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Location studies, project reviews and commercial research. Open the findings, comparisons and dates behind each story.
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Elemental 78 — the 45-home proposition
Apartment types, shared spaces and the Jumeirah Garden City setting. What the brochure explains, and what belongs in the current unit documents.Dated project research, not current availability.Read the project guide ↗ 
Enhanced original developer visualisation · not completion evidenceRead the project guideProject reading ·
BAYN Y Views — four ways to live across the levels
Seaward, Ever Views, Sunray and Sunward: principal bedrooms, living levels and the distinction between plot, sale area and BUA.Dated collection reading, not current inventory or unit terms.Read the project guide ↗
Palm Jebel Ali · developer visualisation, not a completed-home photographRead the comparisonArea comparison ·
Palm Jebel Ali vs Palm Jumeirah
A phased beachfront purchase and an established island home solve different problems. Compare occupation, the actual waterfront and the full cost of waiting.Phased delivery and an established destination.Read the comparison ↗
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Location 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.
- September 2026
- Dated sales samples, not September asking prices.
Area 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.
- September 2026
- Existing communities, planned expansion and competing supply.
Project 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.
- September 2026
- Project design and home types; no live unit offers.
Community report
Business Bay: April to May 2026
Completed residential sales fell from 148 to 111 between April and May; off-plan registrations fell from 198 to 104.
- Archived market read · April–May 2026
Community report
Business Bay offices: May 2026
Off-plan office registrations (58) outnumbered completed office transfers (35) in May.
- Archived commercial market read · May 2026
Community report
DAMAC Lagoons: May 2026 market reading
May recorded 144 off-plan apartment registrations, while villa and townhouse transactions followed a different pattern.
- Archived market read · May 2026
Community report
Dubai South: May 2026 market reading
May recorded 1,251 off-plan apartment registrations against 57 completed apartment transfers.
- Archived market read · May 2026
Community report
Jumeirah Village Circle: April to May 2026
Off-plan apartment registrations fell from 541 in April to 289 in May; completed transfers moved from 236 to 216.
- Archived market read · April–May 2026
Community report
Town Square: May 2026 market reading
Apartments led May activity, with 46 completed transfers and 30 off-plan registrations.
- Archived market read · May 2026
Dubai citywide report
Off-plan apartments carried May's recorded sales count.
The May 2026 citywide report records 9,319 apartment and villa/townhouse sales across four groups. Of those, 7,116 were off-plan Oqood registrations: 76.4% of this reported set by count, not by sale value. One group—off-plan apartments—accounts for 6,580 registrations.
- Archived market report · May 2026
Community report
Al Barari: May 2026 market reading
Only two villas or townhouses and one apartment changed hands as completed sales in Al Barari in May. That is too little to price another home by a community average, even though the reported annual price measure was up.
- Archived market read · May 2026
Community report
Arabian Ranches: May 2026 market reading
Arabian Ranches was down 1.54% for the month in the reported residential price measure, yet 14.02% above its year-earlier level. Ten completed sales are not enough to put the same value on every villa across its three phases.
- Archived market read · May 2026
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Aldar’s AED1.1bn Aljada deal adds a future rental portfolio
Aldar’s first real estate investment in Sharjah covers more than 1,100 planned homes. Its 2029 delivery target and bulk-purchase structure matter when comparing the deal with an individual apartment.Read at the News Desk ↗market pulse ·
Abu Dhabi’s AED10m-plus sales rebound below the first-quarter peak
Savills’ new Q3 report shows the upper end gaining share in a quieter market. The change in sales mix is more useful than a blanket conclusion about every home’s value.Read at the News Desk ↗infrastructure ·
Dubai’s AED2.1trn project portfolio has several delivery clocks
The new official portfolio disclosure brings housing, transport and utilities into one picture. It is not one annual spending programme—or a forecast for an individual home.Read at the News Desk ↗
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A payment plan is not a discount
A worked cash-flow example, the handover funding question and a one-page purchase budget before reserving an off-plan home.
Downloadable research
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Compact IWR readings to download, keep and bring to a conversation.
Places & projects
Wadeem GardensThe Hudayriyat villa choices and the capital required under cash and financed payment routes, using the September 2026 schedules.
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Bay EstateHomes versus coastal plots, dated category pricing and gross-value sensitivities.
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Marsa Al SaadiyatThe coastal district, its neighbourhoods and the Talay villa choices within it.
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The Meriva CollectionHow the buildings, gardens and routes to the beach shape Ellington's Dubai Islands neighbourhood.
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Eltiera ViewsThe apartment layout, usable space and outlook behind the development's balcony rendering.
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Buying & ownership
Buying Dubai from IndiaA compact reading on ownership, funding timing and a like-for-like investment comparison, with a practical preparation sheet.
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A UK buyer's Dubai comparisonCompare capital, net income, currency and the timing of a move from one holding to another.
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Your first Dubai purchaseThe buying sequence, cash-to-close and checks before reservation, in a concise illustrated reading.
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Finance the home, not the headlineA worked valuation-gap example and the questions to put beside a lender's written terms.
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Before an off-plan reservationProject, unit, registration and payment checks, with the distinction between escrow controls and the investment case.
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Market readings
Business Bay: April–May 2026The residential transaction comparison and its interpretation. Historical figures retain their April–May 2026 period; offices remain separate.
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Monthly location report · October 2026Dubai
A quieter headline. A stronger ready-home segment.
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Monthly location report · October 2026Abu Dhabi
Capital is expanding. Delivery and concentration still matter.
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Monthly location report · October 2026Al Marjan Island
A destination thesis needs a delivery and operating-cost thesis.
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