Reading Time: 3 minutes Dubai has a new rulebook for shared housing, and it’s not a minor update. Law No. 4 of 2026 brings bed-space rentals, subdivided apartments, and informal co-living arrangements — much of it previously run through WhatsApp groups and verbal agreements…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dubai’s property market sent two signals at once this summer, and on the surface they don’t agree. Residential prices eased through the second quarter, yet off-plan sales kept climbing to some of the strongest volumes of the year. Here’s what’s…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dubai’s property market just closed one of its strongest six-month stretches on record. Sales reached AED 286.43 billion across roughly 86,000 transactions in H1 2026, the second-highest first-half performance in the emirate’s history, behind only H1 2025’s AED 326.6 billion….

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’ve been eyeing a Dubai property purchase specifically to qualify for a Golden Visa, the goalposts just moved. The minimum real estate investment required for the 10-year Golden Visa has doubled, from AED 1 million to AED 2 million…

Reading Time: 4 minutes JVC is not the flashiest address in Dubai. There aren’t beaches, canals or huge landmark towers or malls but what it does have is the deepest transaction volume of any residential community in the emirate, and that tells you more…

Reading Time: 3 minutes They Valley was a huge deal when it was first launched. Emaar went hard in their marketing after they launched The Valley back in 2019 as a family-oriented master community, and in now 2026 it is finally hitting its stride….

Reading Time: 3 minutes What Is Dubai’s Flexi Rent Scheme? Dubai’s rental market has always run on cheques, one, two, sometimes four to six to twelve post-dated cheques handed over upfront before you get the keys. For many families, that is three to six…

Reading Time: 3 minutes What Is Dubai Hills Estate? Dubai Hills Estate is a 2,700-acre master community developed by Emaar Properties and Meraas Holding as the first phase of Mohammed Bin Rashid City. It sits between Al Khail Road and Mohammed Bin Zayed Road,…

Reading Time: 5 minutes With heated rental discussion happening around Dubai during these summer months and as we head into renewal season, we thought it would be helpful to put together a helpful guide on how to renegotiate your rental contract with your landlord…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Eid Al Adha 2026 lands on Wednesday 27 May, with Arafat Day the day before, which means a six-day break stretching all the way through to Sunday 31 May for most private sector families. That is a long stretch of…