The developer aims to redefine affordable luxury

The first phase of Expo City Dubai’s innovative new residential developments has launched. Find out why you don’t want to miss out on these best-in-class homes that put people and planet at their core.

Due to the nature of short-term rentals and seasonality, returns vary month to month.

With travel restrictions and lockdown regulations, people turned to holiday homes within their areas that provided safety, privacy, and a much-needed break from their daily lives.

Times are challenging but the desire for people to visit, live and work in the UAE has not diminished

Read more about the benefits of using a Real Estate Agent when buying a property in the UAE.

Real estate market continues to attract 'positive levels' of investor interest.

The structural completion of the development’s two 310-metre towers was built in just 799 days

Dubai Creek Harbour is at the heart of a bold new vision for Dubai.

No new launches have happened over the past week and the market has been fairly slow due to the Holy Month of Ramadan.

On the other hand, I have been kept busy researching investment options for a number of overseas clients who want entry level off-plan "Buy to Lets" expected to yield between 7% to 10% net.

Here is a very brief summary 

Under AED 1m - £80k to £200k

Over the past five years, the UAE’s two biggest real estate markets, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, have acknowledged the rising housing demand from mid-income white collar workers. While Abu Dhabi has set a quota for affordable housing in new developments, Dubai is yet to implement such a measure. Developers are taking notice, albeit slowly, of the housing requirements of a previously underserved market.

There are less than 1,000 days to go until EXPO 2020 in Dubai and the international marketing campaign was launched this week.

EXPO 2020 Dubai will run for six months from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021and is expected to receive 25 million visits, with 70 percent due to come from outside the UAE - the largest proportion in the history of World Expos. 

More than 180 countries are expected to participate.

Take a look at the official website here to learn more about EXPO 2020 and to understand more about the legacy visit here

This week’s meetings and discussions have included the following:-