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Dubai\u2019s property market has been red hot over the past few years<\/strong>, driven by demand from foreign professionals, relaxed visa rules, and a weaker USD \u2014 which JLL\u2019s Taimur Khan has said is \u201cthe biggest market driver\u201d this year, boosting European buying power, Bloomberg<\/a> reports. Supply is surging, with nearly 250k new homes<\/a> set for completion in the next few years, a 30% jump, as scores of new developers enter the fray. The verdict on what this means for the emirate\u2019s market is mixed.<\/p>\n

Critics warn of overheating: <\/strong>\u201cAlmost every week, we meet three new developers that we\u2019ve never heard of before,\u201d said Sean McCauley, CEO of consultancy Devmar, adding that rising land costs are making it \u201cincreasingly hard to make the math work.\u201d The city still bears scars from past overbuilding, such as state-backed Nakheel\u2019s stalled USD 13 bn The World islands project, which stalled after the 2008 crash.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supporters see firmer ground this time: <\/strong>Mortgage lending is capped at about 80% of a home\u2019s value, developers must pay for land in full before building, and most buyers are \u201cgenuine buyers rather than speculators,\u201d said Knight Frank regional MENA partner Will McKintosh. Less than 5% of buyers resell within a year, compared to 25% in 2008.<\/p>\n

REMEMBER- <\/strong>Dubai\u2019s real estate market saw another record number of transactions in 1H 2025, up 25% y-o-y to AED AED 431.2 bn<\/a>. Prices rose 16.6% y-o-y over the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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