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26 February 2025

Dubai Residential Market Performance 2024

The Gulf’s macroeconomic performance remains impressive, with the UAE leading the charge. While macroeconomic cycles have not disappeared, investors can take confidence in the fact that their impact has been significantly less in the past decades. The positive macro signals correlated strongly with exceptional real estate performance.
19 February 2025

Kuwait eases property laws around foreign ownership

Kuwait is gradually opening its real estate market to foreign ownership. It has now updated its law to allow entities licensed by the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA), companies listed on the Kuwaiti stock exchange and licensed real estate funds and investment companies to own property in the country for their operations or for employee housing. While limited in […]
20 January 2025

Are Urban Walkway Networks a New Frontier of Real Estate Valuation?

In many cities around the world, there are now pedestrian walkway networks that complement public transport and the road network. The many benefits of these networks feature in government analysis worldwide and
9 January 2025

The Role of Highest and Best Use Analysis in Dubai to Maximise Land Value

Dubai’s real estate market is essential to its global appeal, driven by innovative developments and forward-thinking urban planning. One critical component of real estate valuation in this market is the concept of highest and best use (HBU). This analytical approach is not only fundamental to appraisals but also a tool for unlocking the full potential of properties in a rapidly […]
8 January 2025

Dubai’s Residential Market Performance – Autumn 2024

Dubai’s Residential Market Performance Dubai’s residential real estate market continued to see a remarkable surge in activity throughout the first nine months of 2024. Both transaction volume and value have reached new highs, surpassing previous records. This unprecedented growth can be attributed to several factors, including increased investor confidence, economic stability, and a favourable regulatory environment. In this report, we […]
20 December 2024

How to Conduct a Market and Financial Feasibility Analysis for Real Estate Projects

In Dubai’s real estate market, conducting a market and financial feasibility analysis is essential to assess the viability and profitability of proposed projects. This analysis is a key tool for stakeholders, including developers, investors, and lenders, ensuring informed decisions that mitigate risks and maximise returns. By combining market research with financial modeling, this process offers a comprehensive evaluation of the […]
18 December 2024

Benchmarking Key Indicators for Saudi Giga-projects: Challenges, Methodologies and Solutions

Saudi Arabia has embarked upon a massive development programme as part of its Vision 2030 plan. This programme includes 14 large-scale and ambitious developments, which it is calling ‘giga-projects’. The most well-known of these is NEOM, but other projects include ROSHN, the Red Sea Project and Jeddah Central.
9 December 2024

Branded Residences: Four Key Considerations

The significance of brands and branding for the consumer goods industry is beyond the slightest doubt. The combination of generational effects and online marketing has served to reinforce their importance during the last two decades. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the Gulf, where branded luxury goods, in particular, have formed a larger percentage of consumer spending than anywhere else.
4 December 2024

Valuation of Real Estate Assets – Land Plus Depreciated Replacement cost

On occasions when there is no comparable evidence available or an asset is one that would not normally trade in the open market, valuers have to assess the market value of the land and then add it to the
11 November 2024

Dubai’s Office Market Performance – Autumn 2024

Quality of office real estate driving occupancy In the third quarter of 2024, strong demand and heightened leasing activity drove rents higher in Dubai’s office market. City-wide office rents increased by 21% compared to the previous year. Notably, average Grade A rents in DIFC experienced a 20% annual increase, reaching AED 317 per sqft per annum. In nearby Downtown Dubai, […]
24 October 2024

What are The Prospects for Saudi Tourism?

The evidence to date The need to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil has never been in doubt. Saudi Vision 2030 envisaged tourism playing a central role in that process. The plan originally set what was regarded as an ambitious target of 100m domestic and international tourists by 2030, but immediate success resulted in this being revised upwards to […]
9 October 2024

Is the System of Hotel Rating Still Fit for Purpose?

The evolution of a system  Hotel ratings were originally introduced to enable potential guests to understand the overall quality of places where they might choose to stay and the range of facilities available. Later, they acquired significance as valuation tools for hotel brands, as well as for the properties themselves. Studies have analysed the individual willingness to pay across ratings[1] […]

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