Research and insights
Market insights, studies of one area, perspectives on how we evaluate, and practical guidance on owning from abroad. Each carries its date, its author and what it draws on.
The first pieces are being written; each appears here on its date.
4 pieces
Market insights
- Market insights
What the 2026 service-charge budgets did to net yields
How this year's service-charge budgets move a modelled net yield, community by community, and why the delivered building's budget is the one to use.
Area focus
- Area focus
Business Bay, four years after the last delivery wave
What the 2022 deliveries did to rents and absorption in Business Bay, and what that record says about the wave scheduled for 2027 and 2028.
Investor perspective
- Investor perspective
Why we publish the confidence behind every figure
The three-step scale behind every figure on this site, what each step means, and what moves a figure up it.
Practical guidance
- Practical guidance
Managing a Dubai letting from another time zone
What an owner in Toronto or New York actually has to decide during a Dubai tenancy, and what can be handled without them.
The Dubai Investor Guide
What to check before committing, what the process costs, and where first-time buyers most often get it wrong. Emailed as a PDF.