United Arab Emirates.
Off-plan tranches negotiated direct with developers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Resale priced against the last ninety days of comparable sales. A senior advisor on every brief, and roughly sixty percent of the inventory never reaches a portal.
Five reasons capital keeps choosing the Emirates.
Golden Visa
A property purchase from AED 2M qualifies for the ten-year renewable residency, sponsoring family and staff.
0% income tax
No personal income tax and no annual property tax. Rental income and capital gains are kept whole.
Currency stability
The dirham has been pegged to the US dollar at 3.6725 since 1997, removing FX risk from a long hold.
~8% gross yield
Prime Dubai apartments still clear roughly eight percent gross, ahead of London, Paris and Singapore.
Escrow protection
Off-plan payments are ring-fenced in RERA-supervised escrow accounts, released only against build milestones.
Where the desk works.
Everything on the UAE desk, in one place.
Off-plan · 2027Naya 3, District One. Lagoon-view one-bed.
Smart DealMarina Tower 7. Sea-view two-bed.
Smart DealCullinan tower. High-floor, three-aspect.
Smart DealCreek Harbour, Tower B north stack.
Smart DealDamac Bays Edge, harbour view.
Smart DealBluewater Bay. Sea-view two-bed.
Smart DealPalm villa, Frond G beachfront.
A market that rewards patience and a phone call.
The UAE is not one market but four, and the spread between them is where the work lives. Dubai sets the headline price; Abu Dhabi trades quieter and longer; Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah reward the buyer who arrives early and waits. We hold inventory in all four, but we lead almost every brief through Dubai because that is where the depth is.
Off-plan is the lever most owners use. A tranche bought direct from a developer, on a milestone payment plan, ring-fenced in RERA escrow, lets capital enter at the launch price and settle over the build. We negotiate those tranches before they reach a portal, and we walk away from the ones that do not survive a comparable-sales check against the last ninety days.
Resale is the discipline. Adjacent towers can differ by twenty percent on view, floor and finish alone, and the brochure never says so. We price every resale against the units that actually closed nearby, and we put the number that matters at the top of the brief, not buried on page four.
Interested in the UAE? Talk to a UAE specialist.
One named advisor, not a phone tree. A written shortlist within four hours, matched to your budget, area and timeline, with off-market access where it exists and a comparable-sales note on every line.