Dubai's residential market continued to grow in Q3 2025, supported by strong macroeconomic fundamentals, population growth, and sustained investor confidence. The residential sales market recorded approximately 55,300 transactions, up 17.1% year-on-year, driven predominantly by exceptional off-plan activity. Off-plan sales surged to a record 42,000 transactions, up 23.6% year-on-year and accounting for 76% of total market activity, despite a moderation in new project launches during the quarter. However, off-plan resales declined to 6.1% of off-plan activity, down from 9.7% a year earlier. In contrast, the ready property segment showed more subdued activity, with transaction volumes declining 5.4% quarter-on-quarter and rising only 0.6% year-on-year, potentially reflecting price sensitivity among buyers or a short-term market correction.

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Executive Summary with Key Trends In the first half of 2025, Dubai’s retail market recorded around 500 sales transactions valued at approximately AED 1.4 billion. Overall transaction volume and value declined year-on-year by 17.3% and 1.8%, largely due to a slowdown in off-plan activity. In contrast, the ready retail segment performed strongly. On the rental side, overall contracts increased compared […]

Why REITs matter The global quest for a liquid version of physical real estate has been lengthy. It is littered with long-forgotten attempts that fell by the wayside, derailed mainly by the resolute refusal of numerous ministries of finance to grant them tax exemption.[1] Eventually a champion emerged, nurtured since 1961 in the United States: the Real Estate Investment Trust […]