01 · Decision path
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Jumeirah Garden City · street contextRead the findingsLocation study ·
Jumeirah Garden City — location study
A checked first-sale sample puts Jumeirah Garden City below City Walk and Downtown, but near Wasl 1. What that price position—and the changing transport links—really means.Dated sales samples, not September asking prices.Read the location study ↗
Dubai corridor · satellite context · 18 February 2026Read the corridor studyArea intelligence ·
Dubai Knowledge Corridor — location study
Growing universities, a larger technology district and the planned Blue Line strengthen eastern Dubai’s housing story. DLRC’s 22,084-unit registered pipeline makes the choice of home equally important.Existing communities, planned expansion and competing supply.Read the corridor study ↗
HOLM Central · developer visualisationRead the project reviewProject review ·
HOLM Central — project review
Two residential towers, 475 presented homes and a shared landscaped podium. The appeal of central living—and why the district’s price gap does not value an individual home.Project design and home types; no live unit offers.Read the project review ↗
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02 · Decision path
Golden Visa
Treat residency as a separate verification track, never as the reason weak real estate becomes acceptable.Would you still buy without the visa?03 · Decision path
Off-plan
Test the bought phase, documented promises, cash-flow tolerance and competing supply before reservation urgency enters the decision.Can the bought phase work on its own?04 · Decision path
Land & development
Read a plot as a complete design and delivery programme, with its buildable envelope, budget, responsibilities and intended outcome made explicit.What can actually be built on this plot?05 · Decision path
Resale
Rebuild the exact seller position from evidence, matched comparables, asset condition and the likely next buyer.What can the seller prove about the position?06 · Decision path
Yield
Model tenant demand, the complete capital basis, operating costs and downside scenarios instead of relying on a headline return.Which tenant is expected to pay this rent?
Guides you can use now
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11 practical guides and decision memos are ready to read.

Buyer guide ·
The Waterfront & Islands Index
Raj Tomar's published method for comparing prime UAE waterfront across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah without treating a listing feed as evidence.Read ↗
Buyer guide ·
Escrow and Off-Plan Buyer Protections
Understand what authority registration and project escrow do, what they do not guarantee and what still belongs in buyer diligence.Read ↗
Buyer guide ·
The First-Time Buyer's Field Guide
A practical sequence for a first UAE home purchase: mandate, money, evidence, contract and transfer.Read ↗
Complete published index8 more pieces+
- Buyer guideGolden Residency Through Property↗
- Buyer guideUAE Property Investment Appraisals↗
- Buyer guideUAE Mortgages for Non-Residents↗
- Buyer guideUAE Property Ownership Structures↗
- Buyer guideRelocating to Dubai↗
- Decision memoThe waterfront premium, read by a planner↗
- Decision memoBuying an island before it exists↗
- Decision memoThe case against, in writing↗
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YouTube · The Dubai Upgrade
The Dubai Upgrade | Inside Dubai with Raj Tomar — Episode 1
Dubai beyond the skyline: infrastructure, movement, neighbourhoods and the real estate decisions inside the city.
Instagram · @thedubaiupgrade
Billionaires’ Row on the Dubai Canal
Raj visits a Dubai Canal development to look at its architecture, waterfront setting and homes.Open the exact Reel ↗Open Instagram ↗Dated News Desk · Latest verified edition · publication date shown
Read the change before the reaction.
Up to three source-linked market stories, shown with their publication dates and selected for the decisions they may affect.
developer corporate ·
Prestige One plans to invest AED3 billion to AED4 billion
Prestige One's plans cover land purchases and new residential and commercial projectsRead at the News Desk ↗regulatory ·
ADGM H1 2026: AUM rises 54% as active licences reach 13,974
Abu Dhabi Media Office and Gulf News separate the centre's capital, licence, entity and workforce measuresRead at the News Desk ↗market pulse ·
Ras Al Khaimah housing growth cools as new supply approaches
Annual sale prices remained higher while recent quarterly readings and forward supply point to a more measured marketRead at the News Desk ↗
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