For owners listing now or in the next two quarters. Pricing tools, days-on-market reality, agent vs. private sale economics, and how to read the RERA index without hiring an analyst.
Selling in Dubai is mostly a pricing problem wearing a marketing costume. The listings that sit for six months are rarely badly photographed. They are priced against other asking prices rather than against what comparable units actually transacted at, which are different numbers and only one of them is real.
The second thing that decides your outcome is supply you do not control. If four towers in your community hand over in the same quarter you are competing with a developer's incentive budget, and no amount of staging fixes that. Knowing the pipeline before you list is worth more than any negotiation tactic afterwards.
What follows covers reading the DLD record rather than the portal, judging days-on-market honestly, and deciding whether an exit now or in two quarters serves you better.
11,288 deals, Dh29.4 billion, Dh1,650 per sqft. Value rose while the deal count fell, villas, plots and commercial grew, and resale apartment prices rose a third month. What changed since August, in eight charts.
12,018 deals, Dh28.6 billion, Dh1,680 per sqft. Plots caused 73 percent of the value drop, villas were the only category to hold, and off-plan is where the discounting sits. Six charts and the July comparison throughout.
Gross yield, net yield, and the costs most agents skip when quoting returns. Three areas with real numbers, the math behind them, and what to subtract before you call it yield.
Transaction volume, days on market, and the RERA index, used together. How to set an asking price that does not sit unsold, and when to break the 5 percent rule.
The increase tiers in plain language. How to use the calculator. The 90 day notice rule. What to do if the landlord violates it. Useful for tenants, landlords, and anyone pricing a property with a tenant in place.