Evolution built and who it is for.

Abu Dhabi is a different emirate with a different regulator and different ownership rules. A look at Saadiyat Island — the Louvre, the Guggenheim — and the Aldar launch pricing from studio to three-bedroom.

A branded tower from Damac with de GRISOGONO interiors in Maritime City, next to Mina Rashid. One, two and three-bedroom pricing at launch — and an honest look at what a jewellery brand adds to an apartment.